Riddles
Across
- 3. What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
- 5. I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
- 7. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
- 8. Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?
- 9. I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
- 11. What has to be broken before you can use it?
- 12. I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
- 15. I have a heart that doesn’t beat. What am I?
- 16. I start out tall, but the longer I stand, the shorter I grow. What am I?
- 18. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
- 19. I have keys but open no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can’t go outside. What am I?
- 20. What can you catch but not throw?
- 21. I move very slowly at first, then I get faster and faster, but I never move. What am I?
- 22. I speak all languages, I am dead if I stand still, and alive only when I move. What am I?
Down
- 1. What can fill a room but takes up no space?
- 2. What can be broken but never held?
- 4. Feed me and I live, give me a drink and I die. What am I?
- 6. I’m taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
- 10. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
- 12. What has many teeth but can’t bite?
- 13. The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
- 14. If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?
- 16. I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
- 17. Remove my first letter and I still sound the same; remove my last letter and I still sound the same. Even remove my middle letter and I still sound the same. What word am I?
- 18. I go all around the world but always stay in a corner. What am I?