I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.

Pencil lead What goes round the house and in the house but never touches the house?

The sun What is it that you can keep after giving it to someone else?

Your word What walks all day on its head?

A nail in a horseshoe What gets wet when drying?

A towel What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

The letter M What is round as a dishpan, deep as a tub, and still the oceans couldn't fill it up?

A sieve There were five men going to church and it started to rain. The four that ran got wet and the one that stood still stayed dry.

Body in coffin, and bearers The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

Footsteps He who has it doesn't tell it. He who takes it doesn't know it. He who knows it doesn't want it. What is it?

Counterfeit money Brothers and sisters have I none but that man's father is my father's son.

My son Who spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at night?

A fly I bind it and it walks. I loose it and it stops.

A sandal What goes round and round the wood but never goes into the wood?

The bark of a tree I went to the city, I stopped there, I never went there, and I came back again.

A watch I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall.

A chicken in an egg Scarcely was the father in this world when the son could be found sitting on the roof.

Fire, smoke There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good.

Water, fire, earth, wind A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man.

Rain Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, my greedy lust devours them all.

Shears (or scissors) What is that which goes with a carriage, comes with a carriage, is of no use to a carriage, and yet the carriage cannot go without it?

Noise It stands on one leg with its heart in its head.

A cabbage It's been around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month old. What is it?

The moon A white dove flew down by the castle. Along came a king and picked it up handless, ate it up toothless, and carried it away wingless.

Snow melted by the sun As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?

Sawdust What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?

Your name What goes up the chimney down, but can't go down the chimney up?

An umbrella What is is that you will break even when you name it?

Silence What fastens two people yet touches only one?

A wedding ring What is it the more you take away the larger it becomes?

A hole I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.

The letter S What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?

A pack of cards Who are the two brothers who live on opposite sides of the road yet never see each other?

Eyes What holds water yet is full of holes?

A sponge Though it is not an ox, it has horns; though it is not an ass, it has a pack-saddle; and wherever it goes it leaves silver behind. What is it?

A snail Lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, to which the air alone gives birth.

An echo A hundred-year-old man and his head one night old.

Snow on a tree stump What goes into the water red and comes out black?

A red-hot poker What goes into the water black and comes out red?

A lobster When one does not know what it is, then it is something; but when one knows what it is, then it is nothing.

A riddle1. 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?Show the answer LinkNothing. 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?Show the answer LinkMan (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?Show the answer LinkThe 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?Show the answer LinkA 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?Show the answer LinkTomorrow or the future.

6. At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?Show the answer LinkThe 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?Show the answer LinkA watermelon.

8. What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?Show the answer LinkThe 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.Show the answer LinkIt 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?Show the answer LinkA coffin

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

12. What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?Show the answer LinkA penny.

13. What English word has three consecutive double letters?Show the answer LinkBookkeeper. 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?Show the answer LinkCharcoal.

15. You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?Show the answer LinkAn ear of corn.

16. I am always hungry,I must always be fed,The finger I touch,Will soon turn redShow the answer LinkFire

17. Ripped from my mother's womb,Beaten and burned,I become a blood thirsty killer.What am I?Show the answer LinkIron ore

18. I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will beShow the answer LinkFew

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.Show the answer LinkStove, fire, smoke

20. I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?Show the answer LinkA 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.Show the answer LinkThe 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.Show the answer LinkWine

23. All about, but cannot be seen,Can be captured, cannot be held,No throat, but can be heard.Show the answer LinkThe wind

24. If you break meI do not stop working,If you touch meI may be snared,If you lose meNothing will matter.Show the answer LinkYour heart

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

26. I drive men madFor love of me,Easily beaten,Never free.Show the answer LinkGold

27. When set looseI fly away,Never so cursedAs when I go astray.Show the answer LinkA fart

28. Lighter than whatI am made of,More of me is hiddenThan is seen.Show the answer LinkIceberg

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.Show the answer LinkShadow

30. My life can be measured in hours,I serve by being devoured.Thin, I am quickFat, I am slowWind is my foe.Show the answer LinkA candle

