Brainy World

19 November

Not Appreciated

Black I am and much admired, men seek me until they’re tired. When they find me, they break my head, and take from me my resting bed. What am I?

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19 November

Smelly But Good

Not born, but from a Mother’s body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened gold. What am I?

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19 November

Almost Alive

They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they?

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19 November

Fill Me Up

Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time. What is it?

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19 November

Word Play

What can be heard and caught but never seen?

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