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Hold these between your knees if you want to set a Cuban beat.
See answerWhat can stand in place of a country but still fold away in a drawer?
See answerWhere did the first baseball game in the Bible happen?
See answerIf you were standing directly on Antarctica's South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward?
See answerA man walks out of a house that has four walls all facing north. A bird walks past him. What is it?
See answerWhat never asks questions but receives a lot of answers?
See answerWhat can you catch but not throw?
See answerWhat word is that, which, deprived of its first letter, leaves you sick?
See answerI am owned by Old McDonald. What am I?
See answerUse me to reward good behavior. What am I?
See answerThose with eyes bigger than their stomach will definitely leave the restaurant with one of them. It is named after a house pet as well.
See answerWhat is long, pink and wet and is rude to pull out in front of people?
See answerOld Grandpa Diddle Daddle jumped in the mud puddle, green cap and yellow shoes. Guess all your loftiness and you can't guess these news.
See answerI wear a red coat and have a stone in my throat. What am I?
See answerSecured in place, I work undercover,
and with a flick of your finger.
My purpose you'll discover.
What am I?
People need me yet they give me away every day. What am I?
See answerWhat rains at the north pole?
See answerThe athletically challenged spend a good deal of time on this seat made of pine.
See answerSomeone who is enthusiastic about tending the garden is said to have this appendage.
See answerWhat is the funny thing about forbidden fruits?
See answerWhere do tadpoles change?
See answerI am owned by the poor, the rich does not need me. If you eat me, you will die! What am I?
See answerI can be told and can make you crazy. Most people don't like me and think I'm harmful. What am I?
See answerPrior to smartphones, people used this to record their lives.
See answerAs I walked along the path I saw something with four fingers and one thumb, but it was not flesh, fish, bone, or fowl.
See answerWhat is full of holes but still holds water?
See answerI can burn your mouth and sting your eye, but I am consumed everyday. What am I?
See answerI have a title and many pages
I am a genteel of genteel descent
I am a killer veteran of war
I am a slave to my lord
Pledged to his service.
It's true I bring serenity. And hang around the stars. But yet I live in misery, you'll find me behind bars. With thieves and villains I consort. In prison I'll be found. But I would never go to court. Unless there's more than one.
See answerI'm a king that speaks for my country
At birth I protected by no one
As I grow my father gives me 2 soldiers to protect me
As I get matured many more are given to me
And at my full age my father gives me 32 white soldiers to guard me and protect me
What am I?
It has plenty of backbone but doesn't have a let. It peels like an orange but it comes from an egg.
See answerThough learning has fed me,
I know not a letter;
I live among the books,
Yet am never the better.
What am I?
Joe has ten coins totaling $1.19. From these coins, he cannot make exact change for a dollar, half-dollar, quarter, dime, or nickel.
What are the coins?
Other terms for this handy device include doohicky, doo-dad, and whatchyamacallit.
See answerWhich popular cheese is made backwards?
See answerThe strongest chains will not bind it. Ditch and rampart will not slow it down. A thousand soldiers cannot beat it, it can knock down trees with a single bush.
See answerI always run but never walk, often murmur, never talk, have a bed but never sleep, have a mouth but never eat. Who am I?
See answerI can be hot or cold, I can be made with fruit, vegetable or meat but either way you see it, on a Thanksgiving table I will be a treat. What am I?
See answerWhat king can you make if you take the head of a lamb, the middle of a pig, the hind of a buffalo, and the tail of a dragon?
See answerI have a long tail that I let fly. Every time I go through a gap, I leave a bit of my tail in the trap. What am I?
See answerFour holes, one going in and three coming out; When you are going in you are out and when you are coming out you are in.
See answerI am present in marshes
And also in the rumen of cattle
To stop global warming
I do very little.
What am I?
A plane crashed on the border or US and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?
See answerBoth peaches and a certain couture have this in common.
See answerWhat has a head and a tail but no body?
See answerI hide in a dark tunnel awaiting my time. I can only be released by pulling back. Once released, I may do unstoppable damage. What am I?
See answerWith three eyes and a black as night, I frequently knock down ten men with a single strike! What am I?
See answerWhoever makes it, tells it not; whoever takes it, knows it not; and whoever knows it, wants it not. What is it?
See answerWhat does an old tan broken down house wear outside?
