Long Riddles

It's like a forest without trees, Like a jail you want to visit. Though the inmates did no wrong. You may freely walk along, They're put there so you can see them, Just as long as you don't feed them.

It gets passed among men and builds without growing.
It serves to injure from a source unknowing.
What is it?

Most people love to use me. You make me glide through the air. Even your dog loves me. What am I?

Women don't have and don't want it. Men get it but sometimes they try to get rid of it. What is it?

I fly through the air on small feathered wings, seeking out life and destroying all things.

My life is measured in hours. I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick; Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?

Without me where would you be?
I am not your eyes, but I help you see.
What am I?

Mouthless but I will tell you a name that is not mine, I will show you the years I have seen but I have no eyes, memory I have but I have no mind.

I can be as thin as a picture frame but my insides have many things you can see.

I'm a small sweet cake, typically round, flat, and crisp. I come in a variety of flavors from chocolate chip to oatmeal raisin.

An American living in England came home to the United States on the 4th of July, celebrated for three full days, and returned to England on the 4th of July. How is this possible?

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

What time of day, when written in capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards, and upside down?

What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or seen?

If you can get this professional's attention you can get where you need to go for a price.

It can be in a hat, Or out of the bag.
If you see it you'll be smitten, 'Cause it's fluffy like a mitten.

This is a shape and a symbol that we literally cannot live without. What is it?

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

I come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. I stick to many surfaces but I am, in fact, not sticky at all. What am I?

You eat something you neither plant nor plow. It is the son of water, but if water touches it. It dies. What is it?

I am two-faced, but bear one head. Men spill their blood for me.
I have no legs but travel widely. I make kings immortal.
I am potent when shared; Yet lust for my power keeps me locked away.
What am I?

Strip the skin under my skin, and my flesh you'll reveal.
It tastes sweet and tart, now throw out the peel.
What is it?

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.

My first is in window but not in pane.
My second's in road but not in lane.
My third is in oval but not in round.
My fourth is in hearing but not in sound.
My whole is known as a sign of peace.
And from Noah's ark won quick release.

Everyone needs this, it's great with an 'r' on the end but you're sad when the first letter goes away. What is it?

I end and begin the day,
Without me, you'll pay.
With the aid of sheep,
All my benefits you shall reap.
If I make you miss class,
You shall not pass!
What am I?

What is that which, while it lives, constantly changes its habit, that is buried before it is dead, and whose tomb is valued wherever it is found?

*Forward* *backwards* is what I do all day. I come in all different shapes and sizes. I can be scary, and I can calm you down. What am I?

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.

You seek it out, when your hunger is ripe.
It sits on four legs, and smokes a pipe.

I am everywhere. I am inside you. I surround you. I can be seen by you. I can kill you. Yet you play in me. What am I?

It's a symbol and a fruit,
For man's folly, evil's root.
But also for great inspiration,
and famous application.

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

I am but three holes. When you come out of me, you are still inside me. What am I?

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.

A harvest sown and reaped on the same day
In an unplowed field,
Which increases without growing,
Remains whole though it is eaten
Within and without,
Is useless and yet
The staple of nations.

I'm a soft frozen food made with sweetened and flavored milk fat. I'm usually put in a waffle cone. What am I?

I'm not man's best friend, I'm their enemy,
I can mark your end, yet you do not see me,
I am very small, but very tough,
If you have me, then you have it rough.

I'm a food made of flour, water, and yeast or another leavening agent, mixed together and baked. You need me to make a sandwich.

My daughter has many sisters. She has as many sisters as she has brothers. Each of her brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many sons and daughters do I have?

As I went over London Bridge I met my sister Jenny; I broke her neck and drank her blood and left her standing empty.

All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
Who am I?

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.

A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird

Before my birth I have a name, but soon as born I lose the same; and when I'm laid within the tomb, I do my father's name assume; I change my name three days together, yet live but on in any weather.

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!

My tail is long, my coat is brown,
I like the country, I like the town.
I can live in a house or live in a shed,
And I come out to play when you are in bed.
What am I?

It can be cracked, It can be made,
It can be told, it can be played.
What is it?

This is meat from the upper part of a pig's leg salted and dried or smoked, often enjoyed in a sandwich.

This breakfast food is thin, flat cake or batter, usually fried and turned in a pan. It is often enjoyed with butter and syrup.

I am at your hand when it is dark and hidden away in the light. What am I?

I start new then become old. Start clean but be one dirty. I usually start big then become little. What am I?

I am wrapped but I am not a gift, I am kept neatly in a chamber and Archeologists find me as a great treasure. What am I?

Sometimes it's silver but also gold.
Printed on paper it's a treasure to hold.
What is it?

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.

A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man.

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.

Brothers and sisters I have none but this man's father is my father's son. Who is the man?

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.

Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?

I'm strangely capricious, I'm sour or I'm sweet,
To housewives am useful, to children a treat;
Yet I freely confess I more mischief have done,
Than anything else That is under the sun.

I have legs but seldom walk;
I backbite many but never talk;
I seek places that can hide me
because those that feed me cannot abide me.

Only one color, but not one size.
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain.
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.

I am gentle enough to soothe your skin, light enough to fly in the sky, strong enough to crack rocks. What am I?

Shared between two;
Most often to woo;
Sometimes hot and sometimes cold;
The beginning of us all, young and old.

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

You can drop me from the tallest building and I'll be fine, but if you drop me in water I die. What am I?

Searing 'cross the pitch-black skies,
I scream in celebration,
Yet moments later, my outburst through,
I am naught but imagination.

I can be full, but I will never spill.
I disappear at times, but return I always will.
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?

I fall from the sky but am not rain. I like the cold and not the sun. People like to eat me. What am I?

If you toss a coin 10 times and it lands heads up every time, what are the chances it will land heads up if you toss it again?

They're big and yet so far away,
We see them at the end of day.
They're small and they're above.
We see them when we close our eyes,
Each time we are in love.

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

Hide me from your parents if you have done bad academically this year. What am I?

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

It was high in the sky but also firmly on the Earth. It brought cooperation for many but confusion for all. It was unmissable by the crowd yet overlooked by the One. It was the world’s first true skyscraper and also its last. What is it?

I live in the corn, and my job is to deter. Free from pests your crops I assure. What am I?

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

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.

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 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?

Though I have neither legs nor feet, my use is for to go; Altho' I cannot speak, I tell what others want to know.

They can be long or short;
they can be grown or bought;
they can be painted or left bare;
they can be round or square.

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?

I am used for light yet I am solid. Without me you would feel enclosed. I hate being touched, especially with a lot of force. I like to be in buildings. What am I?

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.

I have a neck but no head. I have a body but no arm. I have a bottom but no leg. What am I?

Thirty men and ladies two,
gathered for a festive do;
Dressed quite formal, black and white;
soon movement turned to nasty fight.

It's equally comfortable in an orchestra and a geometry textbook. What is it?

Used on a diamond and left on a board. It's great for a gymnast his grip to restore. What is it?

If it is two hours later, then it will take half as much time till it's midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it?