riddle time! [Archive]

Motep

11-11-2006, 07:19

Time to bring some riddles to the org!

rules: only correct guessers of the last riddle posted may post a new riddle.

this thing all things devour, birds, beasts, trees, flowers, it gnws at iron, and bites steel, grinds the hardest stones to meal, slays kings, ruins towns, and even brings mighty mountains down.
what is this thing?

GeneralHankerchief

11-11-2006, 07:58

Time, of course.

New riddle:

This is as light as a feather, but no man can hold it for long.

Crazed Rabbit

11-11-2006, 08:16

Highly acidic gas?
~;p
CR

Sasaki Kojiro

11-11-2006, 18:12

Your breath.

hold on a sec

Which US state's postal code also describes it?

Crazed Rabbit

11-12-2006, 20:50

Oklahoma?

Crazed Rabbit

Caius

01-11-2007, 01:15

:gah:

Motep

01-11-2007, 01:29

:gah:

You are robbing the grave Caius.
But, as I see no other path...

Which US state's postal code also describes it?

Describes what?

Caius

01-11-2007, 01:30

I am not from the USA.

Motep

01-11-2007, 01:31

I am not from the USA.

I was asking Sasaki.

Sasaki Kojiro

01-11-2007, 02:02

Describes what?

The state.

It's not OK.

Csargo

01-11-2007, 02:06

North Dakota

discovery1

01-11-2007, 02:06

CO? Colorado is pretty nippy this time of year right?

Sasaki Kojiro

01-11-2007, 02:09

You guys are just guessing randomly aren't you.

Here's a hint: what's the first post I ever made on this forum?

Motep

01-11-2007, 02:37

Well, if its the state, I am guessing Ohio?

Csargo

01-11-2007, 02:37

You guys are just guessing randomly aren't you.

Here's a hint: what's the first post I ever made on this forum?

How are we supposed to know?

Rhode Island?

Sasaki Kojiro

01-11-2007, 02:47

There's only 50, you'll get there eventually.

Motep

01-11-2007, 02:49

grrrr... Montana?

Marshal Murat

01-11-2007, 03:52

Hawaii=HI?
Maine=ME?

Zalmoxis

01-11-2007, 07:42

Indiana?

marcusbrutus

01-11-2007, 13:30

NY - NY?

Oklahoma - OK?

OR...

Georgia - GA(H)!

Motep

01-12-2007, 01:36

Delaware?

Sasaki Kojiro

01-12-2007, 01:41

Delaware?

haha

pevergreen

01-12-2007, 02:31

Calofornia?

must learn how to use spoiler tags..

Sasaki Kojiro

01-12-2007, 02:40

It's not california and I don't see how it possibly could be, so no need for [spoil]spoiler tags[spoil] (add slash).

btw, to get it correct you have to do more than name the state.

Motep

01-12-2007, 03:28

It's not california and I don't see how it possibly could be, so no need for [spoil]spoiler tags[spoil] (add slash).

btw, to get it correct you have to do more than name the state.

than what do you have to do?

Csargo

01-12-2007, 03:38

New Jersey I'm pretty sure.

Sasaki Kojiro

01-12-2007, 03:43

New Jersey I'm pretty sure.

The postal code for New Jersey is NJ. How does "NJ" describe new jersey?

Csargo

01-12-2007, 03:46

I could careless I'm just throwing out states :D

Motep

01-12-2007, 03:56

thats kinda lame now I know what to look for....its Maine...you know "ME"

Motep

01-12-2007, 04:20

as that isnt it, lets just there isnt one...I cant see how it could be any other state...none of them even remotely describe anything, but a few are funny, such as Wyomig being WY

drone

01-13-2007, 00:35

grrrr... Montana?
Montana - MT (empty)

pevergreen

01-13-2007, 09:52

You're in a room. The walls are solid rock.

Jutting out from the rock is some PVC pipline, 2.5 inches in diameter.

