This is how it works. I post a riddle, the next person posts the answer and a new riddle. then the 3rd poster posts the answer to that and a new riddle. etc
Get it?
Well I'll start easy:
What's black and white and red all over?

Is it a website?

it's a newspaper! (I've also heard this one as being a sunburnt zebra)

NOTE: Dara - you may have to add a rule to state that the poster of the riddle must confirm the correct answer before the next riddle is posted

Okay............I will set one.........
I cover what's real, hide what is true, but sometimes bring out the courage in you. What am I?

There are a couple of answers that will fit.....


Another one...................

I have two arms, but fingers none. I have two feet, but cannot run. I carry well, but I have found I carry best with my feet OFF the ground. What am I?

i think the first one is FEAR. And the second one is A WHEELBARROW ??

Quoted from music313

i think the first one is FEAR. And the second one is A WHEELBARROW ??

Correct on both counts................on the first riddle you could also have used makeup, or alchohol.............

Your turn now to set one.............

ok heres one:

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

the letter m?

lol yep..ur turn..

ok, a man goes up a mountain on a horse on sunday night, stays three nights and comes down on sunday.

how is this possible?

Quoted from coctosan

ok, a man goes up a mountain on a horse on sunday night, stays three nights and comes down on sunday.

how is this possible?

does he leave to go up the mountain on sunday night, or arrive on top of the mountain on sunday night..this probably doesnt help but anyways.. :P im thinking he comes down the next sunday..?????????

Quoted from Gizmo

Suggestion: Maybe there should be a standard time for a winner to post. . or the 'riddler' should return to give a clue so a riddle that is harder does not bring the thread to a halt.
I would offer the suggestion that if it is not solved in 24 hours somebody can post a new one until they are answered.

Then anybody simply 'quotes' the riddle they want to reply to with their answer and the game keeps moving.


New riddle:

It is in a supermarket.

You throw away the outside and cook the inside
You eat the outside and throw away the inside.

What am I?

if it is not guessed correctly I will answer same time tomorrow.

nice idea..works better this way

i think its an ear of corn..?

You are correct!. . now. . do you have one?   :D

Quoted from Gizmo

Suggestion: Maybe there should be a standard time for a winner to post. . or the 'riddler' should return to give a clue so a riddle that is harder does not bring the thread to a halt.
I would offer the suggestion that if it is not solved in 24 hours somebody can post a new one until they are answered.

Then anybody simply 'quotes' the riddle they want to reply to with their answer and the game keeps moving.

Good idea Gizmo

Quoted from music313

does he leave to go up the mountain on sunday night, or arrive on top of the mountain on sunday night..this probably doesnt help but anyways.. :P im thinking he comes down the next sunday..?????????

the man is on a horse and goes up the mountain on a sunday, and arrives the same day
stays there for three nights
the man comes down on sunday

if no-one gets it by tomorrow night i'll post the answer!

YEah what he said :P

ps good ideas for rules!
and yes it was a newspaper

Deaf and dumb and blind I might be, but I always tell the truth. What am I?

Quoted from Gizmo

Is it that the horse stays 3 nights and the man stays seven to return on Sunday the following week?

nope...the answer is that the horse was called sunday!

Quoted from music313

Deaf and dumb and blind I might be, but I always tell the truth. What am I?

Certainly not our Prime Minister....lol

Quoted from music313

Deaf and dumb and blind I might be, but I always tell the truth. What am I?

ok..no one got it

It was a:

Quoted from music313

ok..no one got it

It was a:

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Your turn to post one....

ok heres another:

I am what makes men mean. What is it?

Satan?
Women?
Testoserone?

Me? Is it me?


Wait I know... It's "The other guy."  It's always the other guy so I'm going to guess that too.

I have no clue what it is.  I'm just trying to be silly btw, not mockin, I like riddles.  ;D

could it be the letter "a"?

Quoted from coctosan

could it be the letter "a"?

Yepp! ur turn! nice try but meandean :P  ;D

ok, a math one!

If

1=3
2=3
3=5
4=4
5=4
6=3
7=5
8=5
9=4
10=3

What does
11=?
12=?

Quoted from coctosan

ok, a math one!

If

1=3
2=3
3=5
4=4
5=4
6=3
7=5
8=5
9=4
10=3

What does
11=?
12=?

ok, answer to this here....

Quoted from coctosan

ok, answer to this here....

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that was a good one i thought...

ok, some riddles for all, with answers supplied :)

What has fingers but can't type?


What has ears but can't hear?"


What has arms but can't hug?"


What has a head and a foot but no body?"


What has a mouth but never smiles?"


What has a face but no head?"


What has leaves but isn't a tree?"


What has eyes but can't see?"


What has legs but can't walk?"

One eye always open, and still I cannot see. What am I?

Quoted from music313

One eye always open, and still I cannot see. What am I?

a needle?

A blind man with one glass eye.....................

Quoted from coctosan

a needle?

you're correct..!

I'm always in front of you, but can never be seen. What is it?

Quoted from music313

I'm always in front of you, but can never be seen. What is it?

the future?

Quoted from coctosan

the future?

Yep

Your turn to post a riddle, Coctosan............

Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In complete darkness, how many gloves must she take from the drawer in order to be sure to get a pair that match? Think carefully!!

Try this one ;)
answer is:

ok, here's one....

What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?

Quoted from coctosan

ok, here's one....

What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?

is it the word 'Wholesome'?

Quoted from music313

is it the word 'Wholesome'?

indeed it is!  :D

I can keep on working, even when broken. What am I?

Quoted from music313

I can keep on working, even when broken. What am I?

A heart.

I dont think anyone wants to play this game anymore.. :-/

Lol.
I do I just keep forgetting to reply :P
Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?

Quoted from dara

Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?

Mt Everest! (It is still the tallest, just that nobody knew :) )

ok, here's one.....

I met an old friend shopping the other day.
I asked her how her husband was and she said he had died!
She told me that he was having a dream he was a soldier kidnapped in Iraq and was about to have his head chopped off.
At the point when the sword came down on him she tapped him on the neck to wake him up.
Apparently the shock was so great that he died.

What is wrong with this story?

Quoted from coctosan

Mt Everest! (It is still the tallest, just that nobody knew :) )

ok, here's one.....

I met an old friend shopping the other day.
I asked her how her husband was and she said he had died!
She told me that he was having a dream he was a soldier kidnapped in Iraq and was about to have his head chopped off.
At the point when the sword came down on him she tapped him on the neck to wake him up.
Apparently the shock was so great that he died.

What is wrong with this story?

how would the wife know what dream her husband had if he died? is that it? i thought about it a fair bit.. :)

Quoted from music313

how would the wife know what dream her husband had if he died? is that it? i thought about it a fair bit.. :)

Correct!

Why are 1898 silver dollars worth more than 1897 silver dollars?

do you mean the number of silver dollars or the year of the silver dollars?...or is it like a trick question??

trick q lol
it means numbers but ppl r supposed to think its date

lol oh ok..cos i first thought you meant numbers, then i thought or it could be the years..

This is a true story:

An American nightclub called the Coconut Grove had a terrible fire in which over 400 people died. Everyone had the ability to get out of the building, but they couldn't.
Why?

Because they only had revolving doors not opening out doors........fire and building codes were changed after this disaster.


What veggie do you throw away the outside,cook the inside, eat the outside,and throw away the inside?

Pumpkin?

Nope

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Because they only had revolving doors not opening out doors........fire and building codes were changed after this disaster.

yepp!

Quoted Text

What veggie do you throw away the outside,cook the inside, eat the outside,and throw away the inside?

is it corn?

Corn on the Cob...to be precise...

A man boarded a flight from England to L.A. Once on the plane, he sees a small acquaintance at the back of the plane, he shouted a greeting to this person by name and a few seconds later he was arrested. Why?

