The Riddle Game

[dannyevilcat]

I believe the answer is "silence".

Sorry, I don't have a riddle to add.

 

[dannyevilcat]

Oops, seems IceBlaZe beat me out on that one. The answer to his is "time"?

 

[IceBlaZe]

nope, keep on tryin

 

[Sixchan]

WIND!

 

[dannyevilcat]

I was thinking that too but how does wind crumble mountains?

 

[IceBlaZe]

yes, its wind.
wind crumble mountains with time...

 

[Sixchan]

I soar without wings, I see without eyes.
I've traveled the universe to and fro.
I've conquered the world, yet I've never been anywhere but home.
Who am I?

 

[Ohwell]

Imagination???

 

[darkChild]

i think imagination is right...

so the thread doesnt die, im going to post a new riddle. this ones from the Hobbit too, so dont cheat if you have it... rack your brains to remember...

An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
"That eye is like to this eye"
Said the first eye,
"But in a low place,
Not in a high place."

 

[darkChild]

i honestly dont think anyone will get this one without cheating...

yep, thats a challenge.. heh heh.. please dont cheat if you own the book, its a cool, hard riddle.

no cheating, and a free coke to the winner!

 

[knowltok3]

Originally posted by darkChild
that the stanford students knew more than the yanks is easy enough, but i really have no idea about the riddle... its a good one i pondered for 15 and all i came up with is "fruitcake" or "happyness" or "wine"......

Gee, I always thought that Stanford was in California, thus making them "yanks" too as you put it. The distinction is not between US and international, but between college students and grade school kids. The grade school kids got the answer more often. It highlights the open mind of youth. An open mind would be not jumping to already formed opinions without carefully reading what is presented, in case you were unclear on this point.

I suppose a case could be made that many of the Stanford students are international, but that works counter to your assumption that the "yanks" know less.


On Topic:

What's tall as a house,
Round as a cup,
And all the king's horses,
Can't draw it up?

 

[darkChild]

a well? and you didnt answer the last riddle...

 

[knowltok3]

Correct.

 

[duke o' york]

The first half's the sun in the sky, and presumably the second half's its reflection in the ocean. Or on any kind of green surface really.

 

[IceBlaZe]

no1 will get that one darkchild, and stop taking riddles from the hobbit, a lot of people know them already which makes the crowd a lot smaller I guess, and that kinda beats the purpose.

I think a few years will pass untill someone answers this, and that is only because he didnt saw 'not to the hobbit familiers' line...

So I would like the post another riddle, if I may:

The Moon is my father,
the Sea is my mother;
I have a million brothers,
And a billion at me ponders.

Who am I?

 

[duke o' york]

I remember it now - it's a plant in a field!
It's not a very good riddle though. Never mind, move on with IceBlaZe's riddle.

 

[Sixchan]

A reflection in the water?

 

[duke o' york]

I think that it's the white horses, but I can't be bothered to come up with another riddle so please play on without me.

 

[darkChild]

Originally posted by IceBlaZe
The Moon is my father,
the Sea is my mother;
I have a million brothers,
And a billion at me ponders.

Who am I?

a star?

 

[IceBlaZe]

no, keep on trying, I am too tired to reply for every wrong answer... so unless I say its right, its wrong