237 Dark Riddles With Answers - page 3 of 3
When I am metal or wood, I bring you home. When I am flesh and blood, in the darkness I roam. What am I?
A wooden or metal baseball bat can drive a runner "home," while the living animal bat roams the night sky.
Duels of good and evil, a fighter of good am I. King of the black night sky. What am I?
Darkness dominates the night sky.
At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
Stars "arrive" on their own each night and simply fade from view in daylight rather than being taken.
I was born from the death of something large and hot. I consume everything. I am dark and exist where there is no gravity. What am I?
Black holes are formed from collapsed stars and have intense gravity.
I have 16 legs then, I sleep for about a fortnight and emerge with 6 legs. What am I?
A caterpillar has many legs, goes into a chrysalis (sleeps), and emerges as a 6-legged butterfly.
You can have me almost every night, sometimes bad sometimes good. Whether child or adult, I'll be there. What am I?
Dreams happen at night and can be sweet or nightmares.
I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?
Unlike birds, bats are nocturnal mammals that fly using wing membranes instead of feathers.
The marathon man timed himself and found that if he wore white he ran 20 miles in 80 minutes, but in a dark outfit, he ran it in an hour and twenty minutes. What does this mean?
80 minutes is exactly the same as one hour and twenty minutes.
I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
Clouds drift without wings, release rain ("cry") without eyes, and block sunlight, casting darkness below.
What do ghosts like to do on a Saturday night?
'Boogie' means to dance, and it starts with 'boo,' a ghost's signature sound.
People have stepped on me, but not many. I never stay full for long. I have a dark side. What am I?
Very few people have literally stepped on the moon, it cycles through phases, and it has a permanently unseen far side.
Who always stalks you during the day but becomes too tired to stalk you at night?
A shadow follows you constantly in daylight but vanishes once night falls and there's no light to cast it.
A man rides into town on Friday. He stays two nights. How does he leave on Tuesday?
The horse itself is named "Friday," so the day-of-week math never needs to add up at all.
My first four letters describe all living things. My last five letters are another word for knight. My job is to save you, and I'm a fan of water. Who am I?
"Life" (first four letters) covers all living things, and "guard" (last five) is a protector like a knight; a lifeguard saves swimmers by the water.
I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, none suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I?
Sleep weakens the body, produces vivid dream visions, and lacking it—not having it—is what actually causes suffering.
Every night, I'm told what to do. And every morning, I do what you tell me to do. But you still get mad at me and hit me. What am I?
An alarm clock is set at night, wakes you in the morning, and often gets hit via its snooze button.
I follow you by day, by night I blend right in but no one sees me except when I'm in the light. What am I?
A shadow trails you in daylight but disappears into darkness at night since it needs light to be visible.
What falls but doesn't break, and what breaks but doesn't fall?
Night "falls" without shattering, while day "breaks" at dawn without literally falling.
Why does a dragon sleep all day?
"Knights" sounds like "nights," so the dragon hunts at night after sleeping through the day.
They are dark and always on the run. Without the sun, there would be none. What are they?
Shadows only exist because sunlight is blocked, and they shift constantly as the sun moves.
Lovely and round, I shine with pale light, grown in the darkness, a lady's delight. What am I?
Pearls form in darkness inside oysters, have a pale glow, and are round jewelry pieces prized by women.
I'm like a doll, but I'm not for playing; I stand up straight, but if windy I may be laying; I'm well-known and famous for having no brain; I work outside both day and night in sunshine or in rain. What am I?
Scarecrows are stuffed figures that stand in fields, can topple in wind, and famously "have no brain."
When I point up it's bright, but when I point down it's dark. What am I?
Flipping a light switch up usually turns the light on (bright), and flipping it down turns it off (dark).
Why couldn't Goldilocks sleep?
Wordplay — "night-bears" sounds like "nightmares," tying into the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story.
What boy wizard magically grew a beard each night?
Wordplay — "Hairy Potter" sounds like "Harry Potter."
How do you know that a vampire loves baseball?
The pun plays on "bat" meaning both a baseball bat and the animal a vampire transforms into.
A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of green grass. What am I?
The "pool" is coconut water inside, wrapped by soft white flesh and a hard dark shell, sitting on husk-colored fibers.
I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness. What am I?
The letter S starts "sorrow," ends "sickness," and appears inside each described word (happineSS, croSSeS, riSk, Sun, darkneSS).
What did Sir Lancelot wear to bed?
The pun turns "nightgown" into "knight gown," referencing his knightly title.
I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire. I wept, and then my head was cut off. What am I?
A candle is lit ('set on fire') in a dark room, its wax 'weeps' as it melts, and its wick is eventually snuffed out ('cut off') at the top.
I run in and out of town all day and night. What am I?
A road literally runs continuously in and out of town, at every hour of day or night.
I always follow you around, everywhere you go at night. I look very bright to people, but I can make the sun dark. I can be in many different forms and shapes. What am I?
It describes the moon's nightly presence, brightness, phases, and its role in solar eclipses that darken the sun.
It can't be seen, can't be felt, can't be heard, and can't be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, ends life, and kills laughter. What is it?
Every clue (unseen, unfelt, filling empty holes) describes the absence of light, which is darkness.
A man rode out of town on Sunday, he stayed a whole night at a hotel and rode back to town the next day on Sunday. How is this possible?
The horse itself was named "Sunday," so riding out and back "on Sunday" is just naming the horse, not a calendar paradox.
Two men in a desert. One is dead (pack closed), one is alive (pack open).
The man died because his parachute (the 'pack') failed to open.
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; physically joining with a single bite.
Describes the mechanical action of a stapler joining papers with metal fangs.
The person who makes it has no need; the buyer has no use; the user can't see/feel it.
The user is dead and cannot see or feel the casket they are in.