Normal Riddles

13

A man looks at a painting and says, 'Brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the painting?

11

I am light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for more than five minutes. What am I?

6

What goes up the chimney down but can't go down the chimney up?

10

What do the letter T and an island have in common?

13

I am a word of six letters. My first three letters refer to an automobile. My last three letters refer to a household animal. My first four letters is a fish. My whole is found in your room. What am I?

7

What runs but never gets tired?

4

What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman?

6

I have no life, but I can die. What am I?

5

What has roots as nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, and yet never grows?

11

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

9

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

10

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?

12

What can be swallowed, and can also swallow you?

8

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?

15

What English word has three consecutive double letters?