RIDDLES 1
They don't have flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
GLOVE
This is as light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What am I?
A BREATH
What has a neck and no head, two arms and no hands?
A SHIRT
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?
A HOLE
If you had only one match, and entered a dark room containing an oil lamp, some newspaper, and some kindling wood, which would you light first?
The match
You have me today,
Tomorrow you'll have more;
As your time passes,
I'm not easy to store;
I don't take up space,
But I'm only in one place;
I am what you saw,
But not what you see.
What am I?
memories
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
charcoal
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in 1,000 years?
The letter m
What has many teeth but can't bite?
Comb
I make two people out of one. What am I?
Shadow
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
What can point in every direction but can't reach the destination by itself.
Your finger
I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?
blackboard
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
your name
An apple is 40 cents, a banana is 60 cents and a grapefruit is 80 cents. How much is a pear?
1 dollar
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
fire
What never comes back even though it's never gone?
The past.
What can a child make but never see?
Noise
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
footsteps
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber.
I'm tall when I'm young, and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?
A candle
What kind of room has no windows and doors?
Mushroom
What has six faces and 21 eyes?
Dice