race-game/riddles.js

module.exports = [
  {
    question: "I have cities, but no houses live there. I have mountains, but no trees grow there. I have water, but no fish swim there. I have roads, but no cars drive there. What am I?",
    answers: ["map", "a map"],
    hint: "You use me to navigate and find your way around."
  },
  {
    question: "The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?",
    answers: ["footsteps", "steps", "footprints", "footprint"],
    hint: "Think about what you leave on the ground when you walk."
  },
  {
    question: "What has hands but cannot clap?",
    answers: ["clock", "a clock", "watch", "a watch"],
    hint: "It tells you something important every day."
  },
  {
    question: "What has to be broken before you can use it?",
    answers: ["egg", "an egg"],
    hint: "You might have it scrambled or sunny-side up for breakfast."
  },
  {
    question: "I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?",
    answers: ["echo", "an echo"],
    hint: "Shout in a canyon or large empty room and you will meet me."
  },
  {
    question: "What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?",
    answers: ["stamp", "a stamp", "postage stamp"],
    hint: "You stick me on an envelope before mailing it."
  },
  {
    question: "What has one eye but cannot see?",
    answers: ["needle", "a needle", "sewing needle"],
    hint: "Thread passes through my eye."
  },
  {
    question: "What gets wetter as it dries?",
    answers: ["towel", "a towel"],
    hint: "You use me after a shower or bath."
  },
  {
    question: "I have a head and a tail, but no body. What am I?",
    answers: ["coin", "a coin"],
    hint: "You might flip me to make a decision."
  },
  {
    question: "What has legs but cannot walk?",
    answers: ["table", "a table", "chair", "a chair", "desk", "a desk"],
    hint: "You eat your meals at one of these."
  },
  {
    question: "I am light as a feather, yet the strongest person cannot hold me for more than five minutes. What am I?",
    answers: ["breath", "your breath", "breathing", "air"],
    hint: "You need me to survive every second of every day."
  },
  {
    question: "What has many keys but cannot open a single lock?",
    answers: ["piano", "a piano", "keyboard", "a keyboard"],
    hint: "You press my keys to make music."
  },
  {
    question: "What goes up but never comes down?",
    answers: ["age", "your age"],
    hint: "Everyone has it, and it only ever increases."
  },
  {
    question: "I am always in front of you but can never be seen. What am I?",
    answers: ["future", "the future"],
    hint: "It is what has not happened yet."
  },
  {
    question: "What has teeth but cannot bite?",
    answers: ["comb", "a comb", "saw", "a saw", "zipper", "a zipper", "gear", "a gear"],
    hint: "You drag me through your hair to style it."
  },
  {
    question: "What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?",
    answers: ["river", "a river"],
    hint: "Water flows through me toward the sea."
  },
  {
    question: "What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?",
    answers: ["m", "the letter m", "letter m"],
    hint: "Look very carefully at the letters in the words of this riddle."
  },
  {
    question: "What building has the most stories?",
    answers: ["library", "a library"],
    hint: "You borrow books for free from here."
  },
  {
    question: "What word is always spelled incorrectly?",
    answers: ["incorrectly"],
    hint: "The answer is hiding inside the riddle itself."
  },
  {
    question: "What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left hand?",
    answers: ["left hand", "your left hand", "left elbow", "your left elbow"],
    hint: "Think physically — what is literally impossible to hold in your right hand?"
  },
  {
    question: "I can fly without wings. I can cry without eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?",
    answers: ["cloud", "a cloud", "rain cloud"],
    hint: "Look up at the sky on a stormy day."
  },
  {
    question: "What is full of holes but still holds water?",
    answers: ["sponge", "a sponge"],
    hint: "You might use me to wash dishes or a car."
  },
  {
    question: "What has words but never speaks?",
    answers: ["book", "a book"],
    hint: "You read me for stories, knowledge, or entertainment."
  },
  {
    question: "If you drop me I am sure to crack, but smile at me and I will always smile back. What am I?",
    answers: ["mirror", "a mirror"],
    hint: "You look at your reflection in me."
  },
  {
    question: "What invention lets you look right through a wall?",
    answers: ["window", "a window"],
    hint: "Homes and buildings have me in every room."
  },
  {
    question: "I am tall when I am young, and short when I am old. What am I?",
    answers: ["candle", "a candle"],
    hint: "I melt as I give off light and warmth."
  },
  {
    question: "What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?",
    answers: ["silence"],
    hint: "It is the complete absence of sound."
  },
  {
    question: "The more there is, the less you see. What am I?",
    answers: ["darkness", "dark", "fog"],
    hint: "It appears when light disappears."
  },
  {
    question: "I have no life, but I can die. What am I?",
    answers: ["battery", "a battery"],
    hint: "You recharge me or replace me in your phone or remote."
  },
  {
    question: "What goes through towns and over hills, but never moves?",
    answers: ["road", "a road", "street", "a street"],
    hint: "Cars and trucks drive on me every day."
  },
  {
    question: "What has a neck but no head?",
    answers: ["bottle", "a bottle"],
    hint: "You pour liquids into and out of me."
  },
  {
    question: "What can you catch but cannot throw?",
    answers: ["cold", "a cold", "the flu", "flu"],
    hint: "You might get me from someone who sneezes near you."
  },
  {
    question: "What has 13 hearts but no other organs?",
    answers: ["deck of cards", "a deck of cards", "deck", "cards"],
    hint: "You play poker and solitaire with me."
  },
  {
    question: "I have cities, mountains, and water, but no living things. You can hold the entire world in your hands with me. What am I?",
    answers: ["globe", "a globe"],
    hint: "I am a round model of the Earth."
  },
  {
    question: "What has a ring but no finger?",
    answers: ["telephone", "a telephone", "phone", "a phone"],
    hint: "You pick me up and answer when someone calls."
  }
];