tough riddles

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

• echo

• candle

easy to get in but hard to get out who am i

• death

• cave

• beluga whale mouth

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.

• candle

• fire

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

• globe

• map

• earth

What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

• the letter R

• the letter L

• the letter M

• The letter H

You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?

• all of them were married

• the went to the other part of the shore

• they got out of the boat

What English word has three consecutive double letters?

• Bookkeeper.

• fishkeeper

I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?

• sharpener blade

• pencil lead

If I had four eggs-and a thief gave me three-and my rooster laid five more-how many eggs do I have?

• three

• 12

• 123

• 1

What gets wet while drying?

(a)