Short Riddles with Answers What kind of words are the following: Level, civic, madam and eye. Ans: They are palindromes – they read the same forward and backwards.  What goes around the world but stays in a corner? Ans: A Stamp. What can go up a chimney down but not down a chimney up? Ans: An umbrella! I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs...