#10

What do you fill with empty hands?

Gloves.

#9

You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?

A telephone.

#8

If you speak my name, I vanish. What am I?

Silence.

#7

What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?

A yardstick.

#6

What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon, and 3 legs in the evening?

Man. In the morning of his life, he crawls on all fours, as he grows to adulthood he walks on 2 legs, and in old age he uses a cane (3 legs).

#5

What's black and white and red all over?

An embarrassed zebra.
A sunburned penguin.
A skunk in a blender.
A newspaper. (read all over)

#4

I have streets but no pavement,
I have cities but no buildings,
I have forests but no trees,
I have rivers yet no water.
What am I?

A map.

#3

Brothers and sisters have I none but that man's father is my father's son. Who am I?

The father of "that man".

#2

The beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place.

The letter e.

#1

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.

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It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you'll die. What is it?

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Nothing. Nothing is greater than God, nothing is more evil than the devil, the poor have nothing, the rich need nothing and if you eat nothing you'll die

It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it?

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Man (or woman). Crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult and uses two legs and a cane when they're old.

I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?

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The letter e. End, timE, spacE, Every placE

What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?

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A river.

I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, To live and breath on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

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Tomorrow or the future.

At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

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The stars.

There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?

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A watermelon.

What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?

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The letter 'n'.

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

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It states, "There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word?" The third word of that phrase is of course "language." Don't get angry at me, I didn't make it up :)

The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it and the person who uses it doesn't know they are. What is it?

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A coffin

The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?

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Darkness

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

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A penny.

What English word has three consecutive double letters?

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Bookkeeper. An alternate, tricky, answer could be Woollen (where W is a "double u")

What's black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you're all through with it?

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Charcoal.

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

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An ear of corn.

I am always hungry,
I must always be fed,
The finger I touch,
Will soon turn red

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Fire

Ripped from my mother's womb,
Beaten and burned,
I become a blood thirsty killer.
What am I?

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Iron ore

I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be

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Few

I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns.

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Stove, fire, smoke

I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?

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A frog. The frog is an amphibian in the order Anura (meaning "tail-less") and usually makes noises at night during its mating season.

Half-way up the hill, I see thee at last, lying beneath me with thy sounds and sights -- A city in the twilight, dim and vast, with smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.

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The past. (Longfellow)

When young, I am sweet in the sun.
When middle-aged, I make you gay.
When old, I am valued more than ever.

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Wine

All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.

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The wind

If you break me
I do not stop working,
If you touch me
I may be snared,
If you lose me
Nothing will matter.

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Your heart

Until I am measured
I am not known,
Yet how you miss me
When I have flown.

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Time

I drive men mad
For love of me,
Easily beaten,
Never free.

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Gold

When set loose
I fly away,
Never so cursed
As when I go astray.

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Lighter than what
I am made of,
More of me is hidden
Than is seen.

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Each morning I appear
To lie at your feet,
All day I will follow
No matter how fast you run,
Yet I nearly perish
In the midday sun.

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My life can be measured in hours,
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick
Fat, I am slow
Wind is my foe.

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I am seen in the water
If seen in the sky,
I am in the rainbow,
A jay's feather,
And lapis lazuli.

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Glittering points
That downward thrust,
Sparkling spears
That never rust.

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You heard me before,
Yet you hear me again,
Then I die,
'Till you call me again.

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Three lives have I.
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.

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At the sound of me, men may dream
Or stamp their feet
At the sound of me, women may laugh
Or sometimes weep

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What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?

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I build up castles.
I tear down mountains.
I make some men blind,
I help others to see.
What am I?

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Two in a corner,
1 in a room,
0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?

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Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king.

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It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter. What is it?

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How far will a blind dog walk into a forest?

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What happens when you throw a yellow rock into a purple stream?

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What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has "T" in it?

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As I went over London Bridge
I met my sister Jenny
I broke her neck and drank her blood
And left her standing empty

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Whoever makes it, tells it not.
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
Whoever knows it, wants it not

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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.

