Thrawn's Revenge
Off Topic => The Lounge => Topic started by: Enceladus on January 12, 2008, 12:49:53 PM
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In this thread we post riddles and we can see who can answer the most. Same as the thread on EEAW. This thread will be kept tracked of. Here is the first riddle:
Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.
NOTE: In order to post a riddle, you must first correctly answer the preceding riddle.
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There is no word that ends with the -gry ordering, but energy does have the same letters just in a different order. ;D
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Wrong answer. Read carefully.
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Easy, its "language"
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gry? no idea what that means if it even is a word.
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how could it be language but i agree gry seems the most likely for some reason
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The key is the phrase "the English language." In this three-word phrase, the third word is simply the word "language." "Language" is definitely something that "everyone uses every day"
My Riddle: If there are 6 apples, and you take away 2, how many do you have?
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can't spot any -GRY in there.
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In its original form, the first two sentences have absolutely "nothing" to do with the question: "Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them." Ignore those two sentences. They are there only to throw you off.
What's left is the actual riddle itself: "There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."
The key is the phrase "the English language." In this three-word phrase, the third word is simply the word "language." "Language" is definitely something that "everyone uses every day"! Without that quirky little twist, the puzzle would just be another trivia question, and not a riddle.
My Riddle: If there are 6 apples, and you take away 2, how many do you have?
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You would merely have Two apples because YOU are taking Two away...
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depends what happens on those two you take. if you simply remove them from that pile or stack of six you still have all 6 apples.
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no, its 2
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Got one
There are Two people waiting at a bus stop. A bus arrives carrying Five passengers. The two people get onto the bus. At the Next stop three people get off of the bus yet there are still five people on the bus. How comes?
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Driver is the 5th
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Yup, Correctamundo
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I turn polar bears white
and I will make you cry.
I make guys have to pee
and girls comb their hair.
I make celebrities look stupid
and normal people look like celebrities.
I turn pancakes brown
and make your champane bubble.
If you squeeze me, I'll pop.
If you look at me, you'll pop.
Can you guess this riddle?
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You can only post a riddle after you answer correctly Meyer.
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who made that rule?
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I did, and Encaladus
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you could have told it earlier. or then I just missed it.
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The answer to scarecrows riddle is NO
Mine:
I can run but i cannot walk.
I have a mouth but i cannot talk.
What Am I?
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correct, Can you guess this riddle? the answer is no, it makes completely no sense
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Answer to Daft's riddle - Its a river!
Mine:
As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Every wife had seven sacks
Every sack had seven cats
Every cat had seven kittens
Kittens, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?
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one.
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Correct, only the narrator is stated as going to St Ives, the others are just there to to confuse you.
Your turn Meyer!
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It's deadly. It's used daily by many. You can find it in one of the most known brands in the world. It's a plant. What is it?
this should be easy.
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Is it Caffine?
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no.
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Cocaine or Cannabis?
Or possibly Tobacco?
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cocaine is correct.
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Here: pr
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nobody can work that out.
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You are close to the answer there mate ;)
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the answer is no
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Props to you scarecrow :P
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What has alot of keys but can't open a door?
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A Piano or a Keyboard
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yep, piano
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Here's mine:
There are two balls rolling down a slope. The slope from top to bottom is 100M. The first ball starts from the top of the slope and decends at Two Meters per second. The Second ball starts rolling at the same time from half way, and travels at One Meter per second. The Hill gradually gets steeper as it goes down. Which ball will reach the bottom of the ground first.
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they reach it at the same time.
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No they do not. You are too simplistic. Read carefully.
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The first one
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I'll say the second one then.
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Its the first because if the slope gets steeper the longer the faster you go.
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I'm gonna give it to Palleon caus he explained how it works. Scarecrow got the answer from me on the staff chat anyway :P
You get to ask one now palleon.
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Since this thread has been a tad quiet, I'll post a riddle.
A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a shotgun and points it at him. The man says, thank you and leaves. Why?
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because it was a shot
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Thats a joke.
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because it was a shot
Erm...Wrong.
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Because he only wanted a glass of water
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Wrong....again.
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He had the hiccups.
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Correct *Suspiciously looks at staff chat*
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How would you get exactly 4 gallons of water in a container if you only have a 5 gallon container, a 3 gallon container, and an unlimited supply of water?
