The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Which were your favorite riddles?
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A box with no hinge but golden treasure inside? Eggses!
Lol I love this one: "What's in my pocket?"
How about this one, not in Tolkien....
What is greater than God,
but more evil than the devil?
Poor people have it,
Rich people need it,
If you eat it, you'll die?
What is greater than God,
but more evil than the devil?
Poor people have it,
Rich people need it,
If you eat it, you'll die?
What is it?
The answer is nothing!!!!
Thirty white horses upon a red hill. First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.Teeth.
It was an accident that he said that
What has roots as nobody sees,Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
Mountain!
I absolutely loved the riddle scene. That's probably my favorite part of the book.
Tolkien knew how to create very clever riddles! Like this one:It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
Dark.
Leah wrote: "Tolkien knew how to create very clever riddles! Like this one:
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
..."
I love riddles, especially when someone tells me the answer! But I think that Tolkien just "recycled" old ones, chnaging the wors or making them into poems. Anyone else know any good riddles?
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
..."
I love riddles, especially when someone tells me the answer! But I think that Tolkien just "recycled" old ones, chnaging the wors or making them into poems. Anyone else know any good riddles?
Leah wrote: "Tolkien knew how to create very clever riddles! Like this one:It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
..."
I love that riddle!
And usually I find riddles too hard or complex to enjoy them sometimes but I found the ones in this book fun to try to solve.
Voiceless it cries,Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
and
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
The riddle scene in the film was done really well. Gollum is a fantastic character, and Andy Serkis portrays him so well (I do know he is mostly animated, but his voice and his movements). It was a nice gap in the action to give the audience space to breathe and also didn't go on too long. The riddles were all the same as in the book, but there was more tension to it, while still being amusing.
here is on, see if you can guess the answerYou give me food, I live, give me water I die.
PostScript: my friends and i always end debates with a riddle war.
Tolkien was largely influenced for his 'Riddles in the Dark' chapter by the famous riddles in the Anglo-Saxon Exeter Book. You can read them here (there are nearly a hundred of them): http://www.technozen.com/exeter/
Molly, a Gremlim? haha
#1 What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
#2 What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
#3 I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
#4 Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
#5 I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?
#6 what always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?
1: a towel2: a banister
3: a sponge
4: a fire
Ethan [The Twelfth Doctor] wrote: "1: a towel
2: a banister
3: a sponge
4: a fire"
correct
2: a banister
3: a sponge
4: a fire"
correct
#7 What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
#8 Each morning I appear
To lie at your feet,
All day I will follow
No matter how fast you run,
Yet I nearly perish
In the midday sun.
To lie at your feet,
All day I will follow
No matter how fast you run,
Yet I nearly perish
In the midday sun.
Cally wrote: "The riddle scene in the film was done really well. Gollum is a fantastic character, and Andy Serkis portrays him so well (I do know he is mostly animated, but his voice and his movements). It was a..."That part was so funny! Especially when he was talking to the other half after he asked a question "oh, I knows it!" "Shut up!" I loved the book and thought that the movie was amazing, overlooking some details,
I'll let someone else answer #5 and #6. Did them in class with some students back along. I love riddles but they take some explaining to Japanese kids!
Tavo wrote: "#5 I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?"
E?
E?
Tavo wrote: "#6 what always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?"
River
River
Andy wrote: "Tavo wrote: "#6 what always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?"
River"
Variation on a theme that has gone before, but I won't say which ....
At the head of a force of twenty five, but never involved in a fight, who am I?
River"
Variation on a theme that has gone before, but I won't say which ....
At the head of a force of twenty five, but never involved in a fight, who am I?
Andy wrote: "Tavo wrote: "#6 what always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?"
River"
Congrats Andy you got them correct
River"
Congrats Andy you got them correct
I thought the riddle scene was amazing. I was scared they would cut off a lot of the riddles to make it shorter, as I'm sure a lot of people might find such a long scene boring, even. But I was so happy when they kept all the riddles in, excluding the fish one. ^_^
It was a great movie, though I'm not amazing at riddles and hardly even tried to guess them whilst reading the novel. Martin Freeman did a great portrayal as Bilbo, and I got butterflies in my stomach when Elijah Wood made a cameo as Frodo. I fangirled quite a bit during that scene, as I admire the guy fairly much.
It was a great movie, though I'm not amazing at riddles and hardly even tried to guess them whilst reading the novel. Martin Freeman did a great portrayal as Bilbo, and I got butterflies in my stomach when Elijah Wood made a cameo as Frodo. I fangirled quite a bit during that scene, as I admire the guy fairly much.
Tavo wrote: "#5 I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?"the letter "e"?
Rainbow Dash/TeaDrinkingCat wrote: "I thought the riddle scene was amazing. I was scared they would cut off a lot of the riddles to make it shorter, as I'm sure a lot of people might find such a long scene boring, even. But I was so ..."Definately my favourite scene. Gollum made me both laugh and shudder at the same time, with the occasional, "Aww!" LOL. I think Bilbo was acted brilliantly!
Chris wrote: "Up for riddles with Gollum? See http://apps.warnerbros.com/thehobbit/..."
Great! But it is annoying that you have to answer the riddles in the exact working left by the questioner - if you miss out a "the" but give the right answer, it gets marked as "wrong".
Great! But it is annoying that you have to answer the riddles in the exact working left by the questioner - if you miss out a "the" but give the right answer, it gets marked as "wrong".
It's in the answer that the true poetry in great riddles is revealed.Andy wrote: "Leah wrote: "Tolkien knew how to create very clever riddles! Like this one:
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty hol..."
This thing all things devours:Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
Answer: Time!
I always thought this one seemed quite clever and it's my favorite :)
He said, "I wasn't talking to you."
I love riddles! I went on a riddle rampage a few years ago, and this one has remained my favorite. What do men love more than life,
fear more than death or mortal strife?
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire.
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves,
and all men carry to their graves.
I think it very simple, but so many people get stuck on it!
Hannah wrote: "I love riddles! I went on a riddle rampage a few years ago, and this one has remained my favorite.
What do men love more than life,
fear more than death or mortal strife?
What the poor have, the ..."
Answer: Nothing?
What do men love more than life,
fear more than death or mortal strife?
What the poor have, the ..."
Answer: Nothing?
Tavo wrote: "#5 I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?"the letter e
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