Good Riddles

 

Question: I sizzle like bacon, I'm made with an egg.
I have plenty of backbone, but not a good leg.
I peel layers like an onion, but still remain whole.
I can be long like a flagpole, yet I fit in a hole.

What am I?

Riddle #126 (medium)

Question: It dances and skips,
it's read in the eyes but it cheats with the hips,
If it meets its match it's easily caught,
but it's worth nothing if it is bought.
What is it?

Riddle #253 (medium)

Question: A lawyer has a brother who is a Catholic priest. The lawyer wants to be a priest as well but cannot. Why not?

Riddle #95 (hard)

By Jane Austen

Question: When my first is a task to a young girl of spirit,
And my second confines her to finish the piece,
How hard is her fate! But how great is her merit
If by taking my whole she effects her release!

Riddle #17 (easy)

Question: What's black and white and red all over?