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Riddles

Riddles are something made to make you think.

The oldest riddle was created 4,000 years ago in a place we now call Iraq, but the word riddle is most likely originated from the Anglo-Saxon language.

I hope you'll learn something about riddles.

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1. What do you have to break before using it? (
G

G

E
) [E...].

2. I am tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I? (
N

L

E

D

C

A
) [C...].

3. What is full of holes, but still holds water? (
G

E

N

O

S

P
) [S...].

4. What goes up, but never goes down? (
A

G

E
) [A...].

5. The more there is the less you see of it. What is it? (
S

S

N

K

R

D

A

E
) [D...].

6. David's parents have 3 sons: Snap, Crackle, and what is the name of the third one? (
D

V

D

I

A
) [D...].

7. What has many keys, but can't open a single lock. (
I

O

P

N

A
) [P...].

8. What gets bigger when more is taken away? (
O

L

H

E
) [H...].

9. What is black when it's clean and white when it's dirty? (
H

L

A

D

R

A

O

C

B

K
) [Ch...].

10. I am as light as a feather, but not even the strongest person can even hold me for 5 minutes. What am I? (
R

E

T

H

B

A
) [B...].

11. If you've got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven't kept me. What am I? (
S

T

E

R

C

E
) [S...].

12. If you're running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in? (
S

O

C

D

E

N
) [S...].

13. What has one eye, but can't see? (
E

E

D

N

E

L
) [N...].

14. What can you catch, but not throw? (
C

D

L

O
) [C...].

15. What has many teeth, but can't bite? (
B

O

M

C
) [C...].

16. What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? (
L

E

C

E

I

S

N
) [S...].

17. I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I? (
F

R

I

E
) [F...].

18. I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I? (
P

A

M
) [M...].

19. What goes through cities and fields, but never moves? (
R

A

D

O
) [R...].

20. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? (
T

E

T

O

F

S

P

O

S
) [Fo...].

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