Challenging Riddles

13

I have a bed I never sleep in, a mouth I never use to eat, and I run but never walk. What am I?

11

What is stronger than steel but can't handle the sun?

10

Many have heard me, but no one has seen me, and I will not speak back until spoken to. What am I?

7

I never was, am always to be. None ever saw me, nor ever will, and yet I am the confidence of all who live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

6

First think of the person who lives in disguise, who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next tell me what is always the last thing to mend, the middle of middle and end of the end. And finally give me the sound often heard during the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together, and answer me this, which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?

4

What grows when it eats but dies when it drinks?

5

I am the only thing that always tells the truth. I show off everything that I see. I come in all shapes and sizes. So tell me, what must I be?

13

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

9

How can a man go 8 days without sleep?

11

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

12

I never was and am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all who live and breathe. What am I?

14

If there were three people in a room and one left, what fraction of the original number would be left?

5

The person who makes it has no need of it. The person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

15

I have a tail and a head, but no body. I am neither a snake nor a coin. What am I?

3

A man calls his dog from the opposite side of the river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without using a bridge, a boat, or swimming. How?