Today's Riddles

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6

How many animals did Moses take on the ark?

12

When is the only time christmas comes before thanksgiving?

3

I help make boys, but watch my stinger. Girls, women, and men don’t need me but boys and babies do. What am I?

23

You do not want me to be permanent. But to avoid me is a mistake. You can let me help you. But precious time it will take.

9

I am the longest word in the dictionary but I have only one letter. What am I?

27

Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, light enough to fly in the sky, hard enough to crack a rock. What am I?

49

What has 88 keys but cannot open a single door?

3

I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall. What am I?

6

I travel East then travel South, I tell a story with my mouth. I sit and soak to take a break, Then back to work, the ground I rake. Some people study the trail I leave, Searching not for me but the tale I weave.

11

What do you fill with empty hands?

12

The eight of us go forth, not back, to protect our king from a foe's attack. What are we?

20

I am found in the day, but more often at night. Whenever you fall, I may be deep or light. What am I?

80

I am not alive, yet I grow. I have no lungs, yet I need air. I have no mouth, yet water kills me. What am I?

3

I make a loud sound when I'm changing. When I do change, I become bigger but weigh less. What am I?

3

I can bring tears to your eyes, resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time. I form in an instant but last a lifetime. What am I?