A young man spends it freely, a grown man guards it closely, an old man searches for more of it, and a dead man has none left of it. What is it?
I have eyes like a cat and ears like a cat, but I am not a cat. What am I?
[ April 29, 2008: Message edited by: LSTAR ]
The second one... I don't know.
Mine: A man is hanging from the ceiling by a rope. There is no furniture in the room that could support his weight, and he is five feet off the ground. There is a large puddle of water under him. What happened?
Next riddle, anything involving pools of water always has an answers that revolves around ice objects, so... he was standing on an ice ladder/chair/block 'till it melted?
My riddle stands :)
quote:
Originally posted by LSTAR:
<STRONG>
I have eyes like a cat and ears like a cat, but I am not a cat. What am I?
</STRONG>
A kitten.
What is broken every time it is spoken?
quote:
Originally posted by Cthulhu:
<STRONG>
Mine: A man is hanging from the ceiling by a rope. There is no furniture in the room that could support his weight, and he is five feet off the ground. There is a large puddle of water under him. What happened?</STRONG>
Not really a riddle. He stood on a block of ice and hung himself. The ice melted.
A man goes into a restaurant, orders albatross, eats one bite, and kills himself.
Why?
[ April 29, 2008: Message edited by: Cthulhu ]
I am a grain of sand escaping your hand,
When I am lost you know not I was there.
But I stay longer if you share.
I am an epitathe to days long gone, I am the ward of the wary.
I am the cage in which your perceptions are caught.
What am I?
Your riddle is either thoughts or ideas.
quote:
Originally posted by Cthulhu:
<STRONG>You're very close, disturbingly close. The man was lost on an island with his wife and another man. His wife died and the other man cooked her and they ate her to stay alive, the man believing she was actually albatross. After getting home he ordered albatross, liking the taste, and realized they tasted completely different. He realized he had actually eaten his wife and killed himself.Your riddle is either thoughts or ideas.</STRONG>
I don't think we should use riddles where the answer cannot be deducted from the question.
In riddle terms, thats like cheating at a card game.
As to Pnx's riddle... I'm going to say memory.
Here's an old one:
I have a mouth but do not speak, have a bed but do not sleep, have a head but do not think. What am I?
quote:
Originally posted by Cthulhu:
<STRONG>A man goes into a restaurant, orders albatross, eats one bite, and kills himself.
Why?</STRONG>
He started to eat when he suddenly thought of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner and went "oh shit!" He chose suicide over a curse.
Sounds like the perfect answer, even if it happens to be wrong.
[ April 30, 2008: Message edited by: Red Jackard ]
quote:
Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>Yes, please. Nothing that can't be deduced an no dead baby riddles, thank you much.
As to Pnx's riddle... I'm going to say memory.Here's an old one:
I have a mouth but do not speak, have a bed but do not sleep, have a head but do not think. What am I?</STRONG>
A river.
A man hands children, one at a time, to a woman, who shoots them. If the children are crying, the woman tries to calm them down before shooting them.
What mundane event is transpiring?
quote:
Originally posted by Cthulhu:
<STRONG>A man hands children, one at a time, to a woman, who shoots them. If the children are crying, the woman tries to calm them down before shooting them.What mundane event is transpiring?</STRONG>
Inoculations?
If that's correct, then what creature grows up while growing down?
quote:
what creature grows up while growing down?
Pretty sure you're right about vaccination, so... A tree? A dwarf?
quote:
Originally posted by McDoomhammer:
<STRONG>A tree? A dwarf?</STRONG>
Not a tree, but nice try. Not a dwarf either, but how did you come to that? You mean 'cause dwarves remain short?
quote:
Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>Goose.</STRONG>
Well done!
My form is shapeless,
my eyes are blind.
My skin is rough,
I have no mind.
My tendrils abound,
while I wait beneath the ground.
What am I?
quote:
Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>My form is shapeless,
my eyes are blind.
My skin is rough,
I have no mind.
My tendrils abound,
while I wait beneath the ground.What am I?</STRONG>
Potato!
If that's right, then here's another:
I am used to bat with, yet I never get a hit. I am near a ball, yet it is never thrown. What am I?
As for your riddle, the only thing that comes to mind at the moment is a batter's hand while he's adjusting himself.
