Medium Riddles

What animal has no wings, but yet will fly?

The cost of making only the maker knows, valueless if bought, but sometimes traded. A poor man may give one as easily as king. When one is broken pain and deceit are assured.

I fall with the waves, rise with the tide, and drift with the current alongside. What am I?

Did you hear the one about the Liberty Bell?

It's held in the hand when going out.

What’s red, white, black and blue?

There is a kind of fish that can never swim. What is that?

I'm lighter than air but a million men can't lift me. What am I?

Sport olympians use this to get high jump up in the air.

What gets bigger the more you take away?

A time when they're green. A time when they're brown.
But both of these times, cause me to frown.
But just in between, for a very short while.
They're perfect and yellow. And cause me to smile.

When I point up it's bright, but when I point down it's dark. What am I?

What has to be broken before it can be used?

What was General Washington's favorite tree?

How can you tell where the Easter Bunny has been?

You may always chase me but you are always about 3 miles away. What am I?

I am a type of animal that hang out in the mist. What am I?

I walk on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs at noon, and 3 legs at night. What am I?

Lots of them make up a word, And lots of words are in them. It's easy when you think about it. A while ago we stamped and mailed them.

My first part compliments people. My second part makes things known. My third part hurts feelings. My fourth part holds a previous treasure. My fifth part is used when sharing fancy beverages. What am I?

The warmer I am, The fresher I am.

I am yellow on the outside, white inside, and very appealing. What am I?

Which tree is the most difficult to get along with?

My first, though water, cures no thirst,
My next alone has soul,
And when he lives upon my first,
He then is called my whole.

What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less?

The French word for 'fun size' in women's clothing.

What starts with an "e" but only has a single letter in it?

This is needed both for courage and hardcover books.

It is hate and has hate in it, but it isn't hate.

Causes dancing in children when it fills up.

What fish came first?

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.

A tangly game and a destructive weather phenomenon.

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

We chop its feet; we drink its blood.

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

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.

Why shouldn’t you tickle an Easter egg?

You can hold it without using your hands or your arms. What is it?

Some adults still use these to count.

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

A pony trots his way through the world on these.

How can a pants pocket be empty and still have something in it?

What kind of tea did the American colonists thirst for?

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

What has no arms, hands, or legs but moves the earth?

Which bow can't be tied?

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?

Can you guess the next letter in the series? "CYGTNLIT"

What has 2 banks but no money?

What jack has a head but no body?

What can be seen but not touched?

What is the first thing a gardener plants in the garden?

What tastes better than it smells?

Where jewelry pierces your head.

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?

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

I have no eyes, no legs or ears and I help move the earth. What am I?

An accessory sported by many construction workers.

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

A type of hammer that brings a room to order.

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?

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 has a neck and no head, two arms but no hands?

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?

Today he is there to trip you up and he will torture you tomorrow.

What goes up and down the stairs without moving?

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?

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

I always have to work with something in my eye. What am I?

I am nothing but holes tied to holes, yet am strong as iron.

What can be swallowed, but can swallow you?

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

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

It is yellow and you can serve it but not eat. What is it?

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.

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?

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

Why was the scuba diver failing biology?

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?

What holds names and memories which are not its own?

It covers you, you lose it every day and you'd die without it.

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

What do people want the least on their hands?

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

The preferred color of carpet in this town is red.

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?

What do you get if you cross a snowman with a witch?

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

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?

Some keep it in a dumpster while others keep it in their trunk.

In many hallways you would stand, if not with this in hand.