Riddle:
Why is green grass like a mouse?
Answer: Green grass is like a mouse, because the cattle eat it (cat’ll eat it).
Riddle:
What has wings, But can not fly. Is enclosed, But can outside also lie. Can open itself up, Or close itself away. Is the place of kings and queens, And doggerel of every means. What is it upon which I stand? Which can lead us to different lands. What is it?
Answer: The stage.
Riddle:
What is it you have to answer? But to answer you have to ask? And to ask you have to speak? And to speak you have to know, The answer.
Answer: A riddle.
Riddle:
Sweet tooth, Ah shoot, All gone, We all long, For another piece of it. What is it?
Answer: Candy.
Riddle:
What creature has one voice, but has four feet in the morning, two feet in the afternoon, and three feet in the evening?
Answer: Man crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two as an adult, and needs a walking cane when old. The Sphinx posed this riddle to Oedipus who solved the riddle correctly.
Riddle:
In camps about the centre I appear;
In smiling meadows seen throughout the year;
The silent angler views me in the streams,
And all must trace me in their morning dreams,
First in the mob conspicuous I stand,
Proud of the lead, and ever in command.
What am I?
Answer: The letter M.
Riddle:
Name a five letter word which has three consonants all the same and two different vowels. Every now and then you see this while running a Windows 95/98 on your PC. What is it?
Answer: Error!
Riddle:
As I was walking across the London Bridge, I met a man who tipped his hat and drew his cane, and in this riddle, I said his name. What is it?
Answer: And drew = ANDREW.
Riddle:
Dawns away, The day's turned grey And I must travel far away. But I'll be back And then we'll track, The light of yet another day. What is it?
Answer: The Sun or a shadow.
The riddle is written as if the sun is speaking to us. It's not saying the sun tracks its light; it's saying:
- “I’ll be back” → the sun will rise again.
- “And then we’ll track the light”→ we(humans) will follow, notice, and live by its light through another day.
Riddle:
Do not begrudge this, For it is the fate of every man. Yet it is feared, And shunned in many lands. Causes problems, and sometimes gaps, Can hobble the strongest, and make memory lapse. What is this danger we all face? For being a part - of the human race. What is it?
Answer: Growing old.
Riddle:
Shifting, Shifting, Drifting deep. Below me great and mighty cities sleep. Swirling, Scurling, All around. I'm only where no water will be found. What am I?
Answer: The desert.
Riddle:
What has to be broken before you use it?
Answer: Eggs.
Riddle:
President Clinton was our 41st president, but only 40 men had held the office. Why?
Answer: Grover Cleveland held office during 2 nonconsecutive terms. He was our 22nd and 24th president.
Riddle:
Sleeping during the day, I hide away. Watchful through the night, I open at dawn's light. But only for the briefest time, Do I shine. And then I hide away, And sleep through the day. What am I?
Answer: A morning glory.
Riddle:
Up a hill, Down a hill, Over them I may roam, But after all my walking, There's no place like my own. What am I?
Answer: Home.
Riddle:
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it, but almost nobody takes it.
What is it?
Answer: Advice
Riddle:
I know what my job is, The point has been made. You say I have a big head, And you're right, I'm afraid. Put me in my place, And then leave me alone. What I need most, Is someone to drive me home. What am I?
Answer: A Nail!
Riddle:
I saw a creature: his stomach stuck out behind him, enormously swollen. A stalwart servant waited upon him. What filled up his stomach had travelled from far, and flew through his eye. He does not always die in giving life to others, but new strength revives in the pit of his stomach; he breathes again.
What is he?
Answer: Bellows.
Riddle:
Make me thy lyre, even as the forests are. What if my leaves fell like its own -- The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep autumnal tone. What am I?
Answer: The west wind.
Riddle:
A leathery snake, With a stinging bite, I'll stay coiled up, Unless I must fight. What am I?
Answer: The answer is “a whip.” Multiple riddle collections list the solution as a whip for this exact clue set.
Leathery snake: A whip is often made of leather and long, flexible, and sinuous—like a snake. Stinging bite: The crack of a whip delivers a sharp, stinging strike. Coiled up: Whips are commonly stored coiled. Unless I must fight: It stays coiled until it’s needed, then uncoils for use (historically in control, sport, or combat).
