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At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are
lost without being stolen
Answer: the
stars
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 breathe on this terrestrial ball
Answer: Tomorrow
The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning
of every end,
And the end of every place.
Answer: The
letter 'e'
Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use
for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
Answer: a coffin
I know a word of letters three.
Add two, and fewer there
will be.
Answer: few
Whoever makes it, tells it not.
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
And
whoever knows it wants it not.
Answer: counterfeit money
Two words, my answer is only two words.
To keep me, you must
give me
Answer:
your word
When young, I am sweet in the sun.
When middle-aged, I make you
gay.
When old, I am valued more than ever
Answer::
Wine
All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot
be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
Answer: The wind
I am only useful
When I am full,
Yet I am always
Full
of holes.
Answer: a spnge
Glittering points
That downward thrust,
Sparkling spears
That
never rust
Answer: icicle
You heard me before,
Yet you hear me again,
Then I die,
'Till
you call me again.
Answer: Echo
Three lives have I.
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light
enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.
Answer: water
You can see nothing else
When you look in my face,
I
will look you in the eye
And I will never lie.
Answer: your reflection
Lovely and round,
I shine with pale light,
grown in
the darkness,
A lady's delight.
Answer: a pearl
At the sound of me, men may dream
Or stamp their feet
At the
sound of me, women may laugh
Or sometimes weep
Answer: music
When I am filled
I can point the way,
When I am empty
Nothing
moves me,
I have two skins
One without and one within.
Answer: a
glove
With thieves I consort,
With the vilest, in short,
I'm
quite at ease in depravity;
Yet all divines use me,
And savants can't lose me,
For I am the center of gravity.
Answer:
the letter 'v'
As a whole, I am both safe and secure.
Behead me, and I
become a place of meeting.
Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready.
Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts.
What
am I?
Answer: stable
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?
Answer: nothing
I build up castles.
I tear down mountains.
I make some
men blind,
I help others to see.
What am I?
Answer: sand
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.
Answer: DAVID
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. What are
they?
Answer: A
stove, fire, and smoke
I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness
follows me; lower light I never see.
Answer: A
cloud
What walks on four legs in the morning, two at mid-day, and three
in the evening?
Answer: A
human does. As a baby, it crawls; in old age, uses a cane
What is it that, after you take away the whole, some still remains?
Answer: The
word 'wholesome'
I have hands that wave at you,
Though I never say goodbye.
It's
cool for you to be with me,
Especially when I say, "HI."
What am I?
Answer: An
electric fan
You can have me but cannot hold me;
Gain me and quickly lose
me.
If treated with care I can be great,
And if betrayed I will break.
What am I?
Answer: Trust
My thunder comes before the lightning;
My lightning comes before
the clouds;
My rain dries all the land it touches.
What am I?
Answer: A
volcano
In a marble hall white as milk
Lined with skin as soft as silk
Within
a fountain crystal-clear
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in
to steal its gold.
Mother Goose
Answer: An
egg
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If you break me
I do not stop working,
If you touch
me
I may be snared,
If you lose me
Nothing will matter.
Answer: Heart
If a man carried my burden
He would break his back.
I am not
rich,
But leave silver in my track
Answer: a
snail
Until I am measured
I am not known,
Yet how you miss
me
When I have flown.
Answer: time
I drive men mad
For love of me,
Easily beaten,
Never
free.
Answer: Gold
I go around in circles
But always straight ahead,
Never
complain
No matter where I am led.
Answer: a wagon wheel
Lighter than what
I am made of,
More of me is hidden
Than
is seen.
Answer: Iceberg
I turn around once,
What is out will not get in.
I turn around
again,
What is in will not get out
Answer: stopcock
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
Answer: shadow
Bright as diamonds,
Loud as thunder,
Never still,
A
thing of wonder.
Answer: waterfall
My life can be measured in hours,
I serve by being devoured.
Thin,
I am quick
Fat, I am slow
Wind is my foe.
Answer: candle
To unravel me
You need a simple key,
No key that was
made
By locksmith's hand,
But a key that only I
Will understand.
Answer: cipher
I am seen in the water
If seen in the sky,
I am in the
rainbow,
A jay's feather,
And lapis lazuli.
Answer: blue
What does a spider have that has no eyes but can still see?
Answer: a
web site
What do the poor have, the rich want and god fears?
Answer: nothing
When is a door not a door?
Answer: When it's ajar
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Answer: A
towel
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the
outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
Answer: An
ear of corn
What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
Answer: A
rug
What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: A
cold
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
Answer: A
stamp
Throw it off the highest building, and I'll not break. But put me
in the ocean, and I will. What am I?
Answer: A
tissue
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a
head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Answer: A
river
No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
Answer: silence
A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if
committed. What is it?
Answer: Suicide
You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead.
What am I?
Answer: An
onion
I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the
ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?
Answer: A
shadow
I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still,
but I never wander. What am I?
Answer: A
tree
I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought
it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?
Answer: A
splinter
I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll
make it lighter. What am I?
Answer: A
hole
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for
much more than a minute. What am I?
Answer: Breath
I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying
even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for
grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?
Answer: Smoke
Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters
there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And
the same either way.
What am I?
Answer: Eye
I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle.
What am I?
Answer: Tomorrow
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