Riddles and Brain Teasers

[mika]

Hey people,

I noticed that a lot of you tried to answer the brain teaser that Titan posted (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=294) so I thought it would be cool to try have another one. Maybe if there is enough interest then I can make it like a weekly or bi-weekly thing.

So, on to the first one... (A riddle this time)

Magnificent Seven:

Eight and five, last name and given,
We are one six six six even;
The first in cow, the last in oxen
Three in damsel, three in vixen.

Question: What are we called?

I'll post a hint next week Sunday, and give another week till posting the actual answer (unless of course someone figures it out).

Good luck... :shock:

[Tom Henrik]

Could it be the letters V, O, X, E, N, S & I?

These are the only letters that appear more than once in all the words, and there are seven of them :?

[Titan]

I know the answer.. but i'll just PM it to Mika :terror:

Muhahaha..

[mika]

Tom: that's a good direction to take. Keep going...

[I_Wanna_Be_A_Pirate]

nah. tom I think ya wrong... I think he's tricking eh?
Nah amn, with puzzles like this ya gotta think outside the box! :terror:

[Omuletzu]

I know the answer but i am not going to tell it ;) i'm serious i really know the answer.

:terror: :terror: yay new emoticon!! :twisted:

[mika]

Considering I'm going away for a week, I'll post the hint now...

One of five, I the only one,
One in cat, two in mitten,
Two are odd, five are even
Seven in all, one in seven.

Interesting to see that only 1 person has actually attempted to answer the riddle other than the people that already *know* the answer of-course.

Any takers? Come on Tom, you can do it ;)

[Kiddiarni]

WOW...i dont get this :(

[mika]

Hehe - I see that maybe this one might have been a bit too hard? (I didn't get it either). So anyway, here's the answer:

ROMAN NUMERALS.

Explanation of the riddle:

The last name has eight letters (NUMERALS) while the first or given name has five (ROMAN).

Using each of the numerals once gives MDCLXVI, which is 1,666.

C ( which is found in Cow) is first of the seven in the alphabet while X ( which is found in oXen) is last.

Three of seven are found in DaMseL. Three are also found in VIXen.

Explanation of the hint:

I is the only one of five vowels among the seven Roman numerals.

C is found in Cat, M and I in MItten.

I and V are odd numbers. The rest are even numbers.

There are seven Roman numerals. One of them is found in seVen (the V).

Sorry Tom, you were close...

[Tom Henrik]

Dang!
A-Ding-dang-doo!!!
:x

Ok....
New one! :)

[FreeFreddy]

Lol, that's a weird, brain-breaking riddle. I would never be able to solve such one because the answer is that hidden that you cannot logically find it at all...

[mika]

Well here's another one:

Weight in my belly, Trees on my back, Nails in my ribs, Feet I do lack. What am I?

Those with a keen eye might recognise this one... :lol:

[Tom Henrik]

An old clock?
You know the kind that hides away in a corner in your grandparents' house...

[mika]

Nope ;)

[eric10051981]

i don't think it's a creature, is it??

my guess would be "mother earth" ?? 8)

guess i played too much elemental type RPGs..

[Titan]

I think i got it... PM'ing you to not "spoil" it...

[mika]

Yup, Titan's got it! Anyone else before I post the answer? Extra point to anyone who can guess where it's from. ;)

[eric10051981]

um... um... um... :? another hint please?? :wink:

[Titan]

Where it's from?
Since i've got the correct answer, here is a guess... it's an OLD riddle then, perhaps something from 17:th century'ish?

Are you looking for a specific writer? is it a famous one?

[eric10051981]

:shock: !!! could it be....

a catapulting mechanism? like a 'trebuchet' from the game age of empires.. kinda make sense with the tree in my back (launcher), nails in my ribs (made of wood) and feet i do lack (using wheel).. but the belly stuff doesn't make any sense.. (weight = stones??) coz the stones are put in the launcher..

and what about the writer?? :shock: :shock: are we talking about a book here?

[mika]

Eric: Nope - but good lateral thinking - try again.

Hint? Key is Ribs. ;)

It's source is quite related to this site.

[Tom Henrik]

Hmm....

I think it is Kosta!

Weight in my belly
He eats too much Danish Cookies...

