I've wanted to find the answer to this riddle from "Crimson Crown", for 5 years:

I am, I'm not. I visit young and old,
Some I make timid and some I make bold,
Unwise is the one who pokes fun at me.
Beware, for I am a shadow of thee.

:cry:
could someone :help: me?

The Reaper? :eeeeeh:

Yup. Death.

It took him 5 years to get this riddle? :blink:

No. It took him 5 years not to get this riddle. :D

clearly death, bud.

No. It took him 5 years not to get this riddle. :D [/b][/quote]
I often mix my words up. I meant - "he didnt get it for 5 years?"

what do you think I am? a complete moron? any other kind would get death in 5 years!
anyway, it's not death. :w00t:
did anyone actualy play crimson crown (for apple ][)?

how about Temptation

or fear... that riddle can have alot of answers

I am and Idiot! 5 years...
HOTU has the walktrough (I got it from a friend, as a part of his apple ROM collection, so I've never been on HOTU page of this game before, and google turns up empty).
it's dream.
now, can anyone tell me how do dreams make people timid, and how are they our shadows? :ranting:
Маразм кепчал!

EDIT: fear, how interesting for you to mentoin it, because it's an answer to a more logical riddle:
Hands I do not have, yet I grasp so tight.
I love darkness, my enemy is light.
Both the mighty and low know me well,
For in the hearts of men do I dwell!

Dreams...who would of thought...its true now that I see it. Glad I wasn't playing this riddle game with Gollum or I would of got ate.

Nightmares scare and affect everyone. The shadow part I do not know.

dreams are a reflection of our fears and hopes I guess, and our subconcious

apparently the designer of Crimson Crown thought more highly of his dreams than I do :blink:

I can understand that. After all it is our brain that conjurs up dreams, while sleeping we have no control over our brains and whether we dream of our fears or our hopes, our subconscience must be behind it.

But I don't believe that dreams have any meaning.

What do you guys think of the riddles on the moredhel chest in Betrayal of Krondor

Edit Do you guys remember some of them?

I don't know any of those riddles...tell me more tell me more :)

I'll have to play the game again, cause I can remember any of them.
I'll try playing during the week and post next weekend.

Anyone else is free to post.

P.S. If I see the riddle chances are I'll remember the answer, so you just got to ask me if you can't get it. I could also check the answer in the cheats. :D (Don't worry, I'll be honest if I used the cheat)

Edit: can't remember... I meant to say can't remember any of them.

Dreams have a meaning because they're your brain concerns displayed to when your superego is down. They might look screwed up since the way your brain views things might not be the same way that you do consciently. If you do try to understand your brain though, you'll find out a lot about yourself just by interpreting the dreams.

Dreams have a meaning, hmmm...
I think it's more like dreams having a source. Subtle difference.

For what good are the answers if you don't have questions?

Pardon?

that sounds like one of those Zen Riddles

Pardon? [/b][/quote]
If you consider a dream as an answer to a issue that lies inside your mind, then there must be one question (trouble, concern, event) that is the source of the dream.

Dreams have a meaning because they're your brain concerns displayed to when your superego is down. They might look screwed up since the way your brain views things might not be the same way that you do consciently. If you do try to understand your brain though, you'll find out a lot about yourself just by interpreting the dreams. [/b][/quote]
Hmmmmmm.

But anyway I was thinking more like, dreaming of something and it then comming true, I have friends who believe that, I think they're psychotic.

well yes it does. just a few days ago I dreamt up I would have an exam, guess what I faced in the morning? that's right, an Exam in computer science!
but then again, there was that dream about killer-bunny-solth-zombies, 'm still waiting for that to happen. :D

But you knew an exam was comming, so it doesn't count. They see it more as seeing into the future to what they don't know is going to happen.

Yes even I am confused by that last sentence.

Ah so you don't believe in dream premonitions but you do believe that the mind can reflect your subconcious thoughts in dreams but not nessecarily in a prophetic way?

yipes no short way to say it is there

it's a joke. in fact it's all a joke, the whole post.
but "prophetic" dreams do exist- they are the result of your subconcious processing the information you have, so there's no way way to predict you will be run over by a car, but if you read the news, you might excidentaly predict the next econimcal crisis. your subconcsiousness is a great power!

We've come a long way from the riddles sorry to roam :ot:

Does anyone have a riddle offhand to tease our brains with?

yellow, yet not cheese.
round, yet not a cat.
what is it?

well you asked for a riddle offhand, that's the only one that came to my mind :angel:

LOL ...um...the moon. LOL

yes, your turn now.
EDIT: or you could solve this one too:
every creature in the world has seen it, but to their dieing day they'll never see the same one again.

lots of things... my first thought is.. a moment

er... no. this riddle has a different answer, allthough I could make some 5-10 on the spot that would fit also.

EDIT:it could prove a problem, since each riddle has a set answer, like the moon in the first one, and even though both log and a smiley would be answers, they aren't. so what do we do?

I heard this one before...

I think the answer is a sunset or sunrise.

Then again it could be day.

Hmmm.... then again it could be something completely different.

Never mind that's my guess.

Oh! I just remembered a riddle from Krondor. However, it's very common riddle and easy to get.

What runs but never walks,
and has a mouth but never talks.

BTW in Krondor you always know how many words there are in the answer.
So I'll also give you that.

the answer is five letters long.


_ _ _ _ _ :angel:

duh... it's a river.

Right - I have a riddle. It's from Baldur's Gate 2, so a lot of people might know it, but it's a goodie.

The poor have it, the rich have need of it and if you ate it you would die - what is it?

I remember this one I think it was also in Krondor.

It's ... nothing.

The poor have nothing
the rich have need of nothing
and if you ate nothing you would die. :angel:

How about this one:
The person who made it, did not want it.
The person who bought it, did not use it.
The person who used it, never saw it.
What is it?

Love (maybe they were pressured into sex)?

Too bad I can't answer any of Mahar Vairo's riddles. I feel it would be cheating, 'cause he's my brother.

U forgot to give them the amount of letters in the word

Not love.

And there's six letters in the answer.

_ _ _ _ _ _

I met someone on KoL who liked riddle's he made his own ones that were google proof, cause he was sick of people googling for answers, and he made quite a good one, only one person got the right answer but it took him an hour or two to fully justify it. This is it. I think I remember it:

In an age unbecomming I am unwanted
I speak of elegance when on the neck adorned
In language I often feel forlorn

I think my wording is different but that should be it.

A fur scarf or maybe A diamond necklace :D

No it must fit all three parts, and the middle part is disputable, but the creator of it thinks this way and makes it a valid riddle.

A parrot?

No. Thinking about it the last line should say "When spoken I often feel forlorn"

So it should be:

In age unbecomming I am unwanted
I speak of elegance when on the neck adorned
When spoken I often feel forlorn

That makes it work a lot better.

Could it be a ...tie or something like that.

Do you find tie's elegant?

A chain?

