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Challenging Riddles

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I cut through evil like a double-edged sword, and chaos flees at my approach. Balance I single-handedly upraise, through battles fought with heart and mind. Creative I am, for from me are forged great works of inspiration. What am I?

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If a red house is made of red bricks, and a yellow house is made of yellow bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?

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What falls from great heights but is never injured?

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Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How?

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I can be found on a tree but never in a forest. I am in your heart but never in your chest. I fall but I never break. What am I?

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What three-letter word changes a girl into a woman?

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I stretch but am not elastic, I fit but am not a glove, I am put on wet but taken off dry. What am I?

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I eat, I live. I breathe, I live. I drink, I die. What am I?

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What flies forever, rests never?

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I am not alive, but I grow. I don't have eyes, but I will cry. I don't have wings, but I will fly. I don't have hands, but I might knock on your door. What am I?

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What is black and white and read all over?

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I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind, I help others to see. What am I?

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The man who needs it doesn't know it. The man who knows it doesn't want it. The man who wants it doesn't use it for himself. What is it?

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A man leaves home, makes three left turns, and returns home where he finds two masked men waiting for him. Who are they?

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I can be long, short, grown, bought, painted, or left bare. I can be round or square. What am I?