The person's name was Jack? "Hi Jack"?... and it was confusing?

Quoted from MeanDean

The person's name was Jack? "Hi Jack"?... and it was confusing?

Correct.

Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, lived a man of few talents, but he was as greedy as anyone can be. He stole, he lied and he cheated only for the sake of money and his ever-increasing treasure. One day he was trying to rob a child of his money on the edge of a lake. Innocently, the child pushed him into the lake and ran to safety.

Seeing the greedy man drowning, two passing villagers tried to help him. The first one quickly said, "Take my hand and I'll try to drag you out! Don't worry, you will be safe!" The second one rushed to help as well and stated, "Here old man, over here! Everything will be fine if you give me your hand."

The old man hesitated for a second, then took the hand of the first villager. Why?

Okay I think I've heard this one before:

The first guy said "take my hand" and the second guy said "give me your hand".  The second guy's offer sounded demanding and the robber was mean and greedy because when he was a kid his mother never gave him anything but always took things from him saying "give me this" and "give me that" so this played into his neurotic Freudian confusion between wanting to steal his mother from his father and not trusting his mother.  The second guy's statement overwhelmed him and he reacted by instinct.  He also was bitter toward his sister in retalition to being victomised by her penis envy but that didn't have much to do with it except that it contributed to his downward spiral that led to his life of crime.

Is that it?  :-/

??) yeah i think you got the gist of it ;)..but here's the answer that came with the question aswell..


The man was SO greedy, he refused to "give" his hand to the second goodhearted villager. The first villager managed to save him by telling him to "take" his hand instead of asking for it.

I was hoping you wouldn't get mad about my silly answer.  I'm glad you didn't.  I couldn't solve it so I googled it and then posted that nonsense hoping it would get someone else thinking in the right direction a little.  I shouldn't have googled and given hints either lol  :B

This one's pretty old and probably people have already heard it and get it right off:

You, James, and Jenny sit down at a table so that each one can see the other two.  You all close their eyes and someone puts a hat on each of their heads.  You then all open your eyes.  No one peeked.  No one can see the hat on their own head.  You're all told that you all have all either had a black or white hat placed on their head, but that not all 3 of you would be wearing a white hat, that there is at least one black hat amoungst you, and you're asked what color hat you have on your own head.  You look and see that James has a black hat and that Jenny has a white one.  After quite a while you realise that you must be wearing a black hat.  You are correct, you win lots of money, a trip to Hawaii, and you get to go to the zoo and not only feed, but pet the animals.  Okay well it only mattered that you were correct.  The question is "How did you know, what was your logic?"

me?! mad?!...never..!! :D

and i have no clue to what the answer is...its probably ridiculously easy, and i just cant get it..

It's not really easy until you already know the answer.

Hint:  The fact James has not solved it is part of your logic.

ohh i think i sorta got it. is it because if jen sees james' hat is black and my hat is also black, and therefore there must be at least one white hat and so she guessed white.

And if james hasnt solve it, that must mean its because jen has a white hat and I have a black hat, and he cant decide if he has white or black hat. otherwise, IF i had a white hat, James would not be soooo confused he would guess that he has a black hat straightaway because there must be at least one black hat in the group.

sorry...i think my explanation is really confusing, but i just had to get it all out as quick as possible..

Quoted from music313

ohh i think i sorta got it. is it because if jen sees james' hat is black and my hat is also black, and therefore there must be at least one white hat and so she guessed white.

And if james hasnt solve it, that must mean its because jen has a white hat and I have a black hat, and he cant decide if he has white or black hat. otherwise, IF i had a white hat, James would not be soooo confused he would guess that he has a black hat straightaway because there must be at least one black hat in the group.

sorry...i think my explanation is really confusing, but i just had to get it all out as quick as possible..

Sounds good to me.............

Yeah that's correct.
Good job.

Cool. Heres another, i think this one's pretty common aswell:

A man was hiking in the hills for the first time and, for safety, he brings along two guides. At the beginning of the hike, the first guide said, "Keep all personal items close, stay behind me, and above all else, keep your balance around the steep dropoffs!" The second guide had never been on such a long hike and, despite the warnings, tumbled off one of the high cliffs and rolled into a valley. The second guide's spine was broken in the fall. The man and the first guide watched the fall, shrugged, and moved on. Why did they offer no help or concern?

is the second "guide" a map (or some other reference resource book) and thus its "spine" was broken in the fall?

Quoted from coctosan

is the second "guide" a map (or some other reference resource book) and thus its "spine" was broken in the fall?

(clap)

I fly
I can be up
I can be digital
I may be on your side
I am in the East and the West
I wait for no one
I can be out

What am I?

im not sure, but is it 'Time'??

yeah i reckon time

Quoted from music313

im not sure, but is it 'Time'??

Time it is! :)

woohoo!



what times what makes 12345678987654321

i have no idea...can we have a hint?

Is it cheating to use a calculator?

one possibility is 12345678987654321 x 1 :)

L0L.  You really should win on that one when you think about it.

111111111 * 111111111

I don't have time to put a riddle up though.

hahaha coctosan :P
MD u win :P
hmm another riddle.. i think this shud be quiz qs as well.
what was voted the best country to live in?????

Australia?

norway
aussie 2nd

well it should be Aus...!

A lady was out searching when she found a dead body. She screamed but not because she was unhappy. She immediately contacted the authorities yet they were not the police and became immediately rich.
Who did she contact, and why was she happy?

She found Osama's body and called the US marines and got a huge sum of money deposited into her account?

She screamed becuase she found the dead body of a mouse in her sandwhich, called the health department, and was awarded a whole bunch of money for the grossness she had to endure?

^ LOL

heres the answer:

She was an Egyptologist who had found the mummy that she had been looking for. She immediately contacted the museum and made a lot of money from the mummy she found.

(but this answers boring compared to MDs post)

Suppose you want to send in the mail a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is big enough to hold the object. The box has a locking ring which is large enough to have a lock attached and you have several locks with keys. However, your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. You cannot send the key in an unlocked box since it may be stolen or copied. How do you send the valuable object, locked, to your friend - so it may be opened by your friend?

You could send the box with a key in it to your friend who then sends the box back.

You then send the box back again, this time locked (your friend now has the key)

I smell, but am not an odour
I run, but am not an athlete
I can be sticky, but am not glue

What am I?

Quoted from coctosan

You could send the box with a key in it to your friend who then sends the box back.

You then send the box back again, this time locked (your friend now has the key)

yeah I think your on the right track...but heres the answer:

Quoted from coctosan

I smell, but am not an odour
I run, but am not an athlete
I can be sticky, but am not glue

What am I?

A nose?

Quoted from music313

A nose?

A nose it is!

Where will you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses?

Quoted from music313

Where will you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses?

in a map/street directory?

^Correct.

Which word in the English language is most frequently spelled wrong?

is it "wrong"?

You guys are really, really good at this by the way.

I can run swiftly and silently when you want me to stay still,
I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill.
You look at me often and yet you always forget me,
I am the most feared killer, yet you can't live without me.
Sometimes you have me for all to spare,
Yet when you need me, I am not there.
You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track,
But once you're done you can never get me back.



What am I

Quoted from MeanDean

is it "wrong"?

You guys are really, really good at this by the way.

correct...and thank you!

Quoted from Lawnbowler

I can run swiftly and silently when you want me to stay still,
I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill.
You look at me often and yet you always forget me,
I am the most feared killer, yet you can't live without me.
Sometimes you have me for all to spare,
Yet when you need me, I am not there.
You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track,
But once you're done you can never get me back.



What am I

I believe you would be time!

What goes around the world and stays in a corner?

