Today's Riddles

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I am a bar that is not set high or low, but laterally. I add continuity to meaning by saying nothing. Struck the most and thought of the least. Ubiquitous and unique but surrounded by alternatives.

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?

14

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

11

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

17

I own a little lantern, I light it in the dark. I hope a lady sees me, Come find me in the park. What am I?

15

What is red and smells like blue paint?

8

The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Saturday. What day is it today?

3

What kind of ship has two mates but no captain?

15

What goes up and down but doesn't move?

4

When I have one O, you need me to live. If you have me with two Os, I’ll kill you. What am I?

19

When you feel me, you do not want others to hear me for I make unbidden loud noises telling others of my arrival. What am I?

2

Many want me though I am never kept. I was lost when the king forever slept.

18

Internal medicine doctors find patients with me to be annoying until I am proven right. What am I?

7

You can pay someone with me but you cannot touch me. I can distract you from what's important but you need me to focus. I affect your sight and hearing but I am no drug. What am I?

15

What English word has three consecutive double letters?