Hard Riddles
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
An Echo!
What gets wet while drying?
A Towel!
I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. What am I?
Snow!
What has a face and hands but can't clap?
A clock!
What has four wheels and flies?
A Garbage Truck!
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness!
What has hands and a face but can't hold anything or smile?
A Clock!
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
A map!
Mary's mother has three children: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son?
Mary!
What has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps?
A river!
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman?
Heroine!
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your Breath!
I can't be bought, but I can be stolen with a glance. I'm worthless to one but priceless to two. What am I?
Love!
What must be broken before you can use it?
An Egg!
I am, in truth, a yellow fork. From tables in the sky. By inadvertent fingers dropped. The awful cutlery. Of mansions never quite disclosed. And never quite concealed. The apparatus of the dark. To ignorance revealed?
Lightning!
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you die. What is it?
Nothing!
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A Sponge!
What word in the English language contains the letters a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z?
The word "alphabet"!
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
A Stamp!
I'm not a blanket, yet I cover the ground; a crystal from heaven that doesn't make a sound. What am I?
A snowflake!
What is so fragile that saying its name will make it break?
Silence!
What goes up but never comes down?
Your age!
What has an eye, but cannot see?
A needle!
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold!
I'm sweet and cold with a stick to hold; a treat on a hot day, worth more than gold. What am I?
A popsicle!