P.S I got to do my homework, so bye for now

Chain made of what?



Anyway could this one be oxygen?
But that really only fits in with the last clue.

Not oxygen.

for yours is it ...gold

like golden era, gold chain and golden years.

Not gold.

Could yours be a shadow?

Not shadow.

Need a clue?

Yeah could be helpful.

How bout ...iron

cause there is an iron age, and iron chain...
... ok so i don't have one for the third part.

Ok. It got something to do with death, but it isn't death.

No not iron, and it has to do with age not an age.

Sorrow?

Could it be a grave, or a coffin?

Coffin sounds good.

I've never been too good with riddles.

:party: Doubler is right it is a C O F F I N :ok:

You can have a go if you want.

No, not me...
Besides, wouldnt be fair to Iron_Scarecrow, who was trying to get it right for quite a while, and still has his own riddle unsolved.

Well Mahar is very close with gold.

That reminds me Iron_S. could you us another clue.

Btw was i even close with my guesses.

Edit Nevermind.

And like I have said the middle clue is based mainly on personal opinion of the person who created it.

Silver?

if not, is it a precious* metal or stone, and if it is please say which one.

*forgive the spelling. :wall:

Yes it is Silver.

When people grow old they dont want grey or silver hair.
The person who made this riddle find silver to be more elegant.
And there is no word that rhymes with silver, therefore it is forlorn.

I can't think of one right know, so someone else have a go. :bye:

what is in my pocket? :whistle:

A ring?

We chase each other forever & ever
We can't seem to catch one another
When one comes, the other is gone
Try to figure out this song*.

*Actually riddle, but song rhymes.

Is it your hand?

no, there's nothing there! (oh well I guess I would be eaten by a gorlum)

about the current riddle:that would be day and night

Day and night?
I'm thinking Today and Tomorrow.

It is day and night.

day and night chase each other but can never catch each other.(although they come quite close at dawn and dusk)
it's like two dogs running round tree chasing each other.

a1s your turn.

Well it's exactly the same with today and tomorrow, just to justify my answer.

Well it's exactly the same with today and tomorrow, just to justify my answer. [/b][/quote]
Today chases tomorrow, but how can tomorrow chase today?

Yesterday chases today, right? :max:

here seats an old man, many clothes he wears,
yet whoever undresses him shall shed many tears.
(translation by yours truly)

An onion perhaps?

yes.

Here's an easy one.

What's black and white and read all over(This one's best if said).

A book.:)

No, try again.

That's the traditional answer... Oh well, a newspaper, then.

I would say one of those old black-and-white movies with no speech, in which all that had to be said appeared as text in between shots.
Fit's the discription admirably LOL

Yes, newspaper.

It's an old riddle when newspapers where only printed in black and white.(At least I think so... :blink: )

must be some commie newspaper (well you did say it was very 'red'):)

No I didn't, I said "read".

But if you 'say' it people mistake for "red".

Here's an easy one

What gets bigger, the more you take away from it?

A hole. That one's a bit like the one about a towel getting wetter as it dries.

I knew it was too easy.
Well your turn i suppose

Don't think we've had this old chestnut yet: What stands on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening?

a man..(the riddle of the sphinx)

as a baby it crawls (morning)
as a young man it walks with two legs (afternoon)
and as an old man it uses a cane 3 legs (evening)

Anyone familiar with greek mythology should get this one.

@Beef I just thought about posting this one myself.

another oldie..sorry not good at thinking them up :)

Towns but no houses, rivers with no fish, roads without wagons, forests without trees

So does this mean no one can remember riddles from Krondor?

I hate to admit it, never played it

If you got time try it.

It's available to download from abandonia.

P.S. I don't remember hearing your riddle before. :blink:

I'll have to download it, mines from a game too LOL but I have to see if maybe I can ask to upload it and review it, I think its safe from ESA but will have to ask the boss :)

where do you think mine came from?! :bye:
and I remeber there were 1 or 2 beside that.

where do you think mine came from?! :bye:
and I remeber there were 1 or 2 beside that. [/b][/quote]
I recognised it but didn't know where it was from.

BTW I really should play it again.

so to the riddle I said "The moment" as the answer...what was the correct one since it could be a few things :)

Just curious

the answer was "yesterday" 9-letters.

thank ya, in the spirit of good will for answering that. Mine has just 3 letters :)

"m o m e n t" that's six.

I think it is a 'map'

P.S. thnx for the clue, it restricted my thinking to 3 letters

You got it..thats from Shadowgate :)

I go offline in couple of hours and I won't be back till next week. So someone else have a go.

P.S It is now exactly... 10:35pm SA time.

Heres another Historical one that apparently the great poet Homer couldn't answer


from an Ancient Greek Fisherman

""What we caught we threw away, what we didn't catch, we kept"

fleas?

Nothing?

Cholera?

close enough actually to fleas...it was Lice

Homer apparently killed himself because he couldn't figure it out according to lore, boy people really took riddles back then

but Fleas is close enough I warrant..though all the other answers were good too..whos next :)

(Sorry it didn't alert me)

Hi guys! Err.. do you guys like riddles?

Or are you :sick: of them?

If not here's one:


In all the world, none can compare,
To this tiny weaver, his deadly cloth
So silky and fair.

(From Krondor again)

Clue : 6 letters _ _ _ _ _ _

(and eight... :whistle: ... oops)

Spider?

Right. Sorry for taking long to answer.

Do you want to have a go or should I post another one?

OK, I'll give you an easy one:

"When I'm black they seek me
When I'm red they beat me
When I'm old and white
They fling me out of sight."

Ah.... Hi guys! Looks like I get a free post. :D

What do u get if u cross a highway with a bicycle.

Charcoal?

I don't think I heard that one before?

could it be coal?

well maybe some sort of metal?

Ah, so you've never read Joan Aiken's Willoughby Chase sequence, then.;)

It's not coal.

Who?

And what is he?

gamer? programmer? game character? novelist even?

She was the author of a bunch of great children's books. She died last year, I think, leaving one of my favourite series unfinished. :ranting:
(Yes, I have occasional bouts of childishness.:D)

some type of fruit? (e.g a melon or plum)

P.S Anyone gonna try mine on page 8?

It isn't a fruit either.

Errm grapes?

EDIT1:*oopsy didn't see the upper post*

EDIT2: Maybe wine?

a bird? :blink: a Fox? :D

BTW Are'nt her books for girls mainly?

Sorry about that. :kosta:

Is any of her books available in a public library.
I don't mind reading children books.
I will still read Enid Blyton's books when I can.

Edit: BTW I live in South Africa, I will try checking myself.

No wine, no bird, no fox. Danny was pretty close, actually, I just missed his post at first.;)

I wouldn't really call Joan Aiken a girl's author. Unless having a girl as the main protagonist already makes a book a girls' book, which is nonsense, if you ask me. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase or Black Hearts at Battersea are good books to start with. Alternatively, if you like books with a historical setting, try her Bridle the Wind trilogy. Just don't blame me if you don't like the books after all.:D

Iron?

