Challenging Riddles

12

I am a protector. I sit on a bridge. One person can see right through me, while others wonder what I hide. What am I?

8

A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How?

8

You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?

11

What goes into the water red and comes out black?

3

I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty. What am I?

9

What disappears when you stand up?

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?