Easy Riddles

2

My name holds two different meanings, I can be the object of your desire or be something worth your fear. What is my name?

10

Twenty I slew, sliced off their heads. No life was lost, no blood was shed. What are they?

2

I am always here, When people see me, they never cheer. Nobody welcomes me, I lack popularity. My counterpart is a beautiful lie, While I am a painful truth. What am I?

8

My name is only spoken to scare others but never to scare the speaker. What is my name?

20

I sell invisible things. After I sell what I have, I still have it. I sell what everyone needs but often don't want. Who am I?

17

A man and his son were having a car trip, but at some point there was a crash. The man died, while the boy was severely hurt and he had to be operated at the hospital. When he was there, he was waiting for the surgeon to come. The surgeon, after entering and seeing the boy, said: "I cannot operate him! He's my son!" How is this possible?

20

There are 30 people cruising on a boat in the Thames. However, when they emerge from sailing beneath London Bridge, not a single person is on the boat. How?

20

Used to fix mistakes, I am often referred to as the colour I bleed. What am I?

19

When you feel me, you do not want others to hear me for I make unbidden loud noises telling others of my arrival. What am I?

3

Upon two legs I walk all day, but human i am not. Chased by giants I am but prey, bound to the earth I shall lay. Make a wish upon my bones but beware my foul intentions are well known.

20

Those who have me on stage are less satisfied than those who do not have me, for I represent a better result that they could have achieved. What am I?

17

The first of this threesome is the last to arrive, the other two are twins, merely 15. Once brought together they imprison many, and display their captives for the entertainment of the money holders.

5

I'm never odd or even, but I can't be anything else. What am I?

17

You don't realise when you find me, But almost all have tried to look. Some find me in a lecture, Or midway through a book. I'm an ally to the assassin, Indeed I birth nightmares. But I also tend the sick, And help their body with repairs. What am I?

11

I can't see you, but you can see me. Stare at me too long and you'll get lazy. I have to be paid for so I'm not for free. What am I?