Today's Riddles

8

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

15

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

13

A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to make it weigh 12 pounds?

18

My owner never calls me by name. Also, I take; Although, I make. A glutton to be thinner.

10

There is a house. One enters it blind and comes out seeing. What is it?

7

I never ask questions, but I always get answered. What am I?

5

The more you work, the more I'll eat. You keep me full, I'll keep you neat. What am I?

10

I am something people love or hate. I change people's appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of themselves, I will go up even higher. Some people want to try to hide me, but I will show. No matter how hard people try, I will never go down. What am I?

6

Everybody wants me, but rarely am I liked. Many people have me, but few can use me right. What am I?

8

Both forwards and backwards I'm a concept, but inside-out I'm an item.

8

Ask for me and you get help. I’m often in power when I’m in the right. But when I am not, I likely won’t change. I am used when you eat. What am I?

18

This puzzle is a poem (of sorts) that requires a six-letter word in each line. The six letters never change except in their order: "A ... sat on his ... grey, watching the ... of parting day, and this was his lay: 'Thou ... the weak, Thou ... the strong, to Thee the ... of battles belong.' And the wind with a ... bore off his song."

3

What is black and white and read all over?

8

I can be found on a tree but never in a forest. I am in your heart but never in your chest. I fall but I never break. What am I?

17

There’s a green house. In the green house there’s a white house. In the white house there’s a red house. In the red house there are black rooms. What is it?