Riddles

2. I’m found in socks, scarves and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
4. David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
6. If you’ve got me, you want to share me; if you share me, you haven’t kept me. What am I?
7. You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
8. What goes up and down but doesn’t move?
11. What invention lets you look right through a wall?
12. What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
13. What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
14. What goes up but never comes down?
16. I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
19. What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
20. What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
22. If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?

1. I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?
3. It belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do. What is it?
4. The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
5. Where does today come before yesterday?
6. I follow you all the time and copy your every move, but you can’t touch me or catch me. What am I?
9. I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
10. What is full of holes but still holds water?
15. What has to be broken before you can use it?
17. What month of the year has 28 days?
18. What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?
21. What gets wet while drying?