Hah... no, it isn't a batter's hand. There's no slang involved, and the thing that is used to bat with is what actually bats.
With regard to the batting thing, could it be... an eyelash?
quote:
Originally posted by McDoomhammer:
<STRONG>My guess of dwarf was a reference to shortness, yes, and was not serious.</STRONG>
Okay. That's what I suspected.
quote:
Originally posted by McDoomhammer:
<STRONG>With regard to the batting thing, could it be... an eyelash?</STRONG>
Yes, that's correct! Very good, you got it.
A club runs a weekly dancing competition, with a small cash prize. After a few weeks, they are forced to ban a certain man from the competition, because he keeps winning. Hearing about this, a friend of a friend e-mails him and asks if he wants to go out dancing some time. He replies, truthfully, "No thanks, I can't dance a step." How can this be?
Yeah. For the moment, I'm going to say that it's a guy betting on the competition. I'll think a bit more on it later, it's a bit hard to think right now, the Dark Tower audio book is playing and I'm actually trying to listen to it.
As for the dance competition, I have no idea.
A man is lying on the ground, next to a pile of bricks and a bug on a book. What happened?
Not too sure on the brick one but I'm gonna guess constructed floor removal problems that landed next to the book keeper and the fort has no cats.
Alive without breath
As cold as death
Never thirsty, ever drinking
All in mail never clinking.
What am I?
quote:
Originally posted by beorn080:
<STRONG>Alive without breath
As cold as death
Never thirsty, ever drinking
All in mail never clinking.What am I?</STRONG>
A fish!
Actually, Beorn, you're the closest yet, but still not quite right.
quote:
Originally posted by McDoomhammer:
<STRONG>What has it got in its pocketses, precious?</STRONG>
A ring! Oh wait, I don't think that was a riddle.
About the dancing competition riddle, is the man disabled such that his dancing cannot involve steps, yet he still has the moves to win?
Edit: Or maybe a bicycle pump or something instead of the air. It'd have to be inexpensive if the others were only buying straw and sticks. I'm probably wrong anyway.
[ April 30, 2008: Message edited by: Tayrin ]
I'm thinking you could fill the room with either a bottle of perfume or a sign that said "free beer", but I doubt they're the right answer somehow.
[ April 30, 2008: Message edited by: McDoomhammer ]
I am blue, of sea and sky,
In the eyes of passers by,
Beneath the ground,
I run thick,
And round tree trunks,
I do stick
[ May 01, 2008: Message edited by: LSTAR ]
I grow not leaves,
I spread not roots.
Yet of all things,
I bear sweetest of fruits.
Hmmm... That one looks a bit short to be recognizable. Best I could come up with at the moment though.
As promised, the solution to the dance competition:
Beorn was close, in suggesting it was a specific kind of dancing.
Likewise Tayrin for thinking there was something different about the man.
The man is a dwarf (the real-world, little person kind), and the competition is limbo dancing.
quote:
Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>
I grow not leaves,
I spread not roots.
Yet of all things,
I bear sweetest of fruits.
</STRONG>
The answer is clearly children, and the many years of joy they will bring you.
Sweet and sticky,
Lightning fast,
But if you lick me,
I will not last
What am I?
quote:
Originally posted by Mephisto:
<STRONG>For the two things that filled the room - a candle and a match.</STRONG>
Correct.
quote:
Originally posted by LSTAR:
<STRONG>The answer is clearly children, and the many years of joy they will bring you.
</STRONG>
I was thinking more along the lines of the actual womb, but I suppose that works.
As for your own, I'm currently assuming it's some kind of candy that has something to do with speed in its name. I have no idea what the candies these days are, so I can't say for sure.
quote:
Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>I was thinking more along the lines of the actual womb, but I suppose that works.</STRONG>
But children don't taste - Wait, shouldn't have said that.
Forget i was here.
Anyways, I know I haven't answered the last one, but I just thought up this little shiny bit and thought I'd share it. It's a bit obscure, but those are always the fun ones, eh?
Cut off my head, and I am a gentle lamb.
Cut off my tail, and I remain as I am.
What am I?
With pointed fangs it sits in wait,
With piercing force its doles out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might,
Eternally joining in a single bite.
What am I?
quote:
Originally posted by Helmaroc:
<STRONG>Yeah, I'll have to say lion, too. Maybe a snake? A worm?With pointed fangs it sits in wait,
With piercing force its doles out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might,
Eternally joining in a single bite.