A guy that's standing in a corner of a room in a plane that's travelling around the world (huh)

Quoted from coctosan

I believe you would be time!

Correct

Quoted from music313

What goes around the world and stays in a corner?

Could it be a postage stamp...??

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Could it be a postage stamp...??

Correct!

Yeah but... it could also have been a guy standing in a corner of a room that was inside an airplan.... oh fine!  ;)

haha...ok. The answer is a postage stamp AND a guy standing in a corner of a room that was inside an airplane. :D nah but that was a good answer..I would of never thought of that.

A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible?

I've heard this one.
One of them was actually implanted into her, without her knowing, by aliens.

I do know the answer from hearing it already so I won't give it up.

Quoted from Lawnbowler

A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible?

ohh I think I know..is it because all of the woman's kids are boys? So half are boys...and so is the other half?

one of them is a hermaphrodite??! :)

I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or square.
What am I?

Quoted from Lawnbowler

I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or square.
What am I?

Cmon, its pretty easy

I'm at a loss.
Maybe a hint?

a room?

Quoted from Lawnbowler

I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or square.
What am I?

fingernails?

Is it a spaceship?

Rearrange the letters of NOR DO WE to make one word.



BTW...what was the answer LB??

"One word"

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

A Towel

Yes, your turn.

Quoted from MeanDean

"One word"

Yep. That has to be the worst riddle posted here..

Has a mouth but does not speak, has a bed but never sleeps: what is it?

a river!

correct.................your turn

Quoted from music313

Yep. That has to be the worst riddle posted here..

I got lazy too and just grabbed the first thing I found.

John, a party magician, is carrying three pieces of gold each piece weighing one kilogram.

While taking a walk he comes to a bridge which has a sign posted saying the bridge could hold only a maximum of 80 kilograms.

John weighs 78 kilograms and the gold weighs three kilograms.

John reads the sign and still safely crossed the bridge with all the gold.

How did he manage this?

does he take off all his clothes??

Does it have anything to do with him being a party magician and the bridge not being overly observant about this sort of thing?

Quoted from music313

does he take off all his clothes??

No - although it is an option, but lets assume his clothes do not drop his weight enough

Quoted from MeanDean

Does it have anything to do with him being a party magician and the bridge not being overly observant about this sort of thing?

it does have something to do his profession. not sure what you mean about the bridge (or him) not being observant??
he does see the sign and crosses according to the weight rule

I was being mostly silly and a little bit wondering.
Is it because the gold is divided into 3 peices that he takes more than one trip... not much to do with his profession but all I can think of.

He levitates the gold, and his lovely assistant, over the bridge?
He takes all the weight all at once but makes the bridge beleive that he's only taken part of the gold and then when he gets to the other side magically makes the rest appear?
Magic simply defys logic?  Is that it?
He makes a string of cheesy jokes in the Riddles thread and while everyone is reading them and thinking "What an idiot" he runs across a fallen tree instead and then says "Behold! I have crossed the bridge."?

Quoted from coctosan

John, a party magician, is carrying three pieces of gold each piece weighing one kilogram.

While taking a walk he comes to a bridge which has a sign posted saying the bridge could hold only a maximum of 80 kilograms.

John weighs 78 kilograms and the gold weighs three kilograms.

John reads the sign and still safely crossed the bridge with all the gold.

How did he manage this?

he makes them disappear...then reappear after he crosses??? (whattheheck)

i think ive heard this one...but i cant remember what it is. Is there another hint, without making it too easy?

Lol...you guys are on the right track....just need to think a bit more about what John is and how he could use that to his advantage! Remember a party magician can do many tricks....

He hides it on other people without them knowing and they get it accross the bridge for him?

nope, its only him crossing the bridge!

he chucks them across then crosses himself?
this is hard :P

oo does he juggle the gold so he only holds 2 at a time?

L0L at the image of that.
That's a smart one too.  She should win for ingenuity if that doesn't turn out to be the right answer.

Quoted from dara

oo does he juggle the gold so he only holds 2 at a time?

Yay - Dara got it right! at last :)

The throwing across one is also another possibility, but he's likely not to want to do that, they are gold pieces after all!

Yay!!!!
I g2g I will post one later :P

A man is asked what his daughters look like.

He answers, "They are all blondes, but two, all brunettes, but two, and all redheads, but two."

How many daughters did he have?

3.
1 Blonde (not including the other 2).
1 Brunette (not including the other 2).
1 Redhead (not including the other 2).

?

Quoted from MeanDean

3.
1 Blonde (not including the other 2).
1 Brunette (not including the other 2).
1 Redhead (not including the other 2).

?

Correct!

There are two kinds of people on an island you're visiting. There are "Honestbrants" who speak always the truth, and thre are "Swindlebrants" who always lie.

Three guys (A, B and C) are arguing at a market. You ask person A: "Are you an Honestbrant or a Swindlebrant?" The answer is just a mumble that you couldn't hear so you ask person B: "What did person A say?" Person B answers: "He said that he is a Swindlebrant."  Person C objects, cutting in and saying: "Don't listen to person B, he is a liar!"

What group does person B belong to, Honestbrant or a Swindlebrant?

b has to be a liar because if a said he was a swindle cant then he was lying and really he is a honestcant but that contradicts itselff as if he was an honestcant he'd have to say he was hinest not a liar. so b must be lying??

Correct again  :)

Three goddesses were sitting in an old Indian temple. Their names were Truth (always true), Lie (always lying) and Wisdom (sometimes lying). There was the following conversation:
Asking the left one: "Who is sitting next to you?"
"Truth," she answered.
Asking the middle one: "Who are you?"
"Wisdom."
And at last question for the right one: "Who is your neighbor?"
"Lie," she replied.

Who is who?
Left is...
Middle is..
Right is...

Ohh yay!

Okay...

The person in the middle must be either Lie or Wisdom because Truth would have answered "Truth".

The person on the left said that the person in the midde is Truth which was a lie, we've deduced.  
This makes the person on the left also either Lie or Wisdom.

Since one of them must be Truth and we've eliminated the other two as being Truth, it must be the person on the Right... who has stated the Person in the Middle is Lie which makes it the Case, leaving the person on the left as Wisdom.

So from Left to Right:  [Wisdom,  Lie,  Truth]

Okay, an easy one to keep it moving.

What's 2+2?

Should I give a hint? *bump*

Yes :D :P

Quoted from MeanDean

Okay, an easy one to keep it moving.

What's 2+2?

I am still trying to find the "un-obvious" answer, MD

Quoted from MeanDean

Okay, an easy one to keep it moving.

What's 2+2?

4 :)

lol... I'm sorry I should have just given the hint, instead of asking, so that people wouldn't be looking for the un-obvious answer.  I was indeed just wanting to pass it on to someone else because finding a good riddle on the net can be hard and I wasn't finding a lot of time or motivation.

4 is correct  :P

Two handymen were repairing a roof. Suddenly, they both fell down the chimney and found themselves in the large fireplace.One mans face was smeared with soot and one wasn`t. The one with the clean face washed his and the dirty man did not and went back to work. Why?

he's dirty and he doesnt care?


this sounds a bit racist lol

ps correct meandean!

Woohooo!


Does he have obsessive compulsive disorder and washes his face a lot or maybe he has a lot of acne or he's sort of like the guy on the Starburst commercial who has sensitive skin and cant go long outside of the bubble....
I'll be thinking of this one tonight a little.

Quoted from MeanDean

Does he have obsessive compulsive disorder and washes his face a lot or maybe he has a lot of acne or he's sort of like the guy on the Starburst commercial who has sensitive skin and cant go long outside of the bubble....
I'll be thinking of this one tonight a little.

