Halloween riddles are played for fun during Halloween, although it is unclear how it was first started. While the questions are often related to the characters of Halloween or death symbols like ghosts, skeletons, mummies, vampires, demons and ghouls among others, the answers are often hilarious. Halloween riddles are intended to make people laugh during the celebration.http://faculty.gvsu.edu/goldenj/HalloweenRiddles.pdf

Riddle, which is a linguistic guessing game, has existed in many cultures for thousands of years.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/503047/riddle The Riddle of the Sphinx which Oedipus solved has remained one of the classic examples: What creature walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening?http://vccslitonline.cc.va.us/oedipusthewreck/vsSphinx.htm While riddles can be used to carry secret messages, the word games continue to be enjoyed on various festive occasions including Christmas.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/viewing/3411_03_nsn.html http://www.reep.org/resources/advent/2008/riddles.php

A variation of the guessing game is to create a Halloween Riddle Hunt. It can be made into a competition with two or more teams. Each team has to solve as many of the riddles and subsequently find as many of the items as possible in the allotted time. The team with the most items is the winner. The game can be played inside the house or outdoor. Riddles and their answers can often be found on the Internet.http://www.scavenger-hunt-fun.com/halloween-riddle-hunt.html

• Q: How do ghosts cry?
• A: Boo hoo!'http://www.apples4theteacher.com/crossword-puzzles/halloween/riddle36.html

• Q: What do ghosts wear when their eye sight is getting bad?
• A:Spookticles.http://www.halloweenhowl.com/halloween-riddles.shtml

• Q: What a baby ghost wears on Halloween?
• A: A pillowcase.http://www.scavenger-hunt-fun.com/halloween-riddle-hunt.html

• Q: Why do demons and ghouls hang out together?
• A: Because demons are a ghouls best friend!

• Q: Why did skeleton always chicken out?
• A: He had no guts.http://faculty.gvsu.edu/goldenj/HalloweenRiddles.pdf

• Q: What does a skeleton order at a restaurant?
• A: Spare ribs.http://www.scavenger-hunt-fun.com/halloween-riddle-hunt.html

• Q: What does a baby ghost wear on Halloween?
• A: A pillowcase.http://www.scavenger-hunt-fun.com/halloween-riddle-hunt.html