The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Riddles
'What have I got in my pocket?' I loved that one and I knew Gollum wouldn't have a good reaction to it. Then the whole, 'they stole it!' part made me so excited I was restraining myself from jumping in my seat at the theater.
My favourite riddle; "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"Two of my favourite answers; Poe wrote on both, and they both produce a few notes, but they are very flat.
Picture two sisters, each born of the other, and the first must die before the birth of another.
I travel with speed, yet no feet I have. You use me often and often time respond to me with anger. you laugh at me, scowl at me, gasp at me, wake through me. Some of you break my shield therefore controlling me.
To solve me is to gain me.to forget me is to lose me.
To use me you must answer this riddle.
Landon wrote: "I travel with speed, yet no feet I have. You use me often and often time respond to me with anger. you laugh at me, scowl at me, gasp at me, wake through me. Some of you break my shield therefore c..."
Sound?
Sound?
A man says "I am lying".And he speaks the truth.
There is an answer to this.
Badgerlord wrote: "My favourite riddle; "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"Two of my favourite answers; Poe wrote on both, and they both produce a few notes, but they are very flat."
purposefully dropping 10 desks at one time on a man results in a murder.
Same with ravens.
Landon wrote: "To solve me is to gain me.
to forget me is to lose me.
To use me you must answer this riddle."
Is it an ANSWER?
to forget me is to lose me.
To use me you must answer this riddle."
Is it an ANSWER?
How do you solve an answer?
Landon wrote: "A man says "I am lying".
And he speaks the truth.
There is an answer to this."
Is he lying on the floor?
And he speaks the truth.
There is an answer to this."
Is he lying on the floor?
The man who makes it, doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't buy it. The man who buys it doesn't want it. What is it?
Andy wrote: "Landon wrote: "A man says "I am lying".And he speaks the truth.
There is an answer to this."
Is he lying on the floor?"
Good answer! But no. He is sitting in a chair.
M wrote: "The man who makes it, doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't buy it. The man who buys it doesn't want it. What is it?"I've heard this one before...can't remember the answer... Happiness? Or maybe Gifts?
(To answer the riddle from a while ago about the men being dead in a cabin, The men were scuba diving when a fire started in a cabin and a helicopter got some water from the ocean and they got scooped up in the bucket and dropped on the cabin. That's the version I've heard. And it's a true story.)
Dragovak wrote: "A coffin ???"That might be it...Darn, can't remember...
What do you own, but others use it more than you do? (i got this one from a book)
It's an action, isn't it?
Your help?
I'm struggling with a couple of these....just while I think, I wondered if anyone reads / has read the Raymond Smullyan books (What is the name of this book, The lady and the tiger.....).
Maybe I've got it - what do you own but other people use it more than you. I guess "your name".
Still struggling with the lying one though .....
Still struggling with the lying one though .....
Might be "Your name"...but you also use your name and so if they didn't know you...I don't know. I can tell you the answer to the lying one. It is not a matter of wit and it kind of depends on how you define a lie.
"What is in my pocket?"LOL, genius! Best riddle, couldn't have thought it up better myself (¬‿¬)
why is four perfect? (riddle)
Because...three's a crowd?
Did you read the previous riddles?
i have 11 sticks, how can you turn it into 9, without taking any away?
@Landon - the guy who is lying and he speaks the truth - based on your hint, could it be some sort of preacher, preaching "the truth"?
Otherwise, I give up and you might as well post the answer as far as I am concerned - you got me!
Otherwise, I give up and you might as well post the answer as far as I am concerned - you got me!
THe 11 sticks problem - isn't this the one where you spell the word "nine" with the sticks? 3 for N, 1 for I, 3 for N and 4 for E.
Andy wrote: "@Landon - the guy who is lying and he speaks the truth - based on your hint, could it be some sort of preacher, preaching "the truth"? Otherwise, I give up and you might as well post the answer as..."
It's not a preacher but that was another good guess! My definition of a lie is when you say something and you know it's not true.
The man is a sociopath. Sociopathic people can tell a "lie" and honestly believe it is the truth.
Andy wrote: "THe 11 sticks problem - isn't this the one where you spell the word "nine" with the sticks? 3 for N, 1 for I, 3 for N and 4 for E."haha! ur right, how did you know?
KryZad MantappZ wrote: "*Tavo* *Star Reader* wrote: "lol Love riddles and i bet i can solve any riddle you can throw at me"
Well, try this:
What comes very near to be achieved, to get, with a minute gap, but it never co..."
Tomorrow?
Well, try this:
What comes very near to be achieved, to get, with a minute gap, but it never co..."
Tomorrow?
KryZad MantappZ wrote: "What stands when you sleep, and sleep when you stand?"
Could this be your eyelids?
Could this be your eyelids?
Landon wrote: "Andy wrote: "@Landon - the guy who is lying and he speaks the truth - based on your hint, could it be some sort of preacher, preaching "the truth"?
Otherwise, I give up and you might as well post ..."