What am I?</STRONG>
It sounds so much like 'a vampire' that it must be a trick.
:D
Or a plant, if you were wondering.
Also, LSTAR's riddle is going unattended. And we can't have unsolved riddles just lying about now can we?
The word's got five letters, by the way.
quote:
Originally posted by LSTAR:
<STRONG>
Sweet and sticky,
Lightning fast,
But if you lick me,
I will not last
What am I?</STRONG>
Lolipop?
Not lightning fast though...
quote:
Originally posted by Sowelu:
<STRONG>A stapler.:D</STRONG>
Yep.
The answer to the riddle I posted is the word "queue". Cut off the "head" and it becomes "ueue", or "ewe". A gentle lamb. Cut off the "tail" and it becomes "q", which sounds just the same as the full word. "I remain as I am".
quote:
Originally posted by Kagus:
<STRONG>The answer to the riddle I posted is the word "queue". Cut off the "head" and it becomes "ueue", or "ewe". A gentle lamb. Cut off the "tail" and it becomes "q", which sounds just the same as the full word. "I remain as I am".</STRONG>
Lame word game.
C'mon now, it's only my fourth riddle. I had just answered a word puzzle where the answer was "queue", and I felt inspired...
Sorry. LSTAR's riddle still hasn't (to my knowledge) been answered. At least he hasn't confirmed anything.
When my legions march the ground does not shake, for they do not march.
When they strike they use no weapon.
In one world they are cows in a pond, but there they are not my legions.
Their eyes scare even me.
I am who I am.
What are my legions?
Just kidding. Is it Carp?
[ May 06, 2008: Message edited by: Impending Doom ]
quote:
Originally posted by Impending Doom:
<STRONG>Is it Carp?</STRONG>
How is this?
quote:
Originally posted by thatguyyaknow:
<STRONG>I'll throw one in:
A woman shoots her husband, She then drowns him and hangs him. she then goes up to her room to get changed and 5 minutes later goes for a meal with her perfectly healthy and unharmed husband.How is this?</STRONG>
Erm... It sounds so simple. I've heard a riddle just like this before, but I can't remember the answer.
Was she asleep and then woke up to get dressed, and thus the whole altercation was a dream?
Two sisters are we, one dark and one fair.
In twin towers we're dwelling, we're quite the pair.
One from the land, and one from the sea.
The fairer sister, who is she?
quote:
Originally posted by Impending Doom:
<STRONG>I know the answer! I am at fault!
I know this fair sister, her name is SALT.</STRONG>
Excellent!
That was fast. How are you at fault, though?
He's a midget?
Here's one:
Old Mother Twitchet had one eye,
And a long tail that she let fly,
And every time she went through the gap,
She left a bit of her tail in the trap.
Who's mother Twitchet?
Strawberry?
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike
you must get out quickly or they will Will Ruin Your Life
blue little labels saying this are rife
growing growing growing until it's taken your wife
Time. That's the exact riddle from The Hobbit
The beginning of termination, the end of the planet, but I can fit in a letter.The letter T.
What am I?
a church
Correct.
Couples to the second.
I am greater than god.
I am more evil than the devil.
The poor have it, the rich need it.
What am I?
Light?
I feed all life.
My power is almost timeless.
But I am not the food you eat.
Instead, I am their source.
Bit obvious, I think.
I feed all life.
My power is almost timeless.
But I am not the food you eat.
Instead, I am their source.
Bit obvious, I think.
The sun?
There is a house with four walls. In each wall there is a window. Each window looks south. What color is the bear outside?That one's too well known.
I assume war.
Religion.
thorn bush?
Buffalo/Cow/Type of Large Land Animal.
An opticians?
HmmmmAn opticians?
Wrong.
The answer to my riddle is one that I am sure that everyone here knows of. Some of you may go there almost everyday, everyone else - I'm sure - has been there at one time in their life.
I am the engine of the century.
I am the mother of action.
I am the father of knowledge.
I am the core of all decisions.
I am atomic.
I am the only way to go back.
what am I?
I am the engine of the century.
I am the mother of action.
I am the father of knowledge.
I am the core of all decisions.
I am atomic.
