Riddles

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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 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
2. 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.
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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   The letter e. End, timE, spacE, Every placE
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
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   The stars.
7. 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.
8. What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?
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   The letter 'n'.
9. 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 :)
10. 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
11. The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
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    Darkness
12. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
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    A penny.
13. 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")
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. I am always hungry,
    I must always be fed,
    The finger I touch,
    Will soon turn red
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    Fire
17. Ripped from my mother's womb,
    Beaten and burned,
    I become a blood thirsty killer.
    What am I?
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    Iron ore
18. I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be
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    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.
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    Stove, fire, smoke
20. 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.
21. 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)
22. 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
23. All about, but cannot be seen,
    Can be captured, cannot be held,
    No throat, but can be heard.
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    The wind
24. 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
25. Until I am measured
    I am not known,
    Yet how you miss me
    When I have flown.
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    Time
26. I drive men mad
    For love of me,
    Easily beaten,
    Never free.
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    Gold
27. When set loose
    I fly away,
    Never so cursed
    As when I go astray.
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    A fart
28. Lighter than what
    I am made of,
    More of me is hidden
    Than is seen.
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    Iceberg
29. 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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    Shadow
30. 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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    A candle
31. 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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    Blue
32. Glittering points
    That downward thrust,
    Sparkling spears
    That never rust.
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    Icicle
33. You heard me before,
    Yet you hear me again,
    Then I die,
    'Till you call me again.
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    An echo
34. 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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    Water
35. 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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    Music
36. 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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    Nothing
37. 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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    Sand
38. Two in a corner,
    1 in a room,
    0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?
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    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 bring
    Before you the name of an eminent king.
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    DAVID (Roman numerals)
40. It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter. What is it?
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    A hole
41. How far will a blind dog walk into a forest?
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    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?
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    It makes a splash.
43. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has "T" in it?
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    A teapot
44. 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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    A bottle of gin
45. Whoever makes it, tells it not.
    Whoever takes it, knows it not.
    Whoever knows it, wants it not
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    Counterfeit money
46. 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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    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?
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    A reflection
48. 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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    The answer to this admittedly lame riddle is, "No." The reason is that the question at the very end asks if you can guess the riddle and there is nothing that satisfies the requirements above.
49. Say my name and I disappear. What am I?
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    Silence
50. What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?
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    Wholesome
51. A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within. What is it?
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    An egg
52. Forward I'm heavy, but backwards I'm not. What am I?
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    Ton
53. Why doesn't a mountain covered with snow catch cold?
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    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?
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    A fingernail
55. 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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    Sands in an hourglass
56. 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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    Electricity (or lightning)
57. 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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    A deciduous tree
58. 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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    An ace (in a deck of cards)
59. 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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    The letter d.
60. 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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    A tower.
61. 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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    A thorn
62. 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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    The hands on a clock (hour, minute, second).
63. 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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    The letter s
64. I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?
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    A piano.
65. 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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    ImportANT
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, 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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    Gravity
67. 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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    Dog. Dog days, hot dog, dog pound, dog fight.
68. 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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    A pig.
69. What gets wetter as it dries?
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    A towel
70. 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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    The most common letter in the English language, the letter e, is not found in the entire paragraph.
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?
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    A splinter
72. An iron horse with a flaxen tail.
    The faster the horse runs,
    the shorter his tail becomes.
    
    What is it?
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    A needle and thread.
73. You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?
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    An odometer
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 shared among children most of all. What is it?
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    A smile.
75. I'm full of holes, yet I'm full of water. What am I?
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    A sponge
76. 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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    The four suits in a deck of standard playing cards
    
    The Spade is a gardener's tool.
    
    The Diamond is the hardest gem to break. "Little Girl and Queen" is a Mother Goose rhyme, in which the Queen gave the girl a large diamond for picking the Queen some roses.
    
    The Heart bonds with the mind to form love. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
    
