Riddle for 8-year-old: “What looks like a horse in black-and-white pajamas?” — Answer, grammar check, and explanation

Riddle: What looks like a horse in black-and-white pajamas?

Grammar check: The sentence is grammatically correct. If you want it to sound a little clearer, you can say: What looks like a horse wearing black-and-white pajamas? Both versions are good for a riddle.

Answer: A zebra.

Why: A zebra looks a lot like a horse, and its black-and-white stripes can be imagined as pajamas — so the zebra is the funny answer.

Hints you can use:

1. It lives in Africa.
2. It has stripes, not spots.
3. It looks like a horse but isn’t one.

Want to make your own riddle? Try this pattern: describe two things the animal looks like, then ask the question. Example: What looks like a horse but wears stripes instead of a coat? (Answer: zebra.)