Short Riddles

I run cold and hot, I look blue but I am red. What am I?

You are owed one of these when someone wrongs you.

Lighter than what I am made of. More of me is hidden than seen. What am I?

Found in pizza but also the sky.
You'll know I'm around when I'm close by.
What am I?

Twigs and spheres and poles and plates. Join and bind to reason make.

Once they sailed the sea, now they surf the web.

I dance on one feet and knows only one shape. Someone with same name as me is very good with directions. What am I?

A morbidly-named body of water.

What shoes should you wear when your basement is flooded?

I am constantly overlooked by everyone but everyone has me. What am I?

Thirty white horses on a red hill, first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.

Which vehicle is spelled the same forwards and backwards?

I can only be played on a windy day. What am I?

I contain words about words, some of which you've never heard. What am I?

Fighting technique taken from rams.

Though learning has fed me,
I know not a letter;
I live among the books,
Yet am never the better.
What am I?

When I get closer my tail grows longer, but when I go away my tail leads the way.

Man's most important invention.

It is something you make after you've weighed your options.

I'm a green veggie that looks like a tiny tree.

What has two spines and a lot of ribs, and carries much but never moves?

The Titanic is still here. What am I?

Where force can't get through, I with a gentle movement do. What am I?

What has a bottom right at the top?

What is between heaven and earth?

A house full, a yard full, a chimney full, no one can get a spoonful.

Canine children. What am I?

Without coolant, you'll have some trouble with this.

What animal has feet on the head?

I am the only organ that named myself. What am I?

I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night.

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 run away. How many are left?

What kind of dog has no tail?

What animal gives away money and says moo?

I am round. I have only one line. Circle is not my name indeed. What am I?

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground. Sometimes I leave, but I am always around.

To cross the water I'm the way. For water I'm above I touch it not, and truth to say, I neither swim nor move. What am I?

In the forest, this blends in just right, but every December it is covered with lights. What is it?

Before I grow I'm small.
When I'm old I grow tall.
When I die I give a mighty fall.
What am I?

I am pinched by grandmas. What am I?

Without this, eating food and Steven Spielberg's career would be very different.

Boxers do this for a living and kids do it in the backseat for free.

If you suffer from this, you might wear a wig.

I am the state when a person is holding a person inside. What am I?

Use me if you really want to see inside someone. What am I?

One of the few times it's encouraged to lock lips with a stranger.

What leaps one time out of four?

Men seize it from its home, tear apart its flesh, drink the sweet blood, then cast its skin aside.

You roll it or you buy it,
People say you shouldn't try it,
Because you may get a stroke,
From inhaling all that smoke.

What goes inside boots and outside shoes?

One am I, among six others: Largest, smallest, cold, dark and two brothers.

How can the letters OWONDER be rearranged to make one word?

I destroy your home from inside out. What am I?

It's been around for millions of years, but it's no more than a month old. What is it?

It nukes food at the touch of a button.

My teeth help me suck. What am I?

In prison I will be found, but I'll never be in court, unless there's more than one. What am I?

In many hallways you would stand, if not with this in hand.

This is a dead giveaway.

Defends your noggin from the hard pavement.

Chicken noodle and cream of mushroom are two well known varieties of this kind of food.

What kind of dog chases anything red?

Tiny creatures that have a special relationship with flowers.

Both boats with holes and dirty dishes have this in common.

I have strong affection for belly buttons. What am I?

An image taken from real life.

I can help you to mend. I hide my body but never my head. What am I?

I walk on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs at noon, and 3 legs at night. What am I?

Has no feet, but travels far. Is literate, but not a scholar. Has no mouth, yet clearly speaks.

I am a piece of paper that takes most people 3 or 4 years to get. What am I?

I have arms but cannot carry a thing. But wave at me and I wave back at you. What am I?

This is the most famous bank where children keep their assets.

Do this to your gifts to make them festive.

What bone has a sense of humor?

I give life for my own, have a beginning, but my end is unknown. What am I?

Doing something of this nature is likely to land you in court.

A stellar five-limbed sea creature.

I will disappear every time you say my name.
What am I?

A defendant will go free if a reasonable amount of this exists.

I carried by mad animals. What am I?

If you can get this professional's attention you can get where you need to go for a price.

This is a shape and a symbol that we literally cannot live without. What is it?

What do you call a rabbit with fleas?

How a big, hibernating mammal would show affection.

What covers its face with its hands, speaks no language, yet most known what it's saying?

What stays on the ground but never gets dirty?

I produce wool and spit a lot. What am I?

I travel in a gaggle. What am I?

Meat that has been cured by being cut into long, thin strips and dried.

One time every year, there is a very special day. Little have the same, everyone party a different way.

I tremble at each breath of air, and yet can heaviest burdens bear.

It is a path of cow juice spread across the sky but cannot be seen by the naked eye.

This is your stomach's way of letting you know you've neglected it.

What is orange and sounds like a parrot?

You might accuse someone living with a stolen identity of being this.

I am commonly abbreviated to H. What am I?

Tucked out of sight. I sing best at night.
No instrument around, but you'll find me on the ground.
What am I?

What has holes on each side, but can still can hold water?

I hold two people together but touch only one. What am I?

In my life I must bare, my bloodline I must share. What am I?