Riddle: What question can someone ask all day long, always get completely different answers, and yet all the answers could be correct?
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What time is it?
What is it riddles
What is it riddles
Test your powers of logical thinking with these fun what is it riddles, complete with answers!
The first three made a baby, the last three made it mine. All six gathered dance around with hands and fishing line. What is it?
Riddle: The first three made a baby, the last three made it mine. All six gathered dance around with hands and fishing line. What is it?
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Puppet. (The baby is the pup, making it yours makes it your pet)
What is white as snow yet tastes of the sea?
Riddle: What is white as snow yet tastes of the sea?
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Salt.
You can see it every day, but cannot touch it at will. What is it?
Riddle: You can see it every day, but cannot touch it at will. What is it?
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The sky.
Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
Riddle: Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
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Time.
Inner, outer, made of hell, made of friends. Walk in it, talk in it, pain without ends. What is it?
Riddle: Inner, outer, made of hell, made of friends. Walk in it, talk in it, pain without ends. What is it?
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Circle.
It floats like a log. It looks like a log. But it isn’t a log. What is it?
Riddle: It floats like a log. It looks like a log. But it isn’t a log. What is it?
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An alligator.
It shouts along the street but hasn’t any lungs. It tugs at leaves and hurls them at people old and young. What is it?
Riddle: It shouts along the street but hasn’t any lungs. It tugs at leaves and hurls them at people old and young. What is it?
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Wind.
As a child, you had four; now a grown-up, just the two. Texans have so much more; a friend’s got one for you. If you break them, do not dread, a machine can do it instead. What are they?
Riddle: As a child, you had four; now a grown-up, just the two. Texans have so much more; a friend’s got one for you. If you break them, do not dread, a machine can do it instead. What are they?
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Kidneys (Adults normally have two. Children have four if you count their kid knees. If they go wrong then friend can donate a kidney or you can use a dialysis machine. Texans eat a lot of kidney beans)
What can be touched but can’t be seen?
Riddle: What can be touched but can’t be seen?
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Someone’s heart.
Marks made to be learned, marks made to last. Marks to bind thought, marks made to sing. Marks made to keep our stories past, our tales into the future fling. What is it?
Riddle: Marks made to be learned, marks made to last. Marks to bind thought, marks made to sing. Marks made to keep our stories past, our tales into the future fling. What is it?
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Writing.
What costs nothing but is worth everything, weighs nothing but lasts a lifetime, that one person can’t own but two can share?
Riddle: What costs nothing but is worth everything, weighs nothing but lasts a lifetime, that one person can’t own but two can share?
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Love.
One hides six, two hide five, three hide four, then perchance you will win, you will lose, at the end of the dance. What is it?
Riddle: One hides six, two hide five, three hide four, then perchance you will win, you will lose, at the end of the dance. What is it?
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Dice.
What falls often but never gets hurt?
Riddle: What falls often but never gets hurt?
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Snow.
They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
Riddle: They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?
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Gloves.
A land animal with two hearts. It can remove one heart that can beating for up to 100 years outside of its body. Then it can regrow another. What is it?
Riddle: A land animal with two hearts. It can remove one heart that can beating for up to 100 years outside of its body. Then it can regrow another. What is it?
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A pregnant woman.
Quickly browned this narrow fellow, nostalgic for his former yellow. Fret not, for browning doesn’t make him dead, it’s simply time to make some bread. What is it?
Riddle: Quickly browned this narrow fellow, nostalgic for his former yellow. Fret not, for browning doesn’t make him dead, it’s simply time to make some bread. What is it?
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Banana.
A girl has four, a cow has three. What are they?
Riddle: A girl has four, a cow has three. What are they?
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Letters.
A part of heaven, though it touches the earth. Some say it’s valuable, others say no worth. What is it?
Riddle: A part of heaven, though it touches the earth. Some say it’s valuable, others say no worth. What is it?
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Rainbow.
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it, but almost nobody takes it. What is it?
