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MS1 Hobbit Riddles

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  • What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it
    Silence
  • What has to be broken before you can use it
    An egg
  • I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air
    Fire
  • What is full of holes but still holds water
    A sponge
  • What has legs but can’t walk
    A table
  • What can fill a room but takes up no space
    Light
  • What gets sharper the more you use it
    Your brain
  • The more you take, the more you leave behind
    Footsteps
  • What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right hand
    Your right elbow
  • What belongs to you, but others use it more than you
    Your name
  • I am invisible, weigh nothing, and if you put me in a barrel, it will become lighter
    A hole
  • What has cities but no houses, forests, trees, and rivers but no water
    A map
  • In a one-story house at the corner of the road, the bedrooms were yellow, the kitchen was orange, the living room was red, the garage was blue, the entry hall was green, and the sitting room was purple. What color were the stairs
    There’s no color because there are no stairs—it’s a one-story house
  • What can you break without touching it
    A promise
  • I fly without wings, I cry without eyes. Whenever I go, darkness flies
    A cloud
  • What can fill a bathtub but weighs nothing
    A bubble
  • I have cities with no buildings, rivers without water, and forests without trees
    A map
  • I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind
    An echo
  • What can travel around the world while staying in a corner
    A stamp
  • I have no wings, but I can fly. And I have no eyes, but I can cry
    A cloud
  • What has a ring but no finger
    A telephone or a bell
  • What starts with a ‘P’, ends with an ‘E’, and has thousands of letters
    A post office
  • I speak without a voice and am heard without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind
    An echo
  • Mrs. Jones has four daughters. Each of her daughters has one brother. How many children does Mrs. Jones have
    Five
  • What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps
    A river
  • If you drop me, I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back
    A mirror
  • What has one eye but cannot see
    A needle
  • What has hands but cannot clap
    A clock
  • Everyone has me but no one can lose me
    A shadow
  • What has words, but never speaks
    A book
  • I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old
    A candle
  • What has many keys but can’t open a single lock
    A piano
  • What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive
    A glove
  • What goes up but never comes down
    Your age
  • What comes down but never goes up
    Rain
  • What is always before you but can’t be seen
    The future
  • What has thirteen hearts, but no other organs
    A deck of cards
  • What has one head, one foot, and four legs
    A bed
  • What gets wetter as it dries
    A towel
  • A man is shown a portrait painting. He looks closely, then yells, “Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man’s father is my father’s son!” Who is the man in the portrait
    The man’s son
  • What has a head and a tail but no body
    A coin
  • What can run but not walk, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps
    A river
  • There once were seven dwarfs who were all brothers. They were all born two years apart. The youngest dwarf is seven years old. How old is his oldest brother
    19 years old
  • What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs
    A clock
  • I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves
    A bank
  • What has a bottom at the top
    Your legs
  • There was a competition where the contestants had to hold something. At the end of the event, the winner was a person with no hands or feet. What was it that the contestants had to hold
    Their breath
  • What can you catch but not throw
    A cold
  • What has a neck but no head
    A bottle
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