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I come out at night, I am neither human nor animal, I rarely eat I only drink, I can only be found at night, I will glow in the sunlight. What am I?
The nocturnal habits, drinking instead of eating, and burning/glowing in sunlight all describe classic vampire lore.
My first is in ocean but never in sea, my second's in wasp but never in bee. My third is in glider and also in flight, my whole is a creature that comes out at night. What am I?
Taking the letter unique to "ocean" over "sea" (O), to "wasp" over "bee" (W), and shared by "glider" and "flight" (L) spells O-W-L, a nocturnal bird.
I usually wear a yellow coat. I usually have a dark head. I make marks wherever I go. What am I?
A classic pencil has yellow paint, a dark graphite tip, and leaves marks as it's used.
I watch you sleep, I haunt you by day. You stare at me and saw nothing, but darkness. What am I?
Fear can keep you awake at night and weigh on you during the day, yet it has no physical form to actually see.
You use me every day but let me rest at night. I have an identical twin beside me all the time. For some reason, you always cover me up. I am not alive but I have a soul. What am I?
Feet are used all day and covered at night, come in an identical pair, and pun on "sole" (the bottom of a foot) sounding like "soul."
I welcome the day with a show of light, I stealthily came here in the night. I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn, But by noon, alas! I'm gone. What am I?
Dew forms silently overnight, coats the ground at dawn, and evaporates once the sun warms things by midday.
Dark with white markings, And smooth like a rock. Where learning occurs, I help convey thought. What am I?
A chalkboard is dark with white chalk markings and is a classic tool for conveying lessons in a classroom.
I'm the first thing you see in the morning and the last thing you see at night, I'm always there but you choose to ignore me, cross your eyes and you will see me. What am I?
Your nose sits constantly in your peripheral vision, unnoticed unless you deliberately cross your eyes to focus on it.
I am nothing, I am everything. I am perfect dark, I am the brightest light. I am hungry, I am full. I am nowhere, I am everywhere. I am unseen, I am watched by millions. What am I?
The paradoxical opposites describe the vast, all-encompassing universe, holding both total darkness and blazing starlight, studied by countless people.
I'm grown from darkness but shine with a pale light. Very round I am, and always a lady's delight. What am I?
An oyster grows a pearl in the dark ocean depths, and its pale round glow makes it a prized jewel.
You see me at night, by day you tell everyone about me. I come back looking different than before. I sometimes leave you in the darkness. What am I?
Dreams occur at night, are often recounted the next day, and rarely repeat in exactly the same form.
I can't t hurt you, but I can leave you with scars. Nobody wants me, but everyone has me. But you are the only one who can see me. What am I?
Nightmares aren't physically real yet feel emotionally scarring, and only the dreamer experiences them.
I'm far away from you, but I still shine bright. I sleep by day, I wake up at night. I stay by the moon but never get close to it. What am I?
Stars are invisible in daylight and only appear once night falls, always near but never touching the moon in the sky.
I have an eye in the middle of me, but as you see, I cannot see. I am dark and not far away. You don't see me every day. I am not night and I am not bright. I can have twists and water and scares. What am I?
A hurricane has a calm "eye" at its center, and its dark, swirling, watery destruction is what makes it terrifying.
I grow in the dark and shine in the light; The paler I am, the more I am liked; My maker never gets paid, but never goes on strike. What am I?
An oyster produces a pearl in the darkness of the seabed; the palest pearls are the most prized, and oysters obviously never demand wages.
A nightmare for some. For others, a savior I come. My hand's cold and bleak. It's the warm hearts they seek. What am I?
Death is feared by some yet welcomed by others as relief, personified with a cold hand reaching for the living.
I am not a person nor an animal. I was born from the death of something large and hot. I am capable of consuming anything and everything. I am very dark and exist in a place where there is no gravity. What am I?
Black holes form from the collapse of massive dying stars, and their gravity is so extreme that even light cannot escape, making them appear utterly dark.
I have 16 legs then, I sleep for about a fortnight and a merge with 6 legs. What am I?
