RIDDLE ME: We think readers may have had enough of a civics lesson for now. So, let’s have some fun with riddles, aka dad jokes. These will start off easy and then get a little more difficult by the end of the column. How many of these can you figure out? How many did you tell the kids when they came home from school? Yeah, we did too.

Q: I am tall when I am young, but short when I get old – what am I? A: A candle (Read about the new line of Northern Lights candles in today’s paper!).

Q: What question can you never answer yes to? A: Are you asleep yet?

Q: What still gets wet while drying? A: A towel.

Q: What cannot talk but will reply when spoken to? A: An echo.

Q: What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right? A: Your right elbow.

Q: Where does today come before yesterday? A: In the dictionary.

Q: What begins with “e” and only contains one letter? A: An envelope.

Q: What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it? A: Silence.

Q: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? A: A river.

Q: The more you take, the more you leave behind – what are they? A: Footsteps.

Q: What breaks but never falls, and what falls yet never breaks? A: Day, and Night

Q: I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stones, and cities with no buildings. What am I? A: A map (before Google).

For the entire list of riddles, all 101, check out parade.com