Its L shaped so:

|= wall
anything else = pipe
(back to front L shape)
|
| |
| |
| |
|-----

Inside that pipe, a 2 inch diameter ping pong ball is dropped. It stays down there, it doesnt roll along the pipe.

(The pipe does lead anywhere, its covered by cement at the end, so nothing can come out of it etc)

You have a shaving mirror, a few paper clips, some string a magnet and a comb.
Get the ping pong ball out.

(there is only one solution)

Sasaki Kojiro

01-13-2007, 19:57

Putting your mouth in the pipe and sucking it out?

pevergreen

01-14-2007, 02:01

Nope, too much air.

Sasaki Kojiro

01-14-2007, 02:06

How long is the pipe?

pevergreen

01-14-2007, 02:12

Youve got enough string to reach the bottom.

Keep in mind, this is from a game where all you get is the question.

Once this one is solved Im starting my own thread of reaallly hard ones (and easy ones as well)

Sasaki Kojiro

01-14-2007, 03:18

You could piss in it I suppose.

pevergreen

01-14-2007, 04:07

The funny thing is, the people who made that, the above answer is the only one they could think of :laugh4:

Well done Sasaki!

Motep

01-14-2007, 08:53

You could use the paperclips to wrap the string around the other side of the ball, and pull it out (suppose it depends on how far back it is)

sorry...I was reading back and I just noticed that Sasaki got it right...

discovery1

01-20-2007, 08:25

For this challenge assume that 1 = 2.

Prove that God and my clock are one and the same.

Please don't tell them the answer Husar.

pevergreen

01-20-2007, 14:43

Since one equals two, that means they can be two different things, as for how they are the same.

God doesnt exist/neither does your clock

God is everything/therefore he is your clock

Your god is a god of clocks.

i choose the last one :laugh2:

discovery1

01-20-2007, 20:35

Csargo

01-20-2007, 20:45

God doesn't exist and neither does your clock.

Kralizec

01-20-2007, 22:34

For this challenge assume that 1 = 2.

Prove that God and my clock are one and the same.

Please don't tell them the answer Husar.

God is item #1
Your clock is item #2

discovery1

01-21-2007, 00:00

God is item #1
Your clock is item #2

Getting a bit closer.

pevergreen

01-21-2007, 04:28

God is 1 number?
Your clock is two numbered?

Csargo

01-21-2007, 04:30

He told me the answer alas I can't tell you. :P Figure it out

Motep

01-21-2007, 04:30

...They both rely upon multiples of 3?

pevergreen

01-21-2007, 04:40

Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
Therefore, the answer is that it was an African Swallow.

Motep

01-21-2007, 06:42

Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
Therefore, the answer is that it was an African Swallow.

I know that from somewhere...but I cant place it.....:inquisitive:

Moros

01-21-2007, 12:45

Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
Therefore, the answer is that it was an African Swallow.
But then of course African swallows are non-migratory. So, they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway.
Supposing two swallows carried it together?

Sensei Warrior

01-27-2007, 03:39

Isn't that a line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

Motep

01-27-2007, 05:20

Isn't that a line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

thank you...I just couldnt place it...

Csargo

01-28-2007, 03:00

A guy has two coins and they add up to thirty cents, but one is not a nickel. What are the two coins?US Currency

Motep

01-28-2007, 04:08

A guy has two coins and they add up to thirty cents, but one is not a nickel. What are the two coins?US Currency

Exactly, one is not a nickle. But the other coin is.

Answer: a quarter and a nickle

Csargo

01-28-2007, 04:24

Exactly, one is not a nickle. But the other coin is.

Answer: a quarter and a nickle

That one was simple

Motep

01-28-2007, 18:22

yep...

This senttence has three erors.

Name all three.

Csargo

01-28-2007, 18:29

yep...

This senttence has three erors.

Name all three.

Sentence is mispelled+ Errors is mispelled +Errors

Kralizec

01-28-2007, 19:18

yep...

This senttence has three erors.

Name all three.

