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What creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?
Answer
A human being. As a baby it crawls on four limbs, as an adult it walks on two legs, and in old age it uses a cane as a third leg тАФ this is the legendary Riddle of the Sphinx.
I am not alive, yet I grow. I have no lungs, yet I need air to live, and I have no mouth, yet water kills me. What am I?
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Fire. It spreads and grows, requires oxygen to burn, and is extinguished by water, despite not being a living thing.
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What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, something the poor have, the rich need, and if you eat it, you will die?
Answer
Nothing. Nothing is greater than God, nothing is more evil than the devil, the poor have nothing, the rich need nothing, and if you eat nothing, you will eventually starve.
Voiceless it cries, wingless it flutters, toothless it bites, and mouthless it mutters. What is it?
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The wind. This riddle is famously featured in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," describing wind's ability to seem alive without any of those physical features.
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Thirty white horses on a red hill тАФ first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still. What are they?
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Teeth. This is another riddle from "The Hobbit," where the thirty white "horses" represent teeth (typically 32 in adults) on the "red hill" of the gums and mouth.
I have no feet, no legs, and no wings, yet I travel faster than absolutely anything else in the universe. What am I?
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Light. It has no physical means of movement, yet light travels faster than anything else known to science.
There is an entire house full of something, yet you cannot physically pick any of it up. What fills the house?
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Smoke. A house full of smoke cannot be gathered or picked up in your hands the way solid objects can.
What swings forward and backward continuously all day, yet it never actually moves away from its fixed position?
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A pendulum (clock pendulum). It swings back and forth steadily while remaining anchored at the same central point.
I have many small teeth lined up in a row, but instead of chewing food, I am used to fasten clothing and bags shut. What am I?
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A zipper. Its interlocking teeth pull together to securely close clothing, bags, and many other items.
What grows deeper into a surface the more it is struck, even though its rounded "head" always points outward, away from the ground it enters?
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A nail. As it is hammered, the pointed end goes deeper while the flat head remains visible at the surface.
I have many pages just like a regular book, yet I do not contain a single written word anywhere inside me. What am I?
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A photo album. Its pages are filled entirely with pictures rather than text.
What ancient object can tell you the approximate time of day using only the position of the sun and the shadow it casts, with no batteries or electricity at all?
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A sundial. Its shadow moves predictably across marked hours as the sun travels across the sky.
What can open many different doors and opportunities throughout your entire life, yet it is not an actual physical key at all?
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Education (knowledge). It is often described metaphorically as the "key" that unlocks countless opportunities in life.
What object becomes smaller every time it is used, gradually wearing away until it eventually disappears completely?
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A bar of soap. Each use washes a little of it away, slowly shrinking it down over time.
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