Hard Riddles — Can You Solve Them?

Flour of England, fruit of Spain, Met together in a shower of rain; Put in a bag tied round with a string, If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a ring.

It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it?

Which vehicle is spelled the same forwards and backwards?

The state of holding a person in your person.

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...

You hear it speak, for it has a hard tongue. But it cannot breathe, for it has not a lung. What is it?

Lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, to which the air alone gives birth. What is it?

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

Little trotty hetty coat in a long petticoat and a red nose the longer she stands the shorter she grows. What is it?

The land was white the seed was black it'll take a good scholar to riddle me that. What is it?

It is in the rock, but not in the stone; It is in the marrow, but not in the bone; It is in the bolster, but not in the bed; It is not in the living, nor yet in...

My tines are long. My tines are short. My tines end ere My first report. What am I?

hardmath

In a certain country ½ of 5 = 3. If the same proportion holds, what is the value of 1/3 of 10 ?

What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?

I have seven letters and am something you eat. My only anagram can help your pain. If you remove my first 2 letters I wear things down. Removing my first 3 lett...

When you went into the woods you got me. You hated me yet you wanted to find me. You went home with me cause you couldn't find me What was it?

What question can you never honestly answer yes to?

Thirty white horses on a red hill, First they champ, Then they stamp, Then they stand still.

Stealthy as a shadow in the dead of night, Cunning but affectionate if given a bite. Never owned but often loved. At my sport considered cruel, But that's becau...

I can slash but I have no knife, I can dash but I have no legs, I can pound but I have no hammer, I can star but I have no stage. What am I?

George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?

If half of five was two what would a third of ten be?

What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.