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The Great Riddle Thread

PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:45 pm
by Tiberius Dionysius Draco
Salvete Romani,

I just stumbled across a few riddles the other day, and was wondering if someone might know the answer to them (I know I do :P ). So if you're up for it, here they are:

1) You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

2) I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?

3) I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

4) Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?

5) 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?

If you can solve all these, I have some others up my sleeve, have fun solving them :)

Valete,

PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:04 pm
by Primus Aurelius Timavus
Well, no. 3 could be a helium balloon.

Got it.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:30 pm
by Aldus Marius
I'm thinkin' (2) is a pair of most any kind of footwear (shoes, boots, that sort of thing...though not caligae, slippers, or flip-flops).

(1) could almost be an egg, if you're one of those health nuts that tosses the yolk!

Keep on truckin',

PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:45 pm
by Marcus Pomponius Lupus
I'm with Marius on the pair of shoes for 2 and I'll go with a hole for number 3

Look E There!

PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:14 am
by Aldus Marius
Agreed, amice--No. 5 has just got to be the letter 'e'!

I like Lupus' suggestion about the hole, too. Reminds me of a saying (to be used on those whose heads have swollen):
"If you ever start to think you're indispensible, stick your arm in a bucket of water--pull it out--and see how big a hole you leave."

There, that covers the bucket and the hole. Off to break my brain s'more...

PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:26 am
by Anonymous
First, the easy ones:
2 is absolutely a shoe
4 is indeed an eye
5 = E

Then the one I liked the best: 3
Really tuff, but I think it's a hole, no?
edit: damn, I thought I was the first to know

I have no idea what the first one should be...

But I like this topic!

Re: The Great Riddle Thread

PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:09 pm
by Tiberius Dionysius Draco
Salvete Romani,

So far we have:

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?


Unsolved!

I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?


Solved by Marius, a pair of shoes was the answer.

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?


Solved by Lupus, a hole put into a bucket makes it lighter.

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?


Solved by Duellianus, eye was the answer

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?


Solved by Duellianus as well, the letter E solved this riddle.

So that leaves riddle number 1 unsolved but I'll give a hint:
"Some people like to butter it before they eat it."

Oh, and seeing as one riddle might not be enough to keep you going, I'll add another riddle to my post, here it is:

A man came to a river side,
With a donkey bearing an obelisk.
But he did not venture to ford the tide,
For he had too good an *.

* fill in the missing word.

Have fun and valete bene,

Re: Snowy and skipping classes

PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:48 pm
by Tiberius Dionysius Draco
K. C. Duellianus wrote:I still don't know what riddle #1 could be. A chicken? You take off the feathers, then cook it and eat it and discard the bones... just a guesss!


Lol, nice try, but I don't know anyone who butters his chicken before eating it. Still, good try but still not the right answer I'm looking for.

K.C. Duellianus wrote:As for this:
A man came to a river side,
With a donkey bearing an obelisk.
But he did not venture to ford the tide,
For he had too good an *.

The practical side of me says * = bridge maybe I'm missing somethign?


It just needs to rhyme.

Valete,

PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:31 pm
by Curio Agelastus
Well the flippant side of me suggests that * = asterisk, which would assume that the riddle was referring to the series of books. :lol:

PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:47 am
by Tiberius Dionysius Draco
Curio Agelastus wrote:Well the flippant side of me suggests that * = asterisk, which would assume that the riddle was referring to the series of books. :lol:


Correct! :D

Obelisk and...

PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:07 am
by Aldus Marius
...Ass-to-Risk, yes. I thought that when I first read the riddle. Unfortunately, being on the other side of the world from most of you sharpies, I also first read the riddle after several of you had already posted the answer!

But no, I won't ask for a handicap. >({|;-)

In amicitia,

Re: The Great Riddle Thread

PostPosted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:25 pm
by Anonymous
Tiberius Dionysius Draco wrote:You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?


Image

(I sooo hope this is right...) :roll:

Re: The Great Riddle Thread

PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:52 am
by Tiberius Dionysius Draco
Lucia Dionysia Veneta wrote:
Tiberius Dionysius Draco wrote:You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?


Image

(I sooo hope this is right...) :roll:


You got it :D

PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:26 pm
by Anonymous
*overthemoonwithjoy*

My turn! Not a very difficult one. Who's first?

What row of numbers comes next?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:02 pm
by Gnaeus Dionysius Draco
Salve carissima,

What row of numbers comes next?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221


My guess would be 11121111 ?

Draco

PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:04 pm
by Anonymous
Nope.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:50 pm
by Marcus Pomponius Lupus
How about 11313211 ?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:34 am
by Anonymous
Not even close, my friend...
Only the first two are right.
So: 11...

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:45 pm
by Anonymous
No sir!
Actually it's a very simple one, but you have to see it...

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:50 pm
by Quintus Pomponius Atticus
My guess : 1113213211