Today's Riddles

10

I stretch but am not elastic, I fit but am not a glove, I am put on wet but taken off dry. What am I?

9

Take three-fourths a cross, and a circle complete. Then two semi-circles on a vertical line meet. Next there's a triangle that stands on two feet. Then two semi-circles and a circle complete.

2

My name holds two different meanings, I can be the object of your desire or be something worth your fear. What is my name?

6

A man who sits on a throne has it blue. You can’t get it out of a stone. If it boils there’s fury. If there’s none there’s no foul. It freezes when horror is known.

3

"My favorite treasure", said the king unbidden; Many I have, each of them hidden--; One with a chest, without a key; One with a wall, small though it be; One in a garden with what grows on vines; One in the forest with trees that are pine; Others types there are, but these clues are enough. Can you tell me the treasure, or is it too tough?

15

I am beat but never bruised. I have a key without a lock. I am heard but cannot hear. I am fast and slow, yet never move. What am I?

10

What smells the best at a Thanksgiving dinner?

6

I can trap many different things and colors ever so bright, but I can't trap you if you use me at night. What am I?

22

I get sharper the more I'm used, but I'm not a blade. What am I?

4

After signing a potential payment written in a foreign language that he could not read, a man went and stood in a covered room, waiting for somebody he last met a week ago. That person came to the man with their face partly covered, and circled him, staring. The man handed the person an object. Then, moving away, he stepped on a piece of glass and heard a shout. What was shouted?

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?

4

What runs all around a backyard yet never moves?

14

What can be opened but not closed?

2

When you use me, I will glam but you will never get yourself rid of me. I will be in places you didn't think I could be at but I am. What am I?

14

I dig out tiny caves and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. Sooner or later, everybody needs my help. What am I?