NationStates Jolt Archive

Tell a riddle, if you can;
try to put down the lower man.
When someone answers it, they’ll tell their own
and that is how this game will go.

I'll start with:

Only coming out at night,
he’s always really, really high.
Three-studded belt around his waist,
he’s just a punk in outer space.
Who is he?

*hint*
replace the second lie with "Peering through the winter sky."

BWAHAHAHAHAHA....hmmm the man on the moon? :p

Orion.

How many places may a man stand
Where he may walk one mile south,
one mile east,
one mile North
And end up hand-in-hand.

Orion.

How many places may a man stand
Where he may walk one mile south,
one mile east,
one mile North
And end up hand-in-hand.

One, the North Pole

I don't have any riddles, so go again if you'd like.

One, the North Pole

I don't have any riddles, so go again if you'd like.

For "The Hobbit" fans:

Box without hinges, key, or lid, but inside a golden treasure is hid.

In reference to LG's riddle:

Two, The north pole, and anywhere one mile north of the latitude where the Earth's circumference is exatly one mile around.

But I don't have a riddle either.

In reference to LG's riddle:

Two, The north pole, and anywhere one mile north of the latitude where the Earth's circumference is exatly one mile around.

But I don't have a riddle either.

Not true.

Because you cannot walk one mile east at the South pole.

The important thing to note, however, is that the answer is NOT 'The North Pole'.

The answer is 'One'.

:)

For "The Hobbit" fans:

Box without hinges, key, or lid, but inside a golden treasure is hid.

An egg.

For "The Hobbit" fans:

Box without hinges, key, or lid, but inside a golden treasure is hid.


Eggses Preciousss!!

I can answer everything here ok ready for it...'the almighty 8-ball of truth' their done now go have fun wit dat :D :p

He who makes it, doesn't need it.
He who buys it, doesn't want it.
He who uses it, doesn't know it.

What is it?

An egg, for the hobbit riddle.

Hmmmmmmm.........

For those without lives,
and that which not fails,
what do they do
in the spare time?
To answer this riddle,
figure it not,
the person I'm asking,
is probably not.


(This ones for hard-core sci-fi fans

He who makes it, doesn't need it.
He who buys it, doesn't want it.
He who uses it, doesn't know it.

What is it?
coffin

Oh, and the answer for the one before my riddle is a coffin.

An egg, for the hobbit riddle.

Hmmmmmmm.........

For those without lives,
and that which not fails,
what do they do
in the spare time?
To answer this riddle,
figure it not,
the person I'm asking,
is probably not.


(This ones for hard-core sci-fi fans
Decomposing?

a coffin

next riddle


you are at a fork in the road
one path leads to the city of truth and good and nice
one path leads to the city of lies and bad and evil
there is a man standing at the fork, he is either from the city of truth, or the city of lies
people from truth only tell truth
people from lies only tell lies

you need to get to the city of truth
you can only ask one question...

what do you ask?

a coffin

next riddle


you are at a fork in the road
one path leads to the city of truth and good and nice
one path leads to the city of lies and bad and evil
there is a man standing at the fork, he is either from the city of truth, or the city of lies
people from truth only tell truth
people from lies only tell lies

you need to get to the city of truth
you can only ask one question...

what do you ask?


Which way are you not from?

a coffin

next riddle


you are at a fork in the road
one path leads to the city of truth and good and nice
one path leads to the city of lies and bad and evil
there is a man standing at the fork, he is either from the city of truth, or the city of lies
people from truth only tell truth
people from lies only tell lies

you need to get to the city of truth
you can only ask one question...

what do you ask?

Do they have beer and women in the City of Lies? :D

1) no "decomposing" is not the answer to my riddle, &

2) the answer is to ask them which path they would take and why
(Not really the right answer but it makes more sense than the actual answer)

No ones going to get mine. I'm going to watch until someone gets it.
(I'm going to be watching for a LONG time)

Le Chat de Noir did get it, but i think i was out of turn anyway, took too long to post my riddle.

or you could simply ask where they're from noir
either the liar or the truth teller would point to the city of truth

An egg, for the hobbit riddle.