Trees on my back
He works as a part-time woodcutter...

Nails in my ribs
He had a serious accident, where he fell over a cliff... while on the job. And his rib-cage is now supported by nails...

Feet I do lack
He was carrying his chainsaw when he fell... It was a gruesome sight...

:P

(Actually I do not have a clue... Maybe because I just woke up, and am on my way to work).

[Jwh D'Ar]

:D :D :D

[mika]

Ouch - sounds painful! :shock:

[FreeFreddy]

Now, could that be a cannon from the 17~ century? That cannon that shots balls?
Weight in my belly - cannonballs inside
Trees on my back - igniter cord (or perhaps people?)
Nails in my ribs - nails that support it's body
Feet I do lack - wheels
Right?

[Kiddiarni]

I dunno what it is but i really think it's something...that we use or see alot...It's just that kinda riddle...

[Tom Henrik]

I still thinks it is Kosta...

All the hints fit...
(Except Titan's, but I do not trust him :P )

I mean... Kosta is somewhat connected to this site :P :P

(Ok.. I will be nice, now....)

[mika]

Hehe. Ok to end the suspence :P The answer is .... A Ship!
It's from a very cool Sierra game called: "Conquest of Camelot".

Should I post another? Here you go...

I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I lick Will soon turn red. What am I?

[eric10051981]

mm.. let's see.. must be a very ferocious beast someone keep as a pet.. :twisted:

[Titan]

i know it :) Easy one!

[Tom Henrik]

It could be a sword or a knife...

[Danny252]

no ideas for any of them

[Havell]

Is it fire? because it must be fed with fuel, will burn any fuel given to it(hungry) and will burn your finger.

No idea where it comes from though.

[Tom Henrik]

I believe you are right...
Fire can also "lick"....

[mika]

Right you are! Fire it is. Titan got it right too with a secret PM ;)

That one was too easy 8)

Another you say?
Each morning I appear To lie at your feet, All day I follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. What am I?

[Havell]

This one's easy, I worked out the answer in 2 seconds but I don't want to spoil it for everyone else because I solved the last one so I'll just PM it to mika.

[Titan]

Also PM'ed... damn.. someone beat me to it...
Easy one..

[Tom Henrik]

Too easy...

Even I got it :lol:

PM'ing you with the answer.

[mika]

Too damn easy by the looks of it - all of ya got it!

Ok, here's one I find quite funny although also quite easy:

Many many years ago when I was twenty three,
I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be.

This widow had a grown-up daughter Who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, And soon the two were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother, For she was my father's wife.

To complicate the matters worse, Although it brought me joy.
I soon became the father Of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became A brother-in-law to dad.
And so became my uncle, Though it made me very sad.

For if he was my uncle, Then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up daughter Who, of course, was my step-mother.

Father's wife then had a son, Who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, For he was my daughter's son.

Who is my Grandma?

:lol:

[Tom Henrik]

His grandma is either his dad's or his mom's MOM...

[Havell]

I just drew up a family tree on a piece of paper. I think I have found the answer, his grandma is his wife because his father is married to his step-daughter and her mother is his wife

[mika]

You got it!

Here's the proper answer (I found it quite amusing):

My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue. Because, although she is my wife, She's my grandma too. If my wife is my grandmother, Then I am her grandchild.

Hmm. You guys are just too clever :roll: I'm gonna have to find something a little more challenging. :twisted:

[mika]

PS: Hey Tom - I like your new avatar - brilliant!

[Havell]

With that last riddle, because you are married to your grandma, that would make you your own grandfather. :shock:

[Kiddiarni]

thats Gross

[Havell]

I've got one:

There is one that has head without an eye,
And there is one that has an eye without a head:
You may find the answer if you try;
And when all is said,
Half the answer hangs upon a thread.

[Danny252]

Pin-without eye but with head
Needle-Without head but with eye
and they have thread :P

[Kiddiarni]

i guess u heard that one..


Make this Correct with one line: 5+5+5=550

[eric10051981]

5+5+5=550...

hm.. does this make any sense at all??

[Tom Henrik]

Well....

One could put a line over the =....

That would then make it say 5+5+5 IS NOT 550 :P

[eric10051981]

the = sign..

you forgot the = sign.. -> 5+5+5 is not = 550

hm.. i think i need to reprogram my brain.. :?

