RIDDLES 1
What goes up and never comes down?
your age
I am as light as a feather, yet no one can hold me for long. What am I?
A BREATH
Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands?
A SHIRT
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
A stamp
The more you take away, the more I become. What am I?
A HOLE
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Thick, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
candle
No sooner spoken than broken. What am I?
Silence
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
What kind of room has no windows or doors?
Mushroom
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river
I make two people out of one. What am I?
Shadow
If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it?
A secret
What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, has twenty-one eyes, but cannot see?
A die
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
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
in the dictionary
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
I don't have flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet I have fingers and thumbs of my own. What am I?
Glove
What room do ghosts avoid?
The living room
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
footsteps
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
Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
he is bald
Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy, and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today, tomorrow