Correct. :ok:

Your turn.

@ Raffles: Sorry 'bout that

@ Tulac: Man! That was my next guess. :wall:

I Think maybeeeeeeee....... A Knight?

P.S Just try mine on page 8! Pleeeeeeeeaaasssssssse :cry:

EDIT: sorry! I was busy typing mine

From house to house I go, sometimes narrow, sometimes wide.
And whether there's rain or snow I always stay outside. What am I?

a road

You are extremely close to it, but it's not exactly a road...

I agree with you, I like Agatha Cristie books.

and sorry for been :ot:

a street or walkway or pathway or driveway

Accepted... :ok:
(I guess I should've accepted the road at first :wall: )

This has been my riddle for a long time. Just try to guess it.

Killed?

ur right! :D :D :D

Well I'm off for the night, will have to think of a harder riddle...

You will probably think that my IQ is the natural logorithm of one *), but I don't get the Riddle about Iron :cry: . can someone explain it?



_____________________________________________
*) that is to say it equals 0 :)

I guess when iron is new, then it is black and people want it.
When it is red, then people beat it so that they can mould it.(Blacksmith)
I dont really get the last bit myself. :D :D :whistle:

Iron ore is sought, then the iron is heated until red and smithed and when it has cooled down, the blacksmith flings it away and goes on to the next bit of iron. I suppose. Riddles are meant to be a bit cryptic, after all. :D

Waits for next riddle eagerly :)

Maybe this one will stump you: :sneaky:

The Prince, from his lofty perch,
Will find our troops without a search.
His men will fall, his castle too,
And then what will The Prine do?

There are 3 letters _ _ _

Erm, throw a tantrum? No, that's more than three letters...

It's more like statement, then a riddle. :whistle:

Die or Cry?

Die....yes
Cry...no
sigh...u want a go.

What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot?

Wool?

Nope but good guess :)

What exactly you mean by yard?
Stock-yard?

Oh sorry, yard is a term of measurement

a yard is a measurement of 3 feet or about 91.5 Centimeters if you work it in Metrics :)

I'll go out on a limb and say socks?

You don't buy socks by the yard, though, do you?

What about a carpet?

That makes sense. Why didn't I think of it? :wall:

A J got it...the answer is Carpet :)

Right, this time I don't know the answer myself, actually. It's from the same book:

"My first is a vessel, my second revered
First's round as a penny, second wears a beard
And my first holds my whole, neither wine nor wealth,
Which keeps my second in good health"

What..... :blink: ?

Let's see mmmmmmmmmm.......................
Your first is a body?
Second is a face?

I think they should both be part of one word. But to tell you the truth, I haven't got the faintest idea...

It's a tricky one - the second bit is "revered" so probably not a face - I was thinking God or something for the beard, but I'm not sure, because round vessels don't tend to contain God or keep him in good health.

What about pottage? Would that make any sense?:huh:

Seems to make some kind of sense!

For those still unclear:

uhh... Raffles no one seems able to solve it, so why not post another one. :ok:

Actually I think I may have solved it myself...
Anyway:
"Two slaves carry me all day
For not a penny of pay
I make them work as I think best
They stand empty while I rest."

Raffles, where are you... :whistle:
Here Raffles... There's a good girl... :tomato:

P.S. sorry about that it just popped into my and I had to write it. :kosta:

wait a minute... :butcher: what are you doing.... :butcher: no NO! AAAAH!
:sniper: :rifle:

Well, I know what you are doing, my friend: spamming. :sneaky:

I think I know this one is it a pair of shoes?

BTW what is the answer to the previous one.

And Again sorry. :kosta:

No need to apologise, I think my mauling your right arm was an apt punishment for your offence... :D

Yes, shoes is correct.

The answer to the previous riddle was probably pottage: pot-age, you see?

Ok :bye:

Silently he stalks me,
Running as I run,
Creeping as I creep.
Dressed in black,
He disappears at night,
Only to return with the sun.

I'm no longer saying how many letter's there are. :bleh: (so there)

Your own shadow?

Yes, shadow is right.

:cry: I got to find some harder riddles.

I'll try a 17th century riddle, then (I'm not entirely sure about the spelling, though)

"A mate to a ****, and a corn tall as wheat
Is his Christian name, who is musick's compleat.
The second begins with the grace of a cat
And ends with the house of a hermit, mark that.
His skill and perfection each auditor wins,
But the poet deserves a good kick on the shins" (I think we may agree with that :D )

I didn't mean this hard.

I think the first part is something like henstalk, or henson.

Btw don't worry i'll keep trying

I'll give you a hint: it's a historical person. :D

I'll try a 17th century riddle, then (I'm not entirely sure about the spelling, though)

"A mate to a ****, and a corn tall as wheat
Is his Christian name, who is musick's compleat.
The second begins with the grace of a cat
And ends with the house of a hermit, mark that.
His skill and perfection each auditor wins,
But the poet deserves a good kick on the shins" (I think we may agree with that )

a mate to a **** is a hen.
corn as tall as wheat can only be a stalk.
Hence: henstalk
Music's compleat refers to a person who is proficient in what he does, therefore this "Henstalk" person is a proficient musician.

The grace of a cat could be slink(?)
the house of a hermit could be a ghetto, or a shack. Slinkshack? <chuckle>

An auditor is a listener. Therefore each listener recieves the gift of the person's skill. It is obvious from all this that this guy is a 17th composer. Unfortunetly there are no 17th century composers named Henstalk Slinkshack. :D

What was the point of that post? Ruining the challenge for everyone else somewhat don't you think?

Also, the corn thing can't "only be a stalk" because Henstalk isn't a name! (Edit: Find me someone called Henstalk and I'll go buy a hat, then eat it. No deed polls allowed).

Well if its a composer you want I'll go with Mozart.

Granted I know nothing about Mozart except:
that he wrote his first symphony when 3 or 5, anyway before he was 10.
He was stone deaf when he died.
And I, of course, like some of his music. Just don't ask me to name them. Although, I can tell if the piece like is done by him or someone else.

Beef, don't you think you were a bit harsh? I was just stating some observations of mine. You didn't seriously belive I thought the answer was Henstalk Slinkshack, did you? Come on, I was joking! Don't get uptight! LOL

I believe that was his point, Indignus. If you know the answer (and it really shouldn't be all that hard to find), feel free to post it, but if you don't, please don't interrupt with a pointless spam post as a joke. It just ruins the thread.

So... 17th century composers, anyone? Come on, there aren't all that many of them, and this one is fairly well-known.

Henry Purcell, British Composer...I should of thought of that earlier :)

We have a winner. :ok:

Heres a long one...Good luck contestants :)

"I am the center of gravity, hold a capital situation in Vienna, and as I am foremost in every victory, am allowed by all to be invaluable. Though I am invisible, I am clearly seen in the midst of a river. I could name three who are in love with me and have three associates in vice. It is vain that you seek me for I have long been in heaven yet even now lie embalmed in the grave. What am I?"

