165 medium riddles
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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…
RIDDLE:When asked how old she was, Suzie replied, “In 2 years I will be twice as old as I was 5 years ago.”How old is she?
Hint: RIDDLE:When asked how old she was…
Shortly after jumping from an aircraft at 5000 or so feet, a man deploys his parachute. When he looks up he sees a rather large hole in his parachute. Nonetheless he lands safely without assistance and without using his reserve chute. Why did he survive?
Hint: Shortly after jumping from an aircraft at 5000 or so feet…
Skaters fear me at competitions. I take away one of their chances, but I also make them try harder. What am I?
Some say we are red, some say we are green. Some play us, some spray us. What are we?
Hint: Some say we are red…
Some try to hide, some try to cheat, but time will show, we always will meet. Try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you’ll know, when you I do claim. Who am I?
Hint: Some try to hide…
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.What am I ?
The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space; the beginning of every end, and the end of every place. What am I?
Hint: The beginning of eternity…