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What word belongs in place of the question mark?
Me.
Wise you are, wise you be, I see you are too wise for me.
Mountain at Night, Morning a Meadow
In the night a mountain in the morning a meadow. What am I?
A bed.
I Won’t Break If Thrown
I won’t break if thrown from the highest building, but I will break if placed in the ocean. What am I?
Tissue.
As Long As They’re Dead
This is a place. The first letter is after A and before Z but nowhere in between. You can bring as many people as you want, as long as they’re all dead. Where is it?
The cemetery. The letter C is after A and before Z, and it’s not found in the word “between”. The cemetery won’t take live ones. Fortunately I don’t speak from experience on that.
A Box Without Hinges
A box without hinges, key or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
What is it?
An egg.
(From J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit)
Two Sisters Give Birth to the Other
They are two sisters. One gives birth to the other, who in turn gives birth to the first. What are the two sisters?
Night and day. When night is over, the day breaks, and when the day ends, night is born anew.
Weight In My Belly
Weight in my belly;
trees on my back;
nails in my ribs;
feet I do lack.
A ship.
A Descending Nudge
A descending nudge,
Or a marvelous jibe,
An abode on excursion,
And a bashing immersion,
We all live in this tribe.
What am I?
Sports. A descending nudge is a touchdown (nudge = touch, descending = down), a marvelous jibe is a grand slam, an abode on excursion is a home run and a bashing immersion is a slam dunk. All of these phrases are found in sports, more specifically American football, baseball and basketball.