-- Emily Dickenson

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You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see. What am I?

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I turn polar bears white
and I will make you cry.
I make guys have to pee
and girls comb their hair.
I make celebrities look stupid
and normal people look like celebrities.
I turn pancakes brown
and make your champagne bubble.
If you squeeze me, I'll pop.
If you look at me, you'll pop.
Can you guess the riddle?

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Say my name and I disappear. What am I?

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What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?

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A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within. What is it?

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Forward I'm heavy, but backwards I'm not. What am I?

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Why doesn't a mountain covered with snow catch cold?

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I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or square.
What am I?

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One by one we fall from heaven
down into the depths of past
And our world is ever upturned
so that yet some time we'll last

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I drift forever with the current
down these long canals they've made
Tame, yet wild, I run elusive
Multitasking to your aid.
Before I came, the world was darker
Colder, sometimes, rougher, true
But though I might make living easy,
I'm good at killing people too.

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Reaching stiffly for the sky,
I bare my fingers when it's cold
In warmth I wear an emerald glove
And in between I dress in gold

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Kings and queens may cling to power
and the jester's got his call
But, as you may all discover,
the common one outranks them all

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Every dawn begins with me
At dusk I'll be the first you see
And daybreak couldn't come without
What midday centers all about
Daises grow from me, I'm told
And when I come, I end all cold
But in the sun I won't be found
Yet still, each day I'll be around

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Kings and lords and christians raised them
Since they stand for higher powers
Yet few of them would stand, I'm certain,
if women ruled this world of ours

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Soft and fragile is my skin
I get my growth in mud
I'm dangerous as much as pretty
For if not careful, I draw blood.

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Three brothers share a family sport:
A non-stop marathon
The oldest one is fat and short
And trudges slowly on
The middle brother's tall and slim
And keeps a steady pace
The youngest runs just like the wind,
A-speeding through the race
"He's young in years, we let him run,"
The other brothers say
"'Cause though he's surely number one,
He's second, in a way."

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It's true I bring serenity,
And hang around the stars
But yet I live in misery;
You'll find me behind bars
With thieves and villains I consort
In prison I'll be found
But I would never go to court,
Unless there's more than one

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I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?

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There once was a strange man who loved wordplay, he had a very important and successful business that would take insect shipments from all across the world and distribute them to zoos across the US.

What was the name of his company?

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There is one word that stands the test of time and holds fast to the center of everything. Though everyone will try at least once in their life to move around this word, but in fact, unknowingly, they use it every moment of the day. Young or old, awake or in sleep, human or animal, this word stands fast. It belongs to everyone, to all living things, but no one can master it. The word is?

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My days are in the summer
When you'll eat me when I'm hot
In fact I'll even eat myself
Where battles tough are fought
But when you find me in a fight
'Twill be high in the sky
And if you catch me napping
I suggest you let me lie
When you're bad come to my house
From Ma get thoughts profound
Am I big or am I small?
Some say I'm just a pound.

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My first is twice in apple but not once in tart. My second is in liver but not in heart. My third is in giant and also in ghost. Whole I'm best when I am roast. What am I?

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What gets wetter as it dries?

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This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why? Study it, think about it, and you may find out. Try to do it without coaching. If you work at it for a bit it will dawn on you. So jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. Good luck - don't blow your cool!

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When you went into the woods you got me.
You hated me yet you wanted to find me.
You went home with me cause you couldn't find me

What was it?

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An iron horse with a flaxen tail.
The faster the horse runs,
the shorter his tail becomes.

What is it?

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You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?

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A mile from end to end, yet as close to as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given. Seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short and tall, but shared among children most of all. What is it?

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I'm full of holes, yet I'm full of water. What am I?

