Riddles with Answers, Hints & Explanations

I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yest...

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

An open ended barrel, I am shaped like a hive. I am filled with the flesh, and the flesh is alive! What am I?

Inside a burning house, this thing is best to make. And best to make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take!

Who spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at night?

This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?

What has a mouth but can't chew?

Hands she has but does not hold, teeth she has but does not bite, feet she has but they are cold, eyes she has but without sight....

In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it?

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

What is that which goes with a car, comes with a car, is of no use to a car, and yet the car cannot go without it?

Never resting, never still. Moving silently from hill to hill. It does not walk, run or trot. All is cool where it is not.

David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and ?

When they are caught, they are thrown away. When they escape, you itch all day. What are they?

What has no beginning, end, or middle?

What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?

If you were standing directly on the south pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward?

Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?

A twiggy home.

You can do this with your friends. You can do this with your nose. But don't do it with your friend's nose!

Special abilities and brightly colored underwear are all you need to be one of these.

What is it that no man ever yet did see, which never was, but always is to be?

I cover what's real; hide what is true, but sometimes bring out the courage in you. What am I?