"What am I?" Riddles

Sometimes I am light, sometimes I am dark. What am I?

As your ideas grow, I shrink. What am I?

I am owned by Old McDonald. What am I?

Use me to reward good behavior. What am I?

To unravel me, you need a key. No key that was made by locksmith's hand, but a key that only I will understand. What am I?

I have fangs and enjoy piercing holes with a single bite. What am I?

Secured 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?

I am black and white and full of fuzz. What am I?

Found in pizza but also the sky.
You'll know I'm around when I'm close by.
What am I?

A leathery snake,
With a stinging bite,
I'll stay coiled up,
Unless I must fight.
What am I?

I take off my clothes when you put on your clothes. I put on my clothes when you take off your clothes. What am I?

I cannot be burned in fire or drowned in water. What am I?

I am owned by the poor, the rich does not need me. If you eat me, you will die! What am I?

I can be told and can make you crazy. Most people don't like me and think I'm harmful. What am I?

I defend without weapons, stand without legs, wound without force, and I am harder to fight than to kill. What am I?

I can burn your mouth and sting your eye, but I am consumed everyday. What am I?

I have cities with no people, forests with no trees, and oceans with no water. What am I?

I'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?

Though learning has fed me,
I know not a letter;
I live among the books,
Yet am never the better.
What am I?

I eat, I live. I breathe, I live. I drink, I die. What am I?

I am a piece of paper that takes most people 3 or 4 years to get. What am I?

I 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?

I am the type of room you can not enter or leave. Raise from the ground below. I could be poisonous or a delicious treat. What am I?

I am pinched by grandmas. What am I?

I 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?

I can be the book one can never finish reading. What am I?

I am present in marshes
And also in the rumen of cattle
To stop global warming
I do very little.
What am I?

I am a fire's best friend. When fat, my body fills with wind. When pushed to thin, through my nose I blow. Then you can watch the embers glow. What am I?

I can help you to mend. I hide my body but never my head. What am I?

I 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?

With three eyes and a black as night, I frequently knock down ten men with a single strike! What am I?

Ten men's strength, ten men's length,
Ten men can't break it, yet a young boy walks off with it
What am I?

I am not alive but seem so, because I dance and breathe with no legs or lungs of my own. What am I?

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?

I 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?

You take my clothes off when you put your clothes on. What am I?

I am the sweetest and most romantic fruit. What am I?

I count time, but have no end. Tick tick, but I am not a clock. What am I?

I have no wings but I fly, I have no teeth but I bite. What am I?

Everyone has me but nobody can lose me. What am I?

In the ground I am nothing, but give me time and I'll be something. What am I?

I am always around, but in the morning I show.
You'll know its me from my golden glow.
What am I?

I shift around, though always slowly. I never move more than a few inches at a time. A large movement by me can kill many people. I am huge, yet unseen by humans. What am I?

I carried by mad animals. What am I?

Turkey day. What am I?

I hold two people together but touch only one. What am I?

I 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?

I widen my jaws when you poke two fingers in me. I especially like to devour papers. What am I?

I am everywhere but cannot be seen, captured or held, only heard. What am I?

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?

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

Found at the back of the book. What am I?

I catch fire easily
But I protect cars in the cold
You can use me as a fuel
And yet I am every distiller’s goal
What am I?

In my life I must bare, my bloodline I must share. What am I?

You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?

I make things short, but I am pretty long myself. What am I?

A long snake that smokes. What am I?

No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?

A 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?

My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I'm often invited to play.
Yet wherever I go, I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say.
What am I?

If you held me for too long, you would die. What am I?

Weight in my belly, trees on my back. Nails in my ribs, feet I do lack. What am I?

I 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?

As 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?

I 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?

I am a type of weapon for SCI-FI characters. What am I?

I produce wool and spit a lot. What am I?

I am a food made from the pressed curds of milk. I come in American, Swiss, sharp and many other flavors. What am I?

I can whistle
I can howl
I can scream
And I can whisper
But I do not speak.
What am I?

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

I am the first you ever saw, what greets you every morning and what goes out in the end. What am I.

Teenage girls are pros at creating me. Learn me in classes. What am I?

Physicists have built devices to move me very fast. My last seven letters can be commonly found in newspapers, magazines, and journals. What am I?

I cannot be bought, cannot be sold, even if I'm sometimes made of gold. What am I?

I make a living following the wealthy and beautiful. What am I?

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

I can wake you up in the morning but I require no electricity or winding. What am I?

I remain unseen but hold many things, and when you are making a decision you consult me. What am I?

Faster than a twitch!
Fly with me to the Pitch!
With a seeker, a keeper,
Or a chaser, a beater,
Wizard or witch;
I play a mean game of Quidditch.
What am I?

Sometimes dark and sometimes bright,
I make my way among twinkling lights.
Seas and oceans obey my call,
yet mountains I cannot move at all.
My face is marred and gray,
but I'm majestic anyway.
What am I?

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

My mother is water and my brother the sky.
I am grey when wet but white when dry.
What am I?

I don't exist unless you cut me, but if you stab me I won't bleed. I hate no one yet am abhorred by all. What am I?

Green arrows grow out of my sides. I go from yellow to white. My babies fly in the wind. What am I?

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

I have a ring but no fingers. I used to stay still all the time, but nowadays I follow you around. What am I?

Kids really love me because I make things float. You can even use me to expand small things. 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?

I am killer of trees but people need me.
I can be blown away by a breeze
and I have been here since ancient Greece.
What am I?

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?

When it comes to me, you go on red and stops on green. What am I?

To give me to someone I don't belong to is cowardly, but to take me is noble. I can be a game, but there are no winners. What am I?

I stare at you, you stare at me.
I have three eyes, yet can't see.
Every time I blink, I give you commands.
You do as you are told, with your feet and hands.
What am I?

With shiny fangs , my bloodless bite will bring together what's mostly white. What am I?

Guided, I am scraping along, leaving behind my snow-white dust against that which I am scraping, for when I am scraping, I must. What am i?

I go around and in the house, but never touches the house. What am I?

I am a time for gathering crops. Remove the first three letters I become an object you can wear. What am I?