The letter 'v'?

yes...sorry if that was a bit easy for ya. :)

Hmm, I don't think I know many more riddles, actually. But here's one more:

"I can break and mend again
I wear a crest and a snowy mane
I can whisper, I can roar
And I shall last for evermore."

The waves of the ocean?

Heres one:

It has towns but no houses,forests but no trees,rivers but no fish.
(This riddle has been taken from "Shadowgate")

Map?

Correct!


*Fireworks and fanfare*

LOL LOL

Aren't I an absolute genious, first thing that popped into my head, I had never even read the riddle before and yet I get it right, me so smart.

LOL LOL

LOL so you got a riddle for us Iron? :)

LOL

No.

I have one:

You look at it,it looks back.
You raise your right hand,he raises his left.
You ask him a question,but he doesnt answer.

(This is also from "Shadowgate")

"Between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday, I looked at the clock and mistook the minute hand for the hour hand, and the hour hand for the minute hand. Consequently, the time appeared to be 55 minutes earlier than it actually was. What was the correct time?"



Chew on that one for a bit :)

1:35?

nope a little later :)

Easy

A reflection.

Easy

A reflection. [/b][/quote]
Nearly correct.

Its an object(what makes the reflection)

Sorry Chosen didn't realize that you asked one at the same time :)

its a mirror

Correct!


*Fireworks,fanfare and big chested girls running towards Doc Adrian*

2:35?

a little high Iron, its kind of in the middle between the two guesses

2:00?

2.15

2:05?

No I'm right, Doc just hasn't come back to confirm it yet.

Ah, right. Sorry. But wouldn't the hour hand have moved on a little bit further as well?:huh:

Aaah.... I see it.

Whoops...
sorry i should have made it smaller. :wall:

actually Raffles is correct...its Five and a half minutes past 2 is the answer

Then my picture is all wrong. :cry:

Sorry for cutting in line, but I'd like to ask...
...well not really a riddle, more like a trick question(or bad joke -U :hammer: ).

here goes:

"what is the question?"

BTW this is for all you English Lit. fans. :bye:

"What do you get when you multiple six by nine?"

Am i right?

Sorry no.

I just hope people will kick themselves when they see the answer.

"To be or not to be?"

"What's the answer?"

"To be or not to be?" [/b][/quote]
Yes

From Othello, right?

"To be or not to be? That is the question"(this is the complete phrase)

get it?

P.S. Anyone kicking themselves. :D

Methinks that's from Hamlet, or is it?

Yah... it's really from Hamlet. :yawn:

Yes you right..... can't believe I forgot that.. :wall: (goes sits in corner for not paying attention in class)

P.S. On with real riddles now OK?

I acn't remember the exact text, but there's a riddle that goes like this:

I have found it in the woods, because I wasn't looking for it,
and I brought it home, because I didn't find it.

I think I know this one...

Does it have 8 letters in it?

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I'm not telling.
...but to compensate, I'll tell you it's NOT from krondor.

uhm... splinter?

Mite?

uhm... splinter? [/b][/quote]
indeed.

My last riddle for this weekend:

"He gets short when he gets old.
He goes out then it gets cold."

A candle.

There are riddles which solutions are obvious for women and hard to find by men :ph34r:

yes

your go

:roflol:

Riddles seem to be a weekend thing.

I stand quite still even if I'm cold or hot
But to sometimes I tend to blow my top
Roaring makes people look up at me
For I am an amazing sight to see
When my rage flows forth people scream
What the hell it's a nightmarish dream.
To devastion I can lay claim
But even if people die I'm seldom blamed.

I started making this up while lying in bed last night after I saw no one posted anything here. :sneaky:
Not bad eh? :max:

A flood?

Sorry bro..
But no!

A volcano?

Yes

How did you guess?

The bit about "sometimes I blow my top", I think. I rather liked that. :D

Thanks

But to be honest I think I heard that line in another riddle with a volcano or at least someone, somewhere said it before.

Could have been about a teapot?

Really ...hmm... maybe you are right.
Is there a riddle with the teapot as an answer?

That would have been my next guess, actually. Except that teapots rarely kill people and they can hardly be called an amazing sight. :D

Whose turn is it now?

That would have been my next guess, actually. Except that teapots rarely kill people and they can hardly be called an amazing sight. :D

Whose turn is it now? [/b][/quote]
Yours

I only got one easy riddle that probably everyone heard a million times.

Hmm, I'm running out of riddles as well, actually...

I tell the truth, but never speak
French or English, Latin or Greek
My face never smiles, my hands never hold
Though they may be made of silver or gold.

Is it a clock?

A watch/clock?

Yes, I knew it was too easy. :D

Damn! I thought so, we seem to have been on the same wavelength ...Freaky

I was going to post:

It has a face but no head
Two hands but no arms
What is it?

The answer is obviously also a clock.

Now sadly I have nothing to post. :cry: :cry: :cry:

I could PM you a riddle for you to ask. :D

No thanks just post it here and I'll guess the answer. :D

All right, but I'm afraid it's dead easy again:

I have a barrel
But no bung
I have a muzzle
But never a tongue
I have a stock
That cannot tie
And when I speak
Some man will die.

A talking gun?

LOL Or somebody with a bad case of halitosis, perhaps...

Your turn.:)

What row of numbers comes next?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

I got this from a riddle site. :evil:

1133111222211 This? :blink:

No sorry Troop.

You started right and ended right.

1131222211?

Nope sorry.

Think of the answer as an explanation.

1322221

That's a bloody hard riddle. I found the answer, but only through cheating, so I won't post it. :angel:

No Tulac. I'd say a1s has come the closest.

And yeah it may be a bit too hard.

I remember it was Freddy posting a puzzle exactly like this one that killed the last riddles thread :P

1113213211

it's count of amount of same numbers and the number
so
1
1 time the number 1 =11
2 times the number 1 =21
1 times number 2 and 1 time number 1 = 1211
etc

I don't think data will be posting a riddle, he is probably too buisy.

Yes data got it.

Side to side, up and down
Darkness I see all around,
Moving through this endless night with a skillful touch
What is it that afflicts me so much?

Sidenote: (Live riddle thread. Live!!!!)

Edit: Ok! I changed 'the night' into 'this endless night'. Maybe it will be easier.

Aint got a clue but will help the thread live :D

J

It's been almost a day people. :cry:

Even wild guesses are welcome, so could you please try. :kosta:

Erm, a lift?

Erm, no.

Only Willy Wonka's lift goes from side to side, but it is made of glass.

Check the riddle again, I changed it a little.

this one is hard?

i would have probably not have got it myself.

The sun??

Oh wait, it's blindness innit?

Sorry, not the sun.

It is something that affects some people. Line three is how they overcome it.

Yes. you got. Oh yeah! :party:

Damn, now i have to come up with a riddle. Um...