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Four of us are in your field
But our differences keep us at yield

First, a one that is no fool
Though he resembles a gardener's tool

Next, one difficult to split in two
And a girl once had one as big as her shoe

Then, to the mind, one's a lovely bonder
And truancy makes it grow fonder

Last, a stem connecting dots of three
Knowing all this, what are we?

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I am a word of meanings three.
Three ways of spelling me there be.
The first is an odour, a smell if you will.
The second some money, but not in a bill.
The third is past tense, a method of passing things on or around.

Can you tell me now, what these words are, that have the same sound?

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It's red, blue, purple and green, no one can reach it, not even the queen. What is it?

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What question can you never honestly answer yes to?

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What has a neck and no head, two arms but no hands?

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I live in water
If you cut my head I'm at your door,
If you cut my tail I'm fruit,
If you cut both I'm with you

What am I?

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Feed me and I live, give me drink and I die. What am I?

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What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?

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A man went to the hardware store to buy items for his house.

1 would cost $.25
12 would cost $.50
122 would cost $.75

When he left the store he had spent $.75, what did he buy?

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What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less?

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The more you take, the more you leave behind.

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I am a word of 5 letters and people eat me. If you remove the first letter I become a form of energy. Remove the first two and I'm needed to live. Scramble the last 3 and you can drink me. What am I?

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Before any changes I'm a garlic or spice. My first is altered and I'm a hand-warming device. My second is changed and I'm trees in full bloom. The next letter change makes a deathly old tomb. Change the fourth to make a fruit of the vine. Change the last for a chart plotted with lines. What was I? What did I become? What did I turn out to be?

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A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

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Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word. BSAINXLEATNTEARS

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Alive without breath,
As cold as death,
Clad in mail never clinking,
Never thirsty, ever drinking

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I can always go up, never down,
I can always turn left, never right,
I am always hot when I'm cold

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A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days and leaves on Friday. How did he do it?

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What has roots that nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
Yet it never grows?

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This thing all things devours,
Birds, beasts, trees, and flowers.
Gnaws iron bites steel,
Grinds hard stones to meal,
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down

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It cannot be seen, it cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt,
Lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
Comes first follows after,
Ends life kills laughter.

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An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
'That eye is like this eye'
Said the first eye,
But in a low, not high place.

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I'm lighter than air but a million men can't lift me. What am I?

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A man is born in 1946 and dies in 1947, yet he was 86 years old. How is that possible?

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I go in hard.
I come out soft.
You blow me hard.
What am I?

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Two words is my answer. In order to keep me, you have to give me. What am I?

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If you drop me I'm sure to crack but give me a smile and I'll always smile back

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What does this represent?
Standing
World

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What does this represent?
Wear
Black

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Old Mother Twitchet had one eye
and a long tail that she let fly.
And every time she went through a gap,
she left some tail in the trap

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Little Miss Eticote
In her white petticoat
And her red nose
The longer she stands
The shorter she grows

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Only one color, but not one size,
stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies;
present in sun, but not in rain;
doing no harm, and feeling no pain.

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What force and strength cannot get through,
I, with a gentle touch, can do.
And many in the street would stand,
were I not a friend at hand.

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Round like an apple, deep like a cup,
yet all the king's horses cannot pull it up.

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Thirty white horses on a red hill,
first champ, then stamp, and then stand still

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Black we are and much admired,
men seek us if they are tired,
We tire the horse, comfort man,
guess this riddle if you can.

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Weight in my belly;
trees on my back;
nails in my ribs;
feet I do lack.

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What holds two people together but touches only one?

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What lives in the corner but travels the world?

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I'm white, I'm round, but not always around. Sometimes you see me, sometimes you don't. What am I?

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There are two meanings to me. With one I may need to be broken, with the other I hold on. My favorite characteristic is my charming dimple. What am I?

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Toss me out of the window,
You'll find a grieving wife,
Pull me back but through the door, and
Watch someone give life!

What am I?

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What has a head, one arm, one leg and a round bottom?

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I have an end but no beginning, a home but no family, a space without room. I never speak but there is no word I cannot make. What am I?

