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1. It is greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it and ifyou 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 poorhave nothing, the rich need nothing and if you eat nothing you'll die

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


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

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


A river.

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


Tomorrow or the future.

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


The stars.

7. There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside thewhite house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What isit?


A watermelon.



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


The letter 'n'.

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


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

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


A coffin

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


Darkness

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


A penny.



13. What English word has three consecutive double letters?


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

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


Charcoal.

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


An ear of corn.

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


Fire

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



I become a blood thirsty killer.What am I?


Iron ore

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


Few

19. 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.


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


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

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


The past. (Longfellow)

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




Wine

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


The wind

24. If you break meI do not stop working,If you touch meI may be snared,If you lose meNothing will matter.


Your heart

25. Until I am measuredI am not known,Yet how you miss meWhen I have flown.


Time

26. I drive men madFor love of me,Easily beaten,Never free.



Never free.


Gold

27. When set looseI fly away,Never so cursedAs when I go astray.


A fart

28. Lighter than whatI am made of,More of me is hiddenThan is seen.


Iceberg

29. Each morning I appearTo lie at your feet,All day I will followNo matter how fast you run,Yet I nearly perishIn the midday sun.


Shadow

30. My life can be measured in hours,



30. My life can be measured in hours,I serve by being devoured.Thin, I am quickFat, I am slow

Wind is my foe.


A candle

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


Blue

32. Glittering pointsThat downward thrust,Sparkling spearsThat never rust.


Icicle

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


An echo



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


Water

35. At the sound of me, men may dreamOr stamp their feetAt the sound of me, women may laughOr sometimes weep


Music

36. What does man love more than lifeFear more than death or mortal strifeWhat the poor have, the rich require,and what contented men desire,What the miser spends and the spendthrift savesAnd all men carry to their graves?


Nothing

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




Sand

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


The letter r.

39. 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 bringBefore you the name of an eminent king.


DAVID (Roman numerals)

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


A hole

41. How far will a blind dog walk into a forest?


Halfway. After he gets halfway, he's walking out of the forest.

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



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


It makes a splash.

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


A teapot

44. As I went over London BridgeI met my sister JennyI broke her neck and drank her bloodAnd left her standing empty


A bottle of gin

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


Counterfeit money

46. I am, in truth, a yellow forkFrom tables in the skyBy inadvertent fingers droppedThe awful cutlery.Of mansions never quite disclosedAnd never quite concealed



The apparatus of the darkTo ignorance revealed.

-- Emily Dickenson


Lightning

47. 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?


A reflection

48. I turn polar bears white

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


The answer to this admittedly lame riddle is, "No." The reason is that the questionat the very end asks if you can guess the riddle and there is nothing that satisfiesthe requirements above.

49. Say my name and I disappear. What am I?




Silence

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


Wholesome

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


An egg

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


Ton

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


Because it has a snowcap :)

54. 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?




A fingernail

55. One by one we fall from heavendown into the depths of pastAnd our world is ever upturnedso that yet some time we'll last


Sands in an hourglass

56. I drift forever with the currentdown these long canals they've madeTame, yet wild, I run elusiveMultitasking to your aid.Before I came, the world was darkerColder, sometimes, rougher, trueBut though I might make living easy,I'm good at killing people too.


Electricity (or lightning)

57. Reaching stiffly for the sky,I bare my fingers when it's coldIn warmth I wear an emerald gloveAnd in between I dress in gold


A deciduous tree

58. Kings and queens may cling to powerand the jester's got his callBut, as you may all discover,the common one outranks them all



the common one outranks them all


An ace (in a deck of cards)

59. Every dawn begins with meAt dusk I'll be the first you seeAnd daybreak couldn't come withoutWhat midday centers all aboutDaises grow from me, I'm toldAnd when I come, I end all coldBut in the sun I won't be foundYet still, each day I'll be around


The letter d.

60. Kings and lords and christians raised themSince they stand for higher powersYet few of them would stand, I'm certain,if women ruled this world of ours


A tower.

61. Soft and fragile is my skinI get my growth in mudI'm dangerous as much as prettyFor if not careful, I draw blood.


A thorn



62. Three brothers share a family sport:A non-stop marathonThe oldest one is fat and shortAnd trudges slowly onThe middle brother's tall and slimAnd keeps a steady paceThe 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."


The hands on a clock (hour, minute, second).

63. It's true I bring serenity,And hang around the starsBut yet I live in misery;You'll find me behind barsWith thieves and villains I consortIn prison I'll be foundBut I would never go to court,Unless there's more than one


The letter s

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


A piano.

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

What was the name of his company?


