Today's Riddles

4

I need to own up to something. I do love esoteric four-letter acronyms. If the second is idle, what is the first?

12

I have two hands but can't scratch myself. What am I?

8

I live in a house of stone. I never leave, but some claim I've been lost. Through seven windows I see the world. I need to exercise or I become lazy. When I die, my house slowly decays too. What am I?

19

You may think me an actor; people come from all over the world to see me play my role. The play begins like all plays do – the red curtain draws aside, and I come onto the stage. There is one other actor. He is dressed in beautiful, bright clothing. I, however, am entirely naked. There are many acts in this play, in between which the other actor helps me to get dressed before the curtain reopens. He dresses me in colorful piercings and a red coat. The story we tell is a tragedy through dance. My choreography is straightforward, but if he forgets his then the play is over. Either way, I consider this a once in a lifetime performance. What role do I play?

7

What vehicle is spelled the same forwards and backwards?

19

I run but never walk. I sweep but do not mop. I quarantine but am no cop. What am I?

6

What do you throw away the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, and throw away the inside?

20

One falls but never breaks; the other breaks but never falls. They are opposites. They cannot coexist, but neither would know where they end or begin without the other.

4

I am the greatest teacher out of them all, but alas in the end I kill my pupils.

14

What is at the end of a rainbow?

11

What English word sounds the same even after removing four of its five letters?

12

If an electric train is going north at 100 mph and the wind is blowing west at 10 mph, which way does the smoke blow?

2

In times of crisis, I am priceless. I’m illegal, yet permissible. Enemies call me despicable.. But what is my profession? That is the question. Concealed among bureaucrats, who administer resources, diplomats. Researchers and scholars affected, distrust spreads, disconnected. My identity I hide, but with you I confide. Or have I left you eyeless, With my politeness?

1

I had a family of nine, but was kicked from the house. I'm curiously silent, and ruled by a mouse. Who or what am I?

19

I sat down with my brothers and we began playing. After we finished playing, we looked at all of our scores and all agreed that my score was the best. This was probably because I had more experience than the two of them, hence why I had the lead position from the start. And yet I did not win. Why?