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I go in dry and come out wet, The longer I'm in, the stronger I get. What am I?

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In the day I stand tall in a white petticoat. By evening I'm in my short black dress. What am I?

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I cannot be other than what I am
Until the man who made me dies
Power and glory will fall to me finally
Only when he last closes his eyes

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Two in a whole and four in a pair
And six in a trio you see
And eight's a quartet but what you must get
Is the name that fits just one of me?

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One am I, among six others:
Largest, smallest,
Cold, dark
and two brothers.
Who am I?

(Purportedly from Lewis Carroll)

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What asks no questions but receives lots of answers?

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In the night a mountain in the morning a meadow. What am I?

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What goes up but never comes down?

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Three little letters
A paradox to some.
The worse that it is
The better it becomes.

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I am in a house with no doors. There are people inside but no reply. Who am I?

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I hide but my head is outside. What am I?

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What three letter English word has an odd start, an even finish and an infinitely long middle?

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When a bird flies over the ocean a part of the body touches the water but doesn't get wet. What part is it?

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I appear in the morning but am always there.
You can never see me though I am everywhere.
By night I am gone, though I sometimes never was.
Nothing can defeat me but I am easily gone.
What am I?

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In the marble walls as white as wilk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple does appear.
No doors are there to this stronghold
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.

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I am here, I am there
I am burned into the mind of none
I walk on fire and live on ice
My words are meaningless for I talk not
I hate everyone yet fear no one
I have lived for centuries
Yet I have never existed
What am I?

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I don't exist unless you cut me, but if you stab me I won't bleed. I hate no one yet am abhorred by all. What am I?

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The first is a person who lives in disguise who deals in secrets and tells nothing but lies.
Then think of a letter that's last to mend the middle of middle and end of end.
Now think of a sound which is often heard in search of every unknown word.
Put it together and answer me this, which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?

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I live in a busy place in the city,
I'll let you stay with me for awhile,
If you don't feed me, I can get you into trouble.
What am I?

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The first 2 letters of this English word refer to a male, the first three refer to a female, the first 4 to a great man and the whole word is a great woman. What is the word?

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What word is the same written forward, backward and upside down?

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What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or seen?

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What surrounds the world, yet dwells within a thimble?

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I am whole but incomplete. I have no eyes, yet I see. You can see, and see right through me. My largest part is one fourth of what I once was. What am I?

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I am big and mighty, and scared of sharp objects.
I feed everyone and watch people go by.
I have my feet stuck and hate talking with my big mouth.
What am I?

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I wear a red robe,
With staff in hand,
And a stone in my throat.
What am I?

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The dwarves and Snow White sit down for a bite.
How fast can you guess what she serves her guests next?

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I have a mouth on my head and eat everything. What am I?

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Gets rid of bad ones,
Short and tall,
Tightens when used
One size fits all.

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What comes in different sizes, different colors and different shapes?

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My first is twice in apple but not once in tart.
My second is in liver but not in heart.
My third is in giant and also in ghost.
Whole I'm best, when I am roast.
What am I?

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I met an old man on London bridge,
As the sun set on the ridge,
He tipped his hat and drew his name,
And cheated at the guessing game.
What was the man's name?

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yyyy U R, yyyy U B, I C U R y y 4 ?
What word belongs in place of the question mark?

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I live above a star but never burn. I have 11 neighbors but they never turn. My initials are p, q, r and sometimes s. What am I?

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Tear one off and scratch my head. What once was red is black instead. What am I?

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She awakes, I touch her and she spreads her legs apart. We are both nervous but I continue. Finally the white liquid comes. What happened?

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Tall in the morning, short at noon, gone at night but I'll be back soon. What am I?

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What four letters frighten a thief?

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What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment but not once in a thousand years?

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How is the letter T like an island?

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If you have it, you want to share it.
If you share it, you don't have it.
What is it?

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Where can you find a 3 foot ruler?

