Easter Riddles with Answers
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Hunt through these easter riddles with answers, no basket required. There are bunny jokes for kids, egg puns for adults, and a few quick quizzes hidden in between. Tap any card to crack the answer.
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1. I hop but never skip, I hide what hens have made, and children hunt for my treasure every spring. Who am I? Easy
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Long ears, big feet, a basket full of eggs.
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The Easter Bunny.
Hopping, hiding hen-made eggs, and a spring treasure hunt all point to the Easter Bunny.
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2. What kind of jewelry does the Easter Bunny wear? Medium
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14 carrot gold.
Carat measures gold purity and sounds like carrot, so the bunny wears 14 carrot gold.
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3. How does the Easter Bunny stay in shape? Medium
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Lots of egg-sercise and hare-obics.
Egg-sercise and hare-obics pun on exercise and aerobics using egg and hare.
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4. What do you call a rabbit covered in fleas? Easy
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Bugs Bunny.
A rabbit covered in fleas, which are bugs, names the cartoon Bugs Bunny.
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5. Why shouldn't you tell an Easter egg a good joke? Easy
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It might crack up.
Eggs crack, and to crack up means to laugh, so a joke makes it crack up.
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6. What always comes at the end of Easter? Medium
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Look at the word itself, not the calendar.
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The letter R.
The word Easter literally ends with the letter R, not any calendar event.
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7. I'm oval and fragile, I can be dyed any color, and once a year kids race to find me in the grass. What am I? Easy
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An Easter egg.
Oval, fragile, dyed, and hunted in grass each spring describe an Easter egg.
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8. What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole? Medium
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Think of a spiced Easter bun.
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Hot cross bunnies.
Hot water plus bunnies sounds like hot cross buns, the spiced Easter treat.
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9. Where does the Easter Bunny love to eat breakfast? Medium
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IHOP.
The bunny hops, and IHOP is a breakfast chain, so the pun lands on IHOP.
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10. What kind of beans never, ever grow in a garden? Easy
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Jelly beans.
Jelly beans are candy, not real beans, so they never grow in a garden.
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11. How can you tell exactly where the Easter Bunny has been? Medium
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Eggs marks the spot.
X marks the spot becomes eggs marks the spot, swapping X for eggs.
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12. Why was the Easter Bunny so grumpy this morning? Easy
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He was having a bad hare day.
Bad hair day becomes bad hare day since a rabbit is a hare.
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13. What do you call the Easter Bunny on the Monday after Easter? Easy
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Tired.
After a big night hiding eggs, the worn-out bunny is simply tired.
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14. What sport is the Easter Bunny naturally best at? Easy
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He already carries the main equipment.
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Basket-ball.
He already carries a basket, and basketball contains the word basket.
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15. I'm woven but I'm not a sweater, I have a handle but no door, and on Easter morning I'm stuffed with treats. What am I? Easy
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An Easter basket.
Woven with a handle and stuffed with treats describes an Easter basket.
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16. Why did the little egg hide from everyone? Medium
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It was a little chicken.
A little chicken means both a baby bird and someone timid who hides.
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17. I'm small, yellow, and fluffy, and I say peep peep. What am I? Easy
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A chick.
Small, yellow, fluffy, and peeping is the classic description of a baby chick.
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18. What do you call ten rabbits marching backwards? Hard
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A receding hare-line.
Rabbits marching backward form a receding hare-line, punning on a receding hairline.
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19. What kind of music does the Easter Bunny listen to? Easy
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Hip hop.
Bunnies hop, and hip hop is a music style, so the answer is hip hop.
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20. I melt in the sun, I come shaped like eggs and bunnies, and I vanish fastest of anything in the basket. What am I? Easy
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Easter chocolate.
Melting, egg and bunny shapes, and vanishing fast all describe Easter chocolate.
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21. The harder you hide me, the happier people are to find me. What am I? Medium
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Being found is my whole job.
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An Easter egg on an egg hunt.
Hidden well but meant to be found describes an egg placed for an egg hunt.
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22. What day of the week does an egg dread the most? Easy
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Fry-day.
Eggs get fried, and Friday sounds like fry-day, the day an egg dreads.
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23. Why did the Easter egg go to school? Easy
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To get egg-ucated.
Educated becomes egg-ucated, swapping the start for egg since it is an egg.
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24. I land on a Sunday but never the same one twice in a row, I bring lilies and chocolate, and I always show up in spring. What am I? Medium
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The moon helps pick my date.
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Easter.
A moving spring Sunday with lilies and chocolate points to Easter itself.
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25. How does an egg leave its house? Easy
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Through the eggs-it.
Exit becomes eggs-it, blending egg with the way out of a house.
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26. What do you call a mischievous Easter egg? Medium
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A practical yolker.
Practical joker becomes practical yolker, swapping joker for the egg's yolk.
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27. What happened when the Easter Bunny broke the rules at school? Medium
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He was egg-spelled.
Getting expelled becomes egg-spelled, a punny way to say kicked out of school.
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28. I'm a spring flower with two lips but no mouth. What am I? Medium
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Say my name slowly: two...
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A tulip.