What gets wetter as it dries?

Far too easy, but I'm only any good at guessing them :P

A towel?

Did we have this one before?... Oh well!... I say a towel.

BTW - That riddle was another one I made up. (At least, I think I did). So far no one seems to think they are bad riddles.

yeah, 's a towel.

the poor have it.
the rich need it.
but if you eat it,
you will probably die.
(to let the thread live, yada, yada, yada...)

nothing

yes, your turn.

oops, I didn't realize it was one of these kind of threads....ummmmmm...<thinks>

A prisoner is told "If you tell a lie we will hang you; if you tell the truth we will shoot you." What can he say to save himself?

nothing?

I supposed that would work, but that is not the answer. The prisoner does not want to be a mute the rest of his life, and how about if he says nothing, he will be drawn and quartered, injected with the bubonic plague, and then eaten by ravenous hamsters.

Guess again :bleh:

:roflol: hahahah. :w00t: LOL

What can he do to save himself? Well... The obvious answer would be to do nothing, but as that has been ruled out (By means of vomit inducing torture) I would have to ask the question, which would be the quicker death? And in which way save himself? To save his life or to save his soul?

Now this ^ Is called thinking too deeply into something.

meaning, save himself from dying...what can he say that would save his life? Example, if his name is bob, and he says "My name is John" he will be hung. If he says "My name is Bob" he will be shot. What can he say that will keep him from dying?

you all should read princes and the tiger.
the prisoner must say exactly:
"you will hang me".

you win!

I've read the princess and the tiger...how does this tie into it? I can't remember?

:blink: Wow... That's so mind boggling... I can't even to begin to explain it nor understand it, because if they shoot him, then it would be a lie, yet if they hang him, it'd be the truth.

very good Sanguinor! You understand it! Now, what's 2+2? Would you like a cookie? :D Ok, I'm done patronizing, sorry, I just couldn't resist.

I myself have wondered "so...what exactly are they going to do now?" I think they'll give him the penalty of silence becuse they can't think of anything better :bleh:

Heh... I don't appreciate being patronized, but I'll let it slip for your good humour. I suppose it was kinda dumb though. :wall:

:ot:

I've never read Princess and the tiger, nor have I heard of it, until now, so excuse my off-topicness, but who wrote it and what sort of book is it?

hm... maybe that was the princess or the tiger... anyway, that book is full of those.

ok.
you are running away from a dungeon, sudenly you arive at a fork in the road there are two guards standing a two different doors, one leads to freedom, the other back to your captors, you also know that one of the guards will allways lie, and the other would never do that.
as you catch your breath you realize you only have time to ask one question, so... what will you ask?

It's kind of a paradox, with not real ending, if I remember correctly. It's actually called "The Tiger, or the Lady?" by Frank Stockton It's really interesting, and you can red it HERE if you wish. It is kind of lengthy, and the main point of the story is near the bottom half, if you don't want to read all of it, but it is a good story/question of human nature.

Damn I know this riddle was in Labyrinth but I don't know the answer...

Gah, we discussed this at work the other day and I still can't remember the answer, i know it's nothing like 'Are you the guard who lies?' or 'Which door leads to freedom?' because both of those questions won't work (Because of one reason or another, pure luck would see you through it) If I remember correctly, you have to phrase the question in such a way that you will always get the right answerb gah... I'm just babbaling now because I hate this one >.<

Edit: And I remember it from the Labyrinth, but she get's it wrong does she not?

"which door will the other guard tell me is hell" and then you go the opposite of what ever the answer is.

actualy you go where he points, but the thought is correct.

It's kind of a paradox, with not real ending, if I remember correctly. It's actually called "The Tiger, or the Lady?" by Frank Stockton It's really interesting, and you can red it HERE if you wish. It is kind of lengthy, and the main point of the story is near the bottom half, if you don't want to read all of it, but it is a good story/question of human nature. [/b][/quote]
I've favourited it for later refference, I can't read off a computer screen for long and my printers downstairs on the other PC. Thank you very much though, it should give me something to dwell on at work...

oops sorry, you're right, it is where he points, not the opposite (I went through it one too many times in my head)

As a whole, I am safe and secure.
Behead me, and I become a place of meeting.
Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready.
Restore me, and I become the domain of beast.

Dunno if this is right..but is it Stable?

Because> Table> Able> Stable

yay for shifter! have a cookie!

http://www.gatewayfundraising.com/images/cookie%20b.jpg

That looks surprisingly delicious..and I don't generally like desserts. =D

mmmm...warm moist cookie with melted chocolate chips hot out of the oven :drool: Anyway, post a riddle Shifter!

mmmm...warm moist cookie with melted chocolate chips hot out of the oven :drool: Anyway, post a riddle Shifter! [/b][/quote]
Woops..forgot :P

Sorry it took so long..I was trying to remember a riddle from a game that I just loved..but I couldnt remember it..so instead..this is one I heard somewhere....also pretty simple:

This crime, when attempted, is punishable, however it is not punishable if committed.

suicide

Yep, too easy :P My wife couldn't figure it out though..haha.

Ah well..post one "omg"

=D

dAMNATION.
im crap at riddles.
erm
gaaah
erm
someone else take my turn please.

Gladyly! :ok:

Walk on the living, they don't even mumble, step on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What is the thing that is muttering and grumbling?

Is that a riddle..or a passing of turns? I couldn't tell :P

Hehe jk man, I hear ya..I suck at riddles too..

Gladyly! :ok:

Walk on the living, they don't even mumble, step on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What is the thing that is muttering and grumbling? [/b][/quote]
Ohh...I know..again..but maybe I should let someone else guess :P

watch the double posting man... :ok: :sneaky:

a zombie?

Yeah, I'm bad at that..I always forget I can double quote in a post and forget that I just posted..before I remember, I already did it..

Sorry :P

a zombie? [/b][/quote]
YE...no...no...and again no...and you know what? My answer to that RHYMES with know, and it begins with an N too! :D

Edit: You walk on zombies?

Leaves??

Yay for Mr. A.J. Raffles! Have a...ummm...crap I already gave my cookie away...ummmm...Have a brownie sundae!

http://www.tiedhouse.com/menu/foodpics/brownie58.jpg

any left for me?

Stop with the pictures, I?m getting hungry and I have none of that at home :tai:

great, now you made me hungry

if you answer one of my riddles, I'll find a nice tasty dessert for you!

Yay for Mr. A.J. Raffles! Have a...ummm...crap I already gave my cookie away...ummmm...Have a brownie sundae! [/b][/quote]
Um, Mr.? :blink:

Anyway:
I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?

A pair of shoes ??

Actually it's just one shoe, but that's close enough, I suppose. Your turn.:)

OK easy one, here it comes

What is always coming but never arrives??

Tomorrow?

Yep, I already said it was easy, your turn again.. (I'm at work so I had to think of a quick riddle to keep the topic going...)