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What falls but never breaks and breaks but never falls?

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What do you throw out to use and take in when you're done?

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Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters. What is it?

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The thunder comes before the lightning,
And the lightning comes before the cloud,
The rain dries all the land it touches,
Wrapping the earth in a blood red shroud.
What am I?

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A word I know, six letters it contains, subtract just one and twelve remains.

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What ties one to another and is closest to the heart?

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People need me but they always give me away. What am I?

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I crawl on the earth and rise on a pillar. What am I?

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What kind of pet always stays on the floor?

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What type of house weighs the least?

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I'm found on a hand and also a tree,
You'll find me on Sunday, occasionally,
Records, pictures, islands and brew,
From August to Wolfgang and Sago for you.
What am I?

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I have palms but not on hands,
I offer foods from distant lands,
When at my peak you'll see me smoke,
I'm famous for my friendly folk,
My flowers grow and yet they lay,
There's fire where a man will play,
I'm sure you know we're family,
You're welcome to come stay with me.
What am I?

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The answer to each clue is a single, 100-point word, or a word whose letters add up to 100, with a = 1, b = 2.
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i. Peanut butter tastes like this.
ii. The hat a Dad wears.
iii. To fire a chef,
iv. A smart timepiece.
v. Figured it out again.
vi. Where a kid can sleep.
vii. The magical fruit leaves you doing this.
viii. Betrayed for this much silver.
ix. A baked good that is height challenged.
x. A sticky way to neaten your hair.

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Snake coiled round and round,
Snake deep below the ground,
Snake that's never had a head,
Snake that binds but not with dread.

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What do you not want to have and not want to lose?

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I belong to you, but am used more by others. What am I?

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What do horses, sleep and dreams have in common?

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Which tree is the most difficult to get along with?

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Stars awash in a sheen of light
It calls out loud in vile delight.
Listeners endure in fright.
Vicious brute that reigns at night,
Evil whelped of heinous bite,
Renewed by wax, it regains might.
A leading way to slay the beast,
Get the hidden weapon thus released.

What is this describing?
Hint: The first letter of each line has a clue

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Halo of water, tongue of wood
Skin of stone, long I've stood.
My fingers short reach to the sky
Inside my heart men live and die.

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This house holds rooms, one score and six,
That shelter a vast mob.
It lets lions lie down with the lambs,
Yet makes both shun the slob.

None now will nestle with nicks and nates,
While reams room near the rear.
Though you and I have separate rooms
Both our bottles brim with beer.

The king and queen can never mate
(Though hands and hearts hobnob)
Because their rooms are separate
If this jail does its job.

What house is this that rules thus
Forcing faith to fend with fear?
The answer to this riddle lies
With dead and dying here.

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Boys use it, girls like it, parents hate it. What is this 5-letter word?

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I am in the sky but also in the ground. When you study me, no matter how long, I will always end with an f. I may be in your yard but not in your house. What am I?

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I spit like bacon, am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone but lack good legs,
I peel like an onion but still remain whole,
I'm long like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole
What am I?

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The more you take from me, the bigger I get. What am I?

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I sit in a corner and travel around the world. What am I?

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What are these three related items? When I am placed somewhere I will never stand up. Whatever you give me I will eat. When I go I never return.

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What plant becomes the name of a star by removing the first letter, becomes a number without the last letter and becomes a bird if the first and last letters are taken away?

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What work can one never finish?

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Everyone needs this, it's great with an 'r' on the end but you're sad when the first letter goes away. What is it?

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Man walks over, man walks under,
In times of war he burns asunder.
What is it?

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What's the only room from which no one can enter or leave?

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I'm not the sort that's eaten, I'm not the sort you bake,
Don't put me in an oven, I don't taste that great,
But when applied correctly, around me you will find,
Problems are so simple when my digits come to mind.

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This walks on graves at night yet in homes during the day,
Men are scared of it, women like it, children play with it,
It lives on dates and salt,
It is covered in hair,
Its name starts with 'M' and it is mentioned in the Quran.
What is it?