Hmmmmmmm.........

For those without lives,
and that which not fails,
what do they do
in the spare time?
To answer this riddle,
figure it not,
the person I'm asking,
is probably not.


(This ones for hard-core sci-fi fans

sleep?

Wow, that makes sense, but that would mean you're asleep. Hint: There's a double-negative in there for the last part

Tell a riddle, if you can;
try to put down the lower man.
When someone answers it, they’ll tell their own
and that is how this game will go.

I'll start with:

Only coming out at night,
he’s always really, really high.
Three-studded belt around his waist,
he’s just a punk in outer space.
Who is he?

*hint*
replace the second lie with "Peering through the winter sky."
Orion!!!!!!

Le Chat de Noir did get it, but i think i was out of turn anyway, took too long to post my riddle.

or you could simply ask where they're from noir
either the liar or the truth teller would point to the city of truth
BUT if it was the lier and you asked him where he was from would if the lier pointed up indicating he was from the heavens? oooo answer dat one lol :D

An egg, for the hobbit riddle.

Hmmmmmmm.........

For those without lives,
and that which not fails,
what do they do
in the spare time?
To answer this riddle,
figure it not,
the person I'm asking,
is probably not.


(This ones for hard-core sci-fi fans

umm. heres a stab in the dark, playing mind games?

Orion!!!!!!

A little late, don't cha think? We already got that one!

umm. heres a stab in the dark, playing mind games?

What do you mean, playing mind games? There is a definetive(Spelling?) answer to the riddle, if you think I'm just posting to piss everyone off.

An egg, for the hobbit riddle.

Hmmmmmmm.........

For those without lives,
and that which not fails,
what do they do
in the spare time?
To answer this riddle,
figure it not,
the person I'm asking,
is probably not.


(This ones for hard-core sci-fi fans
thought / thinking

What do you mean, playing mind games? There is a definetive(Spelling?) answer to the riddle, if you think I'm just posting to piss everyone off.

no, you play games in your spare time if you have no life, you brain never fails, and if its a double negative, then you are playing one now (like a riddle)

thought / thinking

Damn, you got it! WTF!!! I thought no one would get that one! Jeese. Did you read the book, or are you just really good at riddles?

Damn, you got it! WTF!!! I thought no one would get that one! Jeese. Did you read the book, or are you just really good at riddles?

*shrug* just came to me... but i cant think up a riddle right now... so someone else can make one up... *smile*

Oh, and that mind games thing was really close, I just didn't get your meaning at first, sorry.

What is illegal to sell, but perfectly legal to give away? (there may be more than one answer)

What is illegal to sell, but perfectly legal to give away? (there may be more than one answer)

this might sound a little mean spirited, but your children?

so someone else can make one up... *smile*


Ok... let's see, new riddle:

You can't sleep
for the horror,
you can't stay awake
for the blood,
You're going insane,
but the lings of the bane
make the Keeper claim.
What are you doing/what is being done?

HAH! There! If you get THAT one without reading the book I'll be amazed.

What is illegal to sell, but perfectly legal to give away? (there may be more than one answer)

love maybe?

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

this might sound a little mean spirited, but your children?
Not what I had in mind, but...

love maybe?
very close to what I had in mind.

Lust?

and i didn't mean giving away your children in a bad way, fyi. i meant like in marriage giving them up to someone else and their own life. (its a little abstract)

Lust?
Not so much a feeling. Well, not so much an intangible feeling.

Sex then?

Sex then?
We have a winner!

Try my earlier riddle one for size.

What is illegal to sell, but perfectly legal to give away? (there may be more than one answer)
r u trying to say the heart? cause medical doctors have put a price on it so in other words you can sell it (legally if you're dead.) lol

sex can be illegal to give away

i thought i might put a hard one down for ya'll
What row of numbers comes next?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

r u trying to say the heart? cause medical doctors have put a price on it so in other words you can sell it (legally if you're dead.) lol

He he he I got that one before you did noir. Can you get mine THIS time though, huh huh huh?

