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A hole leading in, a hole leading out, we connect to a cavern that is slimy all throughout. What are we?
The two nostrils lead into the moist, slimy nasal cavity behind them.
I am always around, but in the morning I show. You'll know its me from my golden glow. What am I?
Sunlight is technically present daily but becomes most visible and recognizable each morning by its golden glow at sunrise.
It is where kings, queens, knights and bishops go to war together.
In chess, pieces named king, queen, knight, and bishop all do battle together on the checkered board.
A job that involves sitting in a highchair, wearing a black gown and smacking things with a mallet.
A judge sits on an elevated bench, wears a black robe, and uses a gavel (a small mallet) to call for order.
Looks like water, but it's heat. Sits on sand, lays on concrete. A play on the eyes, but it's all lies.
A mirage is an optical illusion caused by heat, often appearing on hot sand or pavement, that tricks the eyes into seeing water that isn't there.
Before crust hardens.
Bread starts as soft dough, and it's only after baking that its outer crust hardens.
What's the difference between here and there?
Adding the letter T to the front of "here" spells "there," so the literal difference between the two words is the letter T.
A first job for many kids, this could be described as "Media Distribution Management."
A paper route, delivering newspapers, is a classic first job for kids, jokingly dressed up as "media distribution management."
They can float and tickle, but their sound is rarely heard unless you're a pillow or bird. What are they?
Feathers can drift through the air and tickle skin, and they're closely tied to pillows (stuffed with them) and birds (which grow them), objects that don't normally "speak."
The profession of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.
Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton are both legendary rock guitarists.
You can draw me, fire me or fill me in.
You can "draw" a gun (pull it out), "fire" it, and "fill it in" by loading it with ammunition.
A twiggy home.
Birds build their nests out of twigs, making "twiggy home" a fitting description.
Reserved for royalty and damaged teeth.
"Crown" refers both to the headpiece worn by royalty and to the dental cap placed over a damaged tooth.
A pony trots his way through the world on these.
A pony, like all horses, walks and trots on its hard hooves.
There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?
With three ducks in a row, the middle duck has one duck in front of it and one behind, while the whole line still satisfies "two ducks in front" and "two ducks behind" when counted from either end.
A crafty use of long pieces of wool to make a scarf.
Knitting is the craft of using long strands of yarn (wool) and needles to create things like scarves.
It can pierce the best armor and make swords crumble with a rub, yet for all its power It can't harm a wooden club.
Rust slowly eats through metal armor and swords over time, but since wood doesn't rust, a wooden club is immune to it.
People want it, and when they have it, they use it by giving it.
People desire money, and once they have it, they typically spend it by giving it away in exchange for goods or services.
I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left.
A mirror reflects you, but reverses sides -- so when you raise your right hand, your mirror image appears to raise its left.
If you're worried that grandpa will bite, just remove these.
Removing dentures (false teeth) takes away an older person's ability to bite down.
A mighty weapon in the war against winged household pests.
A flyswatter is the handheld tool specifically used to whack flying pests like flies and mosquitoes in the home.
I am a rock group with four members. All dead, one was assassinated.
Mount Rushmore is a "rock" group in the literal sense (stone), depicting four deceased U.S. presidents, one of whom, Lincoln, was assassinated.
Which ring is square?
A boxing "ring" is actually built as a square platform, despite being called a ring.
Useful term for when you need to start a fire or notice someone with the same shirt as you.
A "match" starts a fire, and "match" also describes when two people's outfits happen to be the same.
What is lighter than what it is made of?
Ice is frozen water, yet because it is less dense, it is literally lighter (per volume) than the liquid water it's made from -- which is why it floats.
Said to have fifty shades.
"Fifty Shades of Grey" is the famous novel/film title that plays on the many shades of the color grey.
A DJ does this to records. I do it to mosquito bites.
A DJ scratches vinyl records to make sound effects, and people scratch itchy mosquito bites with their nails.
Blind but cruel.
Justice is traditionally depicted as blindfolded (impartial), yet legal punishment can still be harsh or cruel.
If you happen to possess two left feet, this profession will probably rule out of your prospects.
"Two left feet" is an idiom for being clumsy or uncoordinated, which would make a career as a dancer very difficult.
You could do this to a motion, see it on a watch, or place this in a race.
You can "second" a motion in a meeting, a watch has a second hand, and you can finish in second place in a race -- the word "second" fits all three.
This is the known hairdo for nascar fans.
The mullet (short in front, long in back) is a stereotypical hairstyle jokingly associated with NASCAR fans.
What is it that was given to you, belongs only to you. And yet your friends use it more than you do?
You rarely say your own name out loud, but everyone around you uses it constantly to address or refer to you.
A precious gift, yet it has no end, no beginning, and nothing in the middle.
A ring is a closed loop, so it has no beginning or end, and being a thin band, it has nothing solid in its middle.
A building where people and stories are on stage.
A theatre is where actors perform stories live in front of an audience on a stage.
Power enough to smash ships and crush roofs. Yet it still must fear the sun.
Ice can sink ships (like the Titanic) and its weight can crush roofs when it builds up, but it melts away when the sun's heat hits it.
