Popular Riddle Questions

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What is tall when it's young and short when it's old?

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I am a bar that is not set high or low, but laterally. I add continuity to meaning by saying nothing. Struck the most and thought of the least. Ubiquitous and unique but surrounded by alternatives.

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You can make me say anything, long after I die. My edges will cut you. If you throw me I fly.

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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?

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Two sisters are we, one is dark and one is fair. Twin towers dwelling we're quite the pair. One of us is from land and one of us is from sea. Tell us truly, who are we?

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A man lives on the top floor of a hotel. When hes out with a friend or out on a rainy day, he comes back, goes to the elevator, and goes to the top floor. When he goes out alone or on a sunny day, he goes half way up and walks the rest off the way up. Why?

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I can whistle. I can howl. I can scream. And I can whisper. But I do not speak. What am I?

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A tool stolen but still must be made, used to explore, protect, and create. What am I?

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In times of crisis, I am priceless. I’m illegal, yet permissible. Enemies call me despicable.. But what is my profession? That is the question. Concealed among bureaucrats, who administer resources, diplomats. Researchers and scholars affected, distrust spreads, disconnected. My identity I hide, but with you I confide. Or have I left you eyeless, With my politeness?

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Many want me though I am never kept. I was lost when the king forever slept.

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A man is found dead on some train tracks. In his hand is a rock. In his other, a sign with text, although it is unreadable as there is dust on it. What is the rock? What was written on the sign? What was he doing? What is the exact series of events leading up to his death?

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What is this person's name? JKMNO

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Made on a star, and blowing out flames. Prayer of heart, and a hope proclaimed.

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Someone poisoned one of your eight potions. They all look identical, so you can't tell the difference. One sip of the poison is lethal enough but it will only kill after an hour, however, the potions are needed one hour later so you must find the poison in this time. There are three criminals on death sentence for you to use as test subjects. What could you do to find the poisoned potion?

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I grow where no flower grows, Where no light touches the walls. Up or down, that I don't care. Was here before people were.