Medium Riddles

It carries paper of the most important sort
but also plastic, I'm glad to report.
What is it?

What snacks do you serve at a robot party?

Something you do with guests at a fancy party hoping to get a leg-up in your career.

When one does not know what it is, then it is something; but when one knows what it is, then it is nothing.

What has one foot but no body?

What holds names and memories which are not its own?

A single syllable do I claim,
black was my most famous name;
Fetal to mortals here below,
thousands have I slain in a single blow.

If it weren't for these, no one would be aware of Idaho's existence.

I have keys but no locks.
I have space but no room.
You can enter but can't go outside.
What am I?

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

I look like a tiny trombone. 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?

My 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.

It 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.

One pace to the North. Two paces to the East. Two paces to the South. Two paces to the West. One pace to the North.

A tangly game and a destructive weather phenomenon.

A toasty and crunchy cereal would be pointless without this spice.

It is yellow and you can serve it but not eat. What is it?

I am a three letter word. Add two more letters and you'll have fewer. What word am I?

I fly through the air on small feathered wings, seeking out life and destroying all things.

What looks back but cannot see?

What becomes too young the longer it exists?

A small hill with seven holes.

I come in winter. I cannot see, hear, or feel. I can't eat, but you can eat parts of me.

What do you get when you cross a chicken and a pig?

What comes in many different sizes but is always only 1 foot long?

What is a cat on ice?

At first I am a yellow weed in the lawn, and then the wind blows, and my white feathers are gone. What am I?

You can build or destroy. Let creativity soar but be careful at night. What am I?

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

Sometimes I am loud. And viewed with distaste. Poke out my "eye", then I'm on the front of your face.

Grown in the ground, it's taller than you. Strip off the outside, the yellow pieces you chew. What is it?

My first is to be seen every day in the firmament; My second conquers kings and queens; And my whole is what I would offer to a friend in distress.

So cold, damp and dark this place. To stay you would refrain, yet those who occupy this place do never complain.

Gold in a leather bag, swinging on a tree,
money after honey in its time.
Ills of a scurvy crew cured by the sea,
reason in its season but no rhyme.

What has 2 banks but no money?

I belong to you but others use me more often than you do. What am I?

I am edible, pink, and a great summer food. What am I?

I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never seen out of darkness.

Ladies used to party with this kitchen device.

It keeps something that cannot be kept,
And wakes you when you've slept.
It may go slow or stop at times,
But even then it chimes.

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

This Mexican dish is a type of flatbread made of crushed flour or cornmeal and is cooked and then enjoyed hot or cold. It is used especially in making quesadillas.

I am blinding at times yet help you see. I am necessary, but you'll burn with too much of me. What am I?

The plant that is responsible for spreading a lot of gossip.

A prehistoric reptile that lives today and the inspiration for the name of a popular sports drink.

Whipping one of these out in the wrong setting is said to be terrible luck.

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 begin and have no end. Eventually I will be the ending of all that has begun. What am I?

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

I am an activity involving pins flying in the air. What am I?

What is born long, dies short, and spends its life leaving a trail?

What is the first thing a gardener plants in the garden?

You can swallow me, but I can also swallow you.

I will go within you, and destroy you. Only because you wanted me too. What am I?

If you're on a diet, smelling a fresh pan of brownies could be described as this.

If I drink, I die. If I eat, I am fine. What am I?

A section of the calendar dedicated to mother nature.

What has one foot on each side and one in the middle?

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 has no arms, hands, or legs but moves the earth?

What animal would you get crossed a duck, a beaver, and an otter?

Though my beauty is becoming I can hurt you just the same;
I come in many colors; I am what I am by any other name.

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.

What part of a fish weighs most?

My first is a heir;
My second's a snare;
My whole is the offspring of fancy;
Which I sent, out of play,
Upon Valentine's day,
As a token of love, to my Nancy.

What goes through towns and over hills but never moves?

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?

In birth I spring forth, in life I unfold. In death I wilt and die, but rebirth restores all.

If you look you cannot see me. If you see me you cannot see anything else. I can make anything you want happen, but later everything goes back to normal.

Rotten trees and Jack-O-Lanterns have this characteristic in common.

What is part of you and all around you but if it entangles you, it will kill you?

I am gentle enough to soothe your skin, light enough to fly in the sky, strong enough to crack rocks. What am I?

I am something many people don't enjoy having as a friend, including you. But I am called upon anything someone is injured.

Men in skirts blow into these.

I cannot be used until I have been broken. What 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.

I'm under your face,
I'm outside your mind;
A biological case,
Pressure brings pain sometimes.
What am I?

When you are a child you are forced to take them. When you are an adult you want to take them.

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.

It increases and decreases yet no one see it. It is not a fire and yet it can be quenched.

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

What can you always count on?

I have a head but no body, a heart but no blood. Just leaves and no branches, I grow without wood. What am I?

I am black when you buy me, red when you use me.
When I turn white, you know it's time to throw me away.
What am I?

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

I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud! I am not a gossip but I do get involved with everyone's dirty business.

For this gourmet style of meal you'll need a pot and some pointy sticks.

You get one if you miss one at golf.

Brothers and sisters I have none but this man's father is my father's son.
Who is the man?

They put the heat in pop tarts

In we go, out we go.
All around and in a row.
Always, always steady flow.
When we'll stop, you'll never known.
In we go, out we go.

What wears a coat in the winter and pants in the summer?

Serves as a go between in business.

I am a kind of coat that can only be put on when wet. What am I?

A life or death skill for gunfighters.

How far will a blind dog walk into a forest?

I never was but am always to be, and everyone looks forward to me.

It rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof. What is it?