He he he I got that one before you did noir. Can you get mine THIS time though, huh huh huh?
nope... im clueless actually... what book?

i thought i might put a hard one down for ya'll
What row of numbers comes next?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

34, so pick your combination of 1's, 2's, 3's, and only one 4

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

"'I haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hatter.

'Nor I,' said the March Hare."

or

Because they can both produce notes, albeit very flat. And neither is ever put with the wrong end in front.

or

Because Poe wrote on both.

uhhhh....no

nope... im clueless actually... what book?

heh, actually it's more of a series, but you only have to read one of the books to know what I'm talking about. "The Sword of Truth" series.
The specific book titles are like "Temple of Wind" and Blood of the Fold".
There's more, but that's all I can remember.

uhhhh....no

Hmmmm? But the numbers, they add up to that.

1 = 1
11 = 2
21 = 3
1211=5
then 8, then 13, then 21, so it follows that it is 34 next, I just don't know the combo.

Ok... let's see, new riddle:

You can't sleep
for the horror,
you can't stay awake
for the blood,
You're going insane,
but the lings of the bane
make the Keeper claim.
What are you doing/what is being done?

HAH! There! If you get THAT one without reading the book I'll be amazed.

There's mine again, in case you "lower men", to quote the begining, can't get it

does it have 10 numbers?

There's mine again, in case you "lower men", to quote the begining, can't get it

Being tortured?

Being tortured?

Close, but no bananna for you!

i thought i might put a hard one down for ya'll
What row of numbers comes next?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

1111332221 :confused:
or
1111312221

How about 113222211?

no i can already see its too dificult for you.
1113213211,

and then

31131211131221 !!!!!

it's really stupid, a butchery of the old fibonacci sequence problem that someone thought was funny, back in my old degree days. You have to ignore the numerical play and concentrate on the words...

one,
one one,
two ones,
one two one one,
one one one two one one,
three ones two twos one one,
one three one one two twos one one,
one one one three two ones three twos one one.
here is a different one
Just to keep the ball rolling, here's one you've probably heard before, but it's one of my all-time favourites:

The beginning of eternity
the end of time and space
At the beginning of every end
And at the end of every place.

What am I?

Ah, I gotta sign off now. I give you people the answer to my riddle:
You're in a war with magic.

I explain: Lings and Banes were supposed to be put together to form Banelings, which in the book are servants of the Keeper, whose christian equivalent is the devil, or possibly the Grim Reaper. That gave you the magic aspect, and the begining you were supposed to tie in with war(or I guess possibly torture. I award who said that 50 out of a 100 points for getting half right)

So there. I told you. You had to read the book(s).

HA! Signing off, Lord Grey II, Master of All He Surveys

here is a different one
Just to keep the ball rolling, here's one you've probably heard before, but it's one of my all-time favourites:

The beginning of eternity
the end of time and space
At the beginning of every end
And at the end of every place.

What am I?


e

Correct
i posted that one cuz im leaving and going to bed see ya'll

Ah, I gotta sign off now. I give you people the answer to my riddle:
You're in a war with magic.

I explain: Lings and Banes were supposed to be put together to form Banelings, which in the book are servants of the Keeper, whose christian equivalent is the devil, or possibly the Grim Reaper. That gave you the magic aspect, and the begining you were supposed to tie in with war(or I guess possibly torture. I award who said that 50 out of a 100 points for getting half right)

So there. I told you. You had to read the book(s).

HA! Signing off, Lord Grey II, Master of All He Surveys

ah, that was stupid

The teller of secret plans with
the end of end or the middle of middle and
something you say when you have nothing to say
gives you something that spins webs all day....

A tad off from the version written in a book but i dont the have the book in front of me and i dont remember it well enough... *smile*

spider, great sept for the last line gives it away
fun to figure it out phonetically

spider, great sept for the last line gives it away
fun to figure it out phonetically
i just can't remember what the book said it was.... i think something you wouldn't want as a friend but i wasn't sure and i would love a spider as a friend so.... anyway... good job and see ya it was fun playing...
Le Chat De Noir

i thought i might put a hard one down for ya'll
What row of numbers comes next?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
1113213211

EDIT: ugh, you explained it above...

