By LENWOOD S. SHARPE
Welcome to Riddles at Thrill Land! Here you find some curious exercises to test ones noggin. For more riddles by Thrill Land please visit Homespun Riddles at Weird Halloween.
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ALL RIDDLES ARE ORIGINAL CREATIONS OF THRILL LAND
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Q: I can stand without legs and hold without arms. When it's cool I'm often warm and when it's warm I'm often cool. I take up all the space but still share the room. What am I?
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Q: I can travel through rock faster than air. You know when I'm close but can't see me there. When I'm far sometimes I bounce back. But am not jumpy or springy as a matter of fact. Without wings, I seemingly fly. Don't that beat all? What am I?
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Q: My reach is infinite but not without a price. I can make things brighter without the smallest amount of light. No matter how wet I am, I always come out dry. I am always facing forward, no matter how I lie. Tell me exactly, what am I?
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Q: I'm often difficult for many but make things easier for them. Many are frequently without me although I cost nothing. The longer one waits the more of me. I cannot slow down or speed up time but can seem to change its flow. What am I?
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Q: I can take a beating to the head but never receive a scratch. I can be placed upside-down yet never worry I might fall. I can hold up what you cannot, but my weight is only a fraction of yours. What am I?
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Q: I am a number that you cannot subtract. I am favored by some and disliked by others. I can be written many ways but never erased. I am a very useful figure, but my value is always changing. What am I?
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Q: I'm with you your whole life, but you've never seen what I do. I'm quiet most times, but it depends on you. You can't escape me, running is of little use. For I can catch up always, no matter what speed produced. If I'm not near you'll notice me, not otherwise, what oh what am I?
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Q: I cannot be touched by hands but can touch hundreds. A steel cage could not contain me but plastic could. You can share me, and I would never run out. With each person I change without any changes made. What am I?
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Q: I am after the hot and before the cold. In my true form many colors to behold. Nothing can contain me, but it's nothing to fear. Everytime I come, I must also disappear. I have my downside, but I try. More or less or exactly so, what am I?
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Q: I can be short when I am long. I can move with great speed but go unnoticed. I can climb without arms and swim without legs. What am I?
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Q: I am very large but needn't take up space. I'm constantly changing though I never seem to move. I come in many colors, but I am more famous for one. What am I?
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Q: Even though you can see though me I can hide everything from your sight. I can be described as heavy but weigh next to nothing. Even if I fall, I remain unharmed. What am I?
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Q: I am always on the move yet quieter than a stream. Visible to all but never fully seen. As grounded as an oak, but, like a bird, I fly. I am all this and more, pray tell, what am I?
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Q: I am very small but often prevent even the strongest from moving forward. I have a bow but am not for sailing. I often have a blade but am not for cutting. I am greatly useful but not valuable by myself. What am I?
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Q: I'm not who I seem but seem who I'm not. And I'm not who I ain't, so who am I?
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Q: Even those with nothing may have me. My value is not in what is but what is to come. I am most needed by those who don't want me and am no help to those who will not help themselves. What am I?
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Q: I am valued by rich and poor alike but by no means uncommon. I am never kept under lock and key but rarely ever stolen. Although I can conquer death, I ruin easily. My role is important but often goes unnoticed. What am I?
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Q: I am solid but am without form. I can travel without legs and embrace without arms. I am many but at the same time one. What am I?
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Q: I can't swim, but I stay afloat. I can fly but often am not far from the ground. I am silent, but never at rest. What am I?
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ALL RIDDLES ARE ORIGINAL CREATIONS OF THRILL LAND
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