People like this usually live in rural areas, unless they are lucky enough to strike oil and move to Beverly Hills.
This references the sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies," about a poor rural family who struck oil and moved to wealthy Beverly Hills.
3 point goal. What am I?
In American football, a successfully kicked field goal is worth exactly three points.
What you do to determine the length of something?
To find out how long something is, you measure it, typically with a ruler or tape measure.
My mother is water and my brother the sky. I am grey when wet but white when dry.
Clouds form from evaporated water and drift through the sky, appearing grey when full of moisture (about to rain) and white when dry.
This only turns over once you have travelled very far. What is it?
An odometer's digits 'turn over' (roll to zero and restart) only after a vehicle has traveled a very long distance, such as 100,000 miles.
The ninja turtles call this place home, as do mythical alligators.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles famously live in the city sewers, the same setting as urban legends about alligators in the sewers.
Makes apples fall from trees.
Gravity is the force that pulls ripe apples down from the branch to the ground, famously linked to Isaac Newton's discovery.
One might hang a locket from this.
A locket is a small pendant typically worn hanging from a necklace.
Pirates put their booty in it.
Pirates are traditionally depicted burying their stolen treasure ("booty") in a treasure chest.
Brings you May flowers.
This references the saying "April showers bring May flowers."
You are owed one of these when someone wrongs you.
When someone wrongs you, the socially expected response is that they owe you an apology.
Lighter than what I am made of. More of me is hidden than seen. What am I?
Ice is slightly less dense than liquid water, so it floats, and about 90% of an iceberg's mass stays hidden underwater.
Once they sailed the sea, now they surf the web.
Historic pirates plundered ships at sea, while today 'internet pirates' illegally share content online, or 'surf the web.'
A morbidly-named body of water.
The Dead Sea gets its grim name partly because its extreme salinity prevents most life from surviving in it.
It is something you make after you've weighed your options.
"Weighing your options" is a common idiom for thinking through choices before making a decision.
The Titanic is still here. What am I?
The Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean and its wreck still rests there today; the riddle also plays on how "Atlantic" echoes "Titanic."
I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground. Sometimes I leave, but I am always around.
A tree's branches reach upward toward the sky while its roots cling to the ground, and it "leaves" (sheds leaves) yet stays rooted in place year-round.
Without this, eating food and Steven Spielberg's career would be very different.
This is a pun: "jaws" let you chew food, and "Jaws" is also the famous 1975 Steven Spielberg movie that launched his career.
Boxers do this for a living and kids do it in the backseat for free.
Boxers fight professionally for money, while siblings often fight each other for free during long car rides.
Lifeless eyes on my smiling face and watch your child's sleeping place. In their dreams they hold me tight. Who am I?
A teddy bear has stitched-on "lifeless" button eyes and a stitched smile, sits watching over a child's crib, and gets hugged tightly at bedtime.
If you suffer from this, you might wear a wig.
People who lose their hair (baldness) often cover their scalp with a wig.
Use me if you really want to see inside someone. What am I?
An X-ray machine lets doctors literally see the bones and organs inside a person's body.
What leaps one time out of four?
This is a play on the word "leap": a leap YEAR happens only once every four years, so "year" itself is the thing that "leaps" one time out of four.
One am I, among six others: Largest, smallest, cold, dark and two brothers.
Among the seven continents, Asia is largest, Australia smallest, Antarctica coldest and darkest in winter, and North/South America are the 'two brothers,' leaving Europe as the remaining one.
This is a dead giveaway.
A person's 'will' literally gives away their possessions after they die, making the pun on 'dead giveaway' work literally and figuratively.
Both boats with holes and dirty dishes have this in common.
A leaking boat will 'sink,' and dirty dishes get washed in a kitchen 'sink' — the same word, two meanings.
An image taken from real life.
A photograph directly captures a real moment from life, unlike a drawing or painting.
Do this to your gifts to make them festive.
Wrapping gifts in decorative paper is what makes them look festive for a celebration.
Doing something of this nature is likely to land you in court.
Breaking the law, or doing something illegal, is what typically results in a court case.
A defendant will go free if a reasonable amount of this exists.
This references 'reasonable doubt,' the legal standard that can lead to an acquittal.
If you can get this professional's attention you can get where you need to go for a price.
Hailing a taxi driver's attention gets you a paid ride to wherever you need to go.
I'm often served as a "rack of ..." I'm often smoked or grilled, with bones in, and slathered in BBQ sauce.
A 'rack of ribs' is a classic barbecue dish, smoked or grilled and coated in sauce.
A kind of weather that comes your way, but add a "D" and it will run away.
'Rain' is the weather that comes your way, and adding a D turns it into 'drain,' which literally runs (water draining) away.
The most fabulous way to locate pots of gold.
Folklore says a pot of gold sits at the end of a rainbow, making the rainbow the 'fabulous' way to find one.
I grown from darkness but shine with a pale light. Very round I am, and always a lady's delight. What am I?
A pearl grows in the dark inside an oyster, yet has a soft glow, is perfectly round, and is prized as jewelry -- 'a lady's delight.'
