Unicorns are imaginary, but their story is real and surprisingly old. People have told tales about one-horned animals for thousands of years, and sailors once sold narwhal tusks as magic unicorn horns. These riddles mix fantasy fun with that real history.
Each riddle has a different answer, from manes and hooves to Scotland, the narwhal and the startup companies nicknamed unicorns.
Easy Unicorn Riddles for Kids
- I look like a horse with one horn and a rainbow mane. What am I? 👉 A unicorn
- I am the single spiral point on a unicorn’s forehead. What am I? 👉 A horn
- I am the long, flowing hair on a unicorn’s neck. What am I? 👉 A mane
- I am a baby horse or a baby unicorn. What am I called? 👉 A foal
- I am the colorful arch in the sky that unicorns slide down in stories. What am I? 👉 A rainbow
- I am the magical woods where unicorns hide in fairy tales. What am I? 👉 An enchanted forest
- I am a horse from Greek myths with wings instead of a horn. What am I? 👉 Pegasus
- I am the sparkly powder that makes unicorn crafts shine. What am I? 👉 Glitter
- I am the hard bottom of a unicorn’s leg that goes clip-clop. What am I? 👉 A hoof
- I am a fluffy, sugary fair treat often spun in pink and blue unicorn colors. What am I? 👉 Cotton candy
- I am the soft color made by mixing red and white, and I am all over unicorn party decorations. What am I? 👉 Pink
Unicorn History and Fact Riddles
Unicorns are not real, but these facts about them are. The note after each answer explains it.
- I am the country that chose the unicorn as its national animal. What am I? 👉 Scotland
- In medieval Europe, my long spiral tusk was sold as a magic unicorn horn. What animal am I? 👉 The narwhal
- The word “unicorn” comes from Latin words that mean this. What is it? 👉 One horn
- Marco Polo saw me in Asia and called me an ugly unicorn. What animal am I? 👉 A rhinoceros
- In business, a young company worth more than one billion dollars gets this nickname. What is it? 👉 A unicorn (the term was coined by investor Aileen Lee in 2013)
- I am a famous set of medieval tapestries showing a hunt for a unicorn, and I hang in New York. What am I? 👉 The Unicorn Tapestries (they are displayed at The Met Cloisters)
- On the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, the unicorn stands across from me. What am I? 👉 The lion
- I am a desert antelope with long straight horns, and from the side I can look like I have only one. What am I? 👉 The Arabian oryx (some historians think sightings like this inspired unicorn stories)
Funny Unicorn Riddles
- What do you call a unicorn with no horn? 👉 A horse
- What do baby unicorns call their dad? 👉 Pop-corn
- Why did the unicorn go to the doctor? 👉 It had a horn-ible cold
Unicorn Brain Teasers
- Five unicorns each have one horn and four hooves. How many horns and hooves are there in total? 👉 25
- A herd of unicorns has 24 hooves. How many unicorns are in the herd? 👉 6
- I start with “uni” and I am a bike with only one wheel. What am I? 👉 A unicycle
- I start with “uni” and everyone at school wears the same version of me. What am I? 👉 A uniform
- I start with “uni” and I hold every star, planet and galaxy. What am I? 👉 The universe
- A unicorn walks 3 km to the rainbow and 3 km back home. How far did it walk? 👉 6 km
- A unicorn’s mane grows 2 cm every week. How much does it grow in 10 weeks? 👉 20 cm
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