MediumRhyming Riddle
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.
Riddle
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.
Choose an answer
A.Petroleum
B.Coal
C.Tar
D.Oil
Hint: It's a word with 3 letters, starting with "O".
Answer
Oil
Why this is the answer
Crude oil is pumped from the ground, is highly flammable and hot when heated, and as a fossil fuel it's ancient, black, and economically more valuable than gold.
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