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My Favorite Riddles

1Q: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a head but never weeps?

2Q: What has four legs, then has two legs, then has three legs?

3Q: What lies in bed, then stands in bed/First white then red/The plumper it is, the more it is liked?

4Q: What has roots that nobody sees, is taller than trees, up up it goes and yet never grows?

5Q: Mountains will crumble and temples will fall and no man can survive it’s endless call. What is it?

6Q: Inside is a golden treasure, yet it has no opening, lock, or key. What is it?

7Q: When is a door not a door?

8Q: What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?

9Q: At night they appear without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen.

10Q: What’s at the beginning of every eternity, at the end of time and space, at the beginning of every end, and at the end of every place?

11Q: What breaks whenever you speak?

12Q: What can you keep after giving someone?

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