Riddle Me

jen_b

A:     A newspaper

Q:    I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground;

I stay and leave, but I am always around. 

What am I? 

barbe1958

A plant?

BarbaraA

A tree, I think.

jen_b

  Q:   Why do mother koalas carry their babies on their backs?

panamajayne

because they can and they live in trees without ever touching the ground?

jen_b

Great answer!

A: Also it's too difficult to push a pram up a gum tree.

Q: What can be swallowed, but can also swallow you?

panamajayne

jen_b,  that's a tough riddle.  Water comes to my mind.

badger

What fastens two people yet touches only one?

jen_b

panamajayne ... Good answer or it could also be PRIDE

badger.. I'm thinking that the answer could be a friendship ring or wedding ring. 

Q: Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die.

     What am I? 

badger

A: fire

Q: It's been around for millions of years but is no more than a month old.  What is it?

badger

A: the moon

Q: What is it that you will break even when you name it?

badger

A: silence

Q: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

badger

A: the letter M.

Q: I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.  What am I?

jen_b

A: The letter S

Q: I am light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute.

    What am I? 

badger

A: breath

Q: I am put on a table and cut but never eaten.  What am I?

badger

A: a deck of cards

Q: What holds water yet is full of holes?

jen_b

A: A sponge

Q: What do you call a fairy that hasn't taken a bath? 

badger

That one stumped me, Jen!

jen_b

A: Stinkerbell  (Pretty lame, hey!)

 Q: Where is happiness always to be found? 

badger

(LOL yeah that was a groaner  but love the fairy)

A: in the dictionary.

Q: It stands on one leg with its heart in its head.  What is it?

badger

A: a cabbage

Q: What can you keep after giving it to someone else?

jen_b

A: A cold

Q: A container without hinges, locks or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me.

     What am I? 

badger

A: an egg

(Jen, an alternate answer to mine is 'your word' but I liked yours too)

I found a matched pair of riddles for your gaming pleasure.  :-)

Q: What goes into the water red and comes out black?

Q: What goes into the water black and comes out red?

jen_b

That's a hard one.  Maybe a leech!!!

I have been thinking about this one, but I am stumped. 

badger

A: #1 is a red-hot poker and #2 is a lobster

Q: What walks all day on its head?

(I thought this one was pretty hard.)

jen_b

Both of those riddle were tough!

A: A nail in a horseshoe

Q:

I can be long, or I can be short.

I can be grown, and I can be bought.

I can be painted, or left bare.

I can be round, or I can be square.

What am I?

badger

A: fingernails ?

Q: Though it is not an ox, it has horns; though it is not an ass, it has a pack-saddle; and wherever it goes it leaves silver behind. What is it?

badger

A: a snail

Q: What has four wheels and flies?

badger

A: a garbage truck  (where's the 'rolling my eyes' emoticon? )

Q: What grows down, when it grows up?

jen_b

 Ha! Ha! Ha!

A: A goose

Q: What's the hardest thing about learning to ride a horse?