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What is the center of gravity?
See answerWhat does the Easter Bunny do after it takes a shower?
See answerI fly through the air on small feathered wings, seeking out life and destroying all things.
See answerMy 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?
See answerThe epic tale of two women battling over a sparkly pair of shoes.
See answerMouthless 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.
See answerAn 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?
See answerI am a desire to munch. What am I?
See answerWhy do people wear shamrocks on St. Patrick's Day?
See answerIt 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.
Where do bunnies hang out?
See answerThis is a shape and a symbol that we literally cannot live without. What is it?
See answerI come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. I stick to many surfaces but I am, in fact, not sticky at all. What am I?
See answerYou eat something you neither plant nor plow. It is the son of water, but if water touches it. It dies. What is it?
See answerIt is not your enemy, yet we still beat it. What is it?
See answerStrip 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 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?
See answerI 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?
See answer*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?
See answerI'm the source of all emotion, but I'm caged in a white prison.
See answerYou seek it out, when your hunger is ripe.
It sits on four legs, and smokes a pipe.
I am but three holes. When you come out of me, you are still inside me. What am I?
See answerA 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 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 carry you down a gentle stream. What am I?
See answerMy 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?
See answerAs I went over London Bridge I met my sister Jenny; I broke her neck and drank her blood and left her standing empty.
See answerWhat you do to determine the length of something?
See answerThe ball drops when the clock hits this.
See answerAll about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
Who am I?
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.
See answerMy 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?
I have a head, tail, but no arms and legs. What am I?
See answerI start new then become old. Start clean but be one dirty. I usually start big then become little. What am I?
See answerHow does a dog cross a river without getting wet?
See answerWhat you become during a workout?
See answerBrothers and sisters I have none but this man's father is my father's son. Who is the man?
See answerWhat did King George think of the American colonists?
See answerI mirror your actions. What am I?
See answerI'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 am a lunch money thief. What am I?
See answerOnly 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?
See answerShared between two;
Most often to woo;
Sometimes hot and sometimes cold;
The beginning of us all, young and old.
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?
I am so delicious that I require a house to contain me. What am I?
See answerIf 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?
See answerThe more you take from me, the bigger I get. What am I?
See answerThey are the shore's gallant knights.
See answerThe weapon of choice to create the biggest shock.
See answerDo they have a 4th of July in England?
See answerWhat must be looked through in order to see?
See answerI have a neck but no head. I have a body but no arm. I have a bottom but no leg. What am I?
See answerIt has 8 arms and lots of ink but can't write a word. What is it?
See answerIf 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?
See answerI am enjoyed with a pot and some pointy sticks. What am I?
See answerIt is sometimes known to have silver linings.
See answerI'm a vegetable that is a long, green stalk. I'm usually eaten at thanksgiving with cheese or peanut butter. What am I?
See answerYou turn me over after you have traveled far. What am I?
See answerWhy did the turkey cross the road?
See answerCome up and let us go. Go down and here we stay.
See answerA little house full of meat, no door to go in and eat.
See answerEnvironmentalists want to keep this from drying.
See answerPlace three matches on a table. Tell a friend to add two more matches to make eight.
See answerMany have heard me, but nobody has seen me, and I will not speak back until spoken to. What am I?
See answerI belong to everyone. Sometimes make you happy, sometimes make you sad. I will never end until the day you do. What am I?
See answerI can be driven, but have no wheels. I can be sliced, but still remains whole. What am I?
See answerWhipping one of these out in the wrong setting is said to be terrible luck.
See answerPeople are hired to get rid of me.
I'm often hiding under your bed.
In time I'll always return you see.
Bite me and you're surely dead.
George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?
See answerThe leaves are on the fruit, the fruit is on the leaves. What is it?
See answerI am enjoyed by some, despised by others. Some take me for granted, some treasure me like a gift. I last forever, unless you break me first. What am I?
See answerI am a three letter word. Add two more letters and you'll have fewer. What word am I?
See answerRound as an apple, deep as a cup, and all the kings' horses can't fill it up. What is it?
See answerWhat can you always count on?
See answerSends paper without using the post office.
See answerBrings the sky a lot closer.
See answerSusan and Lisa decided to play tennis against each other. They bet $1 on each game they played. Susan won three bets and Lisa won $5. How many games did they play?
See answerOut of all the celestial bodies, this one has the funniest name.
See answerPerhaps the most important adjective for ballerinas and princesses.
See answerIt is able to speak because it has a hard gone. You know what it is as soon as it has sung. What is it?
See answerYou shoot me but I don't die. You hang me but I don't die. What am I?
See answerWhat can be broken without being touched?
See answerMy first, if you do, you'll increase; my second will keep you from heaven; my whole, such a human caprice, is more frequently given than taken.
See answerMy head bobs lazily in the sun. You think I'm cute. For my face is yellow my hair is white and my body is green.
See answerWhat do rich people have that can be changed into the law.
See answerI am the third from a sparkle bright,
I thrive throughout the day and night.
Deep in the path of a cows white drink.
I've had thousands of millions of years to think.
But one of my creatures is killing me.
And so the question I ask to thee,
is who am I?
Flat as a leaf, round as a ring. Has two eyes, can't see a thing.
See answerWhat has to be broken before you can use it?
See answerThere was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
See answerI am good at concealing what's real and hide what's true.
Sometime, I bring out the courage in you!
What am I?
I can be found in seconds, minutes and centuries, but not in days, years or decades.
See answerIf you give it a tug, you can sit in the dark. Tug it again and a light will spark. What is it?
See answerI can be found in water but never wet. What am I?
See answerThough easy to spot, when allowed to plume, It is hard to see, when held in a room.
See answerAn outcome already written,
Fight it and you'll be smitten.
By it you may be blessed,
Or put up to the test,
And take you places you'd have never guessed.
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