Hard Riddles

When it comes to me, you go on red and stops on green. What am I?

To give me to someone I don't belong to is cowardly, but to take me is noble. I can be a game, but there are no winners. What am I?

When I'm born I fly. When I'm alive I lay. When I'm dead I run.

What goes up, but at the same time goes down?
Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground.
Its present tense and past tense too,
come for a ride, just you and me!

I heard of a wonder, of words moth-eaten. That is a strange thing, I thought, weird. That a man's song be swallowed by a worm. His blinded sentences, his bedside stand-by rustled in the night - and the robber-guest. Not one wit the wiser. For the words he had mumbled.

I go around and in the house, but never touches the house. What am I?

What needs to be taken from you before you have it?

Halfway up the hill, I see you at last, lying beneath me with your sounds and sights. A city in the twilight, dim and vast, with smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.

What dresses for summer and sheds in the winter?

A thousand colored folds stretch toward the sky. Atop a tender strand, rising from the land, until killed by maiden's hand. Perhaps a token of love, perhaps to say goodbye.

Could be described as the cranium's version of snow.

What has four wings but cannot fly and uses the wind but does not know why?

What do you call a skeleton that makes you laugh and giggle when you’re sad?

Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, for what is beyond is what he or she seeks.

Useful tool for who in darkness dwell.
Within you, corrupting like a deadly spell.

Whats the difference between a flying pig and a politician?

If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to reach the door?

I am the ultimate killing machine, used not once but TWICE, I can be made by humans. What am I?

I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?

In the Tour de France, what is the position of a rider, after he passes the second placed rider?

Things here are usually tagged with red stickers. What am I?

Two legs I have, and this will confound, only at rest do they touch the ground. What am I?

Sharp and long, flag of the world. What is it?

Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.

What is that which, though black itself, enlightens the world without burning?

What is it that you ought to keep after you have given it to someone else?

Although I'm not an insect, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are a metal. Who am I?

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, I am the partner of ready. Restore me, I become the domain of beasts.

Comes in bits and pieces, put together forms a whole. It's athletics for the mind, the more you think the more you find. Sometimes it can be a grind, but then, that is the goal.

What eight letter word has "kst" in middle, in the beginning and at the end?

There's no reason to fear
If you see me lurking here
Even though I shouldn't exist
But few might have missed
That I'm not at all real
Because nothing can conceal
The fact that I'm something
That's not at all living
What am I?

I cover what is real and hide what is true,
But sometimes I bring out the courage in you.
What am I?

What is deep within you, never dies or gets worn out, and only needs some fire from time to time?

What flowers are kissable?

What is eaten but not grown and was born in water but will disappear if soaked?

There was a little heart inside a little white house, which was inside a little yellow house, which was inside a little brown house, which was inside a little green house.

I have a face but no eyes, hands but no arms. What am I?

What bone has a sense of humor?

The alphabet goes from A to Z. What goes from Z to A?

I am a window, I am a lamp, I am clouded, I am shining, I am colored and set in white, I fill with water and overflow. I say much, but I have no words.

What can be heard and caught but never seen?

Never resting, never still.
Moving silently from hill to hill.
It does not walk, run or trot.
All is cool where it is not.

It holds most knowledge that has ever been said.
But is not the brain, is not the head.
To feathers and their masters, it's both bane and boon.
One empty, and one full.

I am alive without breath and cold as death. I am never thirsty but always drinking. What am I?

Has no feet, but travels far. Is literate, but not a scholar. Has no mouth, yet clearly speaks.

A mother had five boys Marco, Tucker, Webster and Thomas. Was the fifth boys name Frank, Evan or Alex?

We are little airy creatures,
all of different voice and features,
one of us in glass is set.
One of us you'll find in jet.
Another you may see in tin.
And the fourth a box within.
If the fifth you should pursue,
it can never fly from you.
What are we?

A hand without flesh and nothing can I hold. My grip cannot be used until I am sold. What am I?

What part of a fish weighs most?

It can be used onstage or to express admiration. What is it?

