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Hands But Can't Clap
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What has hands but can't clap?
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You Answer Me But...
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You answer me but I ask you nothing. What am I?
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Skin of Stone and Tongue of Wood
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Halo of water, tongue of wood, skin of stone, long I've stood. What am I?
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I See You, You See Me
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I see you, you see me; I raise my right hand, you raise your left. What Am I?
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More or Less
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When you have more of me, you see a lot less. What am I?
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Through Cities and Towns
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I go through cities, towns and villages, but I never come inside. What am I?
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Everyone Needs It
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Everyone needs it. Everyone gives it. But few ever take it. What is it?
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Die in the Light
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I can only live where there is light, but I die if the light shines on me. What am I?
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Keys But No Locks...
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I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but can't go outside. What am I?
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A Mother and Father
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I am a mother and a father, but have never given birth. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?
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Between Sea and Sky
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I am always there, some distance away, somewhere between land or sea and sky I fly, you may move towards me, yet distant I shall stay.
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Flies When Born, Runs When Dead
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What flies when it's born, lies when it's alive, and runs when it's dead?
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Food to Live, Water to Die
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Give me food, and I will live. Give me water, and I will die. What am I?
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Hurt Without Moving
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We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size.
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Once in a Minute BUT Never in a Thousand Years
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What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
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Break Before Use
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What do you break before you use it?
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Whiter and Dirtier
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What gets whiter the dirtier it gets?
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4 Legs But Can't Walk
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I have 4 legs but I can't walk. What am I?
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My Brother and I
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I always follow my brother, though very different we are. You can see him but not me, you can hear me, but not him.
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Needed But Given Away
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People need me, but they always give me away. What am I?
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Fly Without Wings
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I hover without wings. I cry without eyes.
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Past, present and future
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You'll always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, but the future can never taint me. What am I?
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Brings You Down
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What brings you down but never up?
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Heavy One Way But Not Another
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What is heavy one way but not the other?
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Stays When it Goes Off
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What stays where it is when it goes off?
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Dead and Alive
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When they're alive we sing, when they're dead we clap! What are they?
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Cities But No House
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What has cities but no house. Forests, but not trees. Water, but no fish?
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The Shorter the Bigger
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The shorter I am, the bigger I am. What am I?
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You May Enter...
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You may enter, but you may not come in. I have space, but no room. I have keys, but open no lock. What am I?
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A Foot But No Leg
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What has a foot, but no leg?
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