148 medium riddles
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If you spell out all the numbers, how far do you have to go until you use the letter a?
Hint: If you spell out all the numbers…
In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers. How many flowers and bees are there if both the following statements are true: 1. If each bee lands on a flower, one bee doesn’t get a flower. 2. If two bees share each flower, there is one flower left out.
Hint: In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers…
In marble walls as white as milk, 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.
Hint: In marble walls as white as milk…
In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colder it grows I fling off my clothes; and in winter quite naked appear. What am I?
Hint: In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colde…
It runs and runs but can never flee. It is often watched, yet never sees. When long it brings boredom, When short it brings fear. What is it?
Hint: It runs and runs but can never flee…
It’s been around for millions of years, but it’s no more than a month old. What is it?
Hint: It’s been around for millions of years…
It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it
Hint: It walks on four legs in the morning…
Joe and Sally where sitting in their family room one night. While Joe was watching T.V, his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Joe decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How?
Hint: Joe and Sally where sitting in their family room one night…
Lighter than what I am made of. More of me is hidden than seen.
Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time. What is it?
Hint: Many things can create one…
Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
Hint: Mountains will crumble and temples will fall…
My first is in fish but not in snail, My second is in rabbit but not in tail. My third is in up but not in down, My fourth is in tiara but not in crown. My fifth is in tree you plainly see, My whole a food for you and me. What am I?
Hint: My first is in fish but not in snail…
My thunder comes before the lightning; My lightning comes before the clouds; My rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?
Hint: My thunder comes before the lightning; My lightning comes before the clouds; My …
My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I’m often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say. What am I?
Hint: My voice is tender…
Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly; and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap. What is she?
Hint: Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye…
Other than being colors, what do the words orange, silver and purple have in common?
Hint: Other than being colors…
Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, my greedy lust devours them all.
Hint: Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws…
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?
Hint: Pronounced as one letter…
Pronounced as one letter, But look and you’ll see, That really I’m written with three. I’m read from both ends, The same either way. What am I?
Hint: Pronounced as one letter…
RIDDLE ME THIS:A woman walked into an office building, looked at the guard, and said her name was Jenny. The next day she walked into the same building, looked at the same guard and said her name was Julie. What is going on?
Hint: RIDDLE ME THIS:A woman walked into an office building…