Can you solve this riddle?

Started by Renodox, Fri 09/11/2012 07:04:12

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Tabata

Quote from: janleht on Fri 12/04/2013 22:47:56
ot: How can I make "hide box" in these forums? (not a riddle)
what CaptainD said
... or write your message, mark the part you want to hide and click the button named "Sp" (= spoiler) placed above the message window

janleht

Thanks CaptainD and Tabata.
I test my new skills by answering the question number 2:
Spoiler
explosives
[close]

Crimson Wizard

Quote from: Tabata on Fri 12/04/2013 23:27:22
Quote from: janleht on Fri 12/04/2013 22:47:56
ot: How can I make "hide box" in these forums? (not a riddle)
what CaptainD said
... or write your message, mark the part you want to hide and click the button named "Sp" (= spoiler) placed above the message window

Also, the tag is "hide".

Like:

< hide > something </ hide > (without spaces)

selmiak

or use the button:

Spoiler
like Spoiler
[close]

Renodox

Interesting ideas of how to answer the riddles but no.

Scarab

I think 3 might be
Spoiler
A splinter.
[close]

Renodox

Very good!  You're correct.  Now someone needs to finish #2.  The answer is pretty simple once you get it.

Atelier

2. My first thought was that it couldn't be an object because it's talking about any foe which is too general for that. So it has to be a concept. It makes sense if the defeat references itself. Is it 'winning', 'success' etc?

Renodox

Victory actually, but you've generally got it.

1. A barrel of rainwater
weighs twenty pounds
What must you add
to make it weigh fifteen?

2. Kingdom fools are born without,
A lot of this, there is no doubt.

3. They go up white, but come down yellow and white.

Atelier

1. Something that displaces a few pounds of the rainwater? Urm, a beach-ball just heavy enough to sink? ;)

selmiak


Snarky


Renodox

"Holes" and "Eggs" are correct.  I admit the second one is kind of unfair.

Hint 1:
Spoiler
Kingdom Fools just means humans.
[close]

Hint  2:
Spoiler
Humans typically gain this as they get older.
[close]

Hint 3:
Spoiler
Mice could be used in lieu of Kingdom Fools.
[close]

Atelier


Renodox

Hair is correct.

1. It can hold you,
But you cannot hold it.
And the more you remove,
The bigger it will get.

2. It asks no questions,
But demands many answers.
Don't know it until you
Are ready to see what waits
On the other side.

3. You can spin, wheel, and twist
But it can turn without moving.

Scarab


CaptainD

2 -
Spoiler
Death?
[close]
3 -
Spoiler
A black hole?
[close]
 

Renodox

Hole is correct, but numbers 2 and 3 aren't.

I'm interested in seeing if anyone can answer #3 actually.  To be fair, I don't fully get the reasoning behind it either.

Renodox

Okay, this is an additional riddle but one I made up.  Guess the word:

Lee the knight in light brown armor.

Atelier


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