A caterpillar (with many prolegs) sleeps through its chrysalis stage and emerges as a butterfly with six legs.
You can have me almost every night, sometimes I could be bad sometimes I can be nice or good, Whether you were a child or an adult I'll be there. What am I?
Dreams can be pleasant (sweet dreams) or unpleasant (nightmares), and everyone experiences them regardless of age.
The marathon man timed himself and found out that if he wore a bright white outfit he ran 20 miles in 80 minutes, but when he wore a dark outfit, he ran 20 miles in one hour and twenty minutes. What does this mean for his next race?
80 minutes and "one hour and twenty minutes" are the exact same duration, so the outfit made no real difference.
Black I am and much admired, men seek me until they're tired. When they find me, they break my head and take from me my resting bed. What am I?
Miners search tirelessly for this black, valuable material, then break it out ('break my head') from its underground bed -- describing coal mining.
The land was white the seed was black It'll take a good scholar to riddle me that. What am I?
The 'white land' is the white of a page or the white of an eye, and the 'black seeds' are the letters of text or the dark pupil, requiring a scholar to read or see.
Why do black sheep eat less than white sheep?
The riddle plays on 'less' referring to total quantity of black sheep collectively eating less, since there are fewer black sheep overall.
Out of 100 ladies attending the gala,85 had a white handbag;75 had black shoes;60 carried an umbrella;90 wore a ring; How many ladies must have had all four items?
Using inclusion-exclusion logic on the shortfalls from 100 for each item, at minimum 10 ladies must have possessed all four items.
I am a tick, and I am usually black or white, You will find me in many clothing, People think I am cool. What am I?
The Nike 'swoosh' logo is often called a 'tick' shape and commonly appears in black or white on clothing.
You have 14 brown socks, 14 blue socks, and 14 black socks in your sock drawer. How many socks must you remove (without looking to be sure) to have a matched pair?
With three colors in the drawer, the worst case is pulling one of each color (3 socks, all different) before a fourth sock guarantees a matching pair.
What game has a black dragon?
'School of Dragons' is a video game that features a black dragon character.
What do you get when you cross Beyonce with a black hole?
'Single-lady-ty' blends Beyonce's song 'Single Ladies' with a black hole's 'singularity' point.
I'm sometimes white, Although sometimes I'm black. I take you there But never bring you back. What am I?
A hearse, which can be white or black, carries the deceased to their final resting place with no return trip.
I am sometimes green, I am sometimes yellow and green. When I'm green, I have many white babies inside me; and when yellow and green, I have many black babies inside of me, and is sweet. What am I?
Pawpaw (papaya) fruit is green when unripe with pale seeds, and turns yellow-green and sweet with dark seeds ('black babies') when ripe.
Slam slam slam all day long slam slam slam some fast, some slow something solid. flat and sturdy its friend lights up the night and is sensitive to the eye slam slam slam A through Z 1,2,3 black as night. What am I?
The repeated 'slam' describes key presses, the letters A through Z and numbers are keyboard characters, and its 'friend' is the light-sensitive screen it's paired with.
What goes in the water red, and comes out black?
A red-hot glowing iron cools and darkens to black the moment it is plunged into water.
Don't burn me I'll be crusty and black, but butter me and I'll be greasy and wack. What am I?
Toast turns black and crusty if burnt, and becomes greasy once buttered, describing toasted bread.
What's black and white and red all over?
'Red all over' puns on 'read all over', but here literally means sunburned, applied to a black-and-white zebra.
Black within, red without, with four corners, roundabout. What is it?
A chimney is dark and sooty inside, made of red brick outside, and roughly square yet allows smoke to swirl round about.
How many black beans will make five white ones?
The riddle plays on the fact that peeling a black bean can reveal a lighter interior, making a black bean 'become' a white one.
What kind of music does a blacksmith like?
"Heavy metal" is both a music genre and a literal description of the metal a blacksmith works with.