    The Club, or Clover, is three dots connected around a stem.
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?
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    Scent, cent, sent
78. It's red, blue, purple and green, no one can reach it, not even the queen. What is it?
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    A rainbow.
79. What question can you never honestly answer yes to?
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    Are you asleep? (or dead)
80. What has a neck and no head, two arms but no hands?
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    A shirt (or sweater, jacket etc)
81. 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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    A pearl. They're found underwater. Removing the head (p) leaves Earl, a guy who could be at your door. Removing the tail (l) leaves pear, a fruit and if you cut both off you're left with ear, which is with you because it's attached to your head.
82. Feed me and I live, give me drink and I die. What am I?
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    Fire.
83. What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?
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    Death or decay
84. 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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    House numbers
85. What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less?
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    Popcorn
86. The more you take, the more you leave behind.
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    Footsteps
87. 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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    wheat
    heat
    eat
    tea
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 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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    clove
    glove
    grove
    grave
    grape
    graph
89. 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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    She took a photo of him and developed it in the dark room.
90. Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word. BSAINXLEATNTEARS
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    BANANA (Removed SIX LETTERS)
91. Alive without breath,
    As cold as death,
    Clad in mail never clinking,
    Never thirsty, ever drinking
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    A fish
92. 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 ski lift
93. A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days and leaves on Friday. How did he do it?
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    The horse's name is Friday
94. What has roots that nobody sees,
    Is taller than trees,
    Up, up it goes,
    Yet it never grows?
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    A mountain (from Tolkien)
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
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    Time
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.
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    Darkness
97. 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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    The sun shining on daisies
98. I'm lighter than air but a million men can't lift me. What am I?
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    A bubble
99. A man is born in 1946 and dies in 1947, yet he was 86 years old. How is that possible?
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    He was born in room #1946 of the hospital when he was born, and died in room #1947 86 years later.
100. I go in hard.
     I come out soft.
     You blow me hard.
     What am I?
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     Gum
101. Two words is my answer. In order to keep me, you have to give me. What am I?
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     Your word
102. If you drop me I'm sure to crack but give me a smile and I'll always smile back
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     A mirror
103. What does this represent?
     Standing
     World
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     Standing on top of the world
104. What does this represent?
     Wear
     Black
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     Black underwear
105. 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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     A needle and thread
106. Little Miss Eticote
     In her white petticoat
     And her red nose
     The longer she stands
     The shorter she grows
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     A candle
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.
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     A shadow
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.
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     A key
109. Round like an apple, deep like a cup,
     yet all the king's horses cannot pull it up.
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     A well
110. Thirty white horses on a red hill,
     first champ, then stamp, and then stand still
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     Your teeth
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.
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     Coal
112. Weight in my belly;
     trees on my back;
     nails in my ribs;
     feet I do lack.
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     A ship
113. What holds two people together but touches only one?
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     A wedding ring (at least it used to)
114. What lives in the corner but travels the world?
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     A postage stamp
115. 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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     The moon
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?
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     A tie
117. 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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     The letter 'n' (widow, donor)
118. What has a head, one arm, one leg and a round bottom?
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     A handicapped parking sign
119. 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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     A keyboard
120. I go in dry and come out wet, The longer I'm in, the stronger I get. What am I?
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     A tea bag
121. 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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     The wick of a candle
122. 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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     A prince
123. 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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     A half
124. One am I, among six others:
     Largest, smallest,
     Cold, dark
     and two brothers.
     Who am I?
     
