What Am I Riddles
I fly, yet I have no wings. I cry, yet I have no eyes. Darkness follows me wherever I go. What am I
My voice is tender, my waist is slender and I'm often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow or else I have nothing to say. What am I?
I am a killer of trees but people need me. I can be blown away by a breeze and I have been here since ancient Greece. What am I?
I catch fire easily but I protect cars in the cold. You can use me as a fuel and yet I am every distiller’s goal. What am I?
I warm you on cold nights, I’m made of wood or stone, but I’m not a home. What am I?
I’ve crowned victors’ heads since ancient Rome. Around Christmastime, I might be in your home. What am I?
I'm found in socks, scarves, and mittens. I'm found in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
If you don’t keep me, I’ll break. What am I?
I can flutter and take your breath away. I can take a beating but do not bruise. If I stopped you would be sure to lose. Every day I am with you. What am I?
I can be created by humans, but they cannot control me. I suck on wood, paper and flesh alike. I can be more of a hindrance than help. To my creators, I seem to be everywhere at once. What am I?
You heard me before, Yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'Til you call me again. What am I?
A symbol of good luck, in lands where cherry blossoms bloom. With one paw raised, I beckon, warding off the gloom. I’m not just a pet, but a charm, in every room. What am I?
Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I?
I can help you when you’re lost and clueless. I am not human, but I often lead you. What am I?
I have no voice and yet I speak to you, I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree, I have pages, but I am not a bride or royalty. I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door, I have told you all, I cannot tell you more. What am I?
I am under your face and outside your mind. What am I?
I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. What am I?
I am the monster you cannot see, swallowing light so greedily. What am I?
I soar without wings, I see without eyes. I've traveled the universe to and fro. I've conquered the world, yet I've never been anywhere but home. Who am I?
No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I to live or die And yet I do all three. What am I?
I can honk without using a horn. What am I?
You fill me up when I get low. On roads and highways, with me, you go. What am I?
I have a trunk, but I’m not a tree. I have doors, but I’m not a house. What am I?
My first is in fish but not in snail, My second is in rabbit but not in tail. My third is in up but not in down, My fourth is in tiara but not in crown. My fifth is in tree you plainly see, My whole a food for you and me. What am I?
I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?
I have two arms, but fingers none. I have two feet, but cannot run. I carry well, but I have found I carry best with my feet OFF the ground. What am I?
For some I go fast for others I'm slow. To most people, I'm an obsession relying on me is a well practiced lesson. What am I?
I am large as a castle, yet lighter than air. 100 men and their horses cannot move me. What am I?
Used for fishing, with line and hook, in survival situations, I am a useful book. What am I?
A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed I am a pretty thing. What am I?
I herald the darkness which descends on all creatures; You will know my approach by moans and wracked features. I visit the hippo, hyena, and horse, But never go near snails and spiders, of course. I would circle the glove, leaping one to the other, Should all the world's people ever clasp hands together. What am I?
Dark with white markings, And smooth like a rock. Where learning occurs, I help convey thought. What am I?
I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assasinated. What am I?
I come at the end of time and at the start of eternity. I come four times in every week, but only once in a thousand years. What am I?
Some try to hide, some try to cheat, but time will show, we always will meet. Try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you'll know, when you I claim. What am I?
I give milk and have a horn but I'm not a cow? What am I?
I can have a belt, but I’m not wearing pants. I work hard, so you can prance. What am I?
If a man carried my burden he would break his back. I am not big but leave silver in my tracks. What am I?
I am the yellow hem of the sea's blue skirt. What am I?
In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colder it grows I fling off my clothes; and in winter quite naked appear. What am I?
I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will, And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?
I am a fruit. I taste very yummy. I came from trees, of course. I am color orange. What am I?
A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one and twelve remains
When you stop and look, you can always see me. If you try to touch you cannot feel me. I cannot move, but as you near me, I will move away from you. What am I?
I have no legs or arms but I still eat with a fork everyday, What am I?
Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me, When I have flown. What am I?
I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?
Round as a button, Deep as a well. If you want me to talk, You must first pull my tail. What am I?
You pick it, You peel the outside, You cook the inside, You eat the outside, And throw away the inside. What am I?
I can trap many different things and colors, Ever changing, not boring. Look closely and you may find yourself also caught in my trap. What am I?
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