Medium Riddles

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We are two brothers on opposite sides of the road, but we never see each other. Who are we?

This both describes gorgeous woman and an excellent punch.

I am a vegetable that bugs stay away from. What am I?

I can travel from there to here by disappearing, and here to there by reappearing.

When you stop and look, you can always see me. If you try to touch, you cannot feel me. I cannot move, but as you near me, I will move away from you.

What is it that has a power socket on one end and a corkscrew on the other?

You use lots of me, yet right you use me when you're done. What am I?

What do we see every day, kings see rarely, and God never sees?

A man walks out of a house that has four walls all facing north. A bird walks past him. What is it?

The older this thing grows the more valued it becomes. It is always much better when its breathing is done.

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

I lose my head in the morning and regain back it at night. What am I?

It is able to speak because it has a hard gone. You know what it is as soon as it has sung. What is it?

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

This food is a tortilla filled with cheese and sometimes chicken before being heated or cooked.

Hoofed frolicking.

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.

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What has a horn but does not work?

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

What can be grown without sun or soil and can either provide nourishment or deliver poison?

I am owned by Old McDonald. What am I?

Maritime marauders.

My 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?

Two year-old children who throw tantrums get this nickname. So did the tsar "Ivan."

What does a stone become when in the water?

I am good at concealing what's real and hide what's true.
Sometime, I bring out the courage in you!
What am I?

Strip the skin under my skin, and my flesh you'll reveal.
It tastes sweet and tart, now throw out the peel.
What is it?

Use me to reward good behavior. What am I?

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?

Grows from the ground, bushes and grass, leaves of yellow, red and brow, unruly plants, get the axe, trim the hedge back down.

I can be driven, but have no wheels. I can be sliced, but still remains whole. What am I?

High born, my touch is gentle. Purest white is my lace. Silence is my kingdom. Green is the color of my death.

Dragons are known to do this to their gold.

I am easy to waste and unstoppable. What am I?

I am a protector of the scoreboard. What am I?

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

Salty water everywhere but not sea in sight.

A man says: "Brothers and sisters, have I none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is he pointing at?

Sauerkraut owes its existence to this head.

The weapon of choice to create the biggest shock.

I 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?

I've got a beautiful, beautiful hall all walled in red velvet, with all white armchairs made of bone, and in the middle a woman dances.

I love to dance and twist and prance. I shake my tail, as away I sail. Wingless I fly into the sky.

What is as big as you are and yet does not weight anything?

Who spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at night?

If you are a man then your best friend will eat this for dinner.

There is one in every corner and two in every room.

Cycle Cycle Cycle.

What can be seen but never found that only hides in the unwound?

What do elves do after school?

What turns from red to black as soon as it touches water?

I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but no head. I cannot see, and I help keep your house neat and tidy. What am I?

This Chocolate baked good is a soft candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.

Timid or weak people are said to not have these.

Die without me, never thank me. Walk right through me, never feel me. Always watching, never speaking. Always lurking, never seen.

Two in a whole and four in a pair. Six in a trio you see. Eight's a quartet but what you must get is the name that fits just one of me. What am I?

What rains at the north pole?

I 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?

What you become during a workout?

Up on high I wave away but not a word can I say.

A tiny bead, like fragile glass, strung along a cord of grass.

When filled I can point the way. But when empty unmoving I stay. What am I?

His big belly supposedly has the ability to dispense good fortune.

Plant whose name sounds like a dish full of dairy spread.

What odd number becomes even when beheaded?

I shoot but never kill. What am I?

John Lennon sang about being this toothy creature.

The artistic vandal's best friend.

A setting that proved to be deadly for Abraham Lincoln.

How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet deep and 2 feet wide?

I am bigger than elephant but lighter than a feather. What am I?

What is long, pink and wet and is rude to pull out in front of people?

I have split the one into five.
I am the circle that few will spy.
I am the path that breaks and gives.
I am the bow no man may bend.

Be sure to shout for its answers are weak, but there is no language it cannot speak.

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

I love to twist and dance. Though wingless, I fly high up into the sky. What am I?

I eat as you turn me, my blade cutting wood.
When I am full, empty me you should.
What am I?

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?

The itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot variety is quite popular.

What is the center of gravity?

A spent round or a slimy critter.

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

A white field, and when it is plowed, its soil is black.

What is higher without the head than with it?

What fish came first?

Sometimes I am liked, sometimes I am hated. Usually I am old, usually I am dated. 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?

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.

My first is high,
My second damp,
My whole a tie,
A writer's cramp.

You can't live without doing this, and we all do it at the same time. Yet many wish it wasn't happening. What is it?

What breaks without falling?

What do you get when you cross a vampire and teacher?

This baked dish consists of an open-topped pastry case with a savory or sweet filling.

What is eaten by man, served among many, grown by many, and white as snow?

This thing all things devours,
Birds, beasts, trees, and flowers.
Gnaws iron bites steel,
Grinds hard stones to meal,
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.

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

I use electricity and I killed my father. I am a king. I have a lot of girlfriends, but I also have a wife. Who am I?

What is always coming but never arrives?