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25 Holiday Riddles for Adults

Holiday riddles for adults with answers, built around grown-up season life: thermostat battles, the kids' table, missing batteries, out-of-office replies and logic brain teasers. Play free with friends and see who solves them fastest.

Here are all 25 riddles from the 25 Holiday Riddles for Adults pack. Quiz yourself, or start a free room: PartyRoomGames deals the questions, collects everyone's answers on their phones and runs the reveal. Guests join with a room code, no signup.

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  • 1. Ten candles burn on the table. A draft blows out three, and nobody relights them. How many candles are left at the end of the night?

    hard
    • None
    • Seven
    • Ten
    • Three

  • 2. Three guests choose exactly one of tea or coffee. Two choose tea. How many choose coffee?

    medium
    • No guests
    • One guest
    • Three guests
    • Two guests

  • 3. Two fathers and two sons sit down to holiday dinner, and each has exactly one plate. Only three plates are set. How?

    hard
    • Grandfather, father and son
    • One plate was a platter
    • Someone ate standing up
    • Two of them shared

  • 4. I have one wall socket and six hungry mouths, yet I eat no dinner. What am I?

    easy
    • A cable reel
    • A fuse box
    • A power strip
    • A wall adapter

  • 5. On December 26, everyone comes to see me, and nobody looks happy about it. What am I?

    medium
    • The dentist
    • The gym
    • The post office
    • The returns desk

  • 6. I stay in the attic for eleven months, come down for one, and somehow never fit back the way I came out. What am I?

    medium
    • The box of decorations
    • The guest mattress
    • The suitcase
    • The vacuum cleaner

  • 7. I am a rigid ring that buttons around the tree's feet and makes the stand look dressed. What am I?

    medium
    • A cable cover
    • A plant pot
    • A tree collar
    • A wreath frame

  • 8. Everyone in the house argues over me all winter, and somebody always sneaks over to nudge me up two degrees. What am I?

    easy
    • The fireplace screen
    • The oven dial
    • The thermostat
    • The TV remote

  • 9. I am a couch by day and a bed by night, and I appear whenever relatives stay over. What am I?

    easy
    • A hammock
    • A recliner
    • A sofa bed
    • An air mattress

  • 10. I arrive empty, leave full, and prove that bringing your own box was the smartest dinner plan. What am I?

    easy
    • A grocery basket
    • A lunch menu
    • A serving bowl
    • A takeaway container

  • 11. I have a long handle, a deep bowl, and make exactly one trip from pot to plate at a time. What am I?

    medium
    • A carving fork
    • A pastry brush
    • A serving ladle
    • A whisk

  • 12. I have a ring but no finger, and every time I sound, another round of relatives arrives. What am I?

    medium
    • The doorbell
    • The oven timer
    • The phone
    • The smoke detector

  • 13. Graduating from me is a rite of passage, yet plenty of grown cousins still end up seated at me. What am I?

    medium
    • The buffet
    • The high chair
    • The kids' table
    • The piano bench

  • 14. Everyone wants me, nobody will take me, and I sit alone on the plate until the end of the night. What am I?

    easy
    • The extra napkin
    • The first bite
    • The garnish
    • The last slice

  • 15. Before the guests even wake up, the host is already on a third cup of me. What am I?

    easy
    • Cocoa
    • Coffee
    • Orange juice
    • Sparkling water

  • 16. I am written in a loved one's handwriting, splattered with batter, and only brought out once a year. What am I?

    medium
    • A cookbook index
    • A family recipe card
    • A grocery list
    • A holiday card

  • 17. There are dozens of containers in your kitchen, but I am the one thing that never seems to match any of them. What am I?

    medium
    • The ladle
    • The right lid
    • The sponge
    • The trivet

  • 18. One of me goes dark and suddenly the whole string looks broken. What am I?

    hard
    • A burnt-out bulb
    • A flat battery
    • A frayed ribbon
    • A loose plug

  • 19. I stretch from the outlet to the front porch and make the lights possible, yet nobody admires me. What am I?

    medium
    • A clothesline
    • A garden hose
    • A jump rope
    • An extension cord

  • 20. You climb me once a year to reach the roof, and I am always where the lights go up. What am I?

    easy
    • A chimney
    • A ladder
    • A staircase
    • A step stool

  • 21. On frosty mornings I fight the windshield so you can see the road. What am I?

    easy
    • A snow shovel
    • A squeegee
    • A wiper blade
    • An ice scraper

  • 22. I wait folded in the car, then open into a tunnel that lets one vehicle sleep out of the snow. What am I?

    easy
    • A camping tent
    • A folding car shelter
    • A roof rack
    • A windshield cover

  • 23. I sit at the top of an email, say almost nothing, and still decide whether the message gets opened. What am I?

    medium
    • The attachment
    • The reply button
    • The signature
    • The subject line

  • 24. I silence the whole family on the holiday video call, and somebody always forgets to switch me off. What am I?

    medium
    • The camera lens
    • The mute button
    • The power switch
    • The volume knob

  • 25. I am one baked loaf made from many small dough pieces coated in cinnamon sugar. Diners pull off the joined pieces by hand. What am I?

    medium
    • Fruit tart
    • Layer cake
    • Monkey bread
    • Ring doughnuts
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