Post any riddles here

freightrain · Post by **freightrain** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:45 pm

Hi everyone!

I'm searching the remote corners of my mind for more usless info for another quiz level.

But I found some riddles I couldn't use and decided to post them to see if anyone could solve them.

(Extra credit: tell me where I found them!)

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?

Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.

Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.

This thing all things devours
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers
Gnaws iron, bites steel,
Grinds hard stones to meal,
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down!

Can you answer them all?

BTW feel free to post your riddles here to!

the cat · Post by **the cat** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:58 pm

I think the 1st one is a Family Tree.

Not sure about the rest.

Post by **Midnight Synergy** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 1:01 am

Hehe... it's "Riddles in the Dark", right? Been a while since I read The Hobbit.

popo · Post by **popo** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:43 am

I think the last one is 'time'.

The second I think is 'teeth'.

The fourth one I was thinking was 'space' but not sure it fits with all the clues, it might be 'emptiness'.

I thought the third one might be 'heart' but I've never heard my heart muttering and I don't think it's ever bitten me.

I've read The Hobbit but I don't remember these riddles.

mette · Post by **mette** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:14 am

My guesses:

1. mountains
2. I'm completely clueless here

3. the wind
4. silence
5. time

Mette

mette · Post by **mette** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:26 pm

Here's some more riddles:

What can run but never walks,
has a mouth but never talks,
has a bed but never sleeps,
has a head but never weeps?

Feed me and I live.
Give me to drink and I die.
What am I?

I am light as a feather, yet no man can hold me for long.
What am I?

If you break me, I'll not stop working.
If you can touch me, my work is done.
If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after.
What am I?

I occur once in a minute, twice in every moment,
but not once in a hundred thousand years.
What am I?

Mette

Lutz · Post by **Lutz** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:53 pm

2. Fire
5. the letter M

popo · Post by **popo** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:22 pm

Answers to Mette's riddles.

1 A river.
2

3 Your breath.
4

5 The letter M.

popo · Post by **popo** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:22 pm

Oh yeah, fire. Duh!!

laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:22 pm

I got

1. A river,
2.

3. your breath
4.

5.

You guys are good

Freightrain you have me completely stumped

And if Patrick is right, I haven't read the Hobbit since 7th grade, many, many, many moons ago.. I'm more into Dr. Seuse & Dick and Jane these days.

mette · Post by **mette** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:56 pm

Well so far you guessed mine corectly

Let me know when you wnat the answer for #4

Mette

freightrain · Post by **freightrain** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:40 pm

mette wrote:My guesses:

1. mountains
2. I'm completely clueless here
3. the wind
4. silence
5. time

Mette

1: mountains
2: teeth
3: wind
4: dark
5: time

Pretty close mette

Patrick you were right, Riddles in the Dark

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laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:02 am

mette,
Is # 4 your heart?

SharonM · Post by **SharonM** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:25 am

I didn't reply to freightrain's because I knew all the answers.

Mette I think yours are:
1 River
2 Fire
3 Breath
4 Heart
5 Letter M

I really enjoy these. Thanks.

laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:30 am

Ok, now that I see Sharon agrees with me on # 4 , would someone explain
the third line to me: If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after.
This was what had me second guessing myself, I don't get it

I think stinkers rescue has fried my brain

popo · Post by **popo** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:38 am

laura n. wrote:Ok, now that I see Sharon agrees with me on # 4 , would someone explain
the third line to me: If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after.
This was what had me second guessing myself, I don't get it

That's more like a mobile phone if you ask me. If you lose it, you can find it again by ringing it.

mette · Post by **mette** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 9:03 am

#4 is the human heart.
If you lose your heart to someone, it means you're in love, right? And then you want to get engaged (you need a ring) and married (you need a ring).

Sharon, you hit them all dead on

WTG

Mette

SharonM · Post by **SharonM** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:49 am

Thanks Mette.

The one I really wasn't sure of was heart, but it made sense to me, so that was my guess.

Popo's guess was good too. I never even thought of that one!

laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:30 am

Belive it or not, I woke up in the middle of the night & figured out the
"I lost my heart to Love" thing

so I knew the heart was the right answer.

Ya know I use to wake up in the middle of the night & think about work

Now,I wake up and think about wonderland

I'm not sure if that's sick or not, but I sure have happier days

freightrain · Post by **freightrain** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:54 am

What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?

popo · Post by **popo** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:00 pm

Mmm,......I can't think of anything.....so is the answer 'nothing'?

mette · Post by **mette** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:25 pm

Bjarne and I would say 'nothing'.

Mette

Lst_1 · Post by **Lst_1** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:32 pm

I don't think it is but could it be "love"

laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:03 pm

You leave this world the same way you came in ...... with nothing

popo · Post by **popo** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:10 pm

I came in this world with something.......................................jaundice!!

Don't think that's the answer to the riddle though.

Davimad · Post by **Davimad** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:52 pm

Trust you Poops!

I agree, the answer is nothing.

In saying that, I fully intend to go out with something.

Not telling you what though. hehe

Lst_1 · Post by **Lst_1** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:11 pm

I still think the same just that he shoud publish the answer,we had time to guess it.

laura n. · Post by **laura n.** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:19 pm

Lst 1, I too thought it was Love when I first read the riddle.
I hope he post's the answer soon...........I hate waiting

Lst_1 · Post by **Lst_1** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:32 pm

I changed my mind,the answer is "SINCERITY"or"HONESTY".

Cat · Post by **Cat** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:51 pm

I think the answer is love, we came in this world with a mother's love.