Riddle: Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it, but almost nobody takes it. What is it?
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Advice.
What starts with m, ends with n, and has an x and y inside?
Riddle: What starts with m, ends with n, and has an x and y inside?
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Man (x and y chromosomes).
Its army has thousands of blades and it does battle in valleys and glades. With its green banners raised high, it yearns to touch the sky. What is it?
Riddle: Its army has thousands of blades and it does battle in valleys and glades. With its green banners raised high, it yearns to touch the sky. What is it?
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Grass.
It increases and decreases yet no one sees it. It is not a fire and yet it can be quenched. What is it?
Riddle: It increases and decreases yet no one sees it. It is not a fire and yet it can be quenched. What is it?
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Thirst.
What can marry but cannot live, can be tasted but cannot be held?
Riddle: What can marry but cannot live, can be tasted but cannot be held?
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Flavor.
Don’t throw me around, you will make others frown. Just recline for a while in that oldschool style. What is it?
Riddle: Don’t throw me around, you will make others frown. Just recline for a while in that oldschool style. What is it?
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Shade.
Eternal ice bending the light. Stuck in place are the sands of time. Uneven mass sharp as a blade. Malleable blob taking any shape. What is it?
Riddle: Eternal ice bending the light. Stuck in place are the sands of time. Uneven mass sharp as a blade. Malleable blob taking any shape. What is it?
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Glass.
Glittering points that downward thrust. Sparkling spears that never rust. What are they?
Riddle: Glittering points that downward thrust. Sparkling spears that never rust. What are they?
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Icicles.
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. What is it?
Riddle: 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. What is it?
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A shadow.
It starts with an act that damns you. It ends with a friend of a feather and pot. Your heart does it at bad news. What is it?
Riddle: It starts with an act that damns you. It ends with a friend of a feather and pot. Your heart does it at bad news. What is it?
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Sink.
What can’t be burned in fire, nor drowned in water?
Riddle: What can’t be burned in fire, nor drowned in water?
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Ice.
There is a thing that nothing is, and yet it has a name. It’s sometimes tall and sometimes short, joins our talks, joins our sport, and plays at every game. What is it?
Riddle: There is a thing that nothing is, and yet it has a name. It’s sometimes tall and sometimes short, joins our talks, joins our sport, and plays at every game. What is it?
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Shadow.
What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?
Riddle: What has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?
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A computer keyboard.
From oceanic depths and deep in the earth. With building pressure, it has to find release. Through small tunnels and narrow caverns. Giant pillars will reach out and touch the sky. What is it?
Riddle: From oceanic depths and deep in the earth. With building pressure, it has to find release. Through small tunnels and narrow caverns. Giant pillars will reach out and touch the sky. What is it?
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Geyser.
The silver layer reveals secrets. It rejects the light’s truths. Left becomes right. Right becomes left. In its gaze the true world shifts. What is it?
Riddle: The silver layer reveals secrets. It rejects the light’s truths. Left becomes right. Right becomes left. In its gaze the true world shifts. What is it?
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Mirror.
Flying waves of blue and green. It’s a true marvel to be seen. From collisions in the storm. A finest dancing light is born. What is it?
Riddle: Flying waves of blue and green. It’s a true marvel to be seen. From collisions in the storm. A finest dancing light is born. What is it?
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Aurora borealis.
What can mark a promise, be heard on a phone, and seen in a boxing match?
Riddle: What can mark a promise, be heard on a phone, and seen in a boxing match?
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Ring.
The calcium serpent gives courage to the cowardly. Its flexible curve strengthens the weak and unstable. Remove its power and only one part remains alive. What is it?
Riddle: The calcium serpent gives courage to the cowardly. Its flexible curve strengthens the weak and unstable. Remove its power and only one part remains alive. What is it?
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Spine.
What machine pours water through many ears?
Riddle: What machine pours water through many ears?
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A dishwasher full of mugs.
What is made by man and full of holes? The more holes you add, the more it can carry.