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We are four against the masses. We are trying to find the one who is the whole package. We sigh, we laugh, we frown while we hope that the next one will be the one. Who are we?

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When I take off my clothes, it puts on it's clothes.
When I put on my clothes, it takes off it's clothes.

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What can you break but not touch?

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I'm up and down and round about,
yet all the world can't find me out.
Though thousands have employed their leisure,
they never yet could find my measure.
I'm found in almost every garden,
In a compass or a farden.
There's neither chariot coach nor mill
may move one inch except I will.
What am I?

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Two bodies have I, though both joined in one,
The more I stand still the faster I run.
What am I?

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It can be cracked,
It can be made,
It can be told,
It can be played.
What is it?

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What can't be burned in a fire nor drowned in water?

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What do you call a woman who doesn't have all her fingers on one hand?

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With pointed fangs it sits in wait,
With piercing force it doles out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might,
Eternally joining in a single bite
What is it?

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Begin with a word, five letters to my name,
Remove the first and last but I am the same
Take out my middle and still I remain.
What word am I?

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I lack much reason, but often rhyme,
And require logic to pass the time,
To get the words to tell your kin,
Look for clues that lie within,
Though all are different, they act the same,
The answer is practically in the name.
What am I?

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It may only be given,
Not taken or bought,
What the sinner desires,
But the saint does not.

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Touch me and I'm gone,
But to you I belong.
I stay with you for life,
But I am not seen by your wife.
What am I?

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My first is in FLOWER and in ROSE
My second is in FORK and well as HOSE
My third is in CROCUS but not in GNOME
My fourth is in RAKE never in HOME
My fifth is in HOE and also in WEEDS
My sixth is in SHEARS though not in SEEDS
My seventh is in LADYBIRD not in CREATURE
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I am flora, not fauna,
I am foliage, not trees,
I am shrubbery, not grass,
What am I?

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What is something to everybody and nothing to everyone else?

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Destroyer of the unbreakable,
More of me is hidden than seen.
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I saw a strange creature,
Long, hard, and straight,
Thrusting in a round, dark, opening,
Preparing to discharge its load of lives,
Puffing and squealing noises accompanied it,
Then a final screech as it slowed and stopped.

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What goes around and in the house, but never touches the house?

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I am pronounced as one letter but written as three,
There are two of me, I am single, I am double,
I can be blue, brown, black or green.
I can be read from right to left or left to right and am still the same.
What am I?

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I'm a six letter word. If I did not exist, you wouldn't either. With my first letter ommited I'm an alternative. The last three letters are feminine. The first four letters make an insect. Who am I?

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What kind of a nut has a hole?

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Many foods can make me strong but give me water and I won't last long. What am I?

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I am a five letter word. If you remove my last four letters I am still pronounced the same. What am I?

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I am something everybody tends to overlook, no matter how careful they are. What am I?

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I am too much for one, enough for two, but nothing to three. What am I?

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Take away my first letter and I remain the same. Take away my last letter and I remain unchanged. Remove all my letters and I'm still me. What am I?

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When you look at me,
You think of yourself.
I am always ready to talk
Whether times are easy or rough.
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I am always with you
But commonly forgotten.
You use me constantly,
And can sometimes be rotten.
What am I?

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I saw the dead bring forth the living. I saw the living bring forth the dead. Who or what did I see?

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You'll have this 6-letter word at night and if you remove the first letter it denotes the top, such as on a train. What is the word?

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I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?

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I am a seed, three letters in the name,
Take away two and I sound quite the same. What am I?

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What does every man have, some longer or shorter than others and they give it to their wife when they get married?

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Comes as wooden as a tree,
Covered in paint, don't you see,
Makes you laugh, or run and hide,
For it has something dark inside.

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Made of ten but two we make,
When assembled others quake,
Five apart and we are weak,
Five together havoc wreak.
What are we?

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