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

32. Glittering pointsThat downward thrust,Sparkling spearsThat never rust.Show the answer Link33. You heard me before,Yet you hear me again,Then I die,'Till you call me again.Show the answer Link34. Three lives have I.Gentle enough to soothe the skin,Light enough to caress the sky,Hard enough to crack rocks.Show the answer LinkWater

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

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?Show the answer LinkNothing

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

38. Two in a corner,1 in a room,0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?Show the answer LinkThe 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.Show the answer LinkDAVID (Roman numerals)

40. It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter. What is it?Show the answer LinkA hole

41. How far will a blind dog walk into a forest?Show the answer LinkHalfway. After he gets halfway, he's walking out of the forest.

42. What happens when you throw a yellow rock into a purple stream?Show the answer LinkIt makes a splash.

43. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?Show the answer LinkA teapot

44. As I went over London BridgeI met my sister JennyI broke her neck and drank her bloodAnd left her standing emptyShow the answer LinkA bottle of gin

45. Whoever makes it, tells it not.Whoever takes it, knows it not.Whoever knows it, wants it notShow the answer LinkCounterfeit 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 concealedThe apparatus of the darkTo ignorance revealed.

-- Emily DickensonShow the answer LinkLightning

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?Show the answer LinkA reflection

48. I turn polar bears whiteand 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?Show the answer LinkThe 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?Show the answer LinkSilence

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

51. A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within. What is it?Show the answer LinkAn egg

52. Forward I'm heavy, but backwards I'm not. What am I?Show the answer LinkTon

53. Why doesn't a mountain covered with snow catch cold?Show the answer LinkBecause 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?Show the answer LinkA 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 lastShow the answer LinkSands 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.Show the answer LinkElectricity (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 goldShow the answer LinkA 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 allShow the answer LinkAn 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 aroundShow the answer LinkThe 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 oursShow the answer LinkA 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.Show the answer LinkA 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."Show the answer LinkThe 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 oneShow the answer LinkThe letter s

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

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?Show the answer Link67. 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.Show the answer LinkDog. 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?Show the answer LinkA pig.

69. What gets wetter as it dries?Show the answer LinkA 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!Show the answer LinkThe 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?Show the answer LinkA splinter

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

What is it?Show the answer LinkA needle and thread.

73. You have to travel far before you turn it over. What is it?Show the answer LinkAn 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?Show the answer LinkA smile.

75. I'm full of holes, yet I'm full of water. What am I?Show the answer LinkA sponge

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?Show the answer LinkThe 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?Show the answer LinkScent, cent, sent

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

79. What question can you never honestly answer yes to?Show the answer LinkAre you asleep? (or dead)

80. What has a neck and no head, two arms but no hands?Show the answer LinkA shirt (or sweater, jacket etc)

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?Show the answer LinkA 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?Show the answer LinkFire.

83. What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?Show the answer LinkDeath or decay

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?Show the answer LinkHouse numbers

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

86. The more you take, the more you leave behind.Show the answer LinkFootsteps

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?Show the answer Linkwheatheateattea

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?Show the answer Linkcloveglovegrovegravegrapegraph

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?Show the answer LinkShe 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. BSAINXLEATNTEARSShow the answer LinkBANANA (Removed SIX LETTERS)

91. Alive without breath,As cold as death,Clad in mail never clinking,Never thirsty, ever drinkingShow the answer LinkA fish

92. I can always go up, never down,I can always turn left, never right,I am always hot when I'm coldShow the answer LinkA ski lift

93. A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days and leaves on Friday. How did he do it?Show the answer LinkThe horse's name is Friday

94. What has roots that nobody sees,Is taller than trees,Up, up it goes,Yet it never grows?Show the answer LinkA 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 downShow the answer LinkTime

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.Show the answer LinkDarkness

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.Show the answer LinkThe sun shining on daisies

