I heard of an invading, vanquishing army
sweeping across the land, liquid-quick;
conquering everything, quelling resistance.
With it came darkness, dimming the light.
Humans hid in their houses, while outside
spears pierced, shattering stone walls.
Uncountable soldiers smashed into the ground,
but each elicited life as he died;
when the army had vanished, advancing northward,
the land was green and growing, refreshed. [...]

Nothing on the outside
Nothing on the inside
Light as a feather
Yet ten men cannot lift it.
What is it?

You can find roads without cars,
And roam through forests without trees,
Cities exist without houses?
Whatever can I be?

I am the only thing that always tells the truth. I show off everything that I see. I come in all shapes and sizes. So tell me what I must be!

Name an eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end.

Many different types of my last seven letters can be found in newspapers, magazines, & journals. Physicists have built devices to get me moving very fast.
What am I?

It has rib bones and back bones.
It swallows human beings whole, then spits them out alive.

I look flat, but I am deep,
Hidden realms I shelter.
Lives I take, but food I offer.
At times I am beautiful.
I can be calm, angry and turbulent.
I have no heart, but offer pleasure as well as death.
No man can own me, yet I encompass what all men must have.
What am I?

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?

A hundred feet in the air, but it’s back is on the ground.
What is it?

A man buys a rope from a woman for $3.00 and hands the woman a $10 bill. The woman goes into the grocery store next door to get change. She returns and gives the man $7.00. After the man leaves, the clerk from the store comes and says, “Hey, that was a counterfeit bill you [...]

What is the difference between a dollar and a half and thirty five-cents?

What is the only common four-letter English word that ends in the suffix -eny?

When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?

In olden days, the student of logic was given this problem:
If half of 5 were 3, what would one-third of 10 be?

At the sound of me, men may dream,
Or stamp their feet.
At the sound of me, women may laugh,
Or sometimes weep.

A hiker comes to a fork in the road and doesn’t know which way to go to reach his destination. There are two men at the fork, one of whom always tells the truth while the other always lies. The hiker doesn’t know which is which, though. He may ask one of the men only [...]

I have four legs but never walk
I may be covered in flowers but have no soil
I hold food three times a day but never eat a meal.
What am I?

You are driving a car. On your right is a steep cliff. Right in front of you there is a horse and right behind an elephant, both of which travel at your own speed. On your left there is a fire truck blocking you. How do you stop your car?

A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen [...]

Can you complete this sentence using words which are anagrams of each other?
“At the school recently, only the ___ students could solve the ___ equation.”

It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It’s present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you.
What is it?

My first is in fish but not in snail,
My second is in rabbit but not in tail.
My third is in up but not in down,
My fourth is in tiara but not in crown.
My fifth is in tree you plainly see,
My whole a food for you and me.
What am I?

Large as a mountain, small as a pea,
Endlessly swimming in a waterless sea.

A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning.
Why did the man not die? Please note that he did not add the poison. Also, nothing was added to punch after he left. [...]