Riddle Muddle Competition Previous Answers

Riddle	Answer	Displayed
I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played. What am I?	Joke	23/03/17 10pm – midnight
You can swallow me, but I can consume you too. What am I?	Pride	23/03/17 1 – 10pm
What binds two people yet touches only one?	Ring	23/03/17 7am – 1pm
What gets wet when drying?	Towel	22/03/17 11pm – 23/03/17 7am
What begins, but has no end, yet ends all that begins?	Death	22/03/17 3 – 11pm
What is orange and sounds like a parrot?	Carrot	22/03/17 9am – 3pm
I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?	Candle	22/03/17 2 – 9am
Of the king I am blue and of the peasant I am red. Of the frog I am cold and of the dog I am hot. What am I?	Blood	21/03/17 8pm – 22/03/17 2am
Every night I’m told what to do and each morning I do what I’m told, yet never do I escape your scold. What am I?	Alarm clock	21/03/17 12.30 – 8pm
What goes round the house and in the house but never touches the house?	The sun	21/03/17 9.20am – 12.30pm
I can bring tears to your eyes and a smile to your face. I form in an instant and last for a lifetime, but I can be forgotten. What am I?	Memories	20/03/17 7pm – 21/03/17 9.20am
What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?	Pack of cards	20/03/17 10.25am – 7pm
You wear me every day but you never put me on. I will change colors if you leave me out too long. What am I?	Skin	20/03/17 3.15am – 10.25am
After a fall I will take over. All life will stall or at least grow slower. What am I?	Winter	19/03/17 7.45pm – 20/03/17 3.15am
I fly when I’m born, lie down when I’m alive and run when I’m dead. What am I?	Snowflake	19/03/17 1 – 7.45pm
I build bridges of silver and crowns of gold. I clean and I fix, yet many still fear me. What am I?	Dentist	19/03/17 7am – 1pm
I last forever and you might have too much or too little of me, either way you will run out of me eventually. What am I?	Time	18/03/17 10.10pm – 19/03/17 7am
The dirtier I am, the whiter I get. What am I?	Chalkboard	18/03/17 2 – 10.10pm
I only point in one direction, but I guide people around the world with perfection. What am I?	Compass	18/03/17 10.15am – 2pm
Enter one hole and leave three, once you succeed I’m on thee. What am I?	T-shirt, sweatshirt jumper etc	18/03/17 4 – 10.15am
I can run, but never walk. Wherever I go, you are behind me. What am I?	Your nose	17/03/17 7.40pm – 18/03/17 4am
We see it once in a year, twice in a week and never in a day. What is it?	The letter e	17/03/17 7.40 – 10.55pm
I might be far from the point, but I’m not a mistake. In fact, I fix yours. What am I?	Eraser	17/03/17 4.20 – 7.40pm
100 feet in the air, but its back on the ground. What is it?	Centipede on its back	17/03/17 11.20am – 4.20pm
What has neither flesh, bone nor nail yet has 4 fingers and a thumb?	Glove	17/03/17 9.40 – 11.20am
When you need me, you throw me away. But when you’re done with me, you bring me back. What am I?	Anchor	16/03/17 6.30pm – 17/03/17 9.40am
I have two arms, but fingers I have none. I’ve got two feet, but I cannot run. I carry well, but I carry best with my feet off the ground. What am I?	Wheelbarrow	16/03/17 11.15am – 6.30pm
I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. There’s no happiness without me nor is there sadness. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You will find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.	The letter s	16/03/17 11.10 – 11.15am
He who has it doesn’t tell it. He who takes it doesn’t know it. He who knows it doesn’t want it. What is it?	Counterfeit money	16/03/17 10.40 – 11.10am
You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see. What am I?	Reflection	16/03/17 9.45 – 10.40am
I’m lighter than a feather but even the world’s strongest man can’t hold me for more than a few minutes. What am I?	Breath	16/03/17 8.50 – 9.45am
When I take off my clothes, it puts on its clothes. When I put on my clothes, it takes off its clothes.	Clothes hanger	15/03/17 7.50pm – 16/03/17 8.50am
