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"Water" Riddles - First 10 of 175.

Riddle: I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
Riddle: A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Answer: The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
Riddle: Always in you, Sometimes on you; If I surround you, I can kill you. What am I?
Answer: Water.
Riddle: I am full of holes but I can still hold water. What am I?
Answer: A sponge!
Riddle: There is a green house. Inside the green house, there is a white house Inside the white house there is a red house. Inside the red house, there are lots of babies. What is it?
Answer: It is a watermelon.  Explanation: The skin of the watermelon is green (green house), the watermelon rind is white (white house), the watermelon flesh is red (red house), and the watermelon seeds located in the red flesh are the babies.
Riddle: Romeo and Juliet are found dead on the floor in a bedroom. When they were discovered, there were pieces of glass and some water on the floor. The only furniture in the room is a shelf and a bed. The house is in a remote location, away from everything except for the nearby railroad track. What caused the death of Romeo and Juliet?
Answer: Romeo and Juliet are fish. The rumble of the train knocked the tank off the shelf, it broke and Romeo and Juliet did not survive.
Riddle: When will water stop running downhill?
Answer: When it reaches the bottom.
Riddle: I have lakes but no water, No cars but I have streets; Many places and borders, But I'm in one piece. What am I?
Answer: A Map.
Riddle: There are two bodies on the floor. They are surrounded by water and broken glass. How did they die?
Answer: The bodies were goldfish because their fishbowl got knocked over onto the floor and broke.
Riddle: A magician was boasting one day about how long he could hold his breath underwater. His record was 6 minutes. A kid who was listening said, "That's nothing, I can stay underwater for 10 minutes using no type of equipment or air pockets!" The magician told the kid if he could do that, he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money. Can you figure out how?
Answer: The kid filled a glass of water and held it over his head for 10 minutes.

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