Sorry, I can't think of another riddle at the moment. I'll pass on the turn to whoever claims it first.

Ok, this one is really schiz.

What is green in red that goes round and round and round?

A red wheel with green center? :)

Totally wild guess:

A guy sick with embarassment feeling the room is spinning

Sorry for cutting in but...

A simple answer needed for a simple question,
What can you use to cross a river at even its most dangerous point?

P.S. There should be quite a few answers to this one, so the riddle is only over till someone guesses mine.

If by dangerous point you mean a stress point, then only some force will be needed to break the river and you could walk right on through.

erm..
a bridge.
a teleporter.
an ultra powerfull military submersible tank.
a really good boat.
a big pole so you can do it like the olympic pole assisted high jump.
wings.
a plane.
a long rope.
a trampoline.
a cannon (human cannonball style)
gotta be one of these *fingers crossed*

could you rephrase that somehow? or explain what a dangerous point of a river is?

anyway, my guess would be Ice (frozen water).

Man Omg! You got more then I could think of.
So not only are you right but should get a get a whole dessert table(i.e.: if ReamusLQ could provide one for us!)

@ crow and a1s

By dangerous I meant the river is too fast to cross with perhaps some sharp rocks here and there.

The answer I was looking for was bridge(first one on Omg's list), because... :wall: ...I thought of how many different types of bridges there are.

I am banging my head, cause I realize I could make the riddle better. :

Made of steel, made of stone,
Made of wood, made of bone,
Made of rope, made of gold,
Made also of ice quite cold.
What is this thing that you can use safe,
to cross a river even at the most dangerous place?

:wall: Wouldn't this have made a better riddle?

I think its the devil :max:

:bye: :bye:

I think its the devil :max:

:bye: :bye: [/b][/quote]
I don't quite understand what you are saying?

If you are suggesting an answer you too late, because a1s found the answer and that wasDream.

However, if you think it should be "Devil", my response is that I prefer what the other people said that "Death" is more appropriate. :ok:

Well, this is for OMG because he went so nuts with answering that last riddle.

http://www.primorski.net/SweetTable.jpg

And I await the riddle he will soon post! :ok:

mm ty reamus. a whole banquet just for me!! yay! of course i guess i should post one as i got it right twice now and i cant keep giving them away to others.
(remember i said i am terrible at riddles)
my dogs got no nose.
so how does it smell? :D

Um...where's the riddle? if it is:
"my dogs got no nose.
so how does it smell? :D "
then the answer is: Like a dog ^_^ It doesn't matter that the dog cant smell.

am I right?

I've normally heard the answer as "TERRIBLE!" but I suppose yours works as well

LOL the anser is terrible. your turn reamus.

I didn't heard this riddle before so I didn't knew the exact answer, but my analogy was right after all :(

There ya go Reamus, I'm not good at riddles anyways :) :ok:

Yay me!

Why should you always carry a watch when crossing a desert?

I'm no square but a regular camper and I know a lot of use for a watch.

You can use it as a compass :ok:

I'm no square but a regular camper and I know a lot of use for a watch.

You can use it as a compass :ok: [/b][/quote]
yea...no...sorry, and no. Don't think too literally. This is a riddle, they are almost always absurd.

hm... I only know three:
time telling (obviously).
direction telling (with help of sun)
and lens (with help of water, and requires taking apart)

what others are there?


so you wouldn't lose it? :D

So you can know what time it is

no, no, no, no (counts number of wrong answers said) and no! :tomato:

to help you count the number of wrong answers? (you take a stoped watch set it to 12 hours, and then set it one hour ahead for evey answer, reset when needed, patent pending) :D


or maybe you must cary a watch to provide shade? (what, mybe it's a big watch)

nope

Think, if you are in the dessert, what do you want more than anything else to survive?

What is in a watch?

Think a different meaning for the word...

ok, you asked for it:
you need to haul around a full compliment of guards (a watch), so you can kill them off one by one and drink their blood instead of water :twisted:

seriously, I don't know any other meaning except for mini-clock, and guardsmen.

Some fine champagne probably. Fits when the meal is over and you are in the dessert. :D

Seriously, there are hands in the watch, and many clockwork pieces i guess. But i don't see any trick on words with that.

I've got it mate! :D
you must allways carry around a watch, because it has a spring!

Ok, a creative thinking puzzle:
two men come to a river, neither of them can swim, but fortunately there's a boat, unfortunately it barely has place for one person. it is known that they both did get across, tell me how they did it, considering you cant go around the river, and can't vross it without using the boat.

Exactly! Because it has a spring! Here is a nice desert for you for answering that riddle correctly! :ok:

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/o...es/desert5.jpg

As for your riddle, I have no idea

Maybe they tie a rope to the boat (assuming they have one) and then the first man crosses with the boat. Then he disembarks and the other man gets the boat back by pulling the rope. And he can use it to cross the river. Without a rope i have no idea. Unless the first one kills the second then eats him. Then crosses. :twisted:

that wan't the answer I had in mind. and definetly no rope.

one sits on the shoulders of the other?

Or there is a bridge

Or one guy holds onto the back while the other rows across

Or the water is waist deep so one pushes the boat while the other rides?

no.
and if there was a brige/or one could push a boat waist deep- the river would be crossible without the boat, which you know you can't.

I'm having a mental image of "Robin Hood Men in Tights"

"This is not exactly the Mississippi! Look! I'm on one side, now I'm on the other side...now I'm on one side, now I'm on the other side!"

hehe..."Sorry, a tolls a toll and a rolls a roll. If we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls... :D I made that up myself..."

try to think about where those two are. (that should either be too much of a hint or not at all, but I couldn't come up witha nyting better)

the river is very narrow, so one person jumps in the boat, then jumps across to the other side, then the other person does :bleh: I have no idea

again not the answer I wanted...

Got it ! They both stand on opposite banks, so when the first one crosses, he can give the boat to the other one, who crosses the other way. So they both cross, but they still end on opposite banks.
Your hint was a killer. But without it i'd never have thought of that.

And by the way it might not be the answer, but it fits, so i'm happy with myself ! :w00t:

it is.

EDIT: enjoy this picture of a river: http://www.peru-explorer.com/PERU-EX...adrededios.jpg

Both wrong. Frog in a running blender.

mwahahaha, that's sick dude.... :roflol: :roflol: :evil:

Here a little flash about frog's and blenders, I know it's a classic but anyway:

http://joecartoon.atomfilms.com/pages/frogbender/

Cool link ! :sneaky:

Since i found the answer to a1s' riddle, i'll submit one. Here it is :

A farmer walks with a very nasty dog, a goat and carries an enormous pumpkin. He comes to a deep chasm that can only be crossed by a narrow bridge. The farmer can only cross with one item (pumpkin, goat or dog) at a time. And he can't leave the dog with the goat (the dog would bite the goat) or the goat with the pumpkin (the goat would eat it). How will our poor farmer manage to get everything across and intact ?

take the goat. then you take the pumpkin and you take the goat back. you then take the dog. then you go back for the goat.

