Today's Riddles

12

What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?

6

Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?

10

With one eye always tightened, I wield blades but do not slice. Through metal bars I often breathe, Sometimes as cold as ice. I can be very messy if position is not planned well. In past tense, I am known for lifting things before they fell.

11

What has a crown but is not a king, has scales but is not a fish?

17

The first of this threesome is the last to arrive, the other two are twins, merely 15. Once brought together they imprison many, and display their captives for the entertainment of the money holders.

17

If you take me apart when I am aligned and put me together scrambled, you are wasting your time. If you take me apart when I am scrambled and put me together aligned, you are cheating. What am I?

12

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

13

A young trouble maker is crossing the border of Canada on a bike carrying two bags behind him. The police search his bags and only find sand. This continues for weeks and weeks on end, until one day the police see him in the bar and ask him. “So listen kid, I’ve known you for years and you are always up to trouble, i know you’re smuggling something but I can’t figure out what.” What was he smuggling?

10

Part of me is in a woman ready to be married but not in birds. Another part of me is in the same woman's partner and in company. Another part of me can be in four, five, six, seven or eight, but not in one, two, three, or nine. My other part... I'm not quite kind enough to show up anywhere. Jeez...that's not the right order, I'm mixed up. What's the word?

10

If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?

4

What grows when it eats but dies when it drinks?

15

I am something people often celebrate but never appreciate until I'm gone. I move only forward and never backward. What am I?

11

What has a foot but no legs?

10

A snail tries to get to the top of a tree. The tree is 50 meter long. During the day the snail gets up 10 meters and during the night when the snail sleeps, it goes down by 9 meters. How many days does it take for the snail to get to the top?

7

What number do you get when you multiply all the numbers on a telephone's number pad?