Short Riddles

Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble.

What Botox will do to your expression.

Those with eyes bigger than their stomach will definitely leave the restaurant with one of them. It is named after a house pet as well.

It is a common and favored clothing material among biker gangs and superheroes.

What is it that given one, you'll have either two or none?

Who works when he plays and plays when he works?

My life is often a volume of grief,
your help is needed to turn a new leaf.
Stiff is my spine and my body is pale.
But I'm always ready to tell a tale.
What am I?

It is the most common hour to have a gunfight in a western scene.

They say each one is totally unique.

Securing your documents is easy with these trusty metal objects.

What is something that can go up quite easily, but is not as easy to bring back down?

I save lives on the ground and in the air. What am I?

This guy crossed a road and everyone wants an explanation.

At the sound of me, you may stomp your feet, but you may also dream or weep. What am I?

I'm usually served alongside burgers. I'm crispy golden potato sticks.

Good for telling the future or racking up in a game.

I am the noise Santa's reindeers make. What am I?

What can go up a chimney down, but cannot go down a chimney up?

What has fingers and a thumb but no hand?

What has a brown coat, a long tail, and lives in house or shed but most active while you're in bed?

When I type I tap these on the keys.

A locked sphere without hinges or key. Break me open and golden treasures you'll see

What hatches without food?

What starts out in a field and then crashed on a stone. It becomes much more when to the fire it's thrown?

Taking this from a baby is said to be quite easy.

Cut the wrong wire and it goes boom.

This toasted sandwich is made with bacon, lettuce and tomato.

What's at the head of an elephant and at the tail of a squirrel?

Why do French people like to eat snails?

During the 1800's these turned women into hourglasses and is becoming more popular again these days.

These are crisp, green, and are found near deli sandwiches.

I am the second L in LOL. What am I?

Four leaves I have. What am I?

Racers are asked to start these at NASCAR events.

A famous home without color and with wings.

A metal snake that runs on tracks.

What word is that, which, deprived of its first letter, leaves you sick?

I am often sold by children entrepreneurs in summer time. What am I?

What speeds on a track but isn't in a race and has a whistle to announce its steady pace?

Soft, hairy, from door to door. I am the pet that always stays on the floor. What am I?

The land was white the seed was black.
It'll take a good scholar to riddle me that.

Both a currency and an antlered male. What is it?

Slowly creeping, I am weeping, changing shades, and growing.

If you lose me you may cause people around me to lose me too. What am I?

This crisp stick-shaped roll is often enjoyed with soup or marinara sauce.

Look into my face and I'm everybody. Scratch my back and I'm nobody.

I have married many women but has never been married. What am I?

The older they are the less wrinkles they have.

Who plays when he works and works when he plays?

What has teeth but no mouth?

What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?

Someone who is enthusiastic about tending the garden is said to have this appendage.

If you give it a tug, you can sit in the dark. Tug it again and a light will spark. What is it?

Sometimes it's silver but also gold.
Printed on paper it's a treasure to hold.
What is it?

Everybody's got one.

Without this, H2O would just be 2O.

It is something you will never see again.

The more I lie, the more people trust me. Who am I?

I stink up your breath and fights evil vampires. What am I?

What surrounds the world, yet dwells within a thimble?

Perhaps the most important adjective for ballerinas and princesses.

High fat reward for making it through another solar cycle.

You feel this sensation when you are dehydrated.

A tower at the root of all confusion.

What has only two words, but thousands of letters?

Hard to catch, easy to hold. Can't be seen, unless it's cold.

A person's greatest asset.

What has a green top, red on its belly, seeds on the outside, and tastes great in jelly?

It is a gruesome form of betray.

This could make wooden boy's noses grow.

Besides Paris, what is the capital of France?

What did Sir Lancelot wear to bed?

The moon is my father. The sea is my mother. I have a million brothers. I die when I reach land.

Some keep it in a dumpster while others keep it in their trunk.

The most foreign visitor you could imagine.

Squeeze it and it cries tears. As red as its flesh, but its heart is made of stone.

Tomorrow's yesterday. Yesterday's tomorrow. What is it?

Soldiers fight it but never changes.

What falls but never breaks?

This patch of land stands alone.

Voiceless it cries, wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.

In buckles or lace, they help set the pace. The farther you go, the thinner they grow.

It is by nature, soft as silk;
A puffy cloud, white as milk;
Snow tops this tropical crop;
The dirtiest part of a mop.

I have two eyes in the front and a lot of eyes on my tail. What am I?

Cute hares that hop and deliver eggs at Easter are called by this nickname.

It is an arctic double breasted formal wear.

What grows up while growing down?

Where humans breathe liquid.

I was not born, but I am here. I have no name, but I am given many. I was made by science and life. What am I?

I moan, I groan, I chase after you. I never seem to rest. Time's up for you. 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?

The signature stroll of ducks and penguins.

I describe a toilet cleaner as well as one of Santa's reindeer. What am I?

Surname of the pilot of the Millennium Falcon.

You shoot me but I don't die. You hang me but I don't die. What am I?

Break me but I'll continue to work, touch me and maybe I'll stay with you forever. What am I?

What age most travelers have?

Poor people have it.
Rich people need it.
If you eat it you die.
What is it?

White bird, featherless, flying out of paradise. Flying over sea and land. Dying in my hand.

Hurts when it breaks and if it stops, you are dead.