Riddle: What is made by man and full of holes? The more holes you add, the more it can carry.
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Net.
Where horses storm the castle and the clergy take the throne; where squires are crowned and where ladies freely roam. What is it?
Riddle: Where horses storm the castle and the clergy take the throne; where squires are crowned and where ladies freely roam. What is it?
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Chessboard.
When a third one is added, it becomes the second one. What is it?
Riddle: When a third one is added, it becomes the second one. What is it?
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Hands on a clock.
What happens once in soccer, twice in football, but never happens in baseball?
Riddle: What happens once in soccer, twice in football, but never happens in baseball?
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The letter ‘O’.
When its needed, you throw it away. Once it’s no longer needed, you pull it back in. What is it?
Riddle: When its needed, you throw it away. Once it’s no longer needed, you pull it back in. What is it?
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Ship anchor.
What is kept, when it is stolen? What can be cold, when it makes heat? What still works, when it is broken? What’s not defeated, if it’s beat?
Riddle: What is kept, when it is stolen? What can be cold, when it makes heat? What still works, when it is broken? What’s not defeated, if it’s beat?
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Heart.
Two-face called one face out in the cold, to take more of that which he had hundredfold. Laughing-face watched smilingly from the stair, and pale-face saw all from her perch in the air. What is it?
Riddle: Two-face called one face out in the cold, to take more of that which he had hundredfold. Laughing-face watched smilingly from the stair, and pale-face saw all from her perch in the air. What is it?
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Halloween – a disguised child ringing to get more candy, as the jack o’lantern grins and the moon shines.
Born from barley, kissed by hops, it wears a foamy crown. In glass or stein it loosens tongues as golden rivers drown. What is it?
Riddle: Born from barley, kissed by hops, it wears a foamy crown. In glass or stein it loosens tongues as golden rivers drown. What is it?
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Beer.
Never resting and never still. Moving silently from hill to hill. It does not walk, run or trot. All is cool where it is not. What is it?
Riddle: Never resting and never still. Moving silently from hill to hill. It does not walk, run or trot. All is cool where it is not. What is it?
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Sunshine.
I have something in my hand that I’m holding tight, but if I drop, it will disappear instantly. What is it?
Riddle: I have something in my hand that I’m holding tight, but if I drop, it will disappear instantly. What is it?
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My fist.
You strap it to your back, to stop you falling flat. What is it?
Riddle: You strap it to your back, to stop you falling flat. What is it?
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Parachute.
It falls from skies and fills the seas, it carves through stone with patient ease. What is it?
Riddle: It falls from skies and fills the seas, it carves through stone with patient ease. What is it?
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Water.
White sheep on a blue hill. When the winds stop, they stand still. They walk far away when the winds blow. What are they?
Riddle: White sheep on a blue hill. When the winds stop, they stand still. They walk far away when the winds blow. What are they?
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Clouds.
It’s spotted and stealthy and moves with might. In jungles and trees, it prowls at night. What is it?
Riddle: It’s spotted and stealthy and moves with might. In jungles and trees, it prowls at night. What is it?
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Leopard.
Remove the insect from this rubbish to leave a place to park. What is it?
Riddle: Remove the insect from this rubbish to leave a place to park. What is it?
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Garbage. (Garbage = rubbish. Remove the b(ee) to leave garage.)
All things it devours, birds, beast, trees, flowers. It gnaws iron. It bites steel. It grinds hard stones to meal. What is it?
Riddle: All things it devours, birds, beast, trees, flowers. It gnaws iron. It bites steel. It grinds hard stones to meal. What is it?
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Time.
Trunked like an elephant and seething from its snout, fluid leaks out the shunt, tipped over to pour out. What is it?
Riddle: Trunked like an elephant and seething from its snout, fluid leaks out the shunt, tipped over to pour out. What is it?
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Kettle.
A trail of water, a tearful vigil, a stirring to life. What is it?
Riddle: A trail of water, a tearful vigil, a stirring to life. What is it?
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Wake.