98. I'm lighter than air but a million men can't lift me. What am I?Show the answer LinkA bubble

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

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

102. If you drop me I'm sure to crack but give me a smile and I'll always smile backShow the answer LinkA mirror

103. What does this represent?StandingWorldShow the answer LinkStanding on top of the world

104. What does this represent?WearBlackShow the answer LinkBlack underwear

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 trapShow the answer LinkA needle and thread

106. Little Miss EticoteIn her white petticoatAnd her red noseThe longer she standsThe shorter she growsShow the answer LinkA 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.Show the answer LinkA 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.Show the answer LinkA key

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

110. Thirty white horses on a red hill,first champ, then stamp, and then stand stillShow the answer LinkYour 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.Show the answer LinkCoal

112. Weight in my belly;trees on my back;nails in my ribs;feet I do lack.Show the answer LinkA ship

113. What holds two people together but touches only one?Show the answer LinkA wedding ring (at least it used to)

114. What lives in the corner but travels the world?Show the answer LinkA postage stamp

115. I'm white, I'm round, but not always around. Sometimes you see me, sometimes you don't. What am I?Show the answer LinkThe 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?Show the answer LinkA tie

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?Show the answer LinkThe letter 'n' (widow, donor)

118. What has a head, one arm, one leg and a round bottom?Show the answer LinkA 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?Show the answer LinkA keyboard

120. I go in dry and come out wet, The longer I'm in, the stronger I get. What am I?Show the answer LinkA 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?Show the answer LinkThe wick of a candle

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 eyesShow the answer LinkA prince

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?Show the answer LinkA half

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

(Purportedly from Lewis Carroll)Show the answer LinkEurope (The Seven continents)

125. What asks no questions but receives lots of answers?Show the answer LinkA phone or doorbell

126. In the night a mountain in the morning a meadow. What am I?Show the answer LinkA bed

127. What goes up but never comes down?Show the answer LinkYour age

128. Three little lettersA paradox to some.The worse that it isThe better it becomes.Show the answer LinkPun

129. I am in a house with no doors. There are people inside but no reply. Who am I?Show the answer LinkA fish

130. I hide but my head is outside. What am I?Show the answer LinkA nail

131. What three letter English word has an odd start, an even finish and an infinitely long middle?Show the answer LinkThe 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?Show the answer LinkThe 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?Show the answer LinkSunlight

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.Show the answer LinkAn 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 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?Show the answer LinkNothingness

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?Show the answer LinkA 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?Show the answer Link1. spy2. d3. erCreature: 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?Show the answer LinkA 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?Show the answer LinkHeroine (he, her, hero)

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

141. What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or seen?Show the answer LinkYour voice

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

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?Show the answer LinkA 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?Show the answer LinkA tree

145. I wear a red robe,With staff in hand,And a stone in my throat.What am I?Show the answer LinkA cherry

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

147. I have a mouth on my head and eat everything. What am I?Show the answer LinkA backpack

148. Gets rid of bad ones,Short and tall,Tightens when usedOne size fits all.Show the answer Link149. What comes in different sizes, different colors and different shapes?Show the answer LinkA 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?Show the answer LinkYou 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?Show the answer LinkAndrew

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 LinkMe.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?Show the answer LinkNumber 7 on a phone keypad

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

155. She awakes, I touch her and she spreads her legs apart. We are both nevous but I continue. 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?A shadow

157. What four letters frighten a thief?OICU (Oh, I see you)

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

159. How is the letter T like an island?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?A secret

161. Where can you find a 3 foot ruler?At a yard sale

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

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

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

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.Time

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

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

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

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

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

171. What type of house weighs the least?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?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?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.i. nuttyii. fatherhoodiii. cookoutiv. clockwisev. resolvedvi. boycottvii. tootingviii. thirtyix. shortcakex. 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.A rope

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

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

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

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

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 clueA werewolf (vulnerable to silver bullets)

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.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 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.A dictionary.

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

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