Summer School Riddles

What is always coming but never arrives?

The poor have it, the rich need it. You'll die if you eat it.

Two sisters, one dark, one fair. In twin towers dwelling. One from land and one from sea.

I’m full of keys, but I can’t open any doors. What am I?

He got me in the forest. He sat down to seek me. He couldn't find me, so he took me home.

What gets more wet the more it dries?

I am what I am, but if you know what I am, then I’m no longer what I am. What am I?

Who makes doesn't need it. Who buys it doesn't use it. Who uses doesn't know it.

What has to be broken before you can use it?

What will make the barrel lighter if you put it in a barrel?

I can go up a chimney down, but not down a chimney up.

Forwards I'm heavy, backwards I'm not.

What travels around the world, but stays in the corner?

What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?

What can be broken even without a touch?

I can ruin cars and make swords crumble. Yet for all my power, I can't harm a club.

I'm rarely touched, but often held. If you're witty, you'll use me well.

John's mother has 5 children. Their names are March, April, May, June, and _______?

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and forests with no trees.

When you need me you throw me away. When you don't need me you bring me back.

Why is a raven like a writing desk, according to a fantasy riddle?

What belongs to you but yet is used more by others than yourself?

I have a name, but if you say it I'll disappear.

When you don't have me, you want me. But when you do have me, you want to give me away.

What occurs twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a day?

What runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?

What word is shorter when you add two letters on the end?

Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble.

I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for more than 5 minutes. What am I?

What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?

What invention allows you to walk through walls?

A house has four walls that all face south. A bear circles the house. What color is the bear?

Until I am measured, I am not known, yet how you miss me when I have flown.

I am always hungry, I must be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red.