Iron roof, glass walls, burns and burns but never falls. What is it?
Riddle: Iron roof, glass walls, burns and burns but never falls. What is it?
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A lantern.
No matter how smart you are, there is one thing you will always overlook. What is it?
Riddle: No matter how smart you are, there is one thing you will always overlook. What is it?
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Your nose.
I went to the forest and got it. I couldnt get it so I left it there and brought it home with me. What is it?
Riddle: I went to the forest and got it. I couldnt get it so I left it there and brought it home with me. What is it?
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A splinter.
Everything has a name. However, only one thing named itself. What is it?
Riddle: Everything has a name. However, only one thing named itself. What is it?
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Brain.
This old one runs forever but never moves at all. It has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?
Riddle: This old one runs forever but never moves at all. It has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?
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Waterfall.
It can roll but is no spindle. It can crash but is no cymbal. It can smother with no ill intent. It can retreat but never be spent. What is it?
Riddle: It can roll but is no spindle. It can crash but is no cymbal. It can smother with no ill intent. It can retreat but never be spent. What is it?
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Wave.
A sphere has three, a circle has two, and a point has zero. What is it?
Riddle: A sphere has three, a circle has two, and a point has zero. What is it?
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Dimensions.
Alive without breath, as cold as death, never thirsty, always drinking, all in mail, never clinking. What is it?
Riddle: Alive without breath, as cold as death, never thirsty, always drinking, all in mail, never clinking. What is it?
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Fish.
It is used by the loud as a warning and by the silent as skin. What is it?
Riddle: It is used by the loud as a warning and by the silent as skin. What is it?
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Bark.
In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it?
Riddle: In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it?
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A bullet.
If you want it, you don’t know what it is; if you know what it is, you don’t need it. What is it?
Riddle: If you want it, you don’t know what it is; if you know what it is, you don’t need it. What is it?
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The answer or solution.
It will grow your money with no work at all. The more time you give it, the higher it will haul. What is it?
Riddle: It will grow your money with no work at all. The more time you give it, the higher it will haul. What is it?
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Compound interest.
He got it in the woods and brought it home in his hand because he couldn’t find it. The more he looked for it the more he felt it. When he finally found it he threw it away. What is it?
Riddle: He got it in the woods and brought it home in his hand because he couldn’t find it. The more he looked for it the more he felt it. When he finally found it he threw it away. What is it?
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A splinter.
You buy it but never use it. You see it in your halls frequently but you are fine with it. What is it?
Riddle: You buy it but never use it. You see it in your halls frequently but you are fine with it. What is it?
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A painting.
It has a long neck, a name of a bird, feeds on ships’ cargo, and is not alive. What is it?
Riddle: It has a long neck, a name of a bird, feeds on ships’ cargo, and is not alive. What is it?
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Crane.
Doing this with your job can be risky but doing it with smoking is always a good idea. What is it?
Riddle: Doing this with your job can be risky but doing it with smoking is always a good idea. What is it?
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Quitting.
It can be long or short. It can be grown or bought. It can be painted or left bare. What is it?
Riddle: It can be long or short. It can be grown or bought. It can be painted or left bare. What is it?
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A fingernail.
On stormy sea or between the eyes, or under singing strings it lies. What is it?
Riddle: On stormy sea or between the eyes, or under singing strings it lies. What is it?
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Bridge.
It is essential to creation and surrounds every place. What is it?
Riddle: It is essential to creation and surrounds every place. What is it?
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The letter ‘e’.
A cultivated breed or basic broth to make, bought when it is low, a risk at greater stakes. What is it?
Riddle: A cultivated breed or basic broth to make, bought when it is low, a risk at greater stakes. What is it?
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Stock.
It cannot be bought or sold even if it’s made of gold. What is it?
Riddle: It cannot be bought or sold even if it’s made of gold. What is it?
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Heart.
Pretty and colorful to one’s eye. Remove its head to make it less high. What is it?