     (Purportedly from Lewis Carroll)
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     Europe (The Seven continents)
125. What asks no questions but receives lots of answers?
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     A phone or doorbell
126. In the night a mountain in the morning a meadow. What am I?
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     A bed
127. What goes up but never comes down?
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     Your age
128. Three little letters
     A paradox to some.
     The worse that it is
     The better it becomes.
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     Pun
129. I am in a house with no doors. There are people inside but no reply. Who am I?
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     A fish
130. I hide but my head is outside. What am I?
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     A nail
131. What three letter English word has an odd start, an even finish and an infinitely long middle?
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     The word vex. "v" is Roman numeral 5, which is odd. "x" is Roman numeral 10, which is even. "e" is the base of the natural logarithm and is irrational (e = 2.718281828...). Its mantissa (the part to the right of the decimal point) is infinitely long.
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?
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     The shadow
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?
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     Sunlight
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 stronghold
     Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
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     An egg or egg yolk (this is a variation of a riddle found earlier on this page - Box without hinges...)
135. 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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     Nothingness
136. 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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     A fart
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?
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     1. spy
     2. d
     3. er
     Creature: Spider
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?
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     A parking meter
139. 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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     Heroine (he, her, hero)
140. What word is the same written forward, backward and upside down?
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     noon
141. What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or seen?
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     Your voice
142. What surrounds the world, yet dwells within a thimble?
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     Space
143. 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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     A skeleton
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?
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     A tree
145. I wear a red robe,
     With staff in hand,
     And a stone in my throat.
     What am I?
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     A cherry
146. 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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     Seven Seconds
147. I have a mouth on my head and eat everything. What am I?
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     A backpack
148. Gets rid of bad ones,
     Short and tall,
     Tightens when used
     One size fits all.
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     A noose
149. What comes in different sizes, different colors and different shapes?
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     A jigsaw puzzle piece
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?
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     You are a pig.
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?
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     Andrew
152. 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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     Me.
     Wise you are, wise you be, I see you are too wise for me.
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?
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     Number 7 on a phone keypad
154. Tear one off and scratch my head. What once was red is black instead. What am I?
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     A match.
155. 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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     Milking a cow
156. Tall in the morning, short at noon, gone at night but I'll be back soon. What am I?
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     A shadow
157. What four letters frighten a thief?
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     OICU (Oh, I see you)
158. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment but not once in a thousand years?
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     The letter m.
159. How is the letter T like an island?
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     It's in the middle of waTer.
160. 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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     A secret
161. Where can you find a 3 foot ruler?
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     At a yard sale
162. What falls but never breaks and breaks but never falls?
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     Night and day.
163. What do you throw out to use and take in when you're done?
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     An anchor.
164. Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters. What is it?
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     The wind.
165. 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 volcano
166. A word I know, six letters it contains, subtract just one and twelve remains.
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     Dozens, dozen
167. What ties one to another and is closest to the heart?
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     A wedding ring.
168. People need me but they always give me away. What am I?
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     Money
169. I crawl on the earth and rise on a pillar. What am I?
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     A shadow.
170. What kind of pet always stays on the floor?
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     A carpet
171. What type of house weighs the least?
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     A lighthouse
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?
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     Palm
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?
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     Hawaii
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.
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     i. nutty
     ii. fatherhood
     iii. cookout
     iv. clockwise
     v. resolved
     vi. boycott
     vii. tooting
     viii. thirty
     ix. shortcake
     x. honeycomb
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.
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     A rope
176. What do you not want to have and not want to lose?
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     A lawsuit
177. I belong to you, but am used more by others. What am I?
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     Your name.
178. What do horses, sleep and dreams have in common?
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     Nightmares
179. Which tree is the most difficult to get along with?
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     A crabtree
180. 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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     A werewolf (vulnerable to silver bullets)
181. 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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     A castle.
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 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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     A dictionary.
183. Boys use it, girls like it, parents hate it. What is this 5-letter word?
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     Phone
184. 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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     A leaf.
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 hole
     What am I?
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     A snake
186. The more you take from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
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     A hole
187. I sit in a corner and travel around the world. What am I?
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     A stamp
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.
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     A stove, fire, smoke.
189. 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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     Ivy
     VY = VY Canis Majoris, one of the largest known stars
     IV = Roman Numeral 4
     V = representation of a bird
190. What work can one never finish?
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     An autobiography
191. 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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     Love, lover, over
192. Man walks over, man walks under,
     In times of war he burns asunder.
     What is it?
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     A bridge
193. What's the only room from which no one can enter or leave?
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     Mushroom
194. 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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     Pi (3.141592653)
195. 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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     I wish I knew. If you know the answer, please email me.
196. 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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     My first thought was fingers, but I've never seen my fingers sigh, laugh or frown. It could be the four horseman, but I'm not sure they fit. Send in your guesses here.
197. 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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     A clothes hanger.
198. What can you break but not touch?
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     A promise.
199. 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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     A circle.
200. 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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     An hourglass
201. It can be cracked,
     It can be made,
     It can be told,
     It can be played.
     What is it?
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     A joke
202. What can't be burned in a fire nor drowned in water?
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     Ice. It melts instead of burning in a fire and it floats in water.
203. I spit like bacon, I'm made with an egg.
     I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg.
     I peel layers like onions, yet remain whole.
     I'm long as a flagpole yet fit in a hole.
     What am I?
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     A snake.
204. 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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     A stapler
205. 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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     Empty. (mpt, emty or mt depending on your interpretation)
206. 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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     A riddle
207. It may only be given,
     Not taken or bought,
     What the sinner desires,
     But the saint does not.
     Show the answer » Link
     Forgiveness
208. 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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     Your reflection in the water.
209. 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
     What am I?
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     Rockery
210. I am flora, not fauna,
     I am foliage, not trees,
     I am shrubbery, not grass,
     What am I?
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     I am bush
211. What is something to everybody and nothing to everyone else?
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     Your mind
212. Destroyer of the unbreakable,
     More of me is hidden than seen.
     What am I?
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     An iceberg
213. 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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     A subway train
214. What goes around and in the house, but never touches the house?
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     The rays of the sun
215. 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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     Eye
216. 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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     Mother
     other = an alternative
     her = feminine
     moth = an insect
217. What kind of a nut has a hole?
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     A donut
218. Many foods can make me strong but give me water and I won't last long. What am I?
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     Fire