Challenging Riddles

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A man builds a house with all four sides facing south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear?

14

George's mother had three children. The first was named April, the second was named May. What was the third child's name?

15

I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?

12

Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters. What is it?

11

What belongs to you but other people use it more than you do?

15

A man walked in to a bar and asked for a glass of water. The bartender pulled out a gun and pointed it at him. The man said thank you and left. Why?

12

How do eight eights add up to one thousand?

10

Two people are born at the same moment, but they don't have the same birthdays. How could this be?

6

There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great man, and the whole word signifies a great woman. What is the word?

11

There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. He has a wife and 2 kids. What does he weigh?

9

I am born tall and grow short with age. What could I be?

11

I build bridges of silver and crowns of gold. Who am I?

5

The more you work, the more I'll eat. You keep me full, I'll keep you neat. What am I?

12

What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?

12

I have one, you have one. If you remove the first letter, a bit remains. If you remove the second, bit still remains. After much trying, you might be able to remove the third one also, but it remains. What is it?