Long Riddles

It comes from crystal and melts to a treat. Add it to your tea to make it sweet. What is it?

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.

I am flora, not fauna,
I am foliage, not trees,
I am shrubbery, not grass,
What am I?

In the fields a frightful thing. Watch it and you will find, it has a pitchfork in the front, and a broom back behind.

Add me to myself and multiply by 4. Divide me by 8 and you will have me once more. What number am I?

If you happen to wake up at dawn, you'll probably find this covering the lawn.

This type of food, which is a fungus, is often served on supreme pizza, in spaghetti and in a particular "cream of" style soup.

I am a place with substance and story, where many masquerade to there glory. What am I?

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

It flows out of the soil,
It burns you if it boils,
And holds us in its coils,
More valuable than gold,
As black as it is old.

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

It's got twists and turns, but has no curves. Twist it to fix it, turn it to ruin it. What is it?

Sophie's mother had 2 sons and 1 daughter. The sons names were George and John. What was the daughter's name?

When I take five and add six, I get eleven, but when I take six and add seven, I get one. What am I?

A house with two occupants, sometimes one, rarely three. Break the walls, eat the borders, then throw away me. What am I?

Large as a mountain, small as a pea,
Endlessly swimming in a waterless sea.
What am I?

I open wide and tight I shut, sharp am I and paper-cut fingers too. So do take care, I'm good and bad, so best beware.

I can bring back the dead and a tear to your eye.
A stir of emotions will follow close by.
What am I?

I enclose you in darkness but allow you to see many things.
If you resist me, you're likely to get rings.
What am I?

You have three stoves: A gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match. Which should you light first?

I'm unique in one way but you can find two of me in your daily drink. What am I?

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

A red drum which sounds without being touched, and grows silent, when it is touched.

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

It is the time in your life when you simultaneously know everything and nothing at an instance.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one,
Michael J Fox has a small one,
Madonna doesn't have one,
The pope has one but he never uses it,
Bill Clinton has one and he uses it all the time!
What is it?

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 have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can't go outside. What am I?

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?

Look at me one way and I weigh a whole lot; turn me around and you'll see that I am not. What am I?

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

Usually green but can be brown. It's a great place to play or lie down. What is it?

I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire. I wept, and then my head was cut off. What am I?

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

The part of the bird, that is not in the sky,
Which can swim in the ocean and always stay dry.
What is it?

What seven-letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?

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?

If there are three cups of sugar and you take one away, how many do you have?

I may have twice the life-giving gas but I do not give life to you. However, without me, you will never have food. What am I?

If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?

I am the book from the Bible from which many people derived the phrase ‘Lamb for slaughter’ from. Who am I?

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.

I lack much reason, but often rhyme,
And require logic to pass the time,
To get the words to tell your kin,
Look for clues that lie within,
Though all are different, they act the same,
The answer is practically in the name.

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

Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.

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?

One am I, among six others: Largest, smallest, cold, dark and two brothers. Who am I?

I am soldier and I really hate one month. Which month I am talking about?

You throw me out when you want to use me and you take me in when you don't want to use me. Who am I?

Although I'm far from the point, I'm not a mistake. I fix yours. What am I?

When people come for me to meet,
they come to me with heavy feet.
The one I hold, when I get my chance,
will turn and spin, and start to dance.

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.

If it has a quart capacity, how many pennies can you put into a empty piggy bank?

I can generate fear
and some say I come out of your ears.
I am as quiet as a mouse
but not welcomed in the house. What am I?

I can fall off a building and live, but in water I will die. What am I?

This pastry is a fruit pie in which the principal filling ingredient is apples.

Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened gold. What am I?

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.

One of the few vegetables that is routinely consumed with marshmallows.

I can be winding and I can be straight. I can be smooth and I can be rough. Sometimes both. I start out black but fade to brown the more I am used. My favorite colors are yellow and white, and I love stripes and dashed lines. What am I?

This for is a baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry.

When my father was 31 I was 8. Now he is twice as old as me. How old am I?

What build its house with earthen string and ensnares its prey with a biting sting?

What did addition say to subtraction when they found each other on Facebook?

I am a food with 5 letters. If you remove the first letter I am a form of energy. Remove two and I'm needed to live. Scramble the last 3 and you can drink me down. What am I?

This food is a tortilla filled with cheese and sometimes chicken before being heated or cooked.

My first is a term to relate a circumstance present or past;
and those who are much prone to prate,
my second will spout away fast.
My whole, in the days of our youth,
is what we extremely despised;
and though it say nothing but truth,
yet it never need hope to be prized.

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

I am a tale in children's minds.
I keep their secrets and share them inside.
I blur their thoughts into fantasies kept
Like a canvas of art or a submarine depth.
Though an illusion, it occurs every night;
I give them a fantasy, I give them a fright.
Nor good or bad, but always nigh'
It's interesting to tell.
What am I?

A warrior amongst the flowers, he bears a thrusting sword.
He uses it whenever he must, to defend his golden hoard.

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.

Golden treasure I contain, Guarded by hundreds and thousands. Stored in a labyrinth where no man walks, Yet men come often to seize my gold. By smoke I am overcome and robbed, then left to build my treasure anew.

My children are near and far.
No matter that I know where they are.
The gift I give them make their day.
But if I were gone they would wander away.

In a bicycle race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth. How many contestants were there?

It is by nature, soft as silk;
A puffy cloud, white as milk;
Snow tops this tropical crop;
The dirtiest part of a mop.

My first is an insect; my second is a border; my whole puts the face in a tuneful disorder.

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?

I loved God with all my heart and soul. I am a hero of faith that will stand the test of time as one of God’s beloved. After all I went through, my faith and convictions remained unchanged. Who am I?

I touch your face, I'm in your words, I'm lack of space and beloved by birds. What am I?

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

I climb higher as I get hotter. I can never escape from my crystal cage. What am I?

An apple is 40 cents, a banana is 60 cents and a grapefruit is 80 cents. How much is a pear?

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'm a red creature from the sea with large claws, or pincers, and I'm often boiled and served as an expensive dish at seafood restaurants.

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

It starts at the earth's end and brink,
Filled with water you can't drink.
Has a color, just like ink,
Walk into it and you'll sink.
What is it?

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.

Never ahead, ever behind, yet flying swiftly past;
For a child I last forever, for adults I'm gone too fast.