See answerTen men's strength, ten men's length,
Ten men can't break it, yet a young boy walks off with it
What am I?
What shoes should you wear when your basement is flooded?
See answerEveryone has it.
Those who have it least don't know that they have it.
Those who have it most wish they had less of it,
But not too little or none at all.
What force and strength cannot get through,
I with my unique teeth can do.
What am I?
Sometimes I am liked, sometimes I am hated. Usually I am old, usually I am dated. What am I?
See answerI am rather large and usually majestic.
I am every hue of the rainbow
I can eat you, I may heat you,
You only wish you could see me.
What am I?
Royalty whose bugers are broiled and whose bed is large.
See answerWhat is the coolest and most awesome of all the vegetables?
See answerI am the sweetest and most romantic fruit. What am I?
See answerWhat did the rain cloud wear under his raincoat?
See answerA murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
See answerI count time, but have no end. Tick tick, but I am not a clock. What am I?
See answerDark, feathery, and popular in Baltimore and fantasy books.
See answerI have no wings but I fly, I have no teeth but I bite. What am I?
See answerMy coat keeps me safe
From damage that's near.
I cause you happiness, sadness,
Anticipation and fear.
On the outside, I am put under judgment of price.
But my insides have far more value
That not even MONEY can suffice.
People in love are often bound to this.
See answerA man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?
See answerPoor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
See answerIf you look you cannot see me. If you see me you cannot see anything else. I can make anything you want happen, but later everything goes back to normal.
See answerYou'll see savory dishes in Hong Kong sizzling in these.
See answerI start in little but I end in full, you'll find me in half and complete.
See answerI hold two people together but touch only one. What am I?
See answerI am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?
See answerJohn Lennon sang about being this toothy creature.
See answerThose wooden birds are now in sight whose voices roar, whose wings are white, whose maws are fill'd with hose and shoes, with wine, cloth, sugar, salt and news, when they have eas'd their stomachs here they cry farewell, until next year.
See answerWhat jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
See answerThough I do not speak, I oft impart
The secret wishes of the heart;
I may deceive, may make amends,
May create foes, and yet make friends.
The harshest anger I can disarm,
Such is the power of my charm.
If a man carried my burden, he would break his back.
I am not rich, but I leave silver in my track.
What am I?
Found at the back of the book. What am I?
See answerMan of old, it is told would search until he tired,
not for gold, ne'er be sold, but what sought he was fire.
Man today, thou mayst say, has quite another aim,
in places deep, he did seek, to find me for his gain!
In my life I must bare, my bloodline I must share. What am I?
See answerYou use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?
See answerI look flat, but I am deep,
Hidden realms I shelter.
Lives I take, but food I offer.
At times I am beautiful.
I can be calm, angry and turbulent.
I have no heart, but offer pleasure as well as death.
No man can own me, yet I encompass what all men must have.
I make things short, but I am pretty long myself. What am I?
See answerWhat do you have to know to get top grades in geometry?
See answerA long snake that smokes. What am I?
See answerHow do you spell candy in 2 letters?
See answerA three-letter word I'm sure you know,
I can be on a boat or a sleigh in the snow,
I'm pals with the rain and honor a king,
But my favorite use is attached to a string.
What am I?
Grown in the ground, it's taller than you. Strip off the outside, the yellow pieces you chew. What is it?
See answerWeight in my belly, trees on my back. Nails in my ribs, feet I do lack. What am I?
See answerWhat is lighter than what it is made of?
See answerI am easy to see, but no one likes looking at me. Without me, there would be no you. I can make you complain, or make you happy. But you almost always take me for granted. What am I?
See answerAs beautiful as the setting sun,
As delicate as the morning dew;
An angel's dusting from the stars,
That can turn the Earth into a frosted moon.
What am I?
Salty water everywhere but not sea in sight.
See answerTiny creatures that have a special relationship with flowers.
See answerThey're up near the sky, on something very tall. Sometimes they die, only then do they fall.
See answerThis Mexican dish is a type of flatbread made of crushed flour or cornmeal and is cooked and then enjoyed hot or cold. It is used especially in making quesadillas.
See answerI can bring tears to your eyes; resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time. I form in an instant but I last a lifetime. What am I?
See answerHow do you fix a jack-o-lantern?
See answerI can be short and sometimes hot. When displayed, I rarely impress.
See answerWhat turns everything around but does not move?
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