[Kiddiarni]

That can be looked as correct, but not the answer I'm looking for...

Any more Guesses?

[Kiddiarni]

whatever...the answer is

5+5+5=550
545+5=550

If you put a small slash on the first"+" it becomes a "4"

Easy, huh?

[eric10051981]

gee.. now i know i shouldn't think in a complicated ways to solve a puzzle..


well, i'd like to participate too and i got this one.. actually i got this from a game so i don't think it'll be fair for those who haven't played this game before, but might be abit challenging.. :)

"My first is the first. My second is the last. Next comes myself.
Then back to the end, and to the beginning again. Who am I?"

[Kiddiarni]

w00t?

[Ioncannon]

what has 4 wheels and flys?

[Havell]

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang?

[mika]

\"My first is the first. *My second is the last. *Next comes myself. *
Then back to the end, and to the beginning again. *Who am I?\"

Well just to answer this one it's: <span style='color:darkred'>"AZIZA"
Although I knew this one from before but noone was biting. I'll try organize another.

[eric10051981]

nice mika..

for kiddiarni, it's from the classic Quest For Glory II game.. :wink:

[Kiddiarni]

Ye...I remember that one...Not...

[mika]

Now here's quite a cool one...

I live above a star, and yet I never burn,
I have eleven neighbors, and yet none of them turn,
I am visited in sequence, first, last or in between,
PRS (& sometimes Q) are my initials,
now tell me what I mean.

[Kiddiarni]

I know that one...the answer is...































































a WATERMELON..

No, just kiddin...i dont get it... (",)

[mika]

Hehe - had me goin for a sec ;)

Plus I really like your emoticon (",), you got any more like that?

[Kiddiarni]

o",) (",)

(0
++: )
(0


i <<
i (",)
<( )>
,,,JL,,

P.S. Those orange "+" and "i" are not supposed to be there...If i make a space it disappears and the emotion gets fd up

[mika]

So guys? Noone dares to guess an answer to the last riddle? What's the matter? Chicken? pak-pak-pak-paaaaaaaaak! :P

[Tom Henrik]

Ummm?

The moon?

[Kiddiarni]

as i said a watermelon...No i dont know

[mika]

Nope - think closer...

[Tom Henrik]

Nope - think closer...

Uummm... Are you talking about the key on the keyboard that is exactly above the * key?

If so then I have won, but I don't know what key it is, since I am using a laptop and therefor have a different keyboard. On mine it is th back-space key that is above "the star"...

[mika]

Man you're good - although you're thinking of the wrong keyboard...

[Tom Henrik]

Do you mean a calculator?

In that case remember that there are a lot of calculators out there, and every one of them is different :wink:

[FreeFreddy]

Man you're good - although you're thinking of the wrong keyboard...
Mac's keyboard?

[mika]

Cmon, you guys are SOOOOOO close...

[FreeFreddy]

Piano, synthesizer (also called keyboard)? Although I'm just guessing now...

[Tom Henrik]

Cmon, you guys are SOOOOOO close...

Damnit...

I am looked in my train of computer keyboard thought, and I can't get off...

I give up :(

[eric10051981]

is it the function keys?? they consist of F1-F12 and it matches the 11 neighbours section..

but the * is below F6 and F7.. hmm.. and the initials PRS (sometimes Q)??

[mika]

I told you it was a good one ;)

The answer is:

The number 7 key on a PHONE. Most have PRS and only newer ones have the letter Q on them. Phones have 12 keys including the # and * and the number 7 is just above the * key.

But damn you guys were close.

[Kiddiarni]

yewah...We almost got it...

Wait...something wrong here...


THEY almost got it :P

[eric10051981]

yewah...We almost got it...

Wait...something wrong here...


THEY almost got it :P

it's a good thing you realized it.. 8)

[unclefester]

Here comes one of the easiest.

A magnetic train travels with 60 kilometers per hour. The wind travels to the opposite direction with 80 kilometres per hour. Towards wich side will the smoke emited by the train be turning?

[eric10051981]

magnetic train got NO smoke... 8)

i fell for that one a long time ago.. :evil: but not this time :twisted: MWAHAHAHAHAHA...