A tulip has two lips in its name but no actual mouth to speak with.
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29. Why is the bunny the luckiest animal at the Easter parade? Easy
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It has four rabbit's feet.
A rabbit has four feet, and rabbit's feet are lucky charms, so it is luckiest.
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30. What did the Easter Bunny say about the carrot cake contest? Hard
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It sounds like a courtroom oath.
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Nothing could beat it, and that's the whole carrot and nothing but the carrot.
The truth and nothing but the truth becomes carrot and nothing but the carrot.
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31. How many Easter eggs can you put in an empty basket? Medium
After one egg goes in, the basket isn't empty anymore.
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32. What does the Easter Bunny grow in his garden? Medium
Egg-plants, of course. Where else would eggs come from?
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33. What's the smartest way to catch the Easter Bunny? Medium
Act like a carrot and he'll hop right up to you.
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34. 🥚 + 🎨 Easy
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You make these the night before the hunt, and your fingers turn every color.
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A painted egg (egg plus paint).
Egg plus paint art equals a painted egg, the dyed kind made before a hunt.
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35. 🍫 + 🥚 Easy
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The best thing to find on an egg hunt.
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A chocolate egg (chocolate plus egg).
Chocolate plus egg simply combines into a chocolate egg, an egg-hunt treasure.
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36. Where did the Easter Bunny learn how to ski? Medium
Every skier starts on the bunny slope. He just never left.
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37. I'm a sweet bread bun with a cross on top, and I show up in bakeries every Easter. What am I? Easy
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A hot cross bun
A sweet bread bun marked with a cross at Easter is a hot cross bun.
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38. Easter falls on the same date every year, just like Christmas. Medium
Easter moves around. It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox.
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39. The tradition of decorating eggs in spring is more than a thousand years old. Medium
Decorated eggs go back many centuries across several cultures, long before chocolate versions existed.
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40. The White House hosts an official Easter Egg Roll on its lawn. Medium
The White House Easter Egg Roll has been an annual tradition since 1878.
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41. I am the colorful liquid you dip eggs into at Easter to make them bright. What am I? Easy
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Egg dye.
The colorful liquid you dip eggs in to brighten them is egg dye.
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42. I am the season when Easter falls, when flowers bloom and the weather warms up. What am I? Easy
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Spring.
Blooming flowers and warming weather when Easter falls describe spring.
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43. I am a soft woolly baby sheep, and a gentle symbol of Easter and spring. What am I? Easy
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A lamb.
A soft woolly baby sheep and gentle Easter symbol is a lamb.
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44. I am the Easter-morning game where kids race around the yard with baskets looking for hidden treats. What am I? Easy
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An egg hunt.
Racing the yard with baskets for hidden treats is an egg hunt.
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45. I am orange, I grow underground, and I am the Easter Bunny's favorite snack. What am I? Easy
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A carrot.
Orange, grown underground, and the bunny's favorite snack is a carrot.
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46. I am a fancy decorated hat that people show off in an Easter parade. What am I? Easy
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An Easter bonnet.
A fancy decorated hat shown off in an Easter parade is an Easter bonnet.
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47. What marshmallow candy, shaped like little chicks and bunnies, shows up only around Easter? Easy
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Peeps.
Chick and bunny shaped marshmallow candy sold only at Easter are Peeps.
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48. I hatch from an egg in spring, I am yellow and fuzzy, and I waddle after my mother. What am I? Easy
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A duckling.
Hatching, yellow, fuzzy, and waddling after mother describes a duckling.
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49. I have long ears, a fluffy tail, and a hop, and I hide eggs on Easter. What am I? Easy
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A rabbit.
Long ears, fluffy tail, a hop, and hiding eggs points to a rabbit.
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50. I am the fake green grass tucked into an Easter basket under all the eggs. What am I? Easy
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Easter grass.
The fake green filler under basket eggs is called Easter grass.
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51. What kind of mood is the Easter Bunny always in? Medium
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A hoppy one.
Hoppy sounds like happy, and bunnies hop, so his mood is a hoppy one.
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52. How did the egg stay so calm while everyone searched the yard for it? Medium
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It was hard-boiled.
Hard-boiled means both firmly cooked and unshakably cool under pressure.
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53. What does the Easter Bunny use to keep his fur looking neat? Medium
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A hare brush.
Hairbrush becomes hare brush since a rabbit is a hare.
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54. What did the Easter Bunny say when it was time to start the spring picnic? Medium
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Lettuce begin.
Lettuce sounds like let us, so lettuce begin means let us begin.
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55. What did one Easter egg say to the other as the hunt began? Medium
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Let's get crack-ing.
Crack-ing puns on cracking an egg and getting started right away.
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56. What sweet thing does the Easter Bunny say to make you feel special? Medium
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Somebunny loves you.
Somebody becomes somebunny, a warm message from the Easter Bunny.
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57. How does the Easter Bunny get around when he is in a big hurry? Medium
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By hare-plane.
Airplane becomes hare-plane, the fast way for a hare to travel.
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58. Where does a bunny go when it needs a brand new tail? Hard
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The re-tail store.
