What Surrounds The World
What surrounds the world, yet dwells within a thimble?
Space.
Instrument Can’t Be Touched Nor Seen
What instrument can make any sound and be heard but not touched or seen?
Your voice.
Same Forward, Backward and Upside Down
What word is the same written forward, backward and upside down?
NOON. The word needs to be a palindrome and made up of only these letters that look the same upside down:
H I N O S X Z
For instance, SOON doesn’t work, because even though each letter looks the same upside down, it reads NOOS.
A Great Woman
The first two letters of this English word refer to a male, the first three refer to a female, the first four to a great man and the whole word is a great woman.
What is the word?
Heroine (he, her, hero)
I Live In A Busy Place In The City
I live in a busy place in the city,
I’ll let you stay with me for awhile,
If you don’t feed me, I can get you into trouble.
What am I?
A parking meter.
Deals In Secrets Tells Nothing But Lies
The first is a person who lives in disguise who deals in secrets and tells nothing but lies.
Then think of a letter that’s last to mend the middle of middle and end of end.
Now think of a sound which is often heard in search of every unknown word.
Put it together and answer me this, which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?
1. spy
2. d
3. er
Creature: Spider
I Don’t Exist Unless You Cut Me
I don’t exist unless you cut me, but if you stab me I won’t bleed. I hate no one yet am abhorred by all. What am I?
A fart.
I Am Here, I Am There
I am here, I am there
I am burned into the mind of none
I walk on fire and live on ice
My words are meaningless for I talk not
I hate everyone yet fear no one
I have lived for centuries
Yet I have never existed
What am I?
Nothingness.
Marble Walls White as Milk
In the marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple does appear.
No doors are there to this stronghold
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
An egg or egg yolk. This is a variation of A Box Without Hinges.
I Appear In The Morning But Am Always There
I appear in the morning but am always there.
You can never see me though I am everywhere.
By night I am gone, though I sometimes never was.
Nothing can defeat me but I am easily gone.
What am I?
Sunlight.