You cannot keep me until you have given me. What am I?	Your word	15/03/17 1.15 – 7.50pm
What 11-letter word has each of the vowels in alphabetical order without any repeated vowels?	Facetiously	15/03/17 1.10 – 1.15pm
A word I know, six letters it contains, subtract just one and twelve remains.	Dozens	15/03/17 12.50 – 1.10pm
If you lose me, others around you may lose me too. What am I?	Temper	15/03/17 11.40am – 12.50pm
I don’t speak but there is no word I cannot make. What am I?	Alphabet	15/03/17 10.40 – 11.40am
I am in heaven but not in hell. I’m in the devil but not in god. I’m in the river but not in the sea. What am I?	The letter v	15/03/17 10.05 – 10.40am
What has a ring but no finger?	Phone	15/03/17 8.50 – 10.05am
Where can you find a three foot ruler?	Yard sale	14/03/17 1.40pm – 15/03/17 8.50am
What does this represent? Wear Black	Black underwear	14/03/17 12.25 – 1.40pm
What can be measured but not seen?	Time	14/03/17 11.30am – 12.25pm
I am a rare case where today comes before yesterday. What am I?	Dictionary	14/03/17 10.30 – 11.30am
I can shave everyday but my beard will stay. Who am I?	Barber	14/03/17 10 – 10.30am
When I point up, it’s bright. When I point down, it’s dark. What am I?	Lightswitch	14/03/17 9.15 – 10am
What question can you never honestly answer yes to?	Are you dead/asleep?	13/03/17 6.30pm – 14/03/17 9.15am
I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?	Piano	13/03/17 1.40 – 6.30pm
Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?	Ton	13/03/17 12.25 – 1.40pm
What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains?	Wholesome	13/03/17 11.40am – 12.25pm
I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be!	Few	13/03/17 11 – 11.40am
What English word has three consecutive double letters?	Bookkeeper	13/03/17 10.10 – 11am
The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?	Darkness	13/03/17 9.40 – 10.10am
What two things can you never eat for breakfast?	Lunch & dinner	13/03/17 8.50 – 9.40am
If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?	You have 2	13/03/17 6.30 – 8.50am
What do pandas have that no other animal has?	Baby pandas!	12/03/17 9.30pm – 13/03/17 6.30am
Which is the most curious letter?	Y?	12/03/17 6.30 – 9.30pm
What do you break before you use it?	An egg	12/03/17 6.15 – 6.30pm
What do you call a bear without an ear?	A “b”	12/03/17 5.30 – 6.15pm
How many bananas can you eat if your stomach is empty?	1, wouldn’t be empty after that	12/03/17 4.30 – 5.30pm
What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on?	Coat of paint	12/03/17 3.15 – 4.30pm
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?	Short	12/03/17 3 – 3.15pm
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?	A penny	12/03/17 2.30 – 3pm
When was the latest year that is the same upside down?	1961	12/03/17 10am – 2.30pm
What goes up and never comes down?	Age	11/03/17 7.30pm – 12/03/17 10am
What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?	Teapot	11/03/17 2 – 7.30pm
Which word contains 26 letters but only three syllables?	Alphabet	11/03/17 1.40 – 2pm
Why is it so easy to weigh fish?	Because they have scales	11/03/17 1.35 – 1.40pm
What belongs to you, but others use it more than you?	Your name	11/03/17 1 – 1.35pm
What is at the centre of gravity?	The letter v	11/03/17 11am – 1pm
What gets broken without being held?	Promise	10/03/17 9.50pm – 11/03/17 11am
If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven’t got me. What am I?	Secret	10/03/17 5.25 – 9.50pm
Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?	Incorrectly	10/03/17 1.45 – 5.25pm
What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?	The letter m	10/03/17 1.30 – 1.45pm
Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?	Stop imagining!	10/03/17 9am – 1.30pm
What kind of room has no doors or windows?	Mushroom	09/03/17 6pm – 10/03/17 9am
Paul’s height is six feet, he’s an assistant at a butcher’s shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?	Meat	09/03/17 12.20 – 6pm
What has an eye but cannot see?	Needle	09/03/17 10.45am – 12.20pm