Riddles from The Hobbit
I have roots that nobody sees, taller than trees, up up up i go but i never grow.
A Mountain
What has keys but can't open locks?
A piano
I’m full of holes, but I can hold a lot of weight. What am I?
Swiss cheese/sponge
What is brown and has a tail, a head, and no legs?
A Penny
I have a neck and no head, two arms and no hands?
A shirt
Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.
Teeth
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
An Echo
I’m not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
yeast
You don't know me yet, but you always miss me when I'm gone. What am I?
Time
I have four fingers and a thumb but isn't alive?
A glove
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
Wind
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
I’m often served at breakfast, but I’m not a drink. Pearly white with a spot of sun. What am I?
Egg
Which word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly?
Incorrectly
I have only two words but thousands of letters. What am I?
Post Office
Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking
A Fish
I am tall when I am young, and I am short when I am old. What am I?
A Candle
I take away but can leave behind something of a better kind. I must be handled with care for i can bring much dispair!
Knife (kitchen knife)
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but there's no door. What am I?
A Keyboard
I break the moment you say my name.
Silence
This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
Time
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
I wear a coat that's bright and bold,
Inside, my treasures are pure gold.
Peel me back, and you'll see,
A burst of flavor, sweet and free.
I grow on trees, but I'm not a leaf,
In the sun, I bring relief.
What am I, that’s round and sweet,
A citrus treat that's hard to beat?
Orange
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper
I am easy to lift but hard to throw. What am I?
A feather