Medium Riddles

As I was going through a field of wheat,
I found something good to eat;
It wasn't fish or flesh or bone;
I kept it till it ran alone.

I am black and white. I have strings I have keys. I make sound without my lips. I make dough with no flour. What am I?

I am in the sky but also in the ground. When you study me, no matter how long, I will always end with an F. I may be in your yard but not in your house. What am I?

It has no top or bottom, but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time.

Black and scary, small and hairy.
In the night you hear it preach,
Through its noisy high pitched screech.

I cost no money to use, or conscious effort to take part of. And as far as you can see, there is nothing to me. But without me, you are dead. What am I?

What is an acceptable act of violence during saint Patrick's day?

I am a mountain at night, meadow at day. What am I?

People chop this off for a good cause.

I am not very commonly found! Only in some rainforest! I have an odd number of toes! I'm very lazy and hang upside down! What am I?

I was not born, but I am here. I have no name, but I am given many. I was made by science and life. What am I?

Always wooden and covered in paint. It can make you laugh or hide, because something dark is inside. What is it?

One brick is one kilogram and half a brick heavy. What is the weight of one brick?

What animal dwells in water and best known for its work ethic?

U always follow me but I am rarely seen. What am I?

Which biblical character grew up without parents?

What grows bigger the more you contract it?

Held firmly in the hands, like a sword it cuts deep.
Bloodless strokes, all, then forward we leap.

Neither bought nor sold but more valuable than gold. It is built but not by hand. What is it?

I don't forget! What am I?

I carry my home on my back. I am not rich, but I leave silver in my track. What am I?

I am partially baked. I am not completely lit. I am a portion of the moon. I am lesser than full wit. I am a divider of the hour. I am not a total lie. I am a sibling through one parent.

A white horned symbol of purity and grace.

It passes but you never hear it. Sometimes though, you think you feel it. You think you had it but it's gone. You want to stop it, but it moves on. You lose it, gain it, maybe fear it, but it goes on, forever on.

In the evening I'm long, in the morning I'm small;
When seen in a ballroom, I'm nothing at all.
What am I?

Bold are the first; true are the second; playful are the third; clever are the fourth; forceful are the fifth.

Take me for a spin and I'll make you cool,
but use me when it's cool and you're a fool.
What am I?

Where on earth do the ways always blow from the south?

I have legs but never walk, I may have flowers but no soil, I hold food but never eat. What am I?

Not a burden for its weight and daily carried out,
He who takes it wishes it had never come about.

You row in one while you float. What is it?

I am whole but incomplete. I have no eyes, yet I see. You can see, and see right through me. My largest part is one fourth of what I once was.

Mr. Blue lives in the blue house, mr. Pink lives in the pink house, and mr. Brown lives in the brown house. Who lives in the white house?

A metal neither black nor red,
as heavy as man's golden greed.
What you do to stay ahead,
with friend or foe or arrow and steed.

Just head and foot yet never tires of dancing.

I never ask questions, but I am always answered. What am I?

I am everywhere.
Nothing can compare.
Run and hide and I will still be there
Because everything is mine to share.
No need to seek me out,
Though, you may just run out.
What am I?

I grow for a surface, even if you cut me. I continue to grow even after death. What am I?

Hard iron on horse. Cow's hide on man.

I saw a fight the other day;
A damsel did begin the fray.
She with her daily friend did meet,
then standing in the open street,
she gave such hard and sturdy blows,
he bled ten gallons at the nose;
yet neither seemed to faint nor fall,
nor gave her an abuse at all.

There's not a kingdom on the earth, but I have traveled over and over, and though I know not whence my birth, yet when I come, you know my roar. I through the town do take my flight, and through the fields and meadows green, and whether it be day or night, I neither am nor can be seen.

The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Saturday. What day is it today?

What cannot talk but will always reply when spoken to?

People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?

To cross the water I'm the way. For water I'm above I touch it not, and truth to say, I neither swim nor move. What am I?

When it was young, it had a tail. When it grew up, it had knees.