66. 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, humanor animal, this word stands fast. It belongs to everyone, to all living things, but no one canmaster it. The word is?


67. My days are in the summerWhen you'll eat me when I'm hotIn fact I'll even eat myselfWhere battles tough are foughtBut when you find me in a fight'Twill be high in the skyAnd if you catch me nappingI suggest you let me lieWhen you're bad come to my houseFrom Ma get thoughts profoundAm I big or am I small?Some say I'm just a pound.


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


69. What gets wetter as it dries?


70. This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual aboutit? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrongwith it. It is unusual though. Why? Study it, think about it, and you may find out. Try to do itwithout coaching. If you work at it for a bit it will dawn on you. So jump to it and try your skillat figuring it out. Good luck - don't blow your cool!




71. 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?


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

What is it?


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


74. 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 sharedamong children most of all. What is it?


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


76. Four of us are in your fieldBut our differences keep us at yield

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

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

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

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




77. 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?


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


79. What question can you never honestly answer yes to?


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


81. I live in waterIf 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?


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


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


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

1 would cost $.2512 would cost $.50122 would cost $.75

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





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


86. The more you take, the more you leave behind.


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


88. 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 deathlyold tomb. Change the fourth to make a fruit of the vine. Change the last for a chart plottedwith lines. What was I? What did I become? What did I turn out to be?


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


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


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


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


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



do it?


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


95. 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


96. 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.


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


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


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


100. I go in hard.I come out soft.You blow me hard.



You blow me hard.What am I?


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


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


103. What does this represent?StandingWorld


104. What does this represent?WearBlack


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


106. Little Miss EticoteIn her white petticoatAnd her red noseThe longer she standsThe shorter she grows


107. 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.


108. What force and strength cannot get through,



108. 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.


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


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


111. 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.


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


113. What holds two people together but touches only one?


114. What lives in the corner but travels the world?


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


116. 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?




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

What am I?


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


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


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


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


122. I cannot be other than what I amUntil the man who made me diesPower and glory will fall to me finallyOnly when he last closes his eyes


123. Two in a whole and four in a pairAnd six in a trio you seeAnd eight's a quartet but what you must getIs the name that fits just one of me?


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



(Purportedly from Lewis Carroll)


125. What asks no questions but receives lots of answers?


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


127. What goes up but never comes down?


128. Three little lettersA paradox to some.The worse that it isThe better it becomes.


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


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


131. What three letter English word has an odd start, an even finish and an infinitely longmiddle?


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


133. 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?





134. 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 strongholdYet thieves break in and steal the gold.


135. I am here, I am thereI am burned into the mind of noneI walk on fire and live on iceMy words are meaningless for I talk notI hate everyone yet fear no oneI have lived for centuriesYet I have never existedWhat am I?


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


137. 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?


138. 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?


139. The first 2 letters of this English word refer to a male, the first three refer to a female, the first4 to a great man and the whole word is a great woman. What is the word?


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





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


142. What surrounds the world, yet dwells within a thimble?


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


144. 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?


145. I wear a red robe,With staff in hand,And a stone in my throat.

What am I?


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


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


148. Gets rid of bad ones,Short and tall,Tightens when usedOne size fits all.


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





150. 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?


151. 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?


152. yyyy U R, yyyy U B, I C U R y y 4 ?What word belongs in place of the question mark?Show the answer » Link

153. 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?


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


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


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


157. What four letters frighten a thief?


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




159. How is the letter T like an island?


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


161. Where can you find a 3 foot ruler?


162. What falls but never breaks and breaks but never falls?


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


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


165. 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.


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


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


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




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


170. What kind of pet always stays on the floor?


171. What type of house weighs the least?


172. 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?


173. 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?


174. 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.I wrote this word value calculator so you can easily check your guesses.

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.




175. Snake coiled round and round,Snake deep below the ground,

Snake that's never had a head,Snake that binds but not with dread.


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


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


178. What do horses, sleep and dreams have in common?


179. Which tree is the most difficult to get along with?


180. Stars awash in a sheen of lightIt 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


181. Halo of water, tongue of woodSkin of stone, long I've stood.My fingers short reach to the skyInside my heart men live and die.


182. 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 roomsBoth our bottles brim with beer.

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

What house is this that rules thusForcing faith to fend with fear?The answer to this riddle liesWith dead and dying here.


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


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


185. 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 holeWhat am I?


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


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


188. 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.




189. What flower becomes the name of any country by removing the first letter, becomes thename of a city when the last letter is removed and becomes the name of a bird if both firstand last letters are removed?


190. What work can one never finish?


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


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


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


Updated Dec 31, 2011

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