The Riddle Game

[John]

He's trying to boost that pretty little post count of his up. It's all a conspiracy.

Btw, the answer is Jesus.

Vouch: it is defenitely jesus

[Z3R0]

No, it isn't Jesus.

[John]

jellyfish?
seawead?
the son of jesus?

[Z3R0]

Ok, since this is obviously to difficult. The answer is Lamprey. The Lamprey is a type of carnivorous eel the has many razor like teeth. It swims into it's prey and burrows its way through it. Next riddle then, still for 100 points:

Take away the whole and some still remains. What is it?

[John]

seems too easy to be true, but dunno. is it WHOLESOME?

Am i correct? I have to know

[Z3R0]

The answer is "wholesome". I figured I would choose an easy one since the one prior to that seemed bit complicated. This one will also be for 100 points since that one was so easy.

Riddle 4

I am the black child of a white father;
A wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven.
I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me,
and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air.

[Fuggle]

Imma say Smoke on this one.

[Z3R0]

Correct, try this one:

A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in.

What should he have said?

[Mathalamus]

3 and 1.5?

[Fuggle]

He should have said 3, # of letters in each number = Answer.

[Z3R0]

Damn, Fuggle's on a role. Try this one:

This thing all things devour;
beast, bird, tree, flour,
gnaws iron, bites steel,
grinds hard stones to meal,
slays king; ruins town,
and brings high montains down.

What is this thing?

[jedimaster86]

I believe I've seen this one and it having been in the Hobbit or something? Anyways, it's "Time." (although it almost seems like "Water" fits in most of those things too, lol).

[Z3R0]

Very well, I see I must be more clever. In such manner, I will award the person to solve this riddle 150 points. You must give an explination as to how you solved the riddle. It is as follows:

An old king is about to die and he has no offspring to inherit the crown. So he summons the three wisest men from his kingdom and puts them to a test. He tells them that he is about to put them in a room and have his aide put a hat on each of them. Each hat may or may not have a dot on it, but at least one hat will have a dot. They may not touch the hats, nor communicate in any way. The first one that correctly identifies whether his hat has a dot will become the next king. If he is wrong, or if he breaks the rules, he will be killed. Then he sends all three wise men into the room.
The king then tells his aide to put dotted hats on all three.
A few minutes later one of the wise men returns and announces proudly that he has a dot.

How did he know?

[John]

in separate rooms? or the same room?

[Z3R0]

"He tells them that he is about to put them in a room and have his aide put a hat on each of them."

"They may not touch the hats, nor communicate in any way."

You're never going to be good at solving riddles if you don't learn to look for clues and key phrases. :P

[John]

i'm still working on my riddle-solving skills, but i think they are improving

[Z3R0]

And your guess would be?

[John]

Did he look at the others and see they were dotless?

[Fuggle]

Oh, I thought I replied to this, It's a big "If I were in his shoes how would I think" deal. We'll say Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C. Mr. A is like hmm if I was B how would I think this through. If I (aka Mr. A) didn't have the dot then B would think "If I don't have the dot C would know his is the only with the dot since A and I don't and he would rush to claim his prize, but since he doesn't that means I have a dot." However since B did not rush to claim his prize we know A must have a dot, otherwise B would have clearly figured this out by now. .

[Z3R0]

Good Fuggle. You're going to end up with all my points. :P

Just as well, I don't use them. Here is the new riddle, for 100 points. This one has a bit of a twist to it.

Mr. Fisher is a night watchman in a large company. On a certain morning when Mr. Fisher wants to go home, his boss tells him: "I'll go for a businesstrip to Norway. Tomorrow I will depart from Heathrow airport." Mr. Fisher however advises him to take a boat. "Why should I?" asked the president. "This night I dreamed that the plane to Norway crashes, just before it will land," is the response. The president smiles first, but since he is pretty superstitious he decides to take the boat. When he arrives in Norway, he is told that the plane which he should have taken had crashed. When the president returns from the trip, he gives a big reward to Mr. Fisher and immediately fires him.

Why?