We are little brethren twain, arbiters of loss and gain; man to our counters run, some are made, and some undone; but men find it, to their cost, few are made, but numbers lost; though we play them tricks for ever, yet they always hope our favor.

The cloud is my mother, my father the wind. The lake is my son and the rainbow my bed. What am I?

My first is in spell, but not book.
My second is in fright and also shook.
My third is in cauldron, but never in pot.
My fourth is in net and also in knot.
My fifth is in bat, but never in vampire.
My sixth is in coal, but not found in fire.
My seventh is in moon, but not in night.

Where force can't get through, I with a gentle movement do. What am I?

What can you blow up and keep intact?

Mom and dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

What traps a star in its belly but can be held in your hand?

Serves as a go between in business.

Steals an event or even a mood. Reveals the truth or shatters it.

Although my cow is dead, I still beat her. What a racket she makes!

A setting that proved to be deadly for Abraham Lincoln.

What runs around a house but doesn't move?

I see what you see, feel what you feel, and hear what you hear. I know all of your moves before you make them. I even know the moves you didn't make. What am I?

What kind of food do mummies like to eat?

I am fun and sad. I am fast and slow. I get louder and I get softer. And I am created by great geniuses. What am I?

Many hear me, but no one sees me, and I only speak when spoken to. What am I?

Touch this and you'll regret it. But if it's cold, you won't forget it. What is it?

What do you call a rabbit with fleas?

MT_TF_S What are the missing letters? Why?

I travel in a gaggle. What am I?

This guy crossed a road and everyone wants an explanation.

When it's dirty this should never be aired in public.

I am the tool, for inspiring many. Buy me in the store, for not much more than a penny. Don't overuse me, or my usefulness will go.

My first is ocean but not in sea, My second in milk but not in me. My third is in three but not in throw, My fourth in vow but not in crow. My fifth is in eight but not in night, My last is in wrong and also right. My whole is praise for thoughts or men; Or women, too, or tongue or pen.

I go from house to house, a messenger small and tight.
Weather it rains or snows. I sleep outside at night.
What am I?

Gown but not a priest; crown but not a king.

A necessity to some, a treasure to many,
I'm best enjoyed among pleasant company.
Some like me hot, some like me cold.
Some prefer mild, some like me bold.
What am I?

A tree with 5 branches, no leaves and no fruits.

Who was the most famous Skeleton detective?

You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows. What is it?

What did the hamburger buy to his sweetheart?

Why are people always tired in April?

As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?

I am partly blind but can still see. I have legs but only use them for sleeping. What am I?

What kind of shoes can you make out of banana peels?

This is in a realm of true and in a realm false, but you experience me as you turn and toss.

Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out under his own roof?

His eyes were raging, that scraggly beast.
His lips were bursting, with rows of angry teeth.
Upon his back a razor was found.
It was a fearsome battle we fought,
my life – or his, one would be bought.
And when we were through,
and death chilled the air,
we cut out his heart, and ate it with flair.

The signature stroll of ducks and penguins.

How many days are there in 4 years?

What smells the best at thanksgiving dinner?

It flies when it's on and floats coming off.

I am often found in doctor's offices and pirate flags. What am I?

More precious than gold, but cannot be bought,
Can never be sold, only earned if it's sought,
If it is broken it can still be mended,
At birth it can't start nor by death is it ended.

I can fill a room but take up no space.
Look out at night, and I am in no place.
What am I?

I suck. What am I?

Who do mice pray their wishes to?

What becomes white when it is dirty?

How is a dog and a marine biologist alike?

I run through hills. I veer around mountains. I leap over rivers. And crawl through the forests. Step out your door to find me.

I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken. What am I?

Timid or weak people are said to not have these.

People walk in and out of me. They push and I follow. When they walk out on me, I close up and I stay waiting for the next person to walk into my life when I have a more open mind. What am I?

I'm named after nothing, though I'm awfully clamorous.
And when I'm not working, your house is less glamorous.
What am I?