[Kiddiarni]

This one is easy...A megnetic train got no smoke...

[Havell]

Another one like that:

There is a bungalow, it is pink, absolutly evevything in the bungalow is pink. The walls are pink, the carpets are pink, the sofa is pink, everything. What colour are the stairs?

[Tom Henrik]

[quote]Another one like that:

There is a bungalow, it is pink, absolutly evevything in the bungalow is pink. The walls are pink, the carpets are pink, the sofa is pink, everything. What colour are the stairs?

Stairs?
It is a bungalow!
By definition, a bungalow don't have any floors... or basements.
It is a single floor placed on the ground. Nothing more.

[Havell]

That is the answer to the riddle, it's another one to try and catch out people who don't think. :D

[Kiddiarni]

Ok...

What is the difference in a Strawberry and a hippo?

[FreeFreddy]

They're both fat, but strawberry is small and yummy, where hippo is big and ugly.

[Kiddiarni]

Wrong...

[eric10051981]

one is a fruit while the other is an animal?

one is small while the other is big?

one is the food while the other is the eater?

one lives above the ground while the other lives on the ground?

one is red in color while the other is gray(i think) in color?

okay i give up :?..

What is the difference in a Strawberry and a hippo?

[Tom Henrik]

I hate these Elephant "riddles"....

Examples:

How do you know you have had an Elephant in your fridge?
-You can see his footprints in the marmelade!

The answer is always one that only the asker knows.

The answer to Kiddiarni's riddle could be that Elephants don't look good in red....

[eric10051981]

yeah.. like the riddle : "how do you put an elephant into a fridge in 3 step"

answer :
1. open the fridge
2. put elephant inside
3. close the fridge

doesn't make sense but that's the answer... damn cheesy riddles..

[Havell]

yeah.. like the riddle : \"how do you put an elephant into a fridge in 3 step\" *

answer : *
1. open the fridge *
2. put elephant inside *
3. close the fridge *

doesn't make sense but that's the answer... damn cheesy riddles..

To follow that one:

How do you get a giraffe in a fridge?

[Danny252]

1: Put Giraffe in massive blender
2: Mash it up
3: Open fridge
4: Put mashed giraffe in fridge

It works..

[Havell]

No...

1. Open fridge.
2. Take elephant out
3. Put giraffe in
4. Close fridge.

[Kiddiarni]

one is a fruit while the other is an animal?

one is small while the other is big?

one is the food while the other is the eater?

one lives above the ground while the other lives on the ground?

one is red in color while the other is gray(i think) in color?

okay i give up :?.. *

What is the difference in a Strawberry and a hippo?

U got it right...The color is the difference

[eric10051981]

U got it right...The color is the difference

:lol: yay...

and to follow R Havell's one,

"From all the animals in the world, which one that didn't attend Tarzan's birthday party?"

[FreeFreddy]

The human?

[eric10051981]

The human?

teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet..

wrong answer.. anybody else??
:)

[aiwaman]

The kangaroo?

[Havell]

The giraffe : it's still stuck in a fridge. :D

[unclefester]

Tell me three reasons to be a teacher in Greece

[unclefester]

Come on give it try!

[Omuletzu]

Money??

[eric10051981]

fame? fortune? the chicks?

[unclefester]

Money??

Hahahaha! Teachers in Greece are paid only 900-1000 Euros

You have not gound it!

[rallier]

3 months of vacations in summer
2 weeks of vacations in Xmass
2 weeks of vacations in easter

[Omuletzu]

[quote]Tell me three reasons to be a teacher in Greece
You can punish kids whenever you want, and send them to the principal, or just beat them yourself :evil: :twisted:
:oops: :whipped:

[Puffin]

I think teachers in Iceland are going on a strike :( That means no school :( And I was looking forward starting school again after summer....

But Three reason becoming a teacher in Greece.... Hmm.... Free dental service? Uh... respect? :wink: and... uh.... wow I have no idea.

But here's an easy one :wink: If you can't answer that one, then.... *shake my head*
What can everybody touch with their left hand but not their right one?

Damn that one's easy :P

[Tom Henrik]

The right elbow.

[Kiddiarni]

What do you call a Blonde with a half brain?

[FreeFreddy]

Smart blonde?