There are 500 coffins and 500 men who need them. The undertaker asks the first man to go to every coffin and open them. Then he tells the second man to go to every one and close it. The third one goes to every third coffin and so on. How many are open?

I am a mother from a family of eight.
Spins around all day despite my weight.
Had a ninth sibling before finding out its fake.
What am I?

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

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.

A house has 4 walls. All of the walls are facing south, and a bear is circling the house. What color is the bear?

Who spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at night?

How does Einstein begin a story?

How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide?

Tall when seated, short when standing.

My tines be long, my tines be short.
My tines end ere, my first report.
What am I?

What has a bell but isn't a church. Is full of air but is not a balloon?

My first is in fish but no in snail.
My second is in rabbit but no 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.

Stealthy as a shadow in the dead of night,
cunning but affectionate if given a bite.
Never owned but often loved.
At my sport considered cruel,
but that's because you never know me at all.

By Thursday you're over this.

What happens every second, minute, month, and century. But not every hour, week, year, or decade?

What do you do with a dead chemist?

A muttered rumble was heard from the pen, and I, in my walking stopped to look in. What was this I saw? A massive beast, hoofed, and jawed. With spikes upon its mighty brow, I watched as he struck the turf and prowled. And yet for all of his magnificence, he couldn't get out of that wooden fence.

Found under bridges and on the Internet.

A small hill with seven holes.

Who was the Bible’s greatest comedian?

A dagger thrust at my own heart, dictates the way I'm swayed. Left I stand, and right I yield, to the twisting of the blade.

It’s not a person nor an animal but He’s got a face. Who is he?

No head has he but he wears a hat. No feet has he but he stands up straight. On him perhaps a fairy sat, weaving a spell one evening late!

What fastens two people yet touches only one?

Creatures of power, creatures of grade,
creatures of beauty, creatures of strength.
As for their lives, they set everything's pace.
For all things must come to live.
Under their emerald embrace.
Either in their life or in their death.

Though it is not an ox, it has horns; Though it is not a donkey, it has packed-saddle; And wherever it goes it leaves silver behind.

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it. Five in the middle is seen. First of all figures, the first of all letters. Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king.

How does Moses make his coffee every morning?

I am free the first time and second time, but the third time is going to cost you money. What am I?

My thunder comes before my lightning.
My lightning comes before my rain.
And my rain dries all the ground it touches.
What am I?

Round as a button, deep as a well. If you want me to talk, you must first pull my tail. What am I?

What devours all and can kill a king. Destroy a town and crushes mountains down?

You need a key to receive an answer from me. The answer you'll find is straight from your mind. What is it?

What stays where it is when it goes off?

There is a creature of God whose body is hard; it does not wish to eat unless you strike its head.

I am the reason you run. I am the reason you scream. I am the cause of your pain. I am a cage from which you will never be free.

A dragon's tooth in a mortal's hand,
I kill, I maim, I divide the land.

Where do cows go to dance?

Noah most likely got milk from the cows on the ark. What did he get from the ducks?

Some live in me, some live on.
And some shave me to stride upon.
I rarely leave my native land.
Until my death I always stand.
High and low I may be found.
Both above and below ground.

I cause involuntary movements in your vehicle. What am I?

I have palms but not on hands,
I offer foods from distant lands,
When at my peak you'll see me smoke,
I'm famous for my friendly folk,
My flowers grow and yet they lay,
There's fire where a man will play.
What am I?

Armless, legless, I crawl around when I'm young.
Then the time of changing sleep will come.
I will awake like a newborn, flying beast,
'till then on the remains of the dead I feast.

What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?

I come off a beautiful creature, which soars in the sky. I come off a peckish creature, which has a tail as mighty as the sun! I am sometimes dirty, and parents beg you not to pick me up. What am I?

This has no beginning, middle or end,
and all the greatest thinkers see it but can't comprehend.
What is it?

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.

He was the king who was encouraged by the queen when was greatly troubled by writing on the wall. Who is he?

I make you weak at the worst of all times.
I keep you safe, I keep you fine.
I make your hands sweat.
And your heart grow cold.
I visit the weak,
but seldom the bold.

It's black and every time it speaks it says its name.