Hahaha...not quite MD...but that ad is AWESOME!! LOL  Makes me laugh everytime I see it.

did the man with the dirty face die, b/c the other guy fell on him, hence his face was clean??

That could of been a possibility...but not the answer that came with the riddle..

A hint is that neither one said a word..

the one with the clean face thinks that his face must be dirty also cause he looked at his partners dirty face  

Quoted from ALLEYCAT

the one with the clean face thinks that his face must be dirty also cause he looked at his partners dirty face  

Exactly...! well done :)

Heres the answer that came with the riddle aswell:

When the two men looked at each other, the clean man thought his face was dirty as well. The dirty man, looking at the first`s face, thought his was clean.

Bah... wasn't there a mirror.  I imagined him washing his face in a sink.

Okay fine I just wasn't able to figure it out.  :X

Well since I got it right - I'd best put mine in huh..

EBlah news headlines !

Today Police found a body at the base of the cliff face in NSW. Police public relations have released that the body is that of a male and indications are the man suffered blunt force trama resulting in his death. Only one peice of evidence was located at the scene, a broken match.

Police are appealing for information as to the cause of death and the reason for the match - indictations are that the cliff had some baring in this matter.

hrm...I have no idea..

He was a smoker and din't have anything to light his cigarrete with and spotted a match at the bottom.  He got the cigarrete ready by putting it in his mouth and started climbing down but he fell and hit his head at the bottom.  When he landed he swallowed the cigarrette and his left thumb nicked the match breaking it?

If that's not it then maybe the clue is in this part

Quoted Text

Today Police found a body

The cops did it?

(huh)

Lol Nope

Ok here are some hints  


The cliff has some baring

He didnt fall from the cliff

he wasnt washed up

answer = he fell - work that out and youll be on the right track

Quoted from ALLEYCAT

Lol Nope

Ok here are some hints  


1) The cliff has some baring

2) He didnt fall from the cliff

3) he wasnt washed up

4) answer = he fell - work that out and youll be on the right track

thinking out loud....


ok,
from 2) he didnt fall from the cliff, but
from 4) he did fall
also,
from 3) the cliff may or may not be next to the sea

so
from 1) something to do with the cliff and him - possibly the blunt force trauma issue - his head and the cliff somehow connecting?

as to the match - im guessing something to do with nighttime/darkness and the match being broken - of course the match may be irrelevant?

The match did it lol  ;D
Sorry, I'll be serious on this one from here on out, although I haven't got a clue (again).

lol ok  -  no falling from the cliff  
the cfliff only has something to do with it -  reason why

fall - think about it  if he didnt fall from the cliff where have they fallen from ?

work that out and youll see what the cliff has to do with it  

ok, he crawled into a pipe, it was dark so he lit a match to see where he was...it was the inside of a cannon!...the lit match caused the cannon to go off, shooting him out of it and into the cliff face where he hit his head and died (blunt force trauma) and also broke the match??

lol.  That's the best one yet   :P

::) ok must I spell it out --

he FELL

to fall - you have to fall from something

yeah, i was having fun with the above answer....:)

my thinking is that he fell from a plane, or maybe a hot air balloon? - possibly lighting the match in the balloon causing it to explode and him dropping?

or maybe he parachuted? - but there was no sign of the parachute

it seems the match has some importance - it depends what he was using it for - a smoker, it was dark, something else?

come on people, get thinking!

Maybe just that he broke the match in the dark trying to light it, indicating no success with getting it lit, and he tripped and fell hitting his head and the cliff was ...um ... he walked into the cliff in the dark and fell... or something else simpler than what we're expecting.

(huh)

*bump

Another Hint..!! We wouldnt be good detectives..

ok, i was thinking maybe there is a ladder on the side of the cliff.
the man was climbing (up or down) and because it was dark he decided to light a match to see his way...well, you all know the rest! :)

now after having this thought, i did a little searching and found a solution to this which is a little obscure....the important clue is that the match is very important in all this, think a little more laterally about it being broken (and nothing to do with it being lit)...also half the answer is in one of my posts above..... ;D

(thumbsup) about time someone put some thought into it

Well seems that unless the riddle is easy eg: "whats black and white....
you don't want to play  :-/

Spoiler

Someone else can post one if you don't want to right now.

ohh i thought coctosan got it right, with the ladder..

heres one:

A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

Quoted from music313

ohh i thought coctosan got it right, with the ladder..

heres one:

A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

Something to do with laundry maybe but I don't get the shooting part specifically, except a tomato sauce accident, and I don't understand the usage "holds him" "hangs him".

Maybe someone else can use that if it's on the right track.

If you get the "shooting" part...you should be on the right track.

hmm shoots im thinking not gun but camera (shoot a picture)

Holds under water throws me thou

Hanging out well thats would go along with my camera therory ( hang the film to dry)

I know its not a gun cause they went out

yep, it is a camera..the under water part is when you develop it!

Yepp!! Well done.

Is it a camera, and the uderwater part is devoloping it?  ;D

Yepp!! Well done.

:P

Susan watched as her husband boarded the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland. She then drove home from the airport and proceeded to watch a movie. About one hour into the movie there was a news flash: the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland had crashed with no survivors. Susan did not react. She just continued to watch the movie. How come?

1. She was catatonic.

2. She he used a big peice of wood to board the flight.  He just ran out onto the runway and hit the tyre with a peice of wood is all.

3. He owned a hanger and was just letting the plane sleep and refuel there, boarded it for the night in the hanger.

4. Skydiver.


Here's my guess:  He worked as the guy who cleaned up the planes, so he wasn't on the flight, he boarded and de-boarded and then had his lunch break at the KFC inside the airport.

lol...nup. But those are possible.

Quoted from music313

Susan watched as her husband boarded the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland. She then drove home from the airport and proceeded to watch a movie. About one hour into the movie there was a news flash: the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland had crashed with no survivors. Susan did not react. She just continued to watch the movie. How come?

hmmmm,

a few possibilities

1) her husband was already dead and was boarded on the plane in a coffin
2) her husband was a terrorist and was going to blow the plane up
3) susan was asleep when the broadcast came on
4) the one i think it might be - the broadcast was actually part of the movie she was watching and thus not real?

the closet one was number 4...

Hint: It was a genuine, accurate news flash.
The woman's husband had boarded the plane; however, the woman knew her husband hadn't been killed.

This was one of those moments where I opened the thread and thought, "Wait... she was watching 'A Movie' " and thought I might look halfway smart for a second but then I saw that coctosan had already posted it.

She was watching a recording?

Quoted from MeanDean

She was watching a recording?

Correct!! (clap)

The movie had been shown a week earlier. Susan had taped it onto a video and watched it that evening.

I feel smart  ;D

What do you get if you cross a Bulldog with a Shih Tzu?


No don't answer that one.
Try this:
O
N
A
I
P
Is upright piano.
and
Busines
is unfinished business

What's this one in the picture?

hrm...

I can only think of 'a splitting headache'??



Edit: Ohhh hang on... is it 'head quarters'??

It is "head quarters" YAY!

lol...i love rebus puzzles! here's a couple more

In the middle of no where is the 3rd one?

I remember the temporary one but if forgot the answer.

Okay...

Is the first one "Domino"?

I think the third one is: "He came out of nowhere"?

And I think the last one is: "Temporary Setback"?

Havent got a clue with the second one..

Quoted from music313

Okay...

Is the first one "Domino"?

I think the third one is: "He came out of nowhere"?

And I think the last one is: "Temporary Setback"?

Havent got a clue with the second one..

Correct on all 3...good work!

As to the second one....its a reference to a poem about the US revolution and has to do with a signal....

ok, here's the answer to the other rebus!

ohhh, thats a good one...

The second one is Middle Aged

Top Secret is the top one.

yip :D

Tip:  don't use the propeties of the image tag to put your puzzle it gives away the website of the solution  ??)

