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I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
What is an echo?
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy. What am I?
What is a candle?
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
What is a map?
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
What is the letter: "R"?
What has six faces but doesn't wear makeup, 21 eyes but cannot see.
A Die (Dice)
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
What is the letter: "M"?
When you need me, You throw me out. But when you are done with me, You bring me back. What am I?
What is an anchor?
What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
What is a deck of cards?
I am something people love or hate. I change people’s appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of themself I will go up even higher. To some people, I will fool them. To others, I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will never go down. What am I?
What is age?
What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night?
-Riddle of the Sphinx
Humans
What is gone as soon as you say its name?
What is "silence"?
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
What is a stapler?
You go at red and stop at green. What am I?
What is a watermelon or strawberry?
Three different doctors said that Paul is their brother yet Paul claims he has no brothers. How?
They're all his sisters.
A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He stays three days, then rides out of town on Friday. How?
How is his horse's name Friday?
The first two letters signify a male.
The first three letters signify a female.
The first four letters signify a great person, while
The entire word signifies a great woman.
What is the word?
What is "heroine"?
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But five minutes later they enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
She shot a photo of her husband and develop it in a dark room.
I break but never fall. And I fall but never break. What are we?
What is day and night?
What thrives when you feed it but dies when you water it?
What is a fire?
What runs but can't walk. It has a mouth but never talks and has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps.
A River
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
What is "bookkeeper" or "bookkeeping"?
What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS
What is "E N T"?
Wednesday, Bill and Jim went to a restaurant. They ordered and ate their food. Then they paid the bill, but neither Bill nor Jim paid. Who did?
Who is Wednesday?
A man was driving his truck. His lights weren’t on. The moon wasn't shining. There were no streetlights. Up ahead, a woman was crossing the street. Luckily, the truck driver stopped in time—how did he see her?
What is daytime?
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?”
One (Me)
Who can shave 25 times a day but still have a beard?
A Barber
People buy me to eat but never eat me. What am I?
Plates / Utensils / Silverware
The maker doesn’t want it. The buyer doesn’t use it. The user doesn’t know it. What is it?
A Coffin
A plane crashed off the coast of Mexico and every single person died, yet there were two survivors. How could that happen?
The survivors were a couple/married.
This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.
Gollum's Riddle -JRR Tolkien " The Hobbit"
Time