Short Riddles

I have one eye. See near and far. I hold the moments you treasure and the things that make you weep. What am I?

Black within and red without,
With four corners round about.
What am I?

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

What goes up and down the stairs without moving?

Both old people and owls are said to be possessing this trait.

I help engines spin and pants stay up. What am I?

A celebrity under the sea.

Hide me from your parents if you have done bad academically this year. What am I?

What can be measured but not seen?

Sport olympians use this to get high jump up in the air.

The thinkers usually hold this body part.

What is eaten but not grown and was born in water but will disappear if soaked?

What do angels sing in the shower?

I run around the city, but I never move.

I am the kind of food monkey likes, and people slip on me and fall in cartoons. What am I?

No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?

Ketchup's slightly less popular brother.

David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and?

You can throw me away, but I will always be coming back. What am I?

According to many students, dogs have an appetite for this paper item.

The Black Pearl was this type of criminal seafaring vessel.

What is Saturn's favorite day of the week?

What food lives at the beach?

What is better than the best thing and worse than the worst thing?

What did the rain cloud wear under his raincoat?

What do you get when you cross an automobile with a household animal?

I do not eat food. But I do enjoy a light meal everyday. What am I?

What is made of wood and metal and must be buried before it works?

Nothing specific, but more than a few. This many clustered, together will do.

What has a tongue but cannot talk, gets around a lot but cannot walk?

I am a daily ritual involving using a metal tool on the body. What am I?

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

A blind superhero and Evel Knievel's profession.

Slithery critters with a taste for dirt.

Most people love to use me. You make me glide through the air. Even your dog loves me. What am I?

What work of writing can one never finish?

Vikings use this for warmth.

I am alive without breath and cold as death. I am never thirsty but always drinking. What am I?

Two is one, four is two, and six is three. Don't you see? What am I?

It is the assumed nocturnal symbol of Mr. Wayne. What is it?

It can be grown in your yard or bought at the store and is given for love when less is more?

I let water fall on you while everyone else stays dry. What am I?

I fly in the air without engines and I am controlled by man on the ground. What am I?

What animal is the best at baseball?

I can fill a house or fill your mouth but you can never catch me in your hands. What am I?

Known to accessorize with feathers, trumpets, and harps.

Often wandering the streets, this group of people cannot afford to be choosers.

These are the bumpy parts of your digits.

What occurs four times in every week, twice in every month, only once in a year but never in a day?

The coziest place for Dracula.

I sleep by day and fly at night, but I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?

Fred and Wilma's child, named after a stone.

What has ears but can't hear?

Man walks over, and man swims under. In times of war, it can be burned asunder. What is it?

They are toothy nocturnal immortals.

I occur twice in eternity. And I'm always within sight.

For me, much blood has been shed.
I have two faces but only bear one head.
What am I?

Where is the ocean deepest?

A salutation from the islands.

What is in the middle of nowhere?

A stylish winter top that covers your larynx.

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

A bird done at every meal.

I spin and hum,
I'm your summer tool.
Just flip the switch,
and I serve to cool.
What am I?

The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

Bill's mom has four kids: Mary, John, and Alice. What is the name of her fourth child?

What comes in many varieties and can't be seen or touched, but it often makes you move?

Makeup for finger tips. What am I?

I am a good state, there can be no doubt of it; But those who are in, entirely are out of it.

Your mother's brother's only brother-in-law is asleep on your couch. Who is asleep on your couch?

What do you call a dog that sweats so much?

What is the middle of water but is not an island?

What can go through glass without breaking it?

It is a desert oasis where money magically appears or disappears from your pocket.

Often found in doctor's offices and pirate flags.

Dark, feathery, and popular in Baltimore and fantasy books.

There are several different kinds, but the one you pick doesn't do its job. What is it?

A beautiful succession of sounds.

These women make princesses scrub floors and sometimes try to poison them with apples.

You can break me, and I still work. If you touch me, you're mine. What am I?

The alphabet goes from A to Z. What goes from Z to A?

I always have to work with something in my eye. What am I?

Though desert men once called me God, today men call me mad.
For I wag my tail when I am angry. And growl when I am glad.

A red drum which sounds without being touched, and grows silent, when it is touched.

Through its wounds, water does run. It once held many but now has none. What is it?

The celebrities of high school were part of this crowd.

I drive men mad for the love of me. Easily beaten, never free. What am I?

Even the oldest ones can be described as current, but a little mainstream.

Deposit red liquid in me. What am I?

I'm a vegetable that is a long, green stalk. I'm usually eaten at thanksgiving with cheese or peanut butter.

What kind of apple has a short temper?

What is flat, usually square, and made from trees but isn't wood?

When I'm metal or wood, I help you get home. When I'm flesh and I'm blood. In the darkness I roam.

Hot tempered and sometimes it blows its top, making a mess of everything.

I have a face but no eyes, hands but no arms. What am I?

Flat as a leaf, round as a ring. Has two eyes, can't see a thing.

Without feather or wing I fly, but you'll known what I am when I hover near by. What am I?

I am quick when I'm thin. I am slow when I'm fat. Wind is my worst nightmare. What am I?

It is known as the best real estate for toys.

I have six faces but not even one body connected, 21 eyes in total but cannot see. What am I?