Nah, I actually guessed that :)

Someone, do another!

one fella leaves work he lives in an apartment, on rainy days he catches the lift to the 15th floor  but on sunny days he has to walk the stairs.  why ?

hrm...dont know. Hint?

hint : think about the weather  

does the '15th floor' play an important part?? What happens if it was the third floor for example? No difference?

no the floor is significant

the stairs are outside?
so when it rains he takes the lift when its sunny he walks outside?

Quoted from ALLEYCAT

one fella leaves work he lives in an apartment, on rainy days he catches the lift to the 15th floor  but on sunny days he has to walk the stairs.  why ?

lol..this is an old one...the guy is a short person (vertically challenged) and when it rains he has an umbrella and can press the 15th button. when its sunny he has no umbrella!

here's some more rebus's

last one i think is: "free for all"?

Quoted from music313

last one i think is: "free for all"?

correct amundo!

i cant think!

ohhh

is the second one 'repeat after me'?

the gap between rich and poor ?

Quoted from music313

ohhh

is the second one 'repeat after me'?

Yep!

Quoted from ALLEYCAT

the gap between rich and poor ?

Very close - answer is

Quoted from coctosan

Very close - answer is

Spoiler:

Guest, I'm sorry but you need to register before you can view this text...

clever...i like that one.

Your turn to post a riddle, Alleycat

This topic has been a little quiet, so here goes....

I have no flesh
I have no feathers
I have no scales
I have no bones
I do have fingers
I do have thumbs

What am I?

A doll?

Quoted from dara

A doll?

Good answer but not the right one....

darn

Quoted from coctosan

This topic has been a little quiet, so here goes....

I have no flesh
I have no feathers
I have no scales
I have no bones
I do have fingers
I do have thumbs

What am I?

Ok, so no-one wants to guess, here is the answer

Ohh cool!

just thought this was funny - newsheadlines today 14/06/09

Beer carton baby to remain in foster care

I have 2 coins that add up to 30c and one is NOT a quarter. What are the coins?
^ solve using usa money.

10c and 20c?

usa has:
1c
5c
10c
25c -quarter
etc

Quoted from dara

I have 2 coins that add up to 30c and one is NOT a quarter. What are the coins?
^ solve using usa money.

yes, but one is a quarter, the other is 5c!

Correct!
your turn!

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!

What. the. heck.
Okk this needs some thought lol

It's talking about itself as an "it"??

Quoted from dara

It's talking about itself as an "it"??

That's not what is unusual about it...keep thinking  ;D

I need a clue lol!

Um there are no E's in it?

A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired help carried two sacks. Who carried the heavier load and why?

farmer carried one sack of grain
hired help carried two empty sacks

Quoted from dara

Um there are no E's in it?

correct, see it was e-see!

hehehe
ps yes alley u win
ur turn!

The train line between Melbourne and Geelong is 50 km long.
At 12:00, train A leaves Geelong for Melbourne and travels at 60 km per hour.
At 12:10, train B leaves Melbourne for Geelong and travels at 80 km per hour.
When the two trains pass each other, which will be closer to Geelong?

dunno same distance
random guess :P

Quoted from dara

dunno same distance
random guess :P

correct! when they pass each other they will be the same distance :)

Hey I get it now!! :P

How many letters are in the alphabet?

8 (11 if you count 'the')

correct!

What can be driven although it doesn't have wheels, sliced but stays whole?

Quoted from Lawnbowler

What can be driven although it doesn't have wheels, sliced but stays whole?

Sounds like a golf ball to me!

Correct............your turn

What belongs to you, but is used more by others?

Your name  ???

Or your phone number...

For some people the answer is "underpants"... but... yeah it's a little weird.

All good answers, but name is what I was looking for!

How far can a fox run into the woods...??

I'm so frustrated with the riddles.  I really want to solve one.   I know this one, I think, but it's because I've heard it before so working out the answer just doesn't count.  I used to be okay at these but I really suck now.  I think a blood vessel in my brain must have popped and left me slightly dumber.

5 metres...? :P

Try again

As long as it wants to? Or the radius of the forest?

Getting close

He can run as long as the forest is.

When it got to the end it would no longer be running in to the forest.

Isn't it that the fox can run halfway INTO the woods because then he would be running out?

bump

Quoted from dara

Isn't it that the fox can run halfway INTO the woods because then he would be running out?

That is correct.................

Excellent :D:D

Cornerstone

here's an evil little puzzle I found....


if the B mt put:
if the B. putting:

Hint:

if the b mount putting coal in if the b dot  putting coal in?

ok..
lol

very close dara...good work!

it reads as

Lol ok cool!

wots yer riddle, Dara..??

Quoted from Lawnbowler

wots yer riddle, Dara..??

Can we have a hint?  I don't have a clue on this one.

OK, here's an easy one...............

Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?

Quoted from Lawnbowler

OK, here's an easy one...............

Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?

he had "no body" to help him?

close enough..........I was looking for..................

He did'nt have any guts.... :)

I got one:


I have one, you have one.
If you remove the first letter, a bit remains.
If you remove the second, bit still remains.
After much trying, you might be able to remove the third one also, but it remains.
It dies hard!

Could it be a "habit"..??

totally lol

Yep!

Four legs have I, a sturdy fellow
A fuzzy back that isn't yellow
But (often) green or (rarely) red
A den is where I make my bed
My keepers feed me coloured balls
With sticks they store on my den walls
Sometimes I store them in my pouch
Sometimes deep in my belly; ouch!
That's when you'll see me acting strange
Instead of balls, I'll eat your change
And that's my cue to feed again
Chalk it up to hunger, friend!

A pool (or billiard) table!

sure is coctosan :D

What car is mentioned in the bible

A carpenter?

nope

A vicar?
Ahh
Lol
hard one :P

A tractor? A horse and cart?

And don't you mean "vehicle" and not a "car"? ;)

nope, all wrong, keep trying  (tell me when you give up)

Can't think of any cars that would have been mentioned in a 2000 year old book (Unless it's like a 2006 edition or something). :P

So I hereby give up. :)

a Carthaginian?

a buggy? :P

Car in Hebrew is 'Letter' as in 'Epistle' but it's only in the bible today as a title or heading that we've made up and was never part of the actual wording.  As the word appears in the text, it appears in Greek and in Latin but not in Hebrew.  Never the less, 'Epistle' is the answer.

A plymouth "God drove Adam and Eve out in a Fury."


google? hahaha

Crap.  I was hoping someone would think I finally knew what I was talking about.

Lol! :P

You are all wrong, the answer is HONDA...............
as in the bible it says....."All the Apostles were in one Accord"

thats silly :P

Its not silly to those that understand it, Dara........... :P

Accord comes from the Greek and means 'Spiderhole'

Haha. See :P

Well I don't make a  habit of reading the bible so I would never know that :P

Just for Dara................

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Pronunciation Key)ac·cord  Listen: [ -kôrd ]
v. ac·cord·ed, ac·cord·ing, ac·cords
v. tr.


To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.

To grant, especially as being due or appropriate: accorded the President the proper deference.

To bestow upon: I accord you my blessing.
v. intr.

To be in agreement, unity, or harmony. See Synonyms at agree.
n.


Agreement; harmony: act in accord with university policies.

A settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions.

A settlement of points at issue between nations.

Spontaneous or voluntary desire to take a certain action: The children returned on their own accord. He confessed of his own accord.


Honda Accord

A donkey behind another donkey
I'm behind that second donkey
But there is a whole nation behind me

It is a murder you can describe in a word

assassination

lol yeh

You walk into a very unusual clothing store. The owner charges $3 for a tie, $3 for a hat, and $5 for a shirt. How much would a jacket cost?

$6??? because theres six letters in jacket?

correct...................well done...your turn..

It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time. This little test should help you get started.

During a visit to a mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criteria is that defines if a patient should be institutionalized.

"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub. Then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask the patient to empty the bathtub."

Okay, here's your test:
1. Would you use the spoon?
2. Would you use the teacup?
3. Would you use the bucket?

"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would choose the bucket, as it is larger than the spoon."
What was the director's response?

"Neither. You unplug the drain, whackjob!" :P

Yeah lol you unplug it :P

lol yep! :)

Well there's a first. I successfully solved a riddle lolll. Yaay! *dances around* :D

What do you call two fruit in love? :P

passion fruit...??

You know it. :P

What did Cupid say to Aphrodite?

Quoted from Sillygostly

What did Cupid say to Aphrodite?

Hello Mother?

"Let's make love!"

:P

Quoted from Sillygostly

"Let's make love!"

:P

lol....an Oedipus complex maybe?

What sort of shoes do frogs wear?

Slippers?

What was the Cupid and Aphrodite one?  I've looked at Google just now and didn't turn anything up.

Quoted from normangerman

Slippers?

nope...try again

Quoted from Lawnbowler

What sort of shoes do frogs wear?

frog shoes?

Quoted from MeanDean

What was the Cupid and Aphrodite one?  I've looked at Google just now and didn't turn anything up.

He said "Let's make love!" :P

Quoted from coctosan

frog shoes?

nope

let me know when you give up...??

Any hints?

Quoted from Sillygostly

He said "Let's make love!" :P

That's silly  :)

Quoted from Lawnbowler

What sort of shoes do frogs wear?

loafers?

Open-toad (open-toed) shoes?

correct.................you must have had the same crackers we had...............lol

What do you call someone that keeps talking when no-one is listening?

Quoted from Paula

What do you call someone that keeps talking when no-one is listening?

a woman??!!...lol

lollll too true. :D
Sexist, but true. :P

could it be a schoolteacher...???

Or a minister. :P

Quoted from Lawnbowler

could it be a schoolteacher...???

yes it is

Heres an easy one....................

Whats the best way to communicate with a fish...??

With Speech Bubbles?

Fred is lying dead.

There is an iron bar across his back and some food lying in front of him.

How did Fred get into this situation?

Don't go just yet, Cocopops... LB still has 1 to be solved.

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Heres an easy one....................

Whats the best way to communicate with a fish...??

Do you all give up....??

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Do you all give up....??

Maybe you should drop us a line to reveal the answer!

*bump*

Quoted from coctosan

Fred is lying dead.

There is an iron bar across his back and some food lying in front of him.

How did Fred get into this situation?

Fred had an argument with his wife, who had cooked him a nice meal.  She got really mad, took his food and threw it on the floor.  She went and got an iron bar and then there was a big earthquake.  She dropped everything and ran out of the house but a vase fell on Fred's head and knocked him out.  The earthqauke mad the iron bar pop up off of the ground and land on his back.
Afterward, Fred's wife had a moment of clarity because of the earthquake and felt bad for being angry with fred seeing it as petty and he wasn't really dead but sleeping.  Then they had sex.

very imaginative MeanDean...but wrong!

could Fred be a mouse in a mousetrap...???

That's pretty clever Lawnbowler

Lol I always imagined that the food in front of Fred would be a piece of cheese. :)

Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?

The word "Heavy"??

Quoted from Lawnbowler

could Fred be a mouse in a mousetrap...???

he certainly could....and is!

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?

easy...ton!

pfft... I would have gotten that one if I actually considered a ton as being heavy.

your turn...coctosan

haha yea that was easy :P

What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

Zzzzz...

lol   easy................queue

Holy crap I can't believe I didn't figure that out lol. But I couldn't be bothered reciting the whole alphabet lollllll

Lol thats a cool one!

yep..on the money there LB!

A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse? Give a reason.

It doesn't for some reason.

Next riddle. :P

............*SPLAT*

WHAT IS SO FRAGILE THAT WHEN YOU SAY ITS NAME IT BREAKS??????

ok then well the answer is silence

silence?

Edit: ha, I promise I had the window open and didn't see the answer posted.
I don't have a riddle though, it's anyone's go.

this ones good

  not born,but from a mothers body drawn, i hang until half of me is gone,
  i sleep in a cave until i grown old then i am valued for my hardened gold
                                    what am i????

What occurs once in a minute,
twice in a moment,
but never in a thousand years.

^ the letter m?

   Why do birds fly south?
  

for the winter :S
lol

Quoted from dara

for the winter :S
lol

Not my answer......try again   :D

Because its to far to walk!

Spot on..................your turn

What 5 letter word typed in capital letters reads the same upside down

SWIMS

What do pacifiers and pacifists have in common?

What do the dead eat that if eaten by the living they would die??????????????????

this old one runs forever, but never moves at all
he has not lungs or throat, but still a mighty roar .
What is it

first riddle answer is............................................
absolutely nothing


second answer and i think this one was sooooo hard is .................................................. a waterfall.

when one is unknown it is something
when one is known it is nothing

when one is unknown it is something
when one is known it is nothing

Felicity, you dont give us time to read the riddle before you post the answers..........

there was a full 24hrs between post 390 and 392 then after no one had answered for another few hours posted the other with answer already their.

will leave this one up til sunday night thats 48 hrs

a man walks into a room and using a real gun with real bullets shots himself  between the eyez  he then walks out of the room unharmed
how???

see no one answers

the answer is he shot into a mirror

What if it rebounded off the mirror :P

Quoted from dara

What if it rebounded off the mirror :P

A bullet could never rebound off a mirror, Dara.........it would smash first

Quoted from Lawnbowler

A bullet could never rebound off a mirror, Dara.........it would smash first

LB - you're assuming it's a glass mirror.

What if it was a highly polished steel mirror, the bullet could ricochet....

Or Norman's face. :P

where IS Norman   ??

Last name.

Yup u r right... its ur turn

Lol that sounds wrong!

Quoted from Paula

Last name.

That was good guess....I would have said....RAZOR
(us girls always borrowed...without asking, razors in our houshold, to shave our legs or underarms. That is untill we were old enough to buy our own)

Can I ask one more?
Here i go
According to the Constitution of most of the countries, in order to became President there are only five pre-requisites. The candidate must:

1. be at least 35 or certain years old.
2. be a citizen of that country
3. have resided in that country for at least 14 years or certain years
4. have been born in that country.

What is the fifth requirement?

could 5 be.....

be elected by a majority?

its got to be like, be stupid or something

alive?

Quoted from Candy

could 5 be.....

be elected by a majority?

Correct

WHICH CITY IS FULL OF LIGHTS?

Las Vegas

nope

Paris

wrong

Perth, Western Australia
Perth is called the City of Lights ever since John Glenn, the first American in orbit (1962) asked the citizens ...."to turn on the lights at Perth" as he crossed over.
Is that it?

not at all,  where are the other members?

don't know...but I am out of ideas  ??)

Is the answer Los Angeles?

underground city?

NOPE... DO U GIVE UP?

Shall i give the answer?

hmmm i suppose i give up lol

Shall i give the answer?

its ELECTRICITY lol

oh no...guess we are no good a riddles  :(

A man is teaching a class. He picks up an object and tells the class, "listen here class this is HIJKLMNO of the finest quality".

What is the man showing the class?

WATER (H₂O)

... darn it, you're good

HALF CIRCLE FULL CIRCLE HALF CIRCLE A, HALF CIRCLE FULL CIRCLE RIGHT ANGLE A

What it is?

Coca-cola

that looks right sMatts2...did you know that already?

nope lol just guessed

YUP COCA COLA IS THE RIGHT ONE...