These are needed to finish a test
You need correct answers to the questions on a test in order to finish and pass it.
What is the ending of all that begins?
Everything that comes into existence eventually dies or ends, making death the universal conclusion.
Material for making balls and men that only shows up at certain times of the year.
Snow is used to build snowballs and snowmen, but it only appears seasonally in colder months.
Don't do this in the shallow end.
Diving headfirst into the shallow end of a pool is dangerous because there isn't enough water depth to be safe.
Makes dough grow.
Yeast is the ingredient that ferments and releases gas, causing bread dough to rise and grow.
You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp and a fireplace. Which do you light first?
You must strike the match first, since its flame is what would then be used to light either the lamp or the fireplace.
Doing this with your job can be risky but doing it with smoking is always a good idea.
Quitting a job can be a risky financial decision, but quitting smoking is always considered a healthy choice.
The ones in the sea are prickly, but the ones on the street might pickpocket you.
A sea urchin is covered in sharp spines, while a 'street urchin' is old slang for a scrappy child who might pick pockets.
In the sun it likes to play; In the rain it goes away; Walk or run it always follows; In the mud it always wallows.
A shadow appears in sunlight, vanishes when clouds or rain block the light, follows you as you move, and stretches across mud just like everything else.
When life gives you these, make a refreshing beverage.
This references the popular saying: 'When life gives you lemons, make lemonade' -- a refreshing beverage.
What is light enough to float but will stay in a pack and may save your life if its on your back?
A parachute is light enough to pack away, worn on your back, and can save your life if you need it while falling.
Being able to interpret the letters on this screen proves that you have this quality.
Being able to read and understand written words on a screen is the very definition of being literate.
What has a hundred limbs, sometimes leaves, but cannot walk?
A tree's many branches ('limbs') can number in the hundreds, and it sheds leaves seasonally, yet it's rooted in place and cannot walk.
It is the offspring of a circle and a rectangle.
An oval looks like a stretched circle with the straighter sides suggested by a rectangle, so the riddle jokingly calls it their 'child' shape.
Describes a mysterious region and a stylish pair of shorts.
The Bermuda Triangle is a famously mysterious region, and Bermuda shorts are a well-known stylish clothing item.
Barren location, infertile and dry; my name means "to leave", it's not heard to see why.
'Desert' is spelled just like the verb 'desert' (to abandon or leave), making the wordplay easy to see, while also describing a dry, barren landscape.
Goliath, The Jolly Green and Andre are all examples of this.
Goliath (the biblical giant), the Jolly Green Giant (mascot), and Andre the Giant (wrestler) are all famous examples of giants.
The line a runner strives to reach.
The finish line marks the exact point every runner in a race is trying to cross.
It's always above the negatives Yet it's lower than the first prime no matter how you multiply it's the same every time.
Zero sits directly above the negative numbers on a number line and below 2 (the first prime), and any number multiplied by zero always stays zero.
I am used when you jump off a bridge for fun. What am I?
A bungee cord is the elastic rope used in bungee jumping, letting thrill-seekers leap off bridges and spring back safely.
How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?
Only the final brick actually 'completes' the building; every brick before it leaves the structure still unfinished.
What is taken before you can get it?
A photo of you must be 'taken' (captured by a camera) before you can actually have (get) the picture.
Five men were eating apples, A finished before B, but behind C. D finished before E, but behind B. What was the finishing order?
Working from the clues -- C before A before B, and B before D before E -- the only consistent finishing order is C, A, B, D, E.
Bobby likes Jimmy but not Joe, apples but not pears, jeeps but not vans, shinny but not hockey, tennis but not squash. Who will he like, Sara or Sally?
Every item Bobby likes contains a double letter (Jimmy, apples, jeeps, shinny, tennis), and 'Sally' fits that same pattern while 'Sara' doesn't.
A girl was ten on her last birthday, and will be twelve on her next birthday. How is this possible?
If today is her 11th birthday, then yesterday (her 'last' birthday) she turned 10, and next year (her 'next' birthday) she'll turn 12.
What has a head yet it never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps, can run but can not walks, and has a bank but not a cent to its name?
A river has a 'head' (source) and a 'bed' (riverbed), 'runs' downstream, and has a 'bank' (shore) but no money in it.
Though I should be unique, you've made most of us the same. I would be stronger, if my characters were stranger.
A password should be unique, but many people reuse common, weak ones -- it would be stronger with odd, unpredictable characters.
A blue house has blue bricks; a yellow house has a yellow bricks. What is a green house made of?
This is a classic riddle twist: a greenhouse (for growing plants) is actually built from glass panels, not colored bricks like the other houses in the pattern.
I am the first you ever saw, what greets you every morning and what goes out in the end.
A newborn's eyes first perceive light, sunrise light greets each morning, and a dying flame or life 'goes out' at the end -- all plays on the word 'light.'
Even if you throw it away, it still comes back.
A yoyo is thrown down on its string and spins back up into your hand every time. A boomerang is the more classic answer to this style of riddle, but this source specifies a yoyo.