Either it was too easy or you are very clever (or both), anyway you win ! :ok:

Your turn.

erm. damnation. im okay at guessing these things but terrible at giving em. hmm.
i leave it open to whoever has one.

Yay me! Thank you o m g!

You are trapped in a room without any doors or windows. The walls extend infinitely into the ceiling and into the floor. The only things in the room with you are a table and a mirror. How do you get out?

Think absurd logic for this one people

ok. you break the mirror, cut thet table in two halfs with a sharp piece. two half make a whole, so you get out trough that hole. :D
absurd enough?

well, you got part of it right...although I'm not sure a broken piece of mirror could cut through a table...it's not serated. It could clice through skin, but not wood. You're on the right track, but keep going ;-)

you break the mirror then slice your wrists so you die and thus move on to another plain of existance. so you are no longer in the room?

LOL...no, sorry o m g, your body would still be in there :bleh:

your body would decompose eventually....
or is it that you use the table to smash a hole in the mirror then you leave through that?
or that you use the mirror to magnify light onto the table so it catches fire so you can burn your way through the walls. or burn yourself to death so that the fire then consumes your corpse so that your body aint in the room no more?

all very creative, but not what I am looking for

And how are you going to magnify light with a broken mirror? You need a lens, duh! :rolleyes:

LOL i wear glasses. i could use them...

LOL I do too. Well, then where are you going to get the light from? Hm? No windows, no doors...and it's not like there is a freaking 100000000000 watt bulb in the ceiling stronger than the sun. (although that would be kinda cool...) :w00t:

That would be kinda hot, actually...

And very blinding.

We know how high and low the walls go..but how thick are they? if you don't mind me asking?

You stand the mirror up against one wall so it reflects the opposite wall, smash the mirror with the table which in turn also smashes the opposite wall, allowing you to walk right on through.

Or you could dig your way out with the broken glass, not hard to dig up soil with borken glass. And you smash the table legs off and use them to support the tunnel so it doesn't collapse on you.

Break the mirror in 2 and place the pieces on opposite walls.
Turn the table on its side and aim it at a mirror. hide behind it.
Then look at the blocked mirrorin the other moirror and...
... no-one is in the room!!



Diagram:
M=Mirror
T=Table
*=You

----------------
|..................|
|..................|
|M............M.|
|....T........... |
|.......*.........|
----------------


Hope thats strange enough for yah! :D

I think you would only have to place the mirror on one wall.

LOL I like reading your answers...they are so absurd.

Have you guys ever SEEN a broken or smashed mirror? It's like, 1000000000000 little pieces! Not going to do much good broken (Hint #1)

And, a1s has been the closest so far, he just used the wrong tool to do something...

ok. than I simply jump on top of the table until it breaks in half.

no...you have to use the mirror

you're right- violence is not the way.
you have to take the mirror, and place it in the middle of the table (verticaly), so there is exactly one half on the side of the mirror, and so through reflection you get one more half. two halfs make a whole, etc...

no

You do cut the table with something...

you cut the table with a beam of light from the mirror?

there's no light...and have you ever seen a beam of light that could cut through a table?

I have. well mabe not a table... our schools laser could only cut thin paper. when it was working at all.
BTW by saying that tere is no light do you mean it's dark? (and I wouldn't be able to get any reflections in the mirror)

I don't know! I'm not really in a "thinking" mood right now.

Actually, if you take the mirrors and hold them apart parallel to each other, a beam of light is passing infinitely fast between them. If you slowly move the parrallell mirrors down the table, within 20 billion years or so you would have cut the table with the photon beam, like so:


m..........{llllllllllllllllllll}.........m
l l
l l
l l
l l
m= mirror
.....= light beam

I read a book about relativity that talked about this :D


edit: dang, my pic got screwed up. whatever, you get the idea

I understand what youre trying. won't work. because you need a constant ligt source to be place where your table is right now. otherwise the light beam will weaken and won't acamulte enough energy to cut wood.
(because your beams angle won't be 0 degrees when you begin, and as you know it will increase geometricaly from there)

I see.


Its some kind of stupid trick. I just can't think of it...........
:wall:

but that isn't absurd.

by the way, I still don't see why you can't cut a table with a piece of mirror.

you could, I guess..but it would really dull out the broken mirror piece (there is only one mirror btw, not two Indi)

You need something serrated, but because I doubt someone would get this exact wording, I'll give it to a1s, because he was the closest at the beginning.

The correct answer actually goes something like this:

"I look in the mirror and see what I saw, then I take that saw and cut the table in two. Because two halves make a hole, I climb out through the hole to freedom"

Take it away a1s!

ok, here's my riddle:
This guy living on the 20th floor in an apartment building got up early each morning to go to work in a downtown store. He always went into the elevator on the 20th floor and rode down to the entrance (1st floor). When he came home he usualy rode the elevator from the entrance and up to the 8th floor. He walked out of the elevator and walked the stairs up to his apartment on the 20th floor.

Why don't he take the elevator all the way up to his apartment?

Because he's to short to reach the buttons?

Curse you A.J. Raffles!

The dude's a midget!

I wish I had a penny for every time I've heard that.:P

I can't think of a riddle, though, so I'll pass the turn on to you, Reamus.

w00t! I heart you A.J Raffles! :wub:

Ok, along the same lines as my last riddle:

You wake up and find yourself in a room with no windows and no doors. Aside from being completely confused on how you got there, you wonder who on earth you are supposed to get out of the room. You look around, and the only thing in the room with you is a baseball bat. Being the destructive type of person you are, you try to smash your way out, finding that the walls are made of solid titanium and there is no way your stupid aluminum bat could break through. How do you escape?

You don't. :bleh:

Anyway you should take a holiday break or something. You seem very tensed with all those ideas of waking up prisoner in weird rooms where there is no way out (or no way in by the way). :wall:

As for the riddle i suggest you take your bat and make a home run. :Brain:

The usual...Titanium floors and ceilings also?

Now now, you can't make a home run without a ball. You can, however, take your bat and swing three times at empty air. Three strikes...and you're out!

Then you start by having a ball ! :party:

yay for fruit pie jones! He wins!

http://www.earlenescakes.com/grmsckimages/GLove4web.jpg

Both the glove and ball are edible...they're part of the cake! :w00t:

Take it away man!

Sorry, I'm a busy man right now and can't seem to think of anything off the top of my head. I'll try to come up with something, but in the meantime, someone else can take the helm.

Impressive cake, by the way!

I got one!


A man comes far from the east,
he saves a man from the form of beast,
he saves the damsel from the band,
and drives the ogres out of land.

Who is he?

Why, he's Devon (default name in walkthroughs for Quest for Glory), the soon to be Hero of Spielburg, Prince of Shapier, Savior of Tarna and Mordavia, and King of Marete!

