1. I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or I can be square.
What am I?
2.
Say my name and I am gone.
What am I?
3.
At the sound of me, men may dream
or stamp their feet.
At the sound of me, women may laugh
or sometimes weep.
Who am I?
4.
A container without hinges, lock or a key, yet a golden treasure lies inside me.
What am I?
5.
Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies,
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What am I?
6. I'm sometimes full, but I never overflow.
What am I?
7. I have three letters.
I read the same forward and backwards.
I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see.
It's a word that is important to you and me.
What word am I?
8. I'm the start of nothing
and the end of sun
and I'm also in the number one
What am I?
9. I'm sometimes white,
But most often I'm black.
I take you there,
But never bring you back.
What am I?
10.
Each dawn and daybreak begins with me
At dusk I'll be first you see
Daises begin to grow with me
I'm in their seeds and also the weeds
But in the sun I am not found and still, each day I'll be around
What am I?
11.
I have a many legs, but cannot stand.
I have a long neck, but I have no head.
I cannot walk and
I cannot see
But I keep things neat and tidy as can be.
What am I?
12.
Who makes it, has no need of it,
Who buys it, has no use for it,
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
What is it?
13.
When you have me, you feel like sharing me.
But, if you do
share me, then you won’t have me.
What am I?
14.
I am an insect and the first half of my name reveals another insect.
Some
famous musicians had a name similar to mine.
What am I?
15.
I can sizzle like bacon,
I am made with an egg,
I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole,
What am I?
16.
I start with a T, end with a T, and have T in me.
What am I?
17.
The more of me you take, the more of me you leave behind.
What am I?
18.
I am a three digit number.
My second
digit is four times more than my third digit.
My first digit is seven
less than my second digit.
What number am I?
19.
I always run but never walk,
often murmur but never talk,
I have a bed but never
sleep,
I have a mouth but never eat.
What am I?
20.
No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?
21. I have many feathers to help me fly.
I have a body and head, but I'm
not
alive.
It is your strength which determines how far I go.
You can hold me
in your hand, but I'm never thrown.
What am I?
22.
You heard me before,
Yet you hear me again.
Then I die, 'Till you call me again
What am I?
23.
I am very skinny and very shy,
when I'm born I live for no
more than an hour and die.
All that I do within this hour is
seek out anything I can devour.
When people see me they are
never glad,
and when I leave they are even more sad.
What am
I?
24.
I cannot be felt, seen or touched;
Yet I can be found in everybody;
My existence is always in debate;
Yet there is a style of music named after me.
What Am I?
25. I am slim and tall,
Many find me desirable and appealing,
They touch me and I give a false good feeling,
Once I shine in splendor,
But only once and then no more,
For many I am "to die for".
What am I?
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