The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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Riddles
Sami wrote: "Andy wrote: "Sorry - didn't find out how to make the text in "bold type".
This is a very old and very easy logic problem (not a riddle), but a surprising number of people get it wrong. IN THE MIDDL..."
Yes, well done!
This is a very old and very easy logic problem (not a riddle), but a surprising number of people get it wrong. IN THE MIDDL..."
Yes, well done!
Sami wrote: "Landon wrote: "@ Sami
Hospitals sometimes make mechanical hearts."
*smacks face* OF COURSE :D silly me
Andy wrote: "Sneaky - I think that I have understood now.
Is it 3 1 2 2 1 1 "
Yes, yes it ..."
T E T .......
how about this one (not at all hard - think about where I live)
U D T Q C S S H N .....
Hospitals sometimes make mechanical hearts."
*smacks face* OF COURSE :D silly me
Andy wrote: "Sneaky - I think that I have understood now.
Is it 3 1 2 2 1 1 "
Yes, yes it ..."
T E T .......
how about this one (not at all hard - think about where I live)
U D T Q C S S H N .....
Andy wrote: "how about this one (not at all hard - think about where I live)
U D T Q C S S H N ...."
The first four look like Spanish or French numbers, do you live in France?
I don't know the rest of them though :$
and yes it is TET :D
Sami wrote: "
Andy wrote: "how about this one (not at all hard - think about where I live)
U D T Q C S S H N ...."
You are dead right - I live near Paris. The problem is the same one, but in French. So the next 3 are Dix (10) Onze (11) Douze (12).
I find it interesting, in the few languages that I know a bit about, that 6 and 7 always seem to start with s (six, sept in French, seis, siete in Spanish and sechs, sieben in German). Maybe this is because the s sound is the same in many languages?
Getting a long way from riddles though......
Andy wrote: "how about this one (not at all hard - think about where I live)
U D T Q C S S H N ...."
You are dead right - I live near Paris. The problem is the same one, but in French. So the next 3 are Dix (10) Onze (11) Douze (12).
I find it interesting, in the few languages that I know a bit about, that 6 and 7 always seem to start with s (six, sept in French, seis, siete in Spanish and sechs, sieben in German). Maybe this is because the s sound is the same in many languages?
Getting a long way from riddles though......
This is rather simple riddle, but I have always liked it.
What time is it when an elephant sits on the fence? (solved)
What time is it when an elephant sits on the fence? (solved)
Andy wrote:You are dead right - I live near Paris. The problem is the same one, but in Fr..."
Ehehe :D So I knew it but I didn't know it at the same time.Curse my lack of general knowledge! They didn't teach French in my tiny private school. I asked my brother to teach my privately but he'd rather I learned Science.
YES moved too far away from riddles now. If anyone cares, I don't yet have an answer to this one
Verity, I heard a similar one in the form of a joke. The answer was 'Time to get a new fence'. :D
You're right, that's the answer!
It doesn't look like anyone's getting any further with the rest of mine, so here are the answers:1. I am like an eagle strutting in a line, my beak before, my eyes behind. What am I?
Answer: a peacock
2. One night, a king and a queen got into a boat. The next morning, three people came out. How is this possible? (Hint: She's NOT pregnant)
Answer: It's a "night" (knight) a king and a queen. Someone already got this right.
3. Inside a castle is a room. Inside the room is a table. On the table are three cups, two of which are full. What is the name of the king?
Answer: King Phillip III ("fill up the third" cup)
4. They call me a man, but I'll never have a wife. They gave me a body, but I'll never have a life. They gave me a mouth, but I'll never take a breath. The water brings me life; the sun brings me death. What am I?
Answer: a snowman. Someone got this one right already
My life can be measured in hours,
I serve by being devoured
Thin I am quick
Fat I am slow
Wind is my foe
What am I?
I serve by being devoured
Thin I am quick
Fat I am slow
Wind is my foe
What am I?
What starts with a "T" ends with a "T" and has "T" in it?
