Riddles #2

What is spelled wrong in the dictionary?

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

• Memories

• Footsteps

• Time

• Money

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?

• Coal

• Gold

• Pencil

• Diamond

I am full of holes but still hold water. What am I?

• A bucket

• A sponge

• A strainer

• A cup

I am always hungry, I must always be fed, the finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I?

• A baby

• A mosquito

• Fire

• A leech

What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?

• A snake

• A penny

• A horse figurine

• A chocolate bar

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?

• A stamp

• A plane

• A virus

• A spider

What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?

• A bubble

• A heart

• Silence

• A whisper

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

• A map

• A dream

• A painting

• A storybook

What gets wetter as it dries?

• A cloud

• A towel

• A sponge

• A river