A girl was holding something in her hand. With her other hand, she picked up a regular black pen and wrote on the object in her hand. When she let go of the object, the writing shrunk and became more solid. What was the object?
Writing on an inflated balloon then letting the air out causes the balloon to shrink and the ink markings to compress and darken.
What insect does a blacksmith manufacture?
The pun connects a blacksmith forging with fire and metal to 'making' a firefly, an insect with 'fire' in its name.
I am black of the eye and bright of hair. I fast into the ground and follow my lord as he races around the world. What am I?
A sunflower has a dark center ('black eye'), bright yellow petals ('hair'), is rooted in the ground, and turns to follow the sun ('lord') across the sky.
I am missing from every emotion, the alpha of the black and white herd. I am the end of the written notion, and yet I am the least used in a word. What am I?
The letter Z is absent from emotion words, starts 'zebra' (a black-and-white herd animal), ends the alphabet, and is the least frequently used letter.
I come in many colors, but folks prefer me in black or blue, also be careful not to misspell my name with the letter "i". What am I?
'Pen' misspelled with an 'i' becomes 'pin', a warning clue pointing to the writing tool commonly used in black or blue ink.
Blacker than black, colder than cold, some things out here are worth more than gold. What is it?
Outer space is extremely dark and cold, and it contains rare materials and resources more valuable than gold.
Sometimes I am black, sometimes I am white sometimes you can see me at night. I have friends that are with me that are much smaller. Some of you have walked on me but not all. What am I?
The moon changes appearance through phases, appears alongside smaller stars, and only a handful of astronauts have ever walked on it.
I'm as plain to see as black & white. I prefer to roam about at night. Just don't attack or startle me. Or odiferous emissions may result you see. I'm an omnivore yes it's true. But what's my name tell me do?
The black-and-white coloring, nocturnal habits, and smelly defense mechanism clearly describe a skunk.
I always point in the right direction. My instructions are written in black and white. Disobey me and pay the consequences. I will never say more than two words at a time. What am I?
A 'One Way' sign is black and white text, points a specific direction, and carries only two words with a penalty for ignoring it.
I'm blue at day and black at night; I do contain some creatures born and died. What am I?
Seawater appears blue in daylight and black at night, and is home to countless marine creatures throughout their life cycles.
What 3 common songs have the same melody?
Baa Baa Black Sheep, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and the Alphabet Song all share the exact same tune.
The king of the jungle, rare as gold, black as night, in light not there and night not seen. Goes in water, goes on trees, goes in caves, goes on the ground. Claws of knives, teeth of swords, the roar of death but silent as a mouse. What is it?
The clues about being rare, black, camouflaged in both light and dark, and a powerful hunter across terrains all describe a black panther/jaguar.
Tear off one and scratch its head, what was red is now black instead. What is It?
Striking (scratching) a matchstick's red head burns it black.
Dark with white markings, smooth like a rock. Where learning occurs, I help convey thought. What am I?
A blackboard is dark, smooth, marked with white chalk, and used in classrooms to convey lessons.
Duels of good and evil, A fighter of good am I, Revealed beside watched words, King of the black night sky. What am I?
The riddle personifies darkness as a force opposing light, ruling the black night sky and revealed alongside 'watched words' like subtitles in dim rooms.
I am not a person or an animal. I was born from the death of something large and hot. I am capable of consuming anything and everything. I am very dark and exist in a place where there is no gravity. What am I?
A black hole forms from the collapse (death) of a massive star and consumes matter with immense gravity, existing in dark space.
You get 2 clues to this riddle. 1. It can be green, black, or even sweet. 2. It sounds like a letter. What is it?
'Tea' comes in green, black, and sweet varieties and is pronounced the same as the letter T.
What do you get when you cross a black cat and a lemon?
The pun combines 'sourpuss,' meaning a grumpy person, with the lemon's sour taste and a cat's 'puss' nickname.
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?
A matchstick's red tip turns black after being struck and burned.
Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, I'm read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I?