Mallory wrote: "It doesn't look like anyone's getting any further with the rest of mine, so here are the answers:1. I am like an eagle strutting in a line, my beak before, my eyes behind. What am I?
Answer: a p..."
You know you have good riddles when no one can answer them! :D That being said, I like riddle 2 the best.
Verity wrote: "My life can be measured in hours,I serve by being devoured
Thin I am quick
Fat I am slow
Wind is my foe
What am I?"
a candle
I'll just repeat my riddle and give my answer tomorrow if no one solves itI went to the woods and got it
Then I sat me down and looked for it
I got upset because I couldn't find it
Then I went home with it because I couldn't find it
Ok, here are a few more, which are hopefully easier than my last ones:1. What has a ring but no finger?
2. What has to be broken before it can be used?
3. What is harder to catch the faster you run?
1. Saturn?? 2. Egg
3. A cold/Your breath?
Sami wrote: "1. Saturn?? 2. Egg
3. A cold/Your breath?"
1. Nice! That works, too, but wasn't what I was looking for. It's a telephone
2. Correct!
3. Your breath. Nice job!
Moooorrree:1. You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'till you call me again.
2. Kings and queens may cling to power, and the jester's got his call. But as you may all discover, the common one outranks them all.
3. The more you take, the more you leave behind.
Mallory wrote: "Verity wrote: "My life can be measured in hours,
I serve by being devoured
Thin I am quick
Fat I am slow
Wind is my foe
What am I?"
a candle"
Correct!
I serve by being devoured
Thin I am quick
Fat I am slow
Wind is my foe
What am I?"
a candle"
Correct!
Sami wrote: "I'll just repeat my riddle and give my answer tomorrow if no one solves it
I went to the woods and got it
Then I sat me down and looked for it
I got upset because I couldn't find it
Then I went ho..."
I think that it is a good idea to put these in bold, and thanks to Sami for telling me how!
@Sami - Please don't give the answer yet - I haven't given up!!
I went to the woods and got it
Then I sat me down and looked for it
I got upset because I couldn't find it
Then I went ho..."
I think that it is a good idea to put these in bold, and thanks to Sami for telling me how!
@Sami - Please don't give the answer yet - I haven't given up!!
Mallory wrote: "Moooorrree:
1. You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'till you call me again.
2. Kings and queens may cling to power, and the jester's got his call. But as you may all discover,..."
First one an echo and second one an ace in a pack of cards?
No idea about the third one yet....
1. You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'till you call me again.
2. Kings and queens may cling to power, and the jester's got his call. But as you may all discover,..."
First one an echo and second one an ace in a pack of cards?
No idea about the third one yet....
Sami wrote: "I'll just repeat my riddle and give my answer tomorrow if no one solves it
I went to the woods and got it
Then I sat me down and looked for it
I got upset because I couldn't find it
Then I went ho..."
OK - I give up! Can't think of anything that works for every line. You know some very hard riddles!!!
I went to the woods and got it
Then I sat me down and looked for it
I got upset because I couldn't find it
Then I went ho..."
OK - I give up! Can't think of anything that works for every line. You know some very hard riddles!!!
You're welcome, but I'll post the answer this evening, in case someone gets it before then!Mallory wrote: "3. The more you take, the more you leave behind. "
footsteps?
Sami wrote: "I'll just repeat my riddle and give my answer tomorrow if no one solves it
I went to the woods and got it
Then I sat me down and looked for it
I got upset because I couldn't find it
Then I went ho..."
No confidence, but could it be "outside"? It sort of works, but doesn't sound right (got outside?)......or perhaps the sky??
I went to the woods and got it
Then I sat me down and looked for it
I got upset because I couldn't find it
Then I went ho..."
No confidence, but could it be "outside"? It sort of works, but doesn't sound right (got outside?)......or perhaps the sky??
"I went to the woods and got itThen I sat down and looked for it
I got upset because I couldn't find it
Then I went home with it because I couldn't find it"
That would be a tick. (Or some other parasite one can pick up in the woods)
...Have they all been answered? I don't see any without answers...Here are some I just came up with on the spot:
Who am I?
am I?
