Challenging Riddles

13

I am lighter than air, but a hundred people cannot lift me. Careful, I am fragile. What am I?

8

If you're running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?

4

I am a rock group with four members, all dead, one was assassinated. What am I?

6

What is it that no one wants, but no one wants to lose?

9

You are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match. Which do you light first?

13

A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to make it weigh 12 pounds?

6

I am a mother and a father, but have never given birth. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?

15

What flies when it's born, lies when it's alive, and runs when it's dead?

12

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

14

I am the beginning of the end, the end of every place. I am the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?

10

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will. 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

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

6

I start with M, end with X, and have a never-ending amount of letters. What am I?

4

I am always on the dinner table but you don't get to eat me. What am I?