Riddle: Pretty and colorful to one’s eye. Remove its head to make it less high. What is it?
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Flower. (Remove the head, i.e. the ‘F’ and you are left with ‘lower’).
First in every pitch. Dug into the ground. Feel it in your stomach, from peaches eaten round. What is it?
Riddle: First in every pitch. Dug into the ground. Feel it in your stomach, from peaches eaten round. What is it?
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Pit.
Dry as a bone on top but wet below. You hear its cry but never its echo. What is it?
Riddle: Dry as a bone on top but wet below. You hear its cry but never its echo. What is it?
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A duck.
When it’s alive its life gets short. When I kill it its life prolongs. What is it?
Riddle: When it’s alive its life gets short. When I kill it its life prolongs. What is it?
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A candle.
It has a throne but not a king. When it rains, you often sing. What is it?
Riddle: It has a throne but not a king. When it rains, you often sing. What is it?
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Bathroom.
It does its job right after it is fired. What is it?
Riddle: It does its job right after it is fired. What is it?
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A bullet or cannonball.
Never in daylight but surrounded in sun. Found first in unicorns, it is centered in fun. What is it?
Riddle: Never in daylight but surrounded in sun. Found first in unicorns, it is centered in fun. What is it?
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The letter ‘u’.
Nobody empties it but it never stays full for long. What is it?
Riddle: Nobody empties it but it never stays full for long. What is it?
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The moon.
It has keys but no locks and space but no room. What is it?
Riddle: It has keys but no locks and space but no room. What is it?
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A computer keyboard.
People need it yet they give it away every day. What is it?
Riddle: People need it yet they give it away every day. What is it?
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Money.
To some it means to combine but to others it means 1009. What is it?
Riddle: To some it means to combine but to others it means 1009. What is it?
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MIX (in Roman numerals M = 1000 and IX = 9).
When one is taken then three more is added. What is it?
Riddle: When one is taken then three more is added. What is it?
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SIX. When one letter is taken away (S), we have IX, which is 9 in Roman numerals. And 9 is three more than 6.
On flowing rivers or between the eyes or under singing strings it lies. What is it?
Riddle: On flowing rivers or between the eyes or under singing strings it lies. What is it?
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Bridge.
There’s a green house. In the green house there’s a white house. In the white house there’s a red house. In the red house there are black rooms. What is it?
Riddle: There’s a green house. In the green house there’s a white house. In the white house there’s a red house. In the red house there are black rooms. What is it?
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Watermelon.
If you are to keep it, you must first give it to me. What is it?
Riddle: If you are to keep it, you must first give it to me. What is it?
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Your word.
It has a face that does not smile or frown. It has no mouth but it makes a familiar sound. It has hands but fingers it does not. What is it?
Riddle: It has a face that does not smile or frown. It has no mouth but it makes a familiar sound. It has hands but fingers it does not. What is it?
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A clock.
It stalks the countryside with ears that cannot hear. What is it?
Riddle: It stalks the countryside with ears that cannot hear. What is it?
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Corn.
It is often running yet it has no legs. You need it but it doesn’t need you. What is it?
Riddle: It is often running yet it has no legs. You need it but it doesn’t need you. What is it?
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Water.
When it points up it’s bright but when it points down it’s dark. What is it?
Riddle: When it points up it’s bright but when it points down it’s dark. What is it?
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A light switch.
You use a knife to slice its head and weep beside it when it’s dead. What is it?
Riddle: You use a knife to slice its head and weep beside it when it’s dead. What is it?
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An onion.
It belongs in a gallery but add one letter and it belongs in a racetrack. What is it?
Riddle: It belongs in a gallery but add one letter and it belongs in a racetrack. What is it?
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Art (kart).
If you take away the whole you still have some left over. What is it?
Riddle: If you take away the whole you still have some left over. What is it?
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The word wholesome.
It is bouncy but it is not round. It can be above or in the ground. What is it?
Riddle: It is bouncy but it is not round. It can be above or in the ground. What is it?
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A trampoline.