[Kiddiarni]

Nooo...Don't be stupid Stupid...(love this sentence, from Survivor All-stars)

GIFTED...is the answer :D

[FreeFreddy]

Nooo...Don't be stupid Stupid
Don't go too far... Keep it civilized.

[Kiddiarni]

Sry dewd..
as i said, It's a Survivor Quote

Sorry if u got offende or somn :oops:

[FreeFreddy]

Nono, just noticed that you go little offensive to some others too... Just like said above, hold you in some borders, so others don't get offended :wink:
No big problem with me. :D

[Maikel]

I was offended! ...I guess

[Kiddiarni]

Offended by what, Maikel?

[Puffin]

OK here's one riddle....

A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired help carried two sacks. Who carried the heavier load and why?
:wink:

[FreeFreddy]

The farmer, because he carried one full sack and also the two others partially, where the helper only helped to carry the two, thereby only used to carry half the weight.

[Puffin]

Sorry, gaur, but wrong :wink:

[FreeFreddy]

Well, when the helper carried smaller sacks, then the farmer still carried heavier load... :hmmm:
Another way - the farmer was accustomed to carry heavy load, while the hired helper wasn't accustomed to such weight, so the farmer took the heavier sack and the helper took two more light sacks, so both carried the same weight in the process...
Either way, the real answer is always known 100%ly only by the one who asked it, so... :crazy:

[Puffin]

Yeah, it's ALMOST right.... But I want more people to try to find the real answer... you're ALMOST there, Freddy! :wink:

[Kiddiarni]

The Hired help had two Hagkaups Pokar of Grain and the Framer had one svartur Ruslapoka of Grain :P ?????

[FreeFreddy]

Wrong, hehe. It's actually more simple than you think... :wink:

[Puffin]

The Hired help had two Hagkaups Pokar of Grain and the Framer had one svartur Ruslapoka of Grain :P ?????

*lol*
Hagkaup & ruslapoki :wink:
Try again, friend, try again !!!

[TheVoid]

-not wanting to think about it and starving to post his own riddle-
Well, the helper carried the heavier load because he carried two sacks and the farmer only one :D :D :D :D








Know it MUST be wrong.......but....

[TheVoid]

I hope Puffin doesn't mind if I post a new riddle.....otherwise he'll bite me to death :wink:


A shepherd owns a boat.
He must cross a river, and carry to the other side a wolf, a sheep and a load of vegetables.
He can carry only one item per crossing and can do infinite crossings.
The wolf can't be left alone with the sheep, and so the sheep can't be left alone with the vegetables.
How will he do?

[Decalies]

Why on earth am I trying to solve a riddle for fun?! Anyway I think this is it:
First the sheep to the other end.
Then the wolf to the other end, while taking the sheep back.
Then move the vegetables to the other end. Go back to finally
Take the sheep.

[Havell]

He takes the sheep across the river and then goes back, he then takes the wolf across the river, he then picks up the sheep and goes back to the first shore, he then picks up the vegetables and carries them across, he then goes back to pick up the sheep and puts it on the other bank. Job done :D .

[Kiddiarni]

LOL, ROFLMAO...You two guys posted with a one minute between :P...:D

[Decalies]

Hey, it's lunch brake. Then you can try these things :)

[Kiddiarni]

well..Want a Riddle Einstein said only 2% of the people who tried would be able to finish..here it goes

1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours. *
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality *
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke *
different brand of cigar and keep a different pet. *

1. The Brit lives in a red house. *
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets. *
3. The Dane drinks tea. *
4. The Green house is on the left of the White house. *
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee. *
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. *
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill. *
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk. *
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. *
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. *
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill. *
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer. *
13. The German smokes Prince. *
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. *
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

Now the Question is, Who Owns the Fish?

[Tom Henrik]

well..Want a Riddle Einstein said only 2% of the people who tried would be able to finish..here it goes

1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours. *
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality *
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke *
different brand of cigar and keep a different pet. *

1. The Brit lives in a red house. *
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets. *
3. The Dane drinks tea. *
4. The Green house is on the left of the White house. *
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee. *
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. *
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill. *
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk. *
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. *
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. *
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill. *
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer. *
13. The German smokes Prince. *
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. *
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

Now the Question is, Who Owns the Fish?


