I’m a week-by-week challenge you often have claimed;
I’m a wire mesh sieve that is handled or framed;
I’m to pepper with holes; I’m a band-leader famed;
And the birth name of Lord He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!

Who am I? (You-Know-Who…)

UPDATE: Enigma solved by Rebecca. See comments for answer.

Today’s riddle has two possible answers.

If you’re not wearing pants, I’ll leave marks on your rear;
When you’re taming a lion, I’m time-honored gear;
A Congressional leadership role for the year;
And I’m used in a punishment most find severe.

Who am I? And who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answers.

I’m the opening scenes before “Shrew” has begun;
I’m to prove a first case, and then prove the plus one;
The event where you join; how electrons can run;
And to bring about birth, once a pregnancy’s done.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m that unpleasant reflex that comes when you choke;
I’ve been worn on the mouth so that nought could be spoke;
I’m a present that’s funny — a practical joke;
And an order from courts that’s a secrecy cloak.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a Vonnegut soldier, from one of his best;
Storyteller of Chaucer, whose Tales he expressed;
I’m tomorrow’s big sandwich; How John Wayne addressed;
And a buckled-hat chap on a Plymouth-bound quest.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Rebecca. See comments for answer.

I’m unfolding events, as a tale recollects;
The land under a tombstone, to pay last respects;
Place a point where the x with the y intersects;
And a plan hatched in secret that no one expects.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Richard Blankman. See comments for answer.

I’m the office supply store where everyone shops;
I’m in multi-page papers, connecting their tops;
I’m a culture’s consumables, based on their crops;
And a family of singers, most notably “Pops.”

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a spot to get sun, or for grilling out back;
I record a cassette tape, or play an eight-track;
I’m adorning the halls; all the cards in one pack;
And the thing you should hit when you’re under attack!

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Rebecca. See comments for answer.

I’m keyed into machines where transactions are made;
Struck by balls in the lanes; also, in the arcade;
To post pictures online where they’re often displayed;
I keep wrestlers down; and restrain the grenade.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a list of the contents you’ll find in a book;
To find element names, I’m the place you would look;
I’m postponing that vote that the House never took;
And the spot used for serving a meal that you cook.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Bronx Richie. See comments for answer.