Short Riddles

What has four legs during the day; and six or eight during the night?

By Thursday you're over this.

I'm the source of all emotion, but I'm caged in a white prison.

Retired people want these to be large and birds want them to hatch.

What do you do with a dead chemist?

Found under bridges and on the Internet.

A small hill with seven holes.

I am the second L in LOL. What am I?

Who was the Bible’s greatest comedian?

A king wears one on his head.

I carry you down a gentle stream. What am I?

During what month do people sleep the least?

These are needed to finish a test

What you do to determine the length of something?

The ball drops when the clock hits this.

What doesn't exist, but has a name?

It’s not a person nor an animal but He’s got a face. Who is he?

What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

You do this into someone's ear when you want to be discreet.

What did Adam and Eve lack that everyone else has?

I have a head, tail, but no arms and legs. What am I?

It's what light turns into in the night.

Why is a bunny the luckiest animal?

How does a dog cross a river without getting wet?

What fastens two people yet touches only one?

How many E’s are in the 4th of July?

What you become during a workout?

What do you get if you milk a cow after an earthquake?

Where does a snowman keep his money?

What fruit can you use to sip water?

What did King George think of the American colonists?

Canine children. What am I?

I mirror your actions. What am I?

I am a Caribbean shape that makes ships disappear. What am I?

Rub me and a genie might appear. What am I?

How does Moses make his coffee every morning?

I am a lunch money thief. What am I?

I get paid to shoot people, then blow them up. What am I?

Why did the meteor go to Hollywood?

I am so delicious that I require a house to contain me. What am I?

A beautiful succession of sounds.

The more you take from me, the bigger I get. What am I?

What stays where it is when it goes off?

Come November 1st, many of these will be found smashed on sidewalks.

They are the shore's gallant knights.

These are crisp, green, and are found near deli sandwiches.

Where do cows go to dance?

If someone calls you this, it might be time to consider hot wax.

Why didn't the turkey finish it's dessert?

The weapon of choice to create the biggest shock.

I cause involuntary movements in your vehicle. What am I?

I am the state when a person is holding a person inside. What am I?

Do they have a 4th of July in England?

A nutcracker up in a tree.

I am brown and sticky. What am I?

Why did Carbon marry Hydrogen?

What must be looked through in order to see?

It has 8 arms and lots of ink but can't write a word. What is it?

Very helpful if you intend to go gently down a river.

I am enjoyed with a pot and some pointy sticks. What am I?

We applaud if you perform well. What am I?

It's black and every time it speaks it says its name.

It is sometimes known to have silver linings.

I run up and down the stairs without moving. What am I?

You turn me over after you have traveled far. What am I?

Why did the turkey cross the road?

The thinkers usually hold this body part.

Bumpy form of transportation in desert cultures.

The negative hero in each story.

Come up and let us go. Go down and here we stay.

A little house full of meat, no door to go in and eat.

Environmentalists want to keep this from drying.

What stinks when living and smells good when dead?

What fruit is always sad?

I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I?

Where in the Bible is the first mention of a tennis match?

Small and bearded, both in the real world and in stories.

I am the yellow hem of the sea's blue skirt.

Why was the obtuse angle upset?

Long and slinky like a trout, never sings till it's guts come out.

Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

I am a person who pretends to be someone else. What am I?

I have a pet, his body is full of coins.

What has 88 keys but can't open a single door?

You feel this sensation when you are dehydrated.

I'm a lion with a human head. Guess my Riddle or you'll be dead.

I tremble at each breath of air, and yet can heaviest burdens bear.

I am a sound made by felines when petted. What am I?

The leaves are on the fruit, the fruit is on the leaves. What is it?

You have it even if there is none.

Four leaves I have. What am I?

What can you always count on?

Sends paper without using the post office.

Brings the sky a lot closer.

I look like a tiny trombone. What am I?

Out of all the celestial bodies, this one has the funniest name.

Perhaps the most important adjective for ballerinas and princesses.

It is something you make after you've weighed your options.

You shoot me but I don't die. You hang me but I don't die. What am I?

Once I'm 24. Twice I'm 20. Three times I'm inappropriate. What am I?