Edit: sooooo....you're back right Chosen? :bleh: Sorry, I'm impatient

Correct.

Actually,there are two answers:Devon and hero.

w00t for me! And for you chosen, for being a QFG Fan like myself!

As for the next riddle:

You go out on the town one night, hitting bar after bar, totally getting loaded. At the last bar you go to (called The Bloated Liver), a jerk slips a Mickey into your drink. You pass out in the alley, and wake up in...yes, another room :bleh:

As you squint your eyes from the dying lightbulb hanging above your head, you try to remember what happened during the last twelve hours, but you fail quite miserably. After you shake off your hang over to the point where you can kind of understand what's going on, you get a glimpse around the room.

At first you think you are in the same situation as before, except this time there is a door! Unfortunately, it is locked tighter than a bank vault, and you seem to have been stripped of your utility belt where you usually keep your explosives. As you glance around, you realize the room is entirely empty, except for a large upright piano on wheels. Being the dope you are, you try to smash it into the walls, and end up with nothing more than a sore back, a tiny little scratch on the solid titanium walls, and a hurt ego. However, you do not learn very quickly, so you try smashing the door with the piano, but end up with the same result of a hurt back and a damaged ego.

Just as you're about to bawl your eyes out in despair, you notice a tiny little key hole in the door. You search everywhere, but there is no key to be found in the room. The feeling of hopelessness, coupled with your increasingly painful hangover, causes you to collapse to the ground in a mess of tears. :cry: Between the heaving sighs and the river exploding forth from your tear-ducts, you fall asleep.

You wake up in the room, now with a clear head, and decide to solve this predicament just as you have the last few times you've been drugged by maniacs and locked in a room with seemingly no escape. You look around and take invintory of everything in the room that could potentially be useful, and decide that all you have is the piano. How do you escape?

P.S. I hope you liked that...I kind of had fun writing it :D

You play the piano so loud,until the walls are destroyed.

no

:bleh:

You unlock the door with one of the piano keys??

close...on the right track...but no...sorry

Pick the lock with a piano wire :D

You play the sweetest song you know on the piano enticing the guard to come and open the door. Leaving you to walk right on through.

You have to smash the piano and make a communicator out of it. When its done youl have to open it and say:Beam me up,Scotty!

Assuming this pianos keys were made with Cellulose Nitrate, the unpopular replacement for Ivory, then: You put one of the keys in the key hole then you start smashing that key with the other piano keys, and as we all know Cellulose Nitrate is very unstable and flammable and the collision between the two keys creates an explosion blowing the vault door off of it's frame. Leaving you to walk right on through.

By the way....he didnt mentioned that the room had a door.

Yes he did:
In fact it even has a keyhole:

you get some paino wire and conceal it in the palm of your hand. you then walk so you are stood in front of the keyhole. the person who keeps drugging you and locking you in rooms is clearly a massive pervert. so you take your clothes of and waggle your nob in front of the keyhole knowing that he is watching you and jacking off. you say something enticing like "i want you to touch me" so the freak can not resist anymore and he has to come in and touch you rather than watching. when he enters the room you strangle him with the piano wire , then rifle his pockets for "mickys" so you have something for later.

edit: then you leave the room and take his body with you so you can harvest his body for organs, so at least this series of being locked in rooms adventures is not without profit.

I think this guy needs to start carrying around a Jackhammer or something!
... i know how to get out all you have to do is this:
:wall:

You pull a couple of pieces of wood from the piano. Then,you rub them together and burn the piano. When the piano is on fire,chant the arcane formula and summon a powerful demon from the seventh level of hell!! This demon wil either destroy the door,destroy the whole place or kill you.

If I spent last night getting hammered, I probably have to take a powerful leak by now, so I'd pee through the keyhole. It wouldn't get me out of the room, but at least I wouldn't be the one who had to clean it up.

Ok, although this is not the right answer, I gotta give it to o m g for being the most creative. I never even dreamed of that one! Props to you my friend.

The closest was opening the lock with a piano key, although the CORRECT answer, is "keep playing the piano until you find the right key, then use the key to unlock the door to freedom"

Take it away o m g

thank you man, but as a.j was closest i reckon it should go to a.j.

as you wish, take it away A.J.

problem is tho a.j isnt going to be on now untill tommorow which means an evening without a riddle. oh the calamity!

an evening with out a riddle?....what? :blink: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOO!

<dramatic Darth Vader Scream at end of episode three>

Argh, no, you should have taken it, omg. I can't think of a riddle, sorry.:(

<starts singing> weep oh mine eyes... :cry:

Well if no one is going to take it, i guess i'll have to.

(This is the second part to the Alien trilogy)
You have been captured by a Alien Race when they landed on earth. After passing the first quiz, (which i will post when i remember it), they let you spend your life in prison rather than killing you. Every day they let you out of your cell to eat and drink. They make sure that you cannot take anything back with you to your cell which contains nothing but a tiny hole in the ground. You notice that at the bottom of the hole is a key attached to a rubber ball. You assume that the key works. How do you get the key and get out.

EDIT:The first part had alot of drawings, so i won't post it. :unsure:

you could put it into a word document, and attach that to your post.

you pee into it every day until it floats to the top
or you spit in it until you have enough and it floats to the top
or you just reach down and grab it because you never said how far down it is.

You're right dude! :ok:
Your turn

@a1s I'll try that

serious? LOL <shrug> I don't know if I would touch the ball after it had been floating in my urine for a few days....yech

Ok....ummmm. How about this:

After doodling around on the piano to pass the time while in this stupid locked box, and while trying to figure out how Moonlight Sonata goes, you suddenly remember the correct key that the song is in. As you start to play it, the "right key" magically appears on the piano's dropshelf. You quickly unlock the door and wrench it open. Sunlight floods the dimly lit room as you step out into the light and to freedom. After your eyes adjust to the blinding light, one word comes to your mind "...crap..." You are standing in the middle of the Sahara Desert.

You are about to go back inside the titanium box (hey, atleast it has airconditioning!) when you see a note stuck under a rock. You pull the note free and start to read.

"Dear Friend,
If you are reading this, you have escaped yet again from our unescapable locked box. I keep telling my partner to leave you in there with absolutely nothing, but he insists that is barbaric. You have obviously found absurd ways to use these items, but Stephen refuses to leave you in there to die of ennui. We apologize for reloacting in this hot desert, but the retail prices here are the cheapest we've ever seen, and we were made an offer we couldn't refuse. There is an oasis about two hours away from here by horse back, and about eight hours away by foot. Unfortunately, it is impossible to go longer than three hours in this desert by water. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but we believe you will think of something. We hope to kidnap you again soon!
Much Love,
Carl"

"Great..." you think to yourself, "I've been kidnapped by a bunch of gentle homosexuals..." You analyze the situation at hand. You must get to the oasis, or you will die. However, you can not walk to the oasis, but there seems to be no other mode of transportation around. If only you had a stupid horse or camel...

How do you get to the oasis?