The word 'eye' sounds like the letter I, is spelled with three letters using two distinct ones, and reads the same forwards and backwards, describing the body part with colored irises.
I am white, black, and read all over. What am I?
'Read all over' is a pun on 'red all over', describing a newspaper printed in black and white text that people read.
I'm clean when I'm black, Dirty when white; Get too close, And you might sneeze. What am I?
Chalk dust builds up as white residue (dirty) and the dust itself causes sneezing, while a freshly wiped black surface is 'clean.'
Why is Santa so good at Karate?
'Black belt' puns on the karate ranking and the belt that holds up Santa's suit.
What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
Charcoal starts black, glows red while burning, and turns to gray ash once it's used up.
I am white when I am dirty, and black when I am clean. What am I?
A blackboard is literally black, but chalk dust (dirt) makes it look white/pale, so it's paradoxically 'white when dirty.'
A great banquet was prepared for a Roman emperor and his courtiers. 22 Dormice, 40 Larks' Tongues, 30 Flamingos, and 40 Roast Parrots were served. How many portions of Boiled Ostrich were served?
Each dish's serving count is generated by assigning point values to the vowels and consonants of its name, and applying the same rule to 'Boiled Ostrich' gives 42.
A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it halfway across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse?
Fuel burned during the drive reduces the truck's total weight, leaving enough margin under the limit for the added weight of the bird.
A bird has a head 9cm long. The tail is equal to the size of the head plus half of the size of the body. The body is the size of the head plus the tail. How long is the bird?
Solving the system of equations for head, tail, and body in terms of each other gives head=9, tail=27, body=36, totaling 72cm.
What are the freedom of birds and the pen of old men?
Feathers give birds the freedom of flight and, as quills, were historically used as pens for writing.
NASA was considering sending canaries into space to study them under zero gravity. The project was scrapped when someone realized that in spite of having sufficient water supplies, they could die of dehydration within a few hours. Why?
Birds' swallowing mechanism relies on gravity to move water down the throat, unlike humans, so without gravity they couldn't drink despite having water.
There are 10 birds on a branch, a man shot 5 of them. How many were left?
As with the similar fence riddle, the gunshot would scare away all the surviving birds, leaving none on the branch.
What kind of can never needs a can-opener?
'Pelican' contains the word 'can' but is a bird, not a container, so it never needs opening.
What did the parrot say on the 4th of July?
The joke swaps the classic phrase 'Polly wants a cracker' for a firecracker, fitting the Independence Day theme.
Can one bird change a light bulb?
'Toucan' puns on 'two can', joking that a single bird (one) can't but a toucan (two can) could.
Twenty-seven ducks are going to the pond. Five of them got lost, thirteen of them are staying home, and nine of them are at the pond. Where are the rest of them?
5 + 13 + 9 equals exactly 27, so there are no ducks left unaccounted for despite the riddle implying there should be.
Why are the rates at the bird hotel so much higher than other 4-star hotels?
'Toucan' puns on 'two can', meaning two birds can stay for the price of one, but priced as if it's one high rate.
Birds of a feather flock together. What is the contradictory proverb?
'Opposites attract' directly contradicts the idea that similar things group together, as in 'birds of a feather'.
Why did the eagle not fly over the sea?
'Sea' plus 'gull' sounds like 'seagull', punning on the eagle becoming a different bird by name alone.
What do you get when you cross a parrot with a centipede?
'Walkie-talkie' puns on the parrot's ability to talk and the centipede's many legs for walking.
What do you call two birds that are in love?
'Tweet-hearts' puns on 'sweethearts', replacing 'sweet' with a bird's 'tweet'.
A feathered Biped in the terminal part of the arm equals in value a pair of feathered bipeds in densely branched shrubbery. What is the proverb?
The riddle restates the classic proverb 'a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' using overly technical synonyms.
They can trickle down, They can tickle too. Or make you sneeze, Or comfort you. Their rustling sound, you've rarely heard, Unless you're a pillow or a bird! What are they?
The clues about tickling, causing sneezes, rustling, and being inside pillows and on birds all point to feathers.