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*remembers from Die Hard*
Fill the 5-gallon jug, pour three gallons into the 3-gallon jug. Dump out the 3-gallon jug and put the 2 gallons left in the 5-gallon jug into the 3-gallon jug. Fill the 5-gallon jug again. Since there is exactly 2 gallons in the 3-gallon jug, there is one gallon of empty space. Pour 1 gallon from the 5-gallon jug into the 3-gallon jug, leaving you with exactly 4 gallons in the 5-gallon jug
There, bomb diffused
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Yeah, go post a riddle :D
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*remembers from Die Hard*
Yay. That makes two of the riddles from Die Hard that have made it into this thread :D
Fill the 5-gallon jug, pour three gallons into the 3-gallon jug. Dump out the 3-gallon jug and put the 2 gallons left in the 5-gallon jug into the 3-gallon jug. Fill the 5-gallon jug again. Since there is exactly 2 gallons in the 3-gallon jug, there is one gallon of empty space. Pour 1 gallon from the 5-gallon jug into the 3-gallon jug, leaving you with exactly 4 gallons in the 5-gallon jug
Or, you could have done it this way:
Fill the 3 gallon and pour it into the 5 gallon. Refill the 3 gallon and again, pour it into the 5 gallon leaving 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon. Dump out of water in the 5, fill it with the 1 gallon in the 3 gallon jug and then refill the 3 gallon to pour into the 5 gallon which now has 4 gallons.
:P
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Or, you could have done it this way:
Fill the 3 gallon and pour it into the 5 gallon. Refill the 3 gallon and again, pour it into the 5 gallon leaving 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon. Dump out of water in the 5, fill it with the 1 gallon in the 3 gallon jug and then refill the 3 gallon to pour into the 5 gallon which now has 4 gallons.
:P
That's was my solution :D
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Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?
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They were divers wearing drysuits?
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nope
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They were either married or had girlfriends, and therefore no single men got wet.
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Correct Arby
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Since Arb hasn't replyed for a while a will post a riddle(please don't kill me Arb*hides under bed*) tha you will find nowhere on the internet.
4 6 5 4 5 3 4 What Am I?
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number series
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Enceladus, a mapper for Thrawn's Revenge and resident of the Dominion of Canada. Those are the last 7 digits of your phone number.
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What are the first 27 digits...eh.? ;)
Both are wrong.
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1984
19 = 4 + 6 + 5 + 4
8 = 5 + 3
4
:P
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you are a timer or a clock
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Wrong. I've been liking Halo 3 alot lately. ;)
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the last 7 kill scores of yorself on halo 3
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Wrong. I just got my Hayabusa armor too. ;)
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those are the levels that you got your last 7 skulls on or the numbers on the wierd ball on halo 3 sandtrap
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you're a human.
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i got it its the order you need to jump through the rings on the level the ark after you kill truth to get the IWHBYD skull ha there thats it
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Finally, jeez. You get to ask the next riddle. Oh and it's The Covenant level by the way.
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okay
you answer me yet i never ask you questions what am i
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The phone.
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i knew it w as a bit easy correct
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well if your not gonna riddle then
i am here i am there i am everywhere what am i
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US government
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here
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heres a clue
use the main words starting letters
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air?
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im gonna change riddle(slaps fourhead)
um
i am.a monkey or a chimpanzee
what am i?
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primate.
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no use your eyes....very carefully the smallest dot could bring forth the answer
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imac?
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In the interests of trying to move this thread on, im going to have a go at these unsolved riddles..
First riddle:
i am here i am there i am everywhere what am i
With this clue:
heres a clue
use the main words starting letters
You really have to quote his clue to understand the significance of the dots (Which are the bold text at size 1):
heres a clue
use the main words starting letters
Therefore, its AHATAEWA, using only the starting letters of the main words. Therefore you are A HAT (ignoring the extra letters at the end).
Second riddle:
im gonna change riddle(slaps fourhead)
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i am.a monkey or a chimpanzee
what am i?
With this clue:
no use your eyes....very carefully the smallest dot could bring forth the answer
You have to quote or highlight his riddle to understand the clue, since it shows this (the dot was shrunk to size 1):
im gonna change riddle(slaps fourhead)
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i am.a monkey or a chimpanzee
what am i?
Therefore, you are you!
Now, am i right?
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yes
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They were sneaky :P
Right, my turn. I'll go for an easy one after those two tricksters:
A man lives exactly halfway between two bus stops.
To catch the bus to work on a morning, he goes to the first bus stop, yet when he returns home he gets off at the second.
Why?
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Two different buses?
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Well, chances are it would be a different bus. But you mean bus route, right?
Either way, thats not the answer :P
EDIT: I'll give you a clue, its something to do with before and after getting on/off the bus.
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The sad thing is, I think I've heard of this riddle before :( I just don't remember it.... Oh well, maybe tomorrow.
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the bus arrives later to the second stop. it first goes past the first and on to second.
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Nope. And if that had been the case, he would get on at the second, and off at the first.
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he lives on a hill! that way, he walks down hill both ways!
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Yep, the first stop is at the bottom of the hill, which he walks down to on a morning, then after work he gets of at the second stop (at the top of the hill) and walks down to his home.
Your turn Dane Kiet.
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Let's see who knows 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.
This should be easy.....
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space
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Processing...... that is : Incorrect
(fries the played with electricity) Next
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Dark. And you owe J.R.R. Tolkien money now...
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Let's see who knows this one.
I wanted to see how many people actually read the hobbit. Hence this quote. And you guys ripped off of die hard so :P
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I read that book too! :'(
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I'm officially putting my riddles up for grabs....