Today's Riddles

5

When is four half of five?

20

Those who have me on stage are less satisfied than those who do not have me, for I represent a better result that they could have achieved. What am I?

10

Beautiful lights, A land of much darkness. A city a-way, It might fit the Starks best. She shows her age, Her port has no flavor. In let the cook, Five species to savor.

13

I cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be hard, cannot be smelt. I lie behind stars and under hills. I fill empty holes. I come first and follow after, end life and kill laughter. Who am I?

12

Every night I'm told what to do, and each morning I do what I'm told. But I still don't escape your scold. What am I?

15

The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows they're using it. What is it?

20

I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep. I can take a mans house and build anothers, And I love to play games with my many brothers. I am a king among fools. Who am I?

17

On stormy sea, Between the eyes, Or under singing strings it lies. A workaround, ends where it starts, And spans the higher, drier parts.

10

What instrument can be heard but never seen or touched?

27

Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, light enough to fly in the sky, hard enough to crack a rock. What am I?

20

There are 30 people cruising on a boat in the Thames. However, when they emerge from sailing beneath London Bridge, not a single person is on the boat. How?

49

I have no wings but I can fly. I have no eyes but I can cry. What am I?

17

You don't realise when you find me, But almost all have tried to look. Some find me in a lecture, Or midway through a book. I'm an ally to the assassin, Indeed I birth nightmares. But I also tend the sick, And help their body with repairs. What am I?

8

When you're young I pop in your brain, And from there I drive you insane. I'll ruin your love and take what you have, Your brain is my hand and your body, a glove.

4

Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How is this possible?