I am the only way to go back.
what am I?
A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?
For some I go fast
for others I'm slow.
To most people, I'm an obsession
relying on me is a well practiced lesson.
What am I?
Religion.
A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?
Need strikeouts on the solved ones.
(Kind of an easy one)
Every 249 days half my brothers move away. What is our house made of?
Emperor_Jonathan: School?
No Emperor_Jonathan. Note that the spoiler tag held the title: Incorrect Answers. I will strikeout when it gets answered correctly.
correctYou are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike
you must get out quickly or they will Will Ruin Your Life
blue little labels saying this are rife
growing growing growing until it's taken your wife
TVtropes.
Simple enough, this is a riddle thread. Beat the previous riddle and you get to post your own. Seeing how the engraving game got out of hand, please do not post more than one riddle at a time, and please do not post another riddle until the first one has been solved or has had its answer released.
why havn't anyone answered my ridle? I'm prety sure it's the only one that is actualy acording to the rules.
why hasn't anyone answered my riddle? I'm pretty sure it's the only one that is actually according to the rules.Oh god, my OCD!
I am the engine of the century.
I am the mother of action.
I am the father of knowledge.
I am the core of all decisions.
I am atomic.
I am the only way to go back.
what am I?
I have a body of wood, yet sinewy muscles and horns of great strength
Battering ram.
A bow? Crossbow?
Time?close, It's another riddle from The Hobbit if that helps.
Silence?
Space?
A moth ate a word. To me it seemed, A marvelous thing when I learned the wonder
That a worm had swallowed, in darkness stolen, The song of man, his glorious sayings,
A great man's strength; and the thieving guest, Was no whit the wiser for the words it ate.
If I remember right, this is a Saxon riddle.
A moth ate a word. To me it seemed, A marvelous thing when I learned the wonder
That a worm had swallowed, in darkness stolen, The song of man, his glorious sayings,
A great man's strength; and the thieving guest, Was no whit the wiser for the words it ate.
riddle from The HobbitDark.
See the paintingEntropy!
Now don't
I'll take all your tapestries,
Your drawings,
Your topiaries,
and all manner of artwork
Don't call me a thief
I'm not greedy,
just a victim of my own nature
I wish I could stop,
For I produce the materials for my destruction
What am I?
Entropy!
rid·dle 2 (rdl)
n.
1. A question or statement requiring thought to answer or understand; a conundrum.
2. One that is perplexing; an enigma.
A Museum, of course! *facepalm*
I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
No comment...A Museum, of course! *facepalm*
I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
First thing that comes to mind is a mouth. But then again, I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about mouths.
See the painting
Now don't
I'll take all your tapestries,
Your drawings,
Your topiaries,
and all manner of artwork
Don't call me a thief
I'm not greedy,
just a victim of my own nature
I wish I could stop,
For I produce the materials for my destruction
What am I?
Answere to my riddle:Spoiler (click to show/hide)
A Snail.Correct!
Riddle: Although my cow is dead, I still beat her and what a racket she makes.
Answere to my riddle:Spoiler (click to show/hide)
The wetter I get the quicker it drys
Correct.
What's black and white and bounces?
The wheel of time?NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Why must you remind me of that series? One more book to go, and it will never be released..
What's black and white and bounces?
What's black and white and bounces?
A zebra on a trampoline.
A Yin And Yang symbol on a ball.What's black and white and bounces?
A zebra on a trampoline.
A disney movie's cast, on a trampoline.
Monochrome bouncy quote pyramids?A Yin And Yang symbol on a ball.What's black and white and bounces?
A zebra on a trampoline.
A disney movie's cast, on a trampoline.
Cheese when you leave it out in the sun
Always high
Many tears I cry
On air I lie
Until the end is nigh
floating ever by
And sinners I fry.
| A quadruped | that cannot run, |
| Has no head, | no tail, no fun. |
| Cannot be | seated, |
| But can be | treated, |
| As if this | were a pun. |
SawhorseNope.
Quote from: CthulhuSawhorseNope.
Quote from: SiquoQuote from: CthulhuSawhorseNope.
Really? I stopped thinking about that one because I was sure that was the answer :P
Quote from: SiquoQuote from: CthulhuSawhorseNope.
Really? I stopped thinking about that one because I was sure that was the answer :P
A bed?