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Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:11 pm
by wolfward
Correct about my ones. A hard candy with a chewy center?
Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:45 pm
by Goliathe Dark
As I was going over Westminister Bridge,
I met with a Westminister scholar;
He pulled off his cap and drew off his glove,
And wished me a very good morrow.
What was his name?
All over the hills and back home at night,
Sits under the bed and gapes for bones.
It can run and it can walk.
It has a tongue but cannot talk.
Hands full,
House full,
Still can't catch a spoonful.
There is a little animal.
It's name is Maureli,
It has nine skins,
And bites everybody.
It goes all over hills and plains
But when it comes to a river, it breaks its neck.
When is a fox a fox?
Round as a ring,
As deep as the spring
And all the king's horses
Couldn't pull it up.
Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:40 pm
by wolfward
First one is: Andrew?
Second is: Water?
Third is: Air?
Fourth is: a Vampcat???
5th: a shadow?
6th:
got me on this one
7th: the earth's core? Doubt it though....
Those were good, my I ask what the source is?
Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:32 pm
by Goliathe Dark
The first one is correct.
Though, you have the right idea on the third one.
By the way, if you wouldn't mind, I'll tell you the source after the riddles are all answered to help prevent cheating.
Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 10:02 pm
by lykoi
Second is: A dog?
Third is: Smoke
Fourth is: Um, a snake? Frost?
Fifth is: A stream/creek?
Sixth is: When its a member of the genus Vulpes
Seventh is: A well.
My riddle: Look me in the eye, I am somebody;
But stand behind me and I am nobody at all.
Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 10:55 pm
by Sebiale
#2 - A Dog
#7 - A well
And no, I'm not copying.
Trying to think up a riddle of my own.
Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:20 pm
by Goliathe Dark
Might As well say them now:
#1: Andrew
#2: Shoes
#3: Smoke
#4: An onion
#5: A path
#6: When it is alone (when it's not, it's "foxes")
#7: A well
My source was a book called Folklore in America by Tristram Potter Coffin and Hennig Cohen.
(A word of warning: the book was made in the 1960s and there are a few rather prejudaced remarks)
In response to lykoi's riddle, I believe it's a mirror.
Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 1:53 am
by Sebiale
How do you keep getting Andrew?
Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 8:27 am
by lykoi
Correct, the answer to my riddle is a mirror.
Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 8:58 am
by Goliathe Dark
Sebiale wrote:How do you keep getting Andrew?
As I was going over Westminister Bridge,
I met with a Westminister scholar;
He pulled off his cap and drew off his glove,
And (short for Andrew)wished me a very good morrow.
What was his name?
Well, since, I already told my source, I guess someone else can say their riddle. I'll think of one later.
Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:59 pm
by Tritonus
You are traveling down a road when it comes to a fork
one path leads to your destination, the town of truths
the other leads to the land of lies
a man is standing at the fork and you decide to ask him where to go
you ask him, "Are you from the town of truths?"
to which he replies, "Yes!"
but you soon realise that if he is from the land of lies
he could be a liar and point you in the wrong direction
you ask him, "Are you from the land of lies?"
he replies, "No!"
again, he could simply be trying to trick you
how do you solve this conundrum?
Re: Riddle Contest
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:00 pm
by Sebiale
First you must emphasize that everyone from the town of truth always tells the truth, and that the land of liars people always lie, otherwise it is impossible.
Ask him to take you to his village.
If he is truthful, he will take you to the town of truth. If he is a liar, he will take you to the town of truth as well, since that constitues a lie, if he is from the land of liars.