1.11.21.1211.111221.
What comes after the . (dot) ?

312211

1.1-1.2-1.1-2,1-1.1-1,1-2,2-1. then looking at that last number there are 3 1's, 2 2's, and 1 1, hence 312211

too much for me

lol,, u r right matts..

ok here i go with one more
prove that
45-45=45

Okay....I can do this

987654321

now add
9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=45
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9=45

now subtract
987654321
123456789
-------------
864197532

now add
8+6+4+1+9+7+5+3+2=45

therfore 45-45=45

;D

wow u r too good candy.. nice work.

can any one pls solve my prob?
i m very fond of riddles.
so when i surf here the pages and go to see the answer in the window
it says "sorry u have to participate in this topic, cant access"

why so???
i have participated na?

Oh the spoiler boxes are broken at the moment we have to wait til they are fixed :D

Quoted from Subodh69020

can any one pls solve my prob?
i m very fond of riddles.
so when i surf here the pages and go to see the answer in the window
it says "sorry u have to participate in this topic, cant access"

why so???
i have participated na?

We all have that problem Subodh69020.  :( It was supposed to be fixed. I will contact Admin and ask. Happy riddling! It hurts my brain to even read the riddle thread. Smart gal there Candy! ;)

Not really....I already new that one, and had it explained to me before  ;)

Which room has no door, no windows, no floor and no roof   :-/



answer:    a mush room!

is it broom?

Quoted from SuziH

We all have that problem Subodh69020.  :( It was supposed to be fixed. I will contact Admin and ask. Happy riddling! It hurts my brain to even read the riddle thread. Smart gal there Candy! ;)

o thanks suzi
btw u can call me just Subodh.

No...but it could have been Subodh, because that answer also works.

(room is hidden in text following word answer....just highlight text to see...some of us worked this way of hidding text until the other problem is fixed  ;))

hmm it was nice candy

WHAT HAS ROOTS DAT NOBODY SEES, AND IS TALLER THAN TREE.UP, UP IT GOES AND YET NEVER GROWS ! WHAT IS IT?

A mountain?

Tsunami!

Quoted from Matt

A mountain?

correct

What is that which can tour the world but stays in a corner?

Hang on...I know this one,

A STAMP

Why did the boy put his computer on the tree trunk?

clue >>> Don't think too hard on this one

LOL

dirty answer (not necessarily the correct one lol just first thing that came to mind) = he was looking for root

Oh  :o you are naughty....No that not what I am thinking, guess again.

Can u give more hints candy... its going too hard, i think

Answer.....He wanted to log on.

i was very busy so could not post any bt guys,anyway one more-A man dove into the water with no tank, no snorkel, or any other device which allowed him to breathe, yet he stayed down there to live for the rest of his life. How is this possible?

PS-this is not a science bt

He drowned himself?

His life was very short, about two minutes...?

yes LB is ryt.  his rest life was abt 5 to 6 minutes for which he was survived in the water.

Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen. What am I?

An iceburg?

is the capital in Than significant?

Is the answer....Air ???

Answer is an Iceberg...............sorry about the typo error :'(

Andrew left his house to go to work. When he got home he saw that his house had been broken into. The robbers had taken everything in his house except for 2 one hundred dollar bills that were in plain sight.

Why weren't the one hundred dollar bills taken?


Answer:

Andrew left his house to go to work. When he got home he saw that his house had been broken into. The robbers had taken everything in his house except for 2 one hundred dollar bills that were in plain sight.

Why weren't the one hundred dollar bills taken?


Answer:

Spoiler: not working so can't see answers ????

Q..what gets bigger the more you remove from it?

A..>>>a hole

monopoly money?

candy I guess a hole

yay correct :D

what's black and white and red all over?

Quoted from Dara

monopoly money?

candy I guess a hole

yay correct :D

what's black and white and red all over?

Answer is Newspaper.

btw i saw the spoiler is not working but u can try to answer it.

I would have said Monopoly money as well  :-/

yup ryt

Without a bridle, or a saddle,
across a thing I ride a-straddle.
And those I ride, by help of me,
though almost blind, are made to see.
What am I?

A.>>> Eye glasses

what city has no people?

Quoted from LB

Your turn to post one....

what city has no people?

a...monopoly city
lol
no idea!

ghost town

[quote=16]

Your turn to post one....
[guessing here clock

electricity

Quoted from music313

ok..no one got it

It was a:

Spoiler:

Guest, I'm sorry but you need to register before you can view this text...

need the answer to this, can't read spoiler for some reason

Quoted from music313

One eye always open, and still I cannot see. What am I?

needle

Land of What?

There's a land where there's mummies and daddies but no babies. Books but no libraries. Mirrors but no reflections. Kittens but no cats. Cattle but no cows. Lollipops but no candy and trees but no forests. It's the land of what?

I'm thinking....but while I am I got this e-mail pic and read your mirrors and no reflection....

...well I thought it was funny  ;)

ROFL TASMAN!!! That's totally a Dara moment :P

Quoted from Candy

Land of What?

There's a land where there's mummies and daddies but no babies. Books but no libraries. Mirrors but no reflections. Kittens but no cats. Cattle but no cows. Lollipops but no candy and trees but no forests. It's the land of what?

The only thing I can see is double letters in the first words, but not in the second, I cannot fathom out what the Land would be......... :'(

(thumbsup) correct LB...the Land of Double Letters.

If you toss a dice and it comes up with the number one 10 times in a row, what is the probability that it will come up with one on the next throw?

surely it will....its the only number on the dice  :P

nope, it is a normal dice

well, I guess 1 out off six..as there is six sides to a dice.

correct......it dunt matter wot has gone before

next one!!

AAAAAGGGHHHHH!!!

Die! The singular term is "die!!!!"

Quoted from sillygostly

AAAAAGGGHHHHH!!!

Die! The singular term is "die!!!!"

That bothers you, yet you can tolerate this?

Quoted from LB

correct......it dunt matter wot has gone before

I just assumed he was talking street talk. :-/

You know what today's kids are like. :P

Quoted from sillygostly

I just assumed he was talking street talk. :-/

You know what today's kids are like. :P

lmao
yes Agnes had similar habits ;P

What do you call siamese twins that are devoid of style?

SG & Agnes?

Dagnes :K) :K) :K)

lmao.

Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting, and decided to punish them by making them stand on the same piece of newspaper in such a way that they couldn't touch each other.

How did she accomplish this?

was the sheet of newspaper on the floor, open with the door shut between Tom and his sister?

She tied them up?

I think Candy has it. I would've said she tore the piece of newspaper in two and put them at opposite ends of the house.

Candy got it.... :D

next queston;
While walking across a bridge I saw a boat full of people. Yet on the boat there wasn't a single person. Why?

Is it because they were all married  ??

They were carrying a boat, like a row boat, upside down across the bridge?  Or the boat was capsized or underwater and no one had gotten out?

I like my theory best    ::) :D

Well your is the correct one LB...but MD's works too  :P
(see who is next to post one)

(I'm so lame that I thought of this while I was on the escalator while I was shopping earlier today :P)

What's another name for a stampeding cow? :P

bullrush?

Good guess, but no. ;)

didnt he say COW...........not Bull   ;)

It doesn't really matter. The so-called "punchline" can refer to a number of different animals. *hint hint* ;)

A Kiwi on speed?

wildebeast

A roominator. :P

  You have a string-like fuse that burns in exactly one minute. The fuse is inhomogeneous, and it may burn slowly at first, then quickly, then slowly, and so on. You have a match, and no watch. How do you measure exactly 30 seconds?

Quoted from sillygostly

A roominator. :P

That's so bad that I'm not sure if I get it or if I just think I get it.

