Riddle Me This Too (not for Matt_G or anyone else who hates riddles)- Page 2

[broadway_star_tomorrow]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 4:00am

you are E.

[LilElphaba]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 9:55am

AHHH im late-so now i dont have anything to answer! Bah! Humbug! lol i just HAD to say that.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 12:59pm

The "Bus" one is too easy when it's written down.

[LilElphaba]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 1:13pm

Yea i know the bus one, im gonna look for a riddle to put up

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 1:39pm

Here's one...

In a stable there are men and horses. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable?

[LilElphaba]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 1:51pm

Im too lazy to figure that out-i have lots of math HW as it is! even though its probably a trick question

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 1:53pm

No. It's not a trick question. Just mathematical. There can only be one possible answer. But don't worry about it. Go do your homework.

Updated On: 12/5/04 at 01:53 PM

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 1:56pm

Here's one that's not mathematical...

What 7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?

[Mythus]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:00pm

Lounger, and - this took me a while, I've got a paper filled with guess and checks - fourteen horses and eight men.

[LilElphaba]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:01pm

LOL-im having too much fun on here! i'll do my homework later

[M J R]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:03pm

Did anyone answer the 8549176320 question?

The digits are all in alphabetical order.....

Eight
Five
Four
Nine
One
Seven
Six
Three
Two
Zero

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:04pm

Mythus... You're way too good. But I'm determined to find a riddle that you can't solve in 2 minutes.

[Mythus]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:11pm

Well, I'd solved the lounger one before (someone had it as their name on MSN Messenger), so that one was easy. I'm sure there are riddles out there that I can't answer.

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:19pm

Very good M J R! You're correct! It's the only number containing all digits 0-9 in alphabetical order! You and Mythus can now move on to the bonus round.

Ok Mythus... if you figure this one out, I give up, and this thread can sink to the bottom of the board.

There is a common English word that is seven letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains a common English word - from seven letters right on down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing a letter at a time?

Updated On: 12/5/04 at 02:19 PM

[VoiceofReason]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:48pm

Is it Snowing?

Original: Snowing
Remove One: Sowing
2- Swing
3- Sing
4- Sin
5- In
6- I

where do you get all these from?

~m~

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 2:59pm

I found a 9 letter word that works like that (I started from 1 letter and kept adding. It's easier that way)

Startling
Starting
Staring
String
Sting
Sing
Sin
In
I

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:15pm

(can't believe you guys started riddles without me. i love riddles!)

Okay guys.
This is one with numbers again, but I promise it really requires no math skills.
(it's not like that thing with the heads and the legs. sheesh!)

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
...?

Can you find the next number in the sequence?

[Mythus]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:19pm

I think this is it - 1113213211.

ETA: Oops! One number was wrong. I see where I made my mistake. Updated On: 12/5/04 at 03:19 PM

[M J R]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:20pm

1113213211
31131211131221
etc...etc...etc...

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:24pm

Good work Mythus & M J R!
(Mythus,I think you had a typo in there, but it looks like you knew what you were doing)


What force and strength cannot get through,
I gently can do.
And many in the street would stand,
were I not at hand.
What am I?

Updated On: 12/5/04 at 03:24 PM

[M J R]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 3:29pm

I know this one, but I've seen it before - I'll let someone else ponder!

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 5:30pm

Your word beat mine Flowery! VoiceofReason guessed my word.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 6:23pm

A man goes up to the bar and orders a Pepsi. Another man goes to the bar and orders a Diet Coke. A woman goes up to the bar and orders a Bottled Water. A third man enters the bar with his fiance, and they order a bottle of Red Wine. A fourth man asks the bartender to turn to the football game.

How many beers were ordered?

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 6:41pm

*ahem*

Capn,
No one has yet posted an answer to the riddle that I put up.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/5/04 at 8:04pm

Sorry Flowery Friend, didn't know there was a system.

Oxygen.