I solved it, but the answer has been deleted. So that others might try to solve it too 8)

[Unknown Hero]

I solved it about year ago. I'll PM to Kiddiarni my answer that I hope it's right. It was right but I forgot it. Hope I remembered good.

[Unknown Hero]

Thirty two white horses stand on big red mountain. They are ready to chew everything on their way. Who/What are they? I hope I translated it good. I heard it in Croatian version. Tell me if you have any problems in understanding it.

[Kiddiarni]

I haven't got your PM...:?

[Unknown Hero]

I didn't know you need to put a subject.

[Kiddiarni]

Yup you were correct :D anyone Else...?

[Unknown Hero]

Hey Kiddiarni, take a look at my riddle.

[Kiddiarni]

no idea....but definately not horses :P

[Unknown Hero]

I have edited it. Maybe now you'll be "enlighten".

[FreeFreddy]

[quote]Thirty two white horses stand on big red mountain. They are ready to chew everything on their way. Who/What are they?
I guess they are the teeth in the mouth...

[Unknown Hero]

You're right! I read this one in Tolkien's "Hobbit".

This one is from adventure "Black Mirror". If you played this game don't tell the solution.

The more you take away,
The larger it grows.
(only four letters)

[Havell]

"hole" :D

[Unknown Hero]

Got it!

Rivers without water,
Forests without trees,
Cities without houses.

[Kiddiarni]

That all? no more hints?

[TheVoid]

Iceland :D









Nooo, just kidding...hope it didn't offend anyone :wink:

[FreeFreddy]

Iceland :D *









Nooo, just kidding...hope it didn't offend anyone :wink:
Nah, it's funny :lol: (hope THIS one didn't offend anyone)
Ahh, now this is a nice rank :D :D :D
1000 posts! I come for you, Tom! :twisted:

[Havell]

:shock: Nice avatar FreeFreddy!!! How long did it take you to find that? With the posts, Tom doesn't stand a chance!

P.S. No clue about the riddle.

[FreeFreddy]

:shock: *Nice avatar FreeFreddy!!! *How long did it take you to find that? *With the posts, Tom doesn't stand a chance!

P.S. No clue about the riddle.
Well, I stumbled occasionally upon the avatar in one of the forums somewhere there outside in the cyber-world... Needless to say, I liked it the first moment I saw it. :wink:

[Tom Henrik]

Well....

Since I have worked exactly 103 hours these past 7 days, I feel I have a good excuse for not posting so much 8)

But I'm back now, and will soon be zooming away from FreeFreddy.
Nice try, though :wink:

For those who are interested:
My worklist

Monday
08.00 - 20.00

Tuesday
08.00 - 20.00

Wednesday
08.00 - 20.00

Thursday
08.00 - 23.00

Friday
08.00 - 23.00

Saturday
08.00 - 23.00

Sunday - Monday
08.00 - 06.00

Grand total: 103 hours.

[Decalies]

I don't know what you do, but that are not funny workhours anymore :(. Try to half it, then at least it's 'averge too much' ;)

[Unknown Hero]

That all? no more hints?

One word, three letters.

[Havell]

"Sea"? It's a wild guess, but still.

[Unknown Hero]

Nice try....

But wrong. :wink:

Try again it's free!

Need Any other hint?

[Unknown Hero]

:shock: *Nice avatar FreeFreddy!!! *How long did it take you to find that? *With the posts, Tom doesn't stand a chance!

P.S. No clue about the riddle.
Well, I stumbled occasionally upon the avatar in one of the forums somewhere there outside in the cyber-world... Needless to say, I liked it the first moment I saw it. :wink:

Rank: Call me, God.
You forget to put comma, but I'll call you anyhow.

[Unknown Hero]

See!!! This is what happens to poor young man, who spends to much time on abandonia forum. :shock:

[FreeFreddy]

See!!! This is what happens to poor young man, who spends to much time on abandonia forum. :shock:
:?: :?
Btw., I don't think there belongs a comma there...
That all? no more hints?

One word, three letters.
Could these be the ants?

[Unknown Hero]

Nope.
Hint: Rivers, Forests and Cities are Rivers, Forests and Cities.

