Today's Riddles

10

I fly without wings. I cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness flees. What am I?

13

This thing all things devours; Birds, beasts, tress flower; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town; And beats high mountain down. What is it?

1

I am named after something that swings from the trees. When you have me, squeezing nuts is a breeze.

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?

11

An ant is richer than a dragon, A wolf is poorer than a bee, A man’s no different from a monkey, But all are above me!

8

We begin with a tap, Then first a stream followed by a drop. A slipper pointed straight to the ground, With another just as round. Now not a queue but of the same form, A distinguished nought but with a part torn. All ended with a squiggle. What am I?

13

A man has travelled to Australia, England and Germany but has never left the USA; how can this be?

5

A blacksmith has many apprentices working for him, and as a reoccurring game, every so week one of them succeeds at forging a key to let loose his pet monkey. The monkey goes wild, throwing stuff and breaking things until the blacksmith finally recages him and puts on a different lock. The ordeal has become costly. The blacksmith scolds the apprintices and makes them do the monkey catching, and puts them to extra work. The apprentices do find the extra work bothersome, yet they continue to pick the locks, releasing the monkey. The blacksmith is at his wit's end. He makes more and more complex locks, but everytime, one of his apprentices succeeds in solving it. The blacksmith asks for your advice. What should he do? He doesn't want to sell his pet monkey, nor does he have another place for it to stay.

4

I quiet my owner's steps. I am soft to be held but dangerous unless my owner considers you friendly. What am I?

11

What can be measured, but not seen, felt, or touched?

6

I go in hard, come out soft, and am never the same. What am I?

16

Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they?

15

What has a bark but no bite?

16

0>2, 2>5, and 5>0. What am I?

15

By many I'm used to help children sleep. Seen while shooting, an imposter, not me. Though always around you, til dusk you'll see one. Five points I am given, in truth I have none.