You will never find a single one of me.
What hides every day and dissapears once a month; but lots of people use it to measure time?
God lacks me and mortals always have me. But you might never find me, even if you searched from one end of the world to the other.
Landon wrote: "...Have they all been answered? I don't see any without answers...
Here are some I just came up with on the spot:
Who am I?
am I?
You will never find a single one of me.
What hides every day a..."
Maybe the second one is a twin? 3rd one might be the moon? And the 4th one might be the letter A?
Here are some I just came up with on the spot:
Who am I?
am I?
You will never find a single one of me.
What hides every day a..."
Maybe the second one is a twin? 3rd one might be the moon? And the 4th one might be the letter A?
Sami wrote: "You're welcome, but I'll post the answer this evening, in case someone gets it before then!
Mallory wrote: "3. The more you take, the more you leave behind. "
footsteps?"
Brilliant to both of you - the riddle and its solution! Got to be right!
Mallory wrote: "3. The more you take, the more you leave behind. "
footsteps?"
Brilliant to both of you - the riddle and its solution! Got to be right!
:D Yes the initial answer to mine is a thorn, but a tick/splinter would work and as you said 'any type of parasite you pick up in the woods'.
Andy wrote: "Landon wrote: "...Have they all been answered? I don't see any without answers...Here are some I just came up with on the spot:
Who am I?
am I?
You will never find a single one of me.
What hi..."
The moon and the letter "A" were correct! But to the other no. (You can find a single twin, if one was lost and never found, one died, one simply isn't there, etc.) sorry. Any ideas for the first?
Andy wrote: "Mallory wrote: "Moooorrree:1. You heard me before, yet you hear me again. Then I die, 'till you call me again.
2. Kings and queens may cling to power, and the jester's got his call. But as yo..."
Yes, and yes. Both guesses are correct
Sami wrote: "You're welcome, but I'll post the answer this evening, in case someone gets it before then!Mallory wrote: "3. The more you take, the more you leave behind. "
footsteps?"
Yep!
Just to change the "discussion" a bit, you may find this interesting, about the "cursed ring" that is supposed to have given Tolkien the idea for LOTR and the Hobbit.....(hope it isn't an April Fool)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-...
http://www.tolkiensociety.org/vyne/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-...
http://www.tolkiensociety.org/vyne/
Could be fake but I kind of doubt it. Although it is odd that a mythical norse ring would have latin writing on it.
Guys, check out my awesome Hobbit Riddles quiz!!! Search: The Hobbit Riddles quiz BTW its really cool!
Don't know if it was already posted but here goes:If you have it you want to share it. If you share it you don't have it. What is it?
Michael wrote: "Don't know if it was already posted but here goes:If you have it you want to share it. If you share it you don't have it. What is it?"
sounds like 'a secret' but not sure
I love riddles here is my favorite one from The Hobbit: A box with no hinge but golden treasure inside:Eggs.Also here is my favorite riddle: I can carry the whole world in my, yet a child can bear my weight, what am I?
I would change the wording to "I carry the world inside me, yet a chid can bear my weight"or
"I carry the world while a shelf carries me"
Little Nancy EtticoatIn a white petticoat
and a flaming red nose
the taller she is
she shorter she grows
what is it?
I won't give the answer, but my parents used to tell me that one when I was a kid! Here is another old one, that always provokes lots of arguments.
A man was looking at a portrait. When asked "Who's picture is in the portrait" he replies "Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man's father is my father's son".
Who was in the picture?
A man was looking at a portrait. When asked "Who's picture is in the portrait" he replies "Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man's father is my father's son".
Who was in the picture?
Sami wrote: "Little Nancy EtticoatIn a white petticoat
and a flaming red nose
the taller she is
she shorter she grows
what is it?"
candle?
Thirty white horses on a red hill,First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.
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This is a very old and very easy logic problem (not a riddle), but a surprising number of people get it wrong. IN THE MIDDLE OF A LARGE ..."
Is it 232 days? Because it doubles every day.. :D