Why do birds fly south?
The joke gives a literal, absurd reason for migration instead of the real biological one.
I make the leaves green, I make the dirt brown, I make the bluebirds blue, I make all of your dreams come true. What am I?
The riddle lists colors it 'makes', pointing to crayons that can color anything any shade, including making dreams (drawings) come true.
I can't see yet I know you're there. I'm not a cow but I'm leather. I'm a rare find but follow paths. I can fly but I'm not a bird. What am I?
The clues describe echolocation (blind but knows you're there), leathery wings, and flight without being a bird — a bat.
What kind of bird writes?
'Pen-guin' hides the word 'pen', a writing instrument, inside 'penguin'.
What bird is very rude?
'Mocking' bird puns on the word 'mocking', meaning to make fun of someone rudely.
1. Where do fish go on vacation? 2. Where do songbirds go on vacation? 3. Where do zombies go on vacation? 4. Where do Thanksgiving Birds go on vacation? 5. Where do geometry teachers go on vacation? 6. Where do locksmiths go on vacation?
Each destination is a pun on the traveler: fish go to Finland (fins), songbirds to the Canary Islands (canaries), zombies to the Dead Sea, Thanksgiving birds to Turkey, geometry teachers to Cuba (cube), and locksmiths to the Florida Keys (keys).
What do you call a tavern of blackbirds?
'Crowbar' puns on a group of crows and the tool name, reimagined as a bar for crows.
White bird, featherless, flyin' out o' paradise, flyin' over sea and land, dyin' in my hand. What is it?
The riddle describes something white, without feathers, that falls from the sky and melts (dies) in your hand — a snowflake.
Inside napper, bird chaser, quick stoker, small animal killer, fish eater. What is it?
Each clue describes a common cat behavior: napping indoors, chasing birds, moving quickly, hunting small animals, and eating fish.
What do you call a sticky crow?
'Vel-Crow' is a pun blending 'Velcro' with 'crow'.
There are ten birds sitting on a fence. You shoot one. How many are left?
The riddle's twist is that a gunshot would scare off the surviving birds, leaving none behind despite the arithmetic seeming to say nine.
What bird can be heard at mealtimes?
'Swallow' is both a bird and the act of swallowing food, which happens at mealtimes.
If there is a Yellow house on Bluebird Lane, a Green house on Orange Street, a Pink house on Kitten Road, a Black house on Whitehorse Pike and a Purple house on Firebird hill, where is the White house?
The riddle is a misdirection about house colors on fictional streets, but 'the White House' actually refers to the real building in Washington, D.C.
Forward and forward I go, never looking back. My limit no one knows, more of me do they lack. Like a river, I do flow, and as an eagle, I fly. Now can you guess, what am I?
The poem describes something that only moves forward, is limitless, flows, and flies swiftly — the abstract concept of time.
If there are fifteen crows on a fence and the farmer shoots a third of them, how many crows are left?
The math trick is a distraction; the real answer relies on the fact that a gunshot would scare all the remaining crows away.
What was never scared but became petrified, can't make a bird but can make a bat, can't live in a house but would die to have one. What is it?
Wordplay: 'petrified' also means turned to stone/wood, wood makes a baseball bat not a bird, and a tree provides the wood for a house but isn't itself housed.
If it takes 5 microwaves and 5 minutes to cook 5 chickens, how long does it take 100 microwaves to cook 100 chickens?
Since each microwave cooks one chicken independently in 5 minutes, adding more microwaves doesn't change the per-batch cook time.
What bird is always out of breath?
'Puffin' sounds like 'puffing', as someone out of breath would do.
Why did the scarecrow win so many awards?
'Outstanding in his field' puns on excelling at something and literally standing out in a farm field.
I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?
A shadow follows the bird along the ground or water's surface without ever getting wet or leaving the ground.
Would you rather have a tiger or lion eat you?
A clever misdirection — reinterpreting "eat you" as "eat, you," offering the tiger eating the lion instead.