Sentence is misspelled.

Errors is misspelled as well.

There are only two errors.

Motep

01-28-2007, 19:34

Sentence is misspelled.

Errors is misspelled as well.

There are only two errors.

go. I had a feeling that one was two easy for you.....

Motep

03-20-2007, 13:51

Which States capital is remarking upon the seasons?

Motep

03-24-2007, 00:19

Here's an easy one. Arrange the phrase "new door" to make one word.

Sasaki Kojiro

03-24-2007, 00:29

Here's an easy one. Arrange the phrase "new door" to make one word.

"one-word"

Which States capital is remarking upon the seasons?

Remarking? umm Springfield?

Motep

03-24-2007, 00:33

"one-word"

Remarking? umm Springfield?

Told ya they were easy

Kralizec

03-24-2007, 14:03

2 mothers and 2 daughters have 12 apples to share among eachother. Yet when they go home, they all have 4 apples. How's that possible?

Beirut

03-24-2007, 14:09

2 mothers and 2 daughters have 12 apples to share among eachother. Yet when they go home, they all have 4 apples. How's that possible?

Grandmother - mother - daughter.

Motep

03-25-2007, 01:18

Grandmother - mother - daughter.]

Fenring, that one was also easy...as shown here by Beirut.

CountArach

03-25-2007, 01:22

Hey, I consider Beirut a cunning and devious man...

Sasaki Kojiro

03-26-2007, 09:11

Grandmother - mother - daughter.

This is 2 mothers and 3 daughters. The correct answer is obviously:

Mother-daughter + eve.

Andres

03-26-2007, 09:25

This is 2 mothers and 3 daughters. The correct answer is obviously:

Mother-daughter + eve.

This is not the place to discuss religion :no:

Kralizec

03-26-2007, 15:08

even Eve was a child of God ~;p

Andres

03-26-2007, 15:27

even Eve was a child of God ~;p

So it's mother-daughter+God ?

:inquisitive:

Motep

03-26-2007, 15:43

So it's mother-daughter+God ?

:inquisitive:

No, no, no...Its...welll...i dont really know, but this conversation has hit a dead end somewhere...

You have three containers of marbles. One has only red marbles, one has only blue marbles and the third has an equal number of red and blue marbles. The labels on the containers have been switched so that each container is wrongly labled. Your job is to fix the labels correctly. Of course you could just look in the containers to find out which labels match, but can you do it without looking into each container? Reach into any one of the containers and select one marble. Can you now correctly label all three containers? If not, select a second marble from any container. What is the fewest number of marbles you need to inspect in order to correctly label each container?

(Bleh....that was a mouthful)

OldSchool

03-26-2007, 18:50

You only need one marble.

Pull a marble out of the jar marked "mixed".

Whatever color it is, is the color for that jar. Remove the "mixed" label and replace it with correct color label.

Whichever jar still has a label on it is the "mixed" jar. Fix that label.

Put the last label on the last jar.

Edit: Sorry guys. I don't know any good riddles. Does anyone else have one?

pevergreen

03-27-2007, 11:20

How many chucks could a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could Chuck Norris?

Motep

03-27-2007, 17:10

6, beacause after that, Norris would get pissed and chuck the little wood chuck.

pevergreen

03-28-2007, 00:49

nope.

Myrddraal

03-28-2007, 01:48

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

What is the next row in this sequence?
If you ask nicely, I'll give you the next row, and ask you for the row after that :smile:

OldSchool

03-28-2007, 02:10

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

What is the next row in this sequence?
If you ask nicely, I'll give you the next row, and ask you for the row after that :smile:

That one took me a bit:

1113213211

Myrddraal

03-28-2007, 02:11

Congratulations, anybody else see why?

Warmaster Horus

04-01-2007, 17:43

The explanation (if that's what you're asking) is:
the new line describes the line before, so it goes:
one
one one
two one one
one two one one
etc... at least I think that's the explanation
Oldschool should be the next to post a riddle.