Medium Riddles

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

What do you do with a dead chemist?

An outcome already written,
Fight it and you'll be smitten.
By it you may be blessed,
Or put up to the test,
And take you places you'd have never guessed.

They live only in stories, taller than three storeys.

I am essential to life on earth! I am split into thirds. Two thirds are the same. One of the thirds is 8. The other two are 1 each. What am I?

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.

Four years ago, Alex was twice as old as Jake. Four years from now, Jake will be 3/4 of Alex's age. How old is Alex?

It can cause deflation of tires when dropped from the rear of spy cars.

I am a lunch money thief. What am I?

As I went over London Bridge I met my sister Jenny; I broke her neck and drank her blood and left her standing empty.

A young child goes up to a wise man and shocks him by asking him "What one thing do i have that God does not?"

I you were to take two apples from three apples, how many would you have?

Within passion's fruit they will be found,
and more of them in the pomegranate's crown.
Rowed they are within an apple's core,
yet other fruits have them more.
And though the nectarine has but one,
still, this is all just in fun.
Playing hide and seek- a children's game.
Finding out each player is just the same.

If it is two hours later, then it will take half as much time till it's midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it?

If two is a company and three is a crowd, what are four and five?

It is in every mountain, it's not in any hill,
it's not in all the world, and yet it's in the mill.

His is no small athletic feat,
Has to stay nimble on his feet,
To fight and his opponents beat,
And taste sweet victory, not grim defeat.

Hold these between your knees if you want to set a Cuban beat.

I can alter the actions of a king and leave puzzled the greatest of philosophers. What am I?

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

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

I have a heart of gold and I smell when I'm old. What am I?

I am merry creature in pleasant time of year, As in but certain seasons, I sing that you can hear; And yet I'm made a by-word, A very perfect mock; Compared to foolish persons, And silliest of all folk.

Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time.

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.

I view the world in little space,
Am always changing place;
No food I eat, but, by my power,
Procure what millions do devour.

Only one color, but not one size.
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain.
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.

I am neither a guest nor a trespasser in this place. I belong that belongs to me. Where is it?

You deal with them and they deal chance,
They show you your future at a glance.
You play them and they play you back,
And win or lose, They go back in their pack.

I belong to everyone. Sometimes make you happy, sometimes make you sad. I will never end until the day you do. What am I?

Its title means book.

I am someone you don't know. Who am i?

The higher I climb, the hotter I engage. I cannot escape from my crystal cage.

Two brothers we are, great burdens we bear. All day we are bitterly pressed. Yet this I will say, we are full all the day, and empty when go to rest.

Shared between two;
Most often to woo;
Sometimes hot and sometimes cold;
The beginning of us all, young and old.

This dish is defined as small pasta envelopes containing ground meat, cheese, or vegetables.

I have a body of stone and a fiery heart, and sooner or later my head and I will part. What am I?

I'm very tempting, so it's said,
I have a shiny coat of red,
and my flesh is white beneath.
I smell so sweet, taste good to eat,
and help to guard your teeth.

Keep doing me to avoid lens dryness. What am I?

I am a fruit with seeds on the outside. What am I?

I am always with my partner, and I make noise that you never see me create. What am I?

In all the world, none can compare, to this tiny weaver, his deadly cloth so silky and fair.

I am too much for one but not enough for two. Give me to a third and I am gone. What am I?

In the fields a frightful thing. Watch it and you will find, it has a pitchfork in the front, and a broom back behind.

What runs around a house but doesn't move?

My treasures are golden and guarded by thousands amongst a maze no man can enter. What am I?

People chop this off for a good cause.

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

I ride, I ride; No tracks are left. I chop and chop; There are no chips left. He rides and rides; Turns around: There is no road left.

It's held in the hand when going out.

They are many and one, they wave and they drum. Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.

You seek it out, when your hunger is ripe.
It sits on four legs, and smokes a pipe.

I run distances, often making many turns, yet I never move one foot. What am I?

The athletically challenged spend a good deal of time on this seat made of pine.

I can be found in water but never wet. What am I?

What has six faces and twenty-one eyes?

I am part of the bird that is not in the sky.
I can swim in the water but always stay dry.
What am I?

You eat something you neither plant nor plow. It is the son of water, but if water touches it. It dies. What is it?

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

It is probably the most laid-back member of the animal kingdom.

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

I have 24 keys but cannot open any locks. Sometimes loud, sometimes soft. What am I?

I'm red but I can be green at times and I am even yellow. What am I?

I am in the past, never in the future. I don't exist, but have existed. I saw what you saw, and this is what I will ever see. What am I?

A circle of stones, never in rows.
Stacked one on the other, mystery it sows.
What is it?

Mouthless but I will tell you a name that is not mine, I will show you the years I have seen but I have no eyes, memory I have but I have no mind.

My first keeps time, my second spends time, my whole tells time.

Seven brothers, five work all day,
The other two, just play or pray.

My first is snapping, snarling, growling,
My second's industrious, romping, and prowling.
Higgledy piggledy Here we lie,
picked and plucked, and put in a pie.

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?

If I say "everything I tell you is a lie", am I telling you the truth or a lie?

Six letters do my name compound;
Among the aged oft I'm found;
The shepherd also, by the brook,
Hears me when leaning on his crook;
But in the middle me divide,
And take the half on either side,
Each backward read, a liquor tell,
Ev'ry gay toper knows it well.

There is not wind enough to twirl
That one red leaf, nearest of its clan,
Which dances as often as dance it can.

A dark-colored creature serenaded by Lennon and McCartney.

I wear a green jacket on the outside, white jacket as a second layer, and a red jacket inside. I am pregnant with a lot of babies. What am I?

I climb higher as I get hotter. I can never escape from my crystal cage. What am I?

Oh lord! I am not worthy!
I bend my limbs to the ground.
I cry, yet without a sound.
Let me drink of waters deep.
And in silence I will weep.

Though blind as well, can lead the blind well.

What grows bigger the more you contract it?

My neighbor makes mistakes. I get rid of them. Who am I?

The French word for 'fun size' in women's clothing.

What do you call a greedy grumpy holiday hater?

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?

This thing can bat but never hit. It is next to a ball that is never thrown. It is good luck when found and it falls when it is lost.

Small was my stature, but my success was great.
Until I entered Belgium to be handed my fate.
Who am I?

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

It can't be seen or felt.
It can't be touched or smelt.
Behind stars and under hills.
All emptiness it fills.
What is it?

It has plenty of backbone but doesn't have a let. It peels like an orange but it comes from an egg.

The warmer I am, The fresher I am.

Kings and queens may cling to power, and the jesters may have their call. I am the most common but I can rule them all. What am I?

Where jewelry pierces your head.

I am a desire to munch. What am I?

Despite having long teeth, every bit of food it grabs gets taken from it.

I start new then become old. Start clean but be one dirty. I usually start big then become little. What am I?

The ball drops when the clock hits this.

What does someone else have to take before you can get?

I am never quite what I appear to be. Straight-forward I seem, but it's only skin deep. For mystery most often lies beneath my simple speech. Sharpen your wits, open your eyes, look beyond my exteriors, read me backwards, forwards, upside down. Think and answer the question...What am I?

Where can you add 2 to 11 and get 1?

Used to keep prisoners silent and to make temporary repairs on cars.

Whoever makes it, tells it not; whoever takes it, knows it not; and whoever knows it, wants it not.
What is it?