[FreeFreddy]

Well, I'll guess one more time then:
1. Wasteland?
2. Lava river over a landscape with forests and cities?
:)

[Unknown Hero]

This one was realy good try!

Hint: It's drew by man.

[FreeFreddy]

[quote]Got it!

Rivers without water,
Forests without trees,
Cities without houses.
Ok, now (I think) I got it
Rivers without water - roads made of concrete (made by humans)
Forests without trees - telegraph masts or headlight masts
Cities without houses - the cars that are driving on it. So if I'm wrong, I give up there (let me think about it in the evening, when I'm more awake and think better :wink: )...

[Unknown Hero]

I don't want you to get mad. The answer is MAP.

[FreeFreddy]

Hah, the answer is always simpler than assumed... You didn't get me mad, man, I'm a tolerating person. :D :wink:

[Unknown Hero]

This one is from Sofoklo's "Edip". Sphinge asked Edip about it.

"When it's morning, it has four legs,
When it's midday, it has two legs,
When it's sunset, it has three legs.
It is most agile when has less legs.
Who is it?"

[FreeFreddy]

Easy one - it's a human:
1. In the morning he's a child so he has yet to learn to walk with the legs only
2. In the midday he has grown and learned how to walk fast
3. In the sunset the human becomes aged and cannot hold his weight alone on the two legs, so he has to use the going stick that supports his weight.
:D

[Unknown Hero]

Off course it's easy when you heard it before.

[FreeFreddy]

Isn't it always so that you know the answers to the more complex riddles only if you know them from somewhere?

[Unknown Hero]

Ok, but I don't believe you, that you solved it in one second. Do you have any riddles? Or somebody else?

[TheVoid]

Well, this isn't a real riddle, it's a sort of dumb joke I heard when I was in Dusseldorf on stage last May....

A Polish, a Turkish and a Russian are in a car. Who drives?

[Unknown Hero]

Turkish, becouse he drinks turkish cofee so that he can stay awake.

[FreeFreddy]

Ok, but I don't believe you, that you solved it in one second. Do you have any riddles? Or somebody else?
Of course I couldn't solve it in a second, therefore I have written too, that the more complex riddles only can be solved if you know the answer for them from somewhere else already. :) Else it would be almost impossible. Well, at least if you don't take your time and think about the riddle. :wink:

Here's one from Baldur's Gate II, so knowers please don't reveal:
One can get me the whole life long, although I am given only once with the birth. My weight is less than nothing, but I fell the strongest ones of you, if I am stopped.

[TheVoid]

Turkish, becouse he drinks turkish cofee so that he can stay awake.

No. Smart answer, but no.
If I remember right, however, turkish coffee is less strong than Italian coffee.

[FreeFreddy]

A Polish, a Turkish and a Russian are in a car. Who drives?
The Polish drives, 'cause he stole the Russian's car, the Russian wants it back again and the Turkish is there to buy the car off from the Polish(or like that, is alreay quite some time ago since I heard this joke).

[Tom Henrik]

[quote]Ok, but I don't believe you, that you solved it in one second. Do you have any riddles? Or somebody else?
Of course I couldn't solve it in a second, therefore I have written too, that the more complex riddles only can be solved if you know the answer for them from somewhere else already. :) Else it would be almost impossible. Well, at least if you don't take your time and think about the riddle. :wink:

Here's one from Baldur's Gate II, so knowers please don't reveal:
One can get me the whole life long, although I am given only once with the birth. My weight is less than nothing, but I fell the strongest ones of you, if I am stopped

Breath?

[TheVoid]

A Polish, a Turkish and a Russian are in a car. Who drives?
The Polish drives, 'cause he stole the Russian's car, the Russian wants it back again and the Turkish is there to buy the car off from the Polish(or like that, is alreay quite some time ago since I heard this joke).

It's not so brain-teasing at all.....