Quoted from LB

  You have a string-like fuse that burns in exactly one minute. The fuse is inhomogeneous, and it may burn slowly at first, then quickly, then slowly, and so on. You have a match, and no watch. How do you measure exactly 30 seconds?

light both ends at the same time.

correct

Quoted from MeanDean

That's so bad that I'm not sure if I get it or if I just think I get it.

A ruminator is a cud-chewing animal (hence the cow).

oh okay.. yeah I didn't get it.  I imagined a stampeding cow in a room (roomintator) full of people... terminator, roominator... well I laughed anyway  :B

You're a farmer. You're going to a market to buy some animals. On the market there are 3 types of animals for sale. You can buy:

Horses for £10 each, goats for £1 each and ducks, you get 8 of these per bunch and each bunch costs £1.

The aim is to acquire 100 animals at the cost of £100, what is the combination of horses, goats and duck that allows you to do this? (You must buy at least one of each.)

Quoted from MeanDean

oh okay.. yeah I didn't get it.  I imagined a stampeding cow in a room (roomintator) full of people... terminator, roominator... well I laughed anyway  :B

Thats just what I thought too....

Quoted from LB

You're a farmer. You're going to a market to buy some animals. On the market there are 3 types of animals for sale. You can buy:

Horses for £10 each, goats for £1 each and ducks, you get 8 of these per bunch and each bunch costs £1.

The aim is to acquire 100 animals at the cost of £100, what is the combination of horses, goats and duck that allows you to do this? (You must buy at least one of each.)

Do you all give up........cmon you mathematicians

I'm actually too lazy to start working on it.  Let this be a lesson to the people currently in school.  Not only do you not need anything above basic maths for most occupations, but you also can get through life being too lazy to use your brain overall.

I had a go..but keep spending too much money

I just can't be bothered.

I've given up on maths the second I left high school. :P

Quoted from sillygostly

I just can't be bothered.

I've given up on maths the second I left high school. :P

7 horses, 72 ducks and 21 goats

You have a 3 and a 5 litre water container, each container has no markings except for that which gives you it's total volume. You also have a running tap. You must use the containers and the tap in such away as to exactly measure out 4 litres of water. How is this done?
The 5 litre container will not fit under the tap..................

Okay... fill the 3 litre and put it in the 5.  fill the 3 litre and overflow the 5.  fill the 3 litre from the 5, leaving 2 litres in the 5 container.  Empty the 3, pour the 2 litres in the 3 container.  Make a line on the container to mark the spot.  Pour the 2 litres back in the 5 container, fill the 3 up to the mark, pour that into the 5 container.  You now have 4 litres in the 5 container.
?

sorry, no markings allowed......... ;)

fill the 3, pour it in the 5, fill the 3, pour it to fill the 5 leaving one litre in the 3. empty the 5. pour what's left in the 3 into the 5, fill the 3, pour it into the 5.  That's easier than the first attempt.  I don't know why I made it more complicated before.

you got it, easy when yer know how........... :D

yes...sounds like you really did it MD.

There's no stopping MD once he starts   ;)

I've noticed...

What can I say... I really like my water.

Its your turn to piddle, errr Riddle, MD

Oh I thought it was for anyone to throw one out now.
I'll have to google and be back later.

I remember one.  
You sit at a table with 2 other people.  All of you are wearing either a green or a purple hat.  You can't see your own, but you can see the colour that the other 2 people are wearing.  You see that one has a green one and one has a purple one.  All of you are told that whoever guesses the colour on their own head correctly wins, and that not all 3 of you have green.  After quite a while the room is silent and you stare each other down without laughing, and you say "AHA!!!!!! mine is purple!  I am the master!  I win!  What did I win?"

How did you know what colour you had?

You sit at a table with 2 other people.  All of you are wearing either a green or a purple hat.  You can't see your own, but you can see the colour that the other 2 people are wearing.  You see that one has a green one and one has a purple one.  All of you are told that whoever guesses the colour on their own head correctly wins, and that not all 3 of you have green.  After quite a while the room is silent and you stare each other down without laughing, and you say "AHA!!!!!! mine is purple!  I am the master!  I win!  What did I win?"

How did you know what colour you had?

This is impossible from the information given   :'(

One of the guys had glasses and you could see the reflection of your hat in them.

It was a blind guess and the guy only pretended that he knew the hat colour. :P

I always like this one.
If you had a green hat, then the guy with the purple hat would see you and the other guy with green hats and know his was purple because you're not all wearing green hats based on the information you were all given.  Since there's continued silence, you have to assume yours is purple or that guy would have known right away.


Easier one:
What number, when added to the number three or multiplied by it, gives the same result?

1.5

Yeah that's right.

Simple algebra lol

when is algebra simple?

since forever lol.

3 + x = y
3 * x = y

therefore

3 + x = 3 * x
3 = 3 * x - x
3 = 2 * x
3/2 = x

::) ::) ::) :'(

Quoted from Matt

since forever lol.

3 + x = y
3 * x = y

therefore

3 + x = 3 * x
3 = 3 * x - x
3 = 2 * x
3/2 = x

Gee, its quicker doing it in yer head........ :D

Have you a big head LB?

Matt your turn to post  :D

Quoted from Candy

Have you a big head LB?

I dont think so......I hope not.
I was always good at mental arithmatic

I suck at math. Well, I did pretty well in high school, but since I can't really apply algebra/trionometry or any of that nonsense in my day-to-day life, all my mathematical knowledge was quickly forgotten. :B :P

I'm a riddle in nine syllables,
An elephant, a ponderous house,
A melon strolling on two tendrils
O red fruit, Ivory, fine timber!
The loaf's big with it's yeasty rising
Money's new minted in this fat purse.
I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.
I've eaten a bag of green apples
Boarded the train there's no getting off.

What am I?

Pregnant...lol  ??

Cheaterer :(

lol your turn LB

It was the loaf in the oven that gave it away........... :P :P :P

How many degrees (if any) are there in the angle between the hour and minute hands of a clock when the time is a quarter past three?

7.5 degrees

right, Matt

You do not want to have me,
But when you have me,
You do not want to lose me.
What am I?

Crack?  ??)

Lol not the answer I am looking for but it fits haha

virginity  ??

Nope

David Tennant as Doctor Who? :-/

A job?

Still not the answer I'm looking for.

old age?  (better to get old than to die!)

Still not the answer I'm looking for.

3 more answers and I shall reveal the answer.

Oh...but don't you like the ones we are coming up with????

I do they are quite humourous lol but as with SG's mystery squares it can get boring after a while of people not being able to get the answer.

A baby  ??

What about a Lawsuit.........??

Drugs are all that come to mind now. :-/

LB has the answer I was looking for!

A lawsuit!

   3 men go into a hotel.
  The man behind the desk said the room is $30 so each man paid $10 and went to the room.
  A while later the man behind the desk realized the room was only $25 so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys' room with $5.
  On the way the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split $5 evenly between 3 men, so he gave each man a $1 and kept the other $2 for himself.
   This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room, which is a total of $27 add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29. Where is the other dollar?

One of the men paid $10 because $25 is not divisble by $3. Either that or each man paid $8.33 plus the $1 they recieved which makes it $9.33 each (approximately).

nope

Upon rethinking... they paid $25 for the rooms, got $3 back each and the bell boy kept $2 so that is the $30. But for equal pay the bellboy kept the $2 making their total $27 so each paid $9 each and then they recieved $3 back. So in conclusion the logic in the second to last section is wrong.

Yes, you have it..............
There is no missing dollar. The men spent $27. Of which $25 went on the room and $2 went to the light fingered bell boy. You can not add the $2 the bellboy has to the $27 the men spent as this $2 actually comes out of the $27 the men spent, the other $25 going on the room.