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The riddle thread

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:21 pm
by Sionnach Glic
As the title sugests, let's post some riddles, and see can anyone guess the answer.
To start off, here's an easy one for you:
What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:26 pm
by Captain Seafort
Ah, the old Sphinx riddle.

A human - who crawls as a child, walks as an adult, and uses a stick in their old age.

You're in a house, and all the walls face south. A bear walks by. What colour is the bear?

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:49 pm
by Mikey
It's white - all four walls can only face south if you're at the North Pole, and thus the animal is patently a polar bear.

I'm a vault without hinges, box, or lid, but golden treasure inside is hid.

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:00 pm
by mwhittington
I'm just guessing here, but is it a bee hive?
The following was seen on a hardware store window:
Hardware Special
$.25 each
100 for $.75
1000 for $1.00
10,000 for $1.25
What were they selling?

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:03 pm
by Zanarkand
Mikey, that is an Egg.

The 8 of us move forward, and not back, to protect our king from an enemy attack.
What are we?

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:35 pm
by Mikey
Zanarkand hits the nail on the head! And yours would have to be chess pawns, right? I unfortunately don't have another riddle to hand, so we'll have to wait for someone to gues whittington's.

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:31 am
by Zanarkand
I have another one, and from the same source. When you need a riddle, where else do you go, but The Riddler?

When you look at the numbers on my face, you won't see 13 anyplace.
What am I?

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:43 am
by Mikey
Come on!

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:58 pm
by Sionnach Glic
When you look at the numbers on my face, you won't see 13 anyplace.
What am I?
Easy: a clock.

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:16 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Whoops, forgot to ask my own riddle.

You are in a room with two other people. One person turns to you and, pointing at the other man, says
Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son. Who is he?

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:28 pm
by Reliant121
Your son?

Simple one...I think

I have a bag of twenty fruit. There are equal portions of each. there are 5 apples, 5 pears, 5 grapes....what is the other fruit type?

Fruit: I am exotic, deep red and have around 600 seeds.

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:30 pm
by Sionnach Glic
I thought nephew but I am not sure...
Nope. Close, though.
I have a bag of twenty fruit. There are equal portions of each. there are 5 apples, 5 pears, 5 grapes....what is the other fruit type?

Fruit: I am exotic, deep red and have around 600 seeds.
Hmm, passionfruit?

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:32 pm
by Reliant121
I altered post...and nope...not far off...

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:51 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Your son?
Correct.
and nope...not far off...
Strawberry?

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:54 pm
by Reliant121
Just went cold. you were pretty close with passionfruit.