Riddles
(Luna Lovegood)
Q: Which came first the phoenix or the flame?
A: A circle has no beginning
Q: The poor have it. The rich need it. And if you eat it you'll die. What am I?
A: Nothing.
Q: What runs but never walks. Often murmurs but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, and has a mouth but never eats?
A: A River
Q: It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three in the evening
A: Human; Morning/baby years it crawls in the afternoon/boyhood it walks on its two feet, And in the evening/elder age it walks with two feet and a cane acting as a third foot
Q: I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?
A: A candle
Q: Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.
A:"Wind"
Q: A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid
A: Eggs
Q: 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.
A: Time
Q: It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.
A: Dark
Q: Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?
A: The Sky
Q: If I have it, I don't share it. If I share it, I don't have it. What is it?
A: A Secret.
Q: What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
A: Silence.
Q: They come out at night without being called, and are lost in the day without being stolen. What are they?
A: Stars!
Q: What gets broken without being held?
A: A promise