• Q: What has keys but can’t open locks at the carnival?
  A: A xylophone.
• Q: What flies high in the sky but never leaves the carnival grounds?
  A: The Ferris wheel.
• Q: What has a hundred eyes but can’t see at the carnival?
  A: The prize-stuffed teddy bear.
• Q: What is as light as a feather but even the strongest can’t hold it at the carnival?
  A: Laughter.
• Q: What has a mouth but doesn’t speak at the carnival?
  A: The ticket booth.
• Q: What runs all around the carnival but never moves an inch?
  A: The electric current.
• Q: What gets wetter as it dries under the carnival lights?
  A: Cotton candy.
• Q: What can you catch but can never throw back at the carnival?
  A: The attention of the ringmaster.
• Q: What is full of holes but still holds water at the carnival?
  A: The sponge in the dunk tank.
• Q: What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it at the carnival?
  A: A teapot.
• Q: What can you see but never touch at the carnival?
  A: The fireworks display.
• Q: What gets bigger when more is taken away at the carnival?
  A: The crowd’s anticipation.
• Q: What can travel around the world while staying in the same place at the carnival?
  A: The carousel.
• Q: What has a neck but no head at the carnival?
  A: A bottle of soda.
• Q: What is always coming but never arrives at the carnival?
  A: Tomorrow’s surprises.
• Q: What can be cracked, made, told, and played at the carnival?
  A: A joke.
• Q: What can be seen at night without any light at the carnival?
  A: Dreams.
• Q: What has hands but cannot clap at the carnival?
  A: A clock.
• Q: What goes up but never comes down at the carnival?
  A: The excitement.
• Q: What can be served but never eaten at the carnival?
  A: Justice from the dunk tank.

• Q: What has a thousand colors but no paint at the carnival?
  A: The rainbow-hued costumes.
• Q: What is always moving but never goes anywhere at the carnival?
  A: The swirling vortex of confetti.
• Q: What can you hear but never see at the carnival?
  A: The whispers of the fortune teller.
• Q: What has a face but never frowns at the carnival?
  A: The smiling moon in the night sky.
• Q: What can be cracked but never broken at the carnival?
  A: A joke told by the clown.
• Q: What is full of holes but still holds popcorn at the carnival?
  A: The popcorn bag.
• Q: What can turn everything upside down at the carnival?
  A: The spinning vortex of the tilt-a-whirl.
• Q: What has keys but can’t unlock doors at the carnival?
  A: The merry-go-round music box.
• Q: What has hands but can’t wave hello at the carnival?
  A: The ticking clock tower.
• Q: What gets shorter when you add to it at the carnival?
  A: The line for the bumper cars.
• Q: What can bring joy but also tears at the carnival?
  A: The Hall of Mirrors.
• Q: What is the coldest place at the carnival even in the summer?
  A: The ice cream stand.
• Q: What has a spine but no bones at the carnival?
  A: The roller coaster track.
• Q: What can you chase but never catch at the carnival?
  A: The elusive scent of cotton candy.
• Q: What has teeth but can’t bite at the carnival?
  A: The zipper on the clown’s costume.
• Q: What can be seen through but never seen at the carnival?
  A: The shimmering heat waves rising from the pavement.
• Q: What can light up the night sky with no flames at the carnival?
  A: The neon signs.
• Q: What can you step on but never break at the carnival?
  A: The shadows cast by the Ferris wheel.
• Q: What is the loudest thing at the carnival but never makes a sound?
  A: The applause of the crowd.
• Q: What can you wear but never take off at the carnival?
  A: The smile painted on your face.

Another Carnival riddles

• What has a big top but doesn’t wear a hat?
• What can you win at the carnival without ever playing a game?
• What flies high but never leaves the ground at the carnival?
• What is always ready to perform but never gets stage fright at the carnival?
• What gets smaller the more you use it, but never disappears at the carnival?
• What is always the first to arrive and the last to leave the carnival?
• What is colorful, but doesn’t paint a picture at the carnival?
• What is always in a rush but never gets anywhere at the carnival?
• What has keys but can’t open locks at the carnival?
• What can you hear, but never see at the carnival?
• What has a face but never frowns at the carnival?
• What is full of holes but still holds water at the carnival?
• What is smooth, yet makes a lot of waves at the carnival?
• What goes up and down but never moves at the carnival?
• What is easy to get into but hard to get out of at the carnival?
• What can be cracked, made, told, and played at the carnival?
• What can you see through, but it isn’t glass at the carnival?
• What can be carried without using your hands at the carnival?
• What can you catch, but never throw at the carnival?
• What has keys that don’t open locks, space without rooms, and trees without leaves at the carnival?

• What is always on a roll but never gets eaten at the carnival?
• What has a tent but isn’t camping at the carnival?
• What has a big mouth but doesn’t speak at the carnival?
• What is round and round but never goes anywhere at the carnival?
• What can you ride, but it won’t take you anywhere at the carnival?
• What has stripes and spins but isn’t a barber pole at the carnival?
• What has tickets but isn’t a train at the carnival?
• What can you step into, but never walk out of at the carnival?
• What is tall when it’s young and short when it’s old at the carnival?
• What is always busy but never gets any work done at the carnival?
• What is full of hot air but never says a word at the carnival?
• What has wheels but isn’t a vehicle at the carnival?
• What can you shoot, but it won’t get hurt at the carnival?
• What is long and twisted but isn’t a snake at the carnival?
• What has rings but isn’t for your fingers at the carnival?
• What is loud and colorful but doesn’t make a sound at the carnival?
• What can you walk through but can’t touch at the carnival?
• What is full of surprises but never shocks anyone at the carnival?
• What is always moving but never goes anywhere at the carnival?
• What has a tail but can’t wag it at the carnival?

Getting over with Carnival riddles

• What stands tall but never grows at the carnival?
• What has mirrors but doesn’t show reflections at the carnival?
• What has a trunk but isn’t an elephant at the carnival?
• What is round and bouncy but isn’t a ball at the carnival?
• What has a mouth but never eats at the carnival?
• What is full of buttons but isn’t a shirt at the carnival?
• What has a face but no eyes at the carnival?
• What can you throw but never catch at the carnival?
• What has steps but doesn’t lead anywhere at the carnival?
• What has a crown but isn’t royalty at the carnival?
• What has strings but can’t be played like a guitar at the carnival?
• What has wheels but isn’t a car at the carnival?
• What can you climb but never reach the top at the carnival?
• What is always hungry but never eats at the carnival?
• What has hands but doesn’t clap at the carnival?
• What has feet but can’t walk at the carnival?
• What can you hold but never touch at the carnival?
• What has a stage but no actors at the carnival?
• What is heavy but floats at the carnival?
• What has teeth but can’t bite at the carnival?