Author Topic: Riddle Thread (Read 35641 times)

Enceladus · « **on:** January 12, 2008, 12:49:53 PM »

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.

GrndAdmrlPellaeon · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2008, 01:41:10 PM »

There is no word that ends with the -gry ordering, but energy does have the same letters just in a different order.

Enceladus · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2008, 01:51:00 PM »

Wrong answer. Read carefully.

Scarecrow63 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2008, 02:24:22 PM »

Easy, its "language"

Meyer · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2008, 02:32:25 PM »

gry? no idea what that means if it even is a word.

Kratas · « **Reply #5 on:** January 12, 2008, 02:38:08 PM »

how could it be language but i agree gry seems the most likely for some reason

Scarecrow63 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2008, 02:43:04 PM »

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?

Meyer · « **Reply #7 on:** January 12, 2008, 02:44:42 PM »

can't spot any -GRY in there.

Scarecrow63 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 12, 2008, 02:46:32 PM »

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?

Daft_Vader · « **Reply #9 on:** January 12, 2008, 02:50:01 PM »

You would merely have Two apples because YOU are taking Two away...

Meyer · « **Reply #10 on:** January 12, 2008, 02:53:52 PM »

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.

Scarecrow63 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 12, 2008, 02:55:02 PM »

no, its 2

Daft_Vader · « **Reply #12 on:** January 12, 2008, 03:00:13 PM »

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?

Scarecrow63 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 12, 2008, 03:01:08 PM »

Driver is the 5th

Daft_Vader · « **Reply #14 on:** January 12, 2008, 03:01:50 PM »

Yup, Correctamundo

Scarecrow63 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 12, 2008, 03:04:08 PM »

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?

Daft_Vader · « **Reply #16 on:** January 12, 2008, 03:13:07 PM »

You can only post a riddle after you answer correctly Meyer.

Meyer · « **Reply #17 on:** January 12, 2008, 03:15:18 PM »

who made that rule?

Daft_Vader · « **Reply #18 on:** January 12, 2008, 03:15:48 PM »

I did, and Encaladus

Meyer · « **Reply #19 on:** January 12, 2008, 03:16:56 PM »

you could have told it earlier. or then I just missed it.

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