Riddle: Every famine begins with me. Each fight I'll be the first you see. Though food can never come without, what forest fire beginnings are all about. Fears begin with me it is true, and when I come I'll bring flames for you. But with the hungry I wont be found. Yet with each new life I'll be around. What am I?
Answer: The letter F.
Riddle: It's true I am hot and cold, and I'm always with the old. Youth requires what life does not see, and the heart of groups requires me. I stand alone within all holes, never to see the light of day. Let my turmoil bring you joy since I don't ever make you pay. What am I?
Answer: The letter O.
Riddle: I come in rolls and sometimes stacks. I can be colored, plain or black. Born from the earth alive and well, then I'm chopped and changed so none can tell. Forced to endure your mistakes. Left with marks all over my clean face. Rocks lose to me I'm told, and I have been used to endure your cold. What am I?
Answer: Paper.
Riddle: A man was walking on a beach, but when he turned around, he saw no footsteps. How is this possible?
Answer: He was walking backwards.
Riddle: I am said to be strong and unbreakable yet gental and kind. I may be suppressed but not ignored. I can be lost but may be found. I can die yet still live on. What am I?
Answer: The sun.
Riddle: What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of?
Answer: Trouble.
Riddle: If 1 fifth of an hour is 12 minutes, what is 5 fifths of an hour?
Answer: The whole hour.
Riddle: You bury me when I'm alive, and dig me up when I die. What am I?
Answer: A plant.
Riddle: Streets can go through me, but roads can't. Goodwill can go through me, but not the Salvation Army. Trees can go through me, but bushes can't. Football can go through me, but not rugby. Can a tennis ball go through me?
Answer: Yes. For something to go through, it has to have two of the same letter in a row. Tennis ball has that occurring twice. Nn and ll.
Riddle: I brighten your day but live in the shade. What am I?
Answer: A lamp.