Arcalas, Justine R.

2 ABMC

T-TH ; 12:00 1:30 Ms. Vivian A. Dela Cruz

ENGLISH RIDDLES

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What is the poorest bank in the world? The river bank

2. What clothing is always sad? Blue jeans

3. What month do soldiers hate? March

4. Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe? They dont want to be hot-dogs

5. What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator? Pepper

6. What can be used unless broken? Eggs

7. What has three hands but only one face? A clock

8. Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired? Santa claus

9. What is higher without a head than with a head? A pillow

10. 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? Nothing. 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 11. What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats? A river

12. 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. What am I? Tomorrow or the future

13. At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they? The stars

14. 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? The watermelon

15. 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? A coffin

16. The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it? Darkness

17. What's black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you're all through with it? Charcoal

18. I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. Fire

19. 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. The past. (Longfellow)

20. It cannot be seen, it weighs nothing, but when put into a barrel, it makes it lighter. What is it? A hole

21. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it? Teapot

22. 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? A reflection

23. Say my name and I disappear. What am I? Silence

24. What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains? Wholesome

25. A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within. What is it? An egg

26. Forward I'm heavy, but backwards I'm not. What am I? Ton

27. I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I? Piano

28. What gets wetter as it dries? A towel

29. 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? A keyboard

30. 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? Smile

31. It's red, blue, purple and green, no one can reach it, not even the queen. What is it? A rainbow

32. What has a neck and no head, two arms but no hands? A shirt

33. Feed me and I live, give me drink and I die. What am I? Fire

34. What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins? Death or decay

35. What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less? Popcorn

36. The more you take, the more you leave behind. Footsteps

37. I'm lighter than air but a million men can't lift me. What am I? Bubble

38. Two words is my answer. In order to keep me, you have to give me. What am I? Your word

39. If you drop me I'm sure to crack but give me a smile and I'll always smile back. A mirror

40. What holds two people together but touches only one? A wedding ring

41. What lives in the corner but travels the world? A postage stamp

42. I'm white, Im round, but not always around. Sometimes you see me, sometimes you don't. What am I? A moon

43. 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? A tie

44. I'm full of holes, yet I'm full of water. What am I? Sponge

45. I go in dry and come out wet, The longer I'm in, the stronger I get. What am I? A tea bag

46. What asks no questions but receives lots of answers? A phone or doorbell

47. In the night a mountain, in the morning a meadow. What am I? A bed

48. What goes up but never comes down? Age

49. I am in a house with no doors. There are people inside but no reply. Who am I? A fish

50. I hide but my head is outside. What am I? A snail

51. When a bird flies over the ocean a part of the body touches the water but doesn't get wet. What part is it? The shadow

52. 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? Fart

53. What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or seen?
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Your voice

54. What surrounds the world, yet dwells within a thimble?

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Space

55. 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? A skeleton

56. I have a mouth on my head and eat everything. What am I?

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A backpack

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

58. Tall in the morning, short at noon, gone at night but I'll be back soon. What am I? A shadow

59. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it? A secret

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

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

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

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

64. What kind of pet always stays on the floor? Carpet