Easy Riddles

Old people and owls are said to be this.

Once you have it, you want to share it. Once you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?

Once you know it exists, it no longer exists. What is it?

One am I, among six others: Largest, smallest, cold, dark and two brothers

One might hang a locket from this

One more than a duet.

One strand dangles. Two strands twist. Three or more can fashion this.

One who has offended the government and has been detained by it

Other terms for this handy device include doohicky, doo­-dad, and whatchyamacallit.

Passed from father to son and shared between brothers, its importance is unquestioned though it is used more by others.

People in love are often bound to this.

People want it, and when they have it, they use it by giving it

Pointing North, South, East, and West it saves the lost and helps the rest. What is it?

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?