A man walks in the street and starts talking with another man. The other man asks him how many kids he has. 'three', he says. The other man then asks him how old they are. So the man says 'the product of their ages is 36'. The other man says it's not enough to know their ages, so the man says 'the sum of their ages is equal to the number of stores in this street'. Now the other man says it is still not enough to know their ages. The man now says 'my oldest child loves chocolate'. How old are his children?

A man walks in the street and starts talking with another man. The other man asks him how many kids he has. 'three', he says. The other man then asks him how old they are. So the man says 'the product of their ages is 36'. The other man says it's not enough to know their ages, so the man says 'the sum of their ages is equal to the number of stores in this street'. Now the other man says it is still not enough to know their ages. The man now says 'my oldest child loves chocolate'. How old are his children?

82, 14, and the summation of (.6x-4)^4, whereas t=1, n=5

A man walks in the street and starts talking with another man. The other man asks him how many kids he has. 'three', he says. The other man then asks him how old they are. So the man says 'the product of their ages is 36'. The other man says it's not enough to know their ages, so the man says 'the sum of their ages is equal to the number of stores in this street'. Now the other man says it is still not enough to know their ages. The man now says 'my oldest child loves chocolate'. How old are his children?
We'll never know, cause by this time the other man has called him a maths psycho, a pedantic idiot and a nutjob, before storming off, mumbling 'He couldn't even answer a simple question! Why do I always end up talking to the crazies and weirdos?'

btw 2,3 and 6?

We'll never know, cause by this time the other man has called him a maths psycho, a pedantic idiot and a nutjob, before storming off, mumbling 'He couldn't even answer a simple question! Why do I always end up talking to the crazies and weirdos?'

btw 2,3 and 6?
1,4,9
1,2,18
1,1,36
1,6,6
1,3,12

perhaps if we knew the number of stores on the street...

1,4,9
1,2,18
1,1,36
1,6,6
1,3,12
perhaps if we knew the number of stores on the street...
It can't be 1,1,6 because of what's said in the riddle.
1,2,18 and 1,1,36 are probably too remote possibilities that they're unlikely (an age gap of 35 years!). Also that means 21 or 38 stores on the street, which is also pretty unlikely (unless it's a long street)
So that leaves 1,4,9 and 1,3,12 and 2,3,6.
I'm going for my original (2,3,6), cause the other two would mean a longish street (14 or 16).

Here's my riddle:
There is a large room with a statue of a mighty hero against one wall, on a pedastal with a ladder. There is a large stone door behind him, at the pedastal's height (10 feet above the floor).

On the pedastal is engraved "I am the greatest warrior of my time. I feared no enemy, nothing could scare me. If you name something that I fear, Your way forward will open. If you tell me something I do not fear, Your way back will seal, and I shall destroy you."

Here's my riddle:
There is a large room with a statue of a mighty hero against one wall, on a pedastal with a ladder. There is a large stone door behind him, at the pedastal's height (10 feet above the floor).

On the pedastal is engraved "I am the greatest warrior of my time. I feared no enemy, nothing could scare me. If you name something that I fear, Your way forward will open. If you tell me something I do not fear, Your way back will seal, and I shall destroy you."
Ageing?

1,4,9
1,2,18
1,1,36
1,6,6
1,3,12

perhaps if we knew the number of stores on the street...

well, if you solve the riddle you'll know the number of stores in the street.

A man walks in the street and starts talking with another man. The other man asks him how many kids he has. 'three', he says. The other man then asks him how old they are. So the man says 'the product of their ages is 36'. The other man says it's not enough to know their ages, so the man says 'the sum of their ages is equal to the number of stores in this street'. Now the other man says it is still not enough to know their ages. The man now says 'my oldest child loves chocolate'. How old are his children?
3, 3, 4?

i thought i might put a hard one down for ya'll
What row of numbers comes next?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

Boy did you put a lot of line for us to figure it out.... Too many clues..

But hey here is the next line.

1113213211

Now can others guess the next one ?

