Author Topic: Riddle me this! (Read 8684 times)

Shadoweagle · « **on:** February 10, 2004, 01:26:28 AM »

Welcome - This thread is a small competition, where I will ask a riddle and the first who answers the riddle correctly will get a point. These points are... well.. pointless, but are simply to show how adept or quick you are at answering riddles.

Question one:

Whoever makes it doesnt want it
Whoever buys it doesnt need it
Whoever needs it doesnt know it.

If its to hard or if no-one's answered after a while I may give hints. There may be a couple possible answers to a riddle, but I will only accept the one I have in mind.

manfred · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2004, 03:35:08 AM »

Well, it is a coffin.

And now I want that point!

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2004, 03:38:17 AM »

Ooh, Demanding arent we, Manfred? ^_^

Manfred: 1

---- Next riddle ----

Greater than the gods, am I. Yet more evil than the devil. The poor own me. The rich do not have me. I kill what eats me.

What am I?

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Iain · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2004, 04:30:50 AM »

Hi Shadoweagle. The answer to the second riddle is:

"nothing"

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2004, 04:52:23 AM »

Welcome to the race Iain, and that is correct.

Manfred: 1
Iain: 1

---- Next riddle ----

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

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Iain · « **Reply #5 on:** February 10, 2004, 05:24:11 AM »

A river.

P.S. Shadoweagle, have you seen my thread called "puzzles" in the "Idea Scroll" section?

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2004, 05:29:42 AM »

Very good. And no, havent looked at it yet, but I will now.

Manfred: 1
Iain: 2

---- Next ----

What row of numbers comes next?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

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Iain · « **Reply #7 on:** February 10, 2004, 06:21:15 AM »

That was a nice one! The answer is:

1113213211
31131211131221
13211311123113112211

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #8 on:** February 10, 2004, 04:21:22 PM »

Very good - thats one of my favourites. Ra would have liked that one.

Manfred: 1
Iain: 3

---- Next ----

I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
What am I?

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Ria Hawk · « **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2004, 04:45:18 PM »

Tomorrow.

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #10 on:** February 10, 2004, 04:47:01 PM »

Yey! And Ria joins the action!

Manfred: 1
Iain: 3
Ria: 1

---- Next ----

My life can be measured in hours;
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow.
Wind is my foe.
What am I?

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Ria Hawk · « **Reply #11 on:** February 10, 2004, 04:48:03 PM »

A candle.

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #12 on:** February 10, 2004, 04:49:23 PM »

Ooh, Seems Iains got some competition

Manfred: 1
Iain: 3
Ria: 2

---- Next ----

When I am filled,
I can point the way;
When I am empty,
Nothing moves me.
I have two skins,
One without and one within.
What am I?

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Ria Hawk · « **Reply #13 on:** February 10, 2004, 04:58:16 PM »

A glove

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #14 on:** February 10, 2004, 05:00:10 PM »

And we have a draw...

Manfred: 1
Iain: 3
Ria: 3

---- Next ----

You can have me but cannot hold me;
Gain me and quickly lose me.
If treated with care I can be great,
And if betrayed I will break.
What am I?

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Ria Hawk · « **Reply #15 on:** February 10, 2004, 05:02:49 PM »

Trust

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #16 on:** February 10, 2004, 05:04:15 PM »

And a new leader has come!

Manfred: 1
Iain: 3
Ria: 4

---- Next ----

From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
To the beginning of every end
And the end of every place.
What am I?

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Ria Hawk · « **Reply #17 on:** February 10, 2004, 05:04:46 PM »

The letter "E"

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #18 on:** February 10, 2004, 05:07:39 PM »

Dah! Im gonna have to find something a little more difficult!

Manfred: 1
Iain: 3
Ria: 5

---- Next ----

As a whole, I am both safe and secure.
Behead me, and I become a place of meeting.
Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready.
Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts.
What am I?

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CaptainPenguin · « **Reply #19 on:** February 10, 2004, 05:39:31 PM »

After about twenty minutes of thinking I got:

Stable-table-able-stable, so the answer is:

"Stable".

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #20 on:** February 10, 2004, 05:43:32 PM »

Congratulations capt. Welcome to the race.

Manfred: 1
Iain: 3
Ria: 5
Captain Penguin: 1

---- #10 Special, lateral thinking question ----

In the center of the room lies a dead man. Rays come through an open window. On the floor, lies a pile of gold, and a chandelier is attached to the ceiling.

What occupation/pastime did the man have, and how did he die?

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Ria Hawk · « **Reply #21 on:** February 10, 2004, 06:19:39 PM »

The man was a treasure diver on a shipwreck who ran out of air. The rays are manta rays (or sting rays). Strolen got most of it. Joint effort, with S-man taking most of the credit.

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #22 on:** February 10, 2004, 06:28:57 PM »

Excellent - with the special question having a point-mark of three, two will go to Strolen, and one to Ria.

>>>>>>>
The man was a treasure hunter, who dived into a shipwreck to search for treasure. Unfortunately he forgot to check his air supply and thusly ran out when he was at the bottom, drowning.
<<<<<<<

Manfred: 1
Iain: 3
Ria: 6
Captain Penguin: 1
Strolen: 2

---- Next ----
Lighter than what I'm made of,
More of me is hidden than is seen.
What am I?
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CaptainPenguin · « **Reply #23 on:** February 10, 2004, 06:32:39 PM »

Uh...Light?

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #24 on:** February 10, 2004, 07:00:57 PM »