Clever! I've still got the third one of your riddles to sort out, but I've no clear ideas about that one yet and I'm not ready to give up......
Otherwise, I give up and you might as well post ..."
Clever! I've still got the third one of your riddles to sort out, but I've no clear ideas about that one yet and I'm not ready to give up......
Jemima wrote: "Andy wrote: "THe 11 sticks problem - isn't this the one where you spell the word "nine" with the sticks? 3 for N, 1 for I, 3 for N and 4 for E."
haha! ur right, how did you know?"
I've seen this sort of thing before (you get them in the "Professor Layton" games for the Nintendo DS and in puzzle books). Same sort of question, but for someone else to answer! I have three matches, how can you turn them into 9 without adding any?
haha! ur right, how did you know?"
I've seen this sort of thing before (you get them in the "Professor Layton" games for the Nintendo DS and in puzzle books). Same sort of question, but for someone else to answer! I have three matches, how can you turn them into 9 without adding any?
That one's easy. Just cut them all in three pieces.OR
Arrange them so they make a figure 9.
And you said you're still working on my third riddle...which one is it? I gave four...
You're right - missed one. The two I have left are the "to solve me is to gain me", which I am a bit stuck on. The two sisters I haven't thought about, but it sounds kind of familiar. Need to put my thinking cap on.
For the matches, sorry, I should have stipulated that you're not allowed to cut/break them. The solution is along the same lines as the previous question, but ever so slightly more opaque.
For the matches, sorry, I should have stipulated that you're not allowed to cut/break them. The solution is along the same lines as the previous question, but ever so slightly more opaque.
Andy wrote: "You're right - missed one. The two I have left are the "to solve me is to gain me", which I am a bit stuck on. The two sisters I haven't thought about, but it sounds kind of familiar. Need to put m..."The match one's easy. Make a roman numeral nine (IX).
I love Professor Layton, too!
Chris wrote: "I absolutely loved the riddle scene. That's probably my favorite part of the book."I agree!! I read it many years ago but I remember loving that part the most.
Ive just read through three pages of this thread! I wish the riddles themselves would be in bold and everything else in normal writing. I will put my riddles in bold and write if they're solved next to them. You can follow the layout if you want to, or not :)
1. What goes around the world but stays in a corner? solved
2. Give me food and I will live, give me water and I will die. What am I? solved
3. A horse is tied to a rope that is six feet long. Yet it still manages to get to a bucket of straw that is ten feet away. How? solved :)
Sami wrote: "Ive just read through three pages of this thread! I wish the riddles themselves would be in bold and everything else in normal writing. I will put my riddles in bold and write if they're solved n..."
Good idea about the bold. As for your riddles:
1. a postage stamp
2. a fire
3. the rope isn't tied to anything else? I'm not sure about this one.
:D Correct on all three counts!I'll try some more
1. Jack shows Jill three boxes, saying, "In the first I have £1, in the second I have £10 and in the third I have £100. Tell me a statement, if it is true I will give you £10, if it is false I will give you £1" Jill said something and Jack was forced to give her the £100. What was it? solved by Mallory
2. There was a plane crash and every single person on it died. But when the ambulances came, they met survivors. How? solved by Andy
3. This may or may not have been in the Hobbit. I just have it memorised from childhood:
In marble halls as white as milk
Lined with a skin as soft as silk
Within a fountain crystal clear
A golden apple does appear
There are no locks to my stronghold
Yet thieves break in and steal my gold
What am I? solved by Landon and Andy
:)
Mallory wrote: "Andy wrote: "You're right - missed one. The two I have left are the "to solve me is to gain me", which I am a bit stuck on. The two sisters I haven't thought about, but it sounds kind of familiar. ..."
Dead right
Dead right
Riddle one: I think I've heard this one before...Oh well, can't remember. I guess someone else can do it. As for the other two...Riddle two: The survivors were not in the plane, they were at the place the plane crashed into.
Riddle three: An egg?
Sami wrote: ":D Correct on all three counts!
I'll try some more
1. Jack shows Jill three boxes, saying, "In the first I have £1, in the second I have £10 and in the third I have £100. Tell me a statement, if ..."
Last one's a "gollum" riddle - egg.
2nd one, presumably the plane crashed into a building with people in it or something? Or maybe the plane contained animals,not people?
1st one, I'm not sure that I understand what kind of statement you want. A statement about the boxes, or just any old statement like " pi is the ratio between the diameter of a circle and its circumference"?
I'll try some more
1. Jack shows Jill three boxes, saying, "In the first I have £1, in the second I have £10 and in the third I have £100. Tell me a statement, if ..."
Last one's a "gollum" riddle - egg.
2nd one, presumably the plane crashed into a building with people in it or something? Or maybe the plane contained animals,not people?
1st one, I'm not sure that I understand what kind of statement you want. A statement about the boxes, or just any old statement like " pi is the ratio between the diameter of a circle and its circumference"?
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And Bilbo says, "I beg your pardon?"
Gollum: "I wasn't talking to you!"