Ageing?
Not bad, but sorry no.
Try again

Not bad, but sorry no.
Try again
My other guesses would have been illness and erosion. Statues hate erosion. That and pigeons. Filthy winged rat creatures. But he’s an indoor statue so it shouldn’t have to put up with erosion and pigeons all that much. So I guess I’ll just stick with illness.

Unless…Behind every great warrior is a woman who is just downright scary when angered. At least that's what my years of anime experience tell me. So my other guess would have to be a woman.

Anyways I have to go soon. So here's a quick and easy riddle.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?

A man walks in the street and starts talking with another man. The other man asks him how many kids he has. 'three', he says. The other man then asks him how old they are. So the man says 'the product of their ages is 36'. The other man says it's not enough to know their ages, so the man says 'the sum of their ages is equal to the number of stores in this street'. Now the other man says it is still not enough to know their ages. The man now says 'my oldest child loves chocolate'. How old are his children?

Boy the second one from the same book.

Answer is 2 - 2 - 9

if you dont know why....

think differently.

the person answering is unable to answer because there are too many possibilities ( 8 to be precise ) after the first quote/riddle.

Now since both of them are on the street at the time they both know how many stores are on it. so once again there should be too many possibilities.

and now What on hell would tell me that the OLDEST one likes chocolate.... well as you can see the only important word in the phrase is OLDEST. that way you KNOW that he does not have twins as the old ones.



1 x 1 x 36 --- (sum = 38)
1 x 2 x 18 --- (sum = 21)
1 x 3 x 12 --- (sum = 16)
1 x 4 x 9 --- (sum = 14)
1 x 6 x 6 --- (sum = 13)
2 x 2 x 9 --- (sum = 13)
2 x 3 x 6 --- (sum = 11)
3 x 3 x 4 --- (sum = 10)

That is how you get your answer.

If it takes an ant 365 days to cross the Atlantic ocean in a peanut shell using crowbars for oars, how many ice cream cones does it take to fix a flat tire?

My other guesses would have been illness and erosion. Statues hate erosion. That and pigeons. Filthy winged rat creatures. But he’s an indoor statue so it shouldn’t have to put up with erosion and pigeons all that much. So I guess I’ll just stick with illness.

Unless…Behind every great warrior is a woman who is just downright scary when angered. At least that's what my years of anime experience tell me. So my other guess would have to be a woman.

Anyways I have to go soon. So here's a quick and easy riddle.

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
The answer's actually contained within the riddle itself.
As for your riddle, I would guess they had a lighter, or one cigarette was already lit and they used that to light the other 3.

The answer's actually contained within the riddle itself.
As for your riddle, I would guess they had a lighter, or one cigarette was already lit and they used that to light the other 3.
No

Falling off his pedestal? I know that If I was as arrogant as he, that’s what I’d be afraid of.

and now What on hell would tell me that the OLDEST one likes chocolate.... well as you can see the only important word in the phrase is OLDEST. that way you KNOW that he does not have twins as the old ones.Even if the first twin was born 2 minutes before the second, it's still older. It's only a matter of degree. If I was born 10 years or 10 months or 10 minutes before my sister it doesn't matter. I'm still older.

<<SNIP>>

Here's my riddle:
There is a large room with a statue of a mighty hero against one wall, on a pedastal with a ladder. There is a large stone door behind him, at the pedastal's height (10 feet above the floor).

On the pedastal is engraved "I am the greatest warrior of my time. I feared no enemy, nothing could scare me. If you name something that I fear, Your way forward will open. If you tell me something I do not fear, Your way back will seal, and I shall destroy you."
Nothing

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Boy the second one from the same book.

Answer is 2 - 2 - 9

Ah, i didn't know it came from a book. It was a question at a quiz and my team was the only team that solved it.

Yes.. Actually its coming from the encyclopedia of absolute and relative knowledge.

From Bernard Werber. he wrote the Ants trilogy. Same book from wich came the number riddle

1
11
21
1211

and so on...

I recommend this series to all. and then you read the incyclopedia (its only a 300 pages book) but well worth the reading.

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