Retail store sounds like re-tail, the place a bunny would go for a new tail.
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59. What kind of story does the Easter Bunny tell to give everyone the chills? Hard
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A hare-raising tale.
Hair-raising becomes hare-raising, a spooky story told by a hare.
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60. What is the Easter Bunny's favorite subject in school? Hard
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History, because he loves a good hare-story.
History sounds like hare-story, so the hare enjoys it most.
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61. What did the mother hen say to her endlessly noisy chick? Hard
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You are eggs-hausting me.
Exhausting becomes eggs-hausting, fitting for a tired egg-laying hen.
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62. What do you say when an Easter egg gives the perfectly correct answer? Hard
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Eggs-actly right.
Exactly becomes eggs-actly, praise for a spot-on egg.
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63. How did the Easter Bunny describe the greatest egg hunt he ever held? Hard
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Absolutely eggs-traordinary.
Extraordinary becomes eggs-traordinary for an amazing egg event.
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64. What do you call an Easter egg hidden in a truly bizarre spot? Hard
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Totally un-egg-spected.
Unexpected becomes un-egg-spected for a surprising egg.
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65. What did the shopper say about the fancy jeweled Easter egg? Hard
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It is far too eggs-pensive.
Expensive becomes eggs-pensive for a pricey egg.
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66. What does a patient teacher egg do when the class looks confused? Hard
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She eggs-plains it again.
Explains becomes eggs-plains for a helpful egg teacher.
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67. What do you call an egg hunt with timers, obstacles, and buzzers? Hard
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Eggs-treme egg hunting.
Extreme becomes eggs-treme for a wild, high-energy hunt.
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68. Where does the Easter Bunny proudly display his best painted eggs? Hard
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At an art eggs-hibit.
Exhibit becomes eggs-hibit, where the finest eggs are shown.
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69. What is a scientist chicken always busy running in the lab? Hard
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An eggs-periment.
Experiment becomes eggs-periment for a science-minded hen.
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70. What did the egg do the moment the frying pan got too close? Hard
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It made an eggs-cape.
Escape becomes eggs-cape as the egg flees the pan.
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71. What does one egg say after pulling a clever trick on another? Hard
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The yolk's on you.
The joke's on you becomes the yolk's on you, using the egg's yolk.
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72. How does an honest egg promise it is telling the truth? Hard
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I mean it, and that is no yolk.
No joke becomes no yolk, an egg's way of being serious.
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73. What do you call the champion who finds the most eggs at the hunt? Hard
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A true egg-spert.
Expert becomes egg-spert, the master of the egg hunt.
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74. Why is the Easter Bunny so difficult to photograph? Hard
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He is hare today and gone tomorrow.
Here today and gone tomorrow becomes hare today, since he vanishes fast.
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75. Why was the Easter Bunny late to the spring feast? Hard
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He couldn't turnip on time.
Turn up becomes turnip, a garden pun for arriving late.
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76. How did the detective egg finally solve the Easter mystery? Hard
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He cracked the case.
Cracked the case means solved it, and eggs crack, so it fits an egg sleuth.
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77. How did the egg feel after the huge surprise party? Hard
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Completely shell-shocked.
Shell-shocked means stunned, and an egg has a shell, so the pun fits.
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78. What did the egg have to do to afford a fancy Easter basket? Hard
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Shell out some money.
Shell out means to pay, and an egg has a shell, so it fits.
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79. What do you call a kind and generous friend at the Easter table? Hard
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A really good egg.
A good egg is an old phrase for a genuinely nice person.
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80. How should you behave around a very grumpy hen? Hard
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You walk on eggshells.
Walking on eggshells means being careful, and hens sit on eggs, so it fits.
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81. Why can nobody ever say no to the Easter Bunny? Hard
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He is simply ear-resistible.
Irresistible becomes ear-resistible, since the bunny has long ears.
Easy Easter riddles for kids
Hopping bunnies, hidden eggs, and jelly bean logic that young hunters can crack on their own. Perfect between rounds of the egg hunt.
Funny Easter riddles and egg puns for adults
Groan-worthy bunny jokes and egg wordplay for the grownups at the table. Clean enough for grandma, silly enough for everyone.
Easter trivia, emoji riddles, and true or false
Ten cards play as quick quizzes, including emoji codes and true or false facts about egg traditions and the White House Egg Roll.
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FAQ about Easter Riddles with Answers
Are these Easter riddles kid friendly?
Yes, all fifty are family safe. The easier bunny and egg riddles suit kids around age five and up, while the puns and trivia give adults something to chew on too.
Can I use these riddles as Easter egg hunt clues?
Absolutely, and many families do. Read a riddle aloud before releasing the hunters, or write a few on slips tucked inside plastic eggs. The short ones work best as clues.
Do all the Easter riddles come with answers?
Every single one. Tap a card to reveal the answer, and the quiz style cards score your guess on the spot. A few sneaky ones include a hint as well.
If these Easter brainteasers put you in a springtime mood, hop over to our collection of spring riddles for the whole family to keep the seasonal fun going. And when you are ready to switch things up, test your wits with our picture-based rebus puzzles to decode and solve.