Riddle Me

jen_b

Can you remember those comical and more often than not corny childhood riddles?

I love them and the cornier the better. Delve into your past and try to pull out your best riddle. 

Post the answer to the riddle, then ask a new riddle.

Correct answers are not required, so be creative! 

I will begin :

Q.  What is black and white and red all over? 

What am I?

jen_b

A.    A newspaper or a vampire having a midnight snack! 

 

Q.   What can run but cannot walk? 

       What am I?  

SpecialK

For me personally right now, mascara!

chrissyb

A.  Water

Q. What has eyes but cannot see?

     What am I?

BarbaraA

a potato

A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. A red house is made of red bricks. An orange house is made of orange bricks. What would a green house be made of?

barbe1958

glass!!!!

I have arms, but no legs. What am I?

BarbaraA

an octopus.

What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?

elmcity69

the letter M!

There is a round white box without doors, keys, hinges, or locks. Inside lays a golden treasure. What is it?

badger

an egg

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

BarbaraA

footprints

I grow in the winter and die in the summer. I grow with my roots upward. What am I?

barbe1958

Icicles?

(I thought the answer was footprints, but then wondered how you took them....?)

Poor people have it, rich people need it and without it you will die. What am I?

BarbaraA

I guess I should have said footsteps.

nothing

There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it. If you are not allowed to move in any way (other than your eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?

Anjanita

On top of someone's head!

The Sphinx Riddle:

What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three legs in the evening?

badger

man - he crawls as a baby, then walks upright, then walks with a cane in old age.

What gets wet when drying?

sammolisa

A towel!

You're in a square room with 4 walls.  Each wall has a southern exposure.   How can this be?

elimar86861

The room is at the North Pole.

elimar86861

I'm sorry, I am not too good at remembering riddles ('cept maybe one or two "froggy in a blender" ones) so some one else can post the next one.

barbe1958

Actually, the answer to mine was 'air' or 'oxygen' !!

BarbaraA

OOPS!! You do the next one!

barbe1958

What has ears but cannot hear?

Scooter-12

corn

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?

BarbaraA

Corn?

I dig out tiny caves in which
I store Gold and Silver
I build bridges of Silver
I make Crowns of Gold,
The Smallest you can imagine,
Sooner or later you will need me,
yet you're afraid of me.
Who Am I?

barbe1958

Well, I was thinking a pitcher or ewer, but corn works!!!

Your NAME is the answer to Scooter.

Use Barbara clues for the next one.

barbe1958

Barbara, is it a DENTAL FILLING??

Scooter-12

Dentist

What is it the more you take away the larger it gets?

BarbaraA

A hole?

Scooter-12

that's it...

jen_b

Thanks so much! I have enjoyed all your witty riddles.Now one from Australia....

What do you get when you cross a kangaroo and a sheep?

panamajayne

a woolly jumper

jen_b

Ha ha... Good on ya, mate! .. a woolly jumper.

 Q: Sharp as a blade or dull as a grey sky: You'd be mad to loose it.

      What am I? 

alamik

My mind!!...... lost it years ago haha!!

What is black and white and red all over?

What am I?