It's the police that drives!!! :twisted:

[FreeFreddy]

[quote]Ok, but I don't believe you, that you solved it in one second. Do you have any riddles? Or somebody else?
Of course I couldn't solve it in a second, therefore I have written too, that the more complex riddles only can be solved if you know the answer for them from somewhere else already. :) Else it would be almost impossible. Well, at least if you don't take your time and think about the riddle. :wink:

Here's one from Baldur's Gate II, so knowers please don't reveal:
One can get me the whole life long, although I am given only once with the birth. My weight is less than nothing, but I fell the strongest ones of you, if I am stopped

Breath?
Man, you cheated! Yes, you got it... :roll: :wink:

[Havell]

OK:

Santa Claus, a blind man, a sober Irishman and an intelligent blonde are in a lift, there is a ?50 note on the floor of the lift, who picks it up?

[FreeFreddy]

The blonde.

[Havell]

Wrong.

[Tom Henrik]

The blind man's dog.

The blind man can't see it, and none of the other exist. So the only left is his dog.

[Havell]

Correct!

[Tom Henrik]

I rock! C'mon! Feed me riddles!!!!

Riddle me this, riddle me that!
Who's afraid of the big blue twat?!

[TheVoid]

OK...this requiires a little drawing.

Draw a 4X4 square. it represents a prison, with 16 rooms.

A most wicked killer, something like Charles Manson, but much worse, is imprisoned in the upper left room.
The prison guard sits in the bottom right room.
All others room are occupied by other prisoners.
The killer manages to get a passpartout to open all prison doors, so he starts to escape.
He is heavily psichically disturbed, and has 2 problems:
1- he HAS to kill every person he sees.
2- he is scared by blood (!), so he can't get back in a room where he killed someone.

The guard of the prison is the last person to kill(after killing all the others).

What's the route to freedom?

[Tom Henrik]

Just a quick question. Are they all in motion all the time? Does the killer start to mave emidiately after the doors are unlocked? And what about the other criminals, do they sit still waiting for death to come?

My answer would be that he just sits in his room, lalling away, and when the guard comes to look for him. He kills him and escapes, but you said he killed ALL of his inmates. So that can't be right. :roll:

[TheVoid]

Well, I told you he's a hell of a guy, its rage is impossible to contrast.
He WILL kill anyone. and when they are sleeping, so they can't even try to defend themselves. The guard doesn't notice him until the murderer kills him.

No one moves, except the killer

[Havell]

I didn't realize until now how hand it is to draw straight lines using letters :) .
P S. If he is afaid of blood why doesn't he just strangle all of his victims?

[Tom Henrik]

If no-one moves. He makes them :wink:

He moves up to them while they are sleeping and drag them into the previous room where he kills them. Then he moves to the next room, and copy that method. At last he will get to the room diagonally from the guard. With one inmate to the right, and one to the bottom. He grabs one of them, drag him into the previous room. Enter the room with the other inmate. Kills him on the spot, and moves out to the guard.

[TheVoid]

Well, Tom, you're undoubtly a thinkin guy.

But you forgot he has to kill every person the same time he sees it.
How could he bear to carry his victims?

You must concentrate on the route.

K | p | p | p

p | p | p | p

p | p | p | p

p | p | p | G

This is the prison. K the killah, p the prisoners and G the guard.
The bars are doors. there are also door that lead up and down, but I couldn't draw them.
Make a small drawing in a paper and try to write the route.

[Tom Henrik]

OMG!

He kills one of the guys next to his cell, then runs back into his cell and continues the killing spree the other way!

[Havell]

You're right.

[TheVoid]

Yeah. Right.

And you? Any riddle?

[Unknown Hero]

Tom, you're smart. I have been thinking for about half an hour and I didn't think it's posible (there's always one little bastard that rests alive). :twisted:

[Tom Henrik]

Actually I don't know many riddles... I just like to solve them :)

[Unknown Hero]

I can fly without wings,
I can pass trough bushes full of thorns without getting scratched.

I hope I translated it good.

[Havell]

Wind or air?

[TheVoid]

Easy....a feather :D .

[Unknown Hero]

It's supposted to be wind, but TheVoid found even other solution.

[FreeFreddy]

Here's one (I hope) more difficult one for you:
Of all your possessions I am most difficult one to protect. If you have me, you will want to divide it. If you divide me, you do not possess me any longer.

[Unknown Hero]

A Secret!

[FreeFreddy]

Right... :(

[Unknown Hero]

It was difficult (for me), but my sister solved it! It's good to have an inteligent sister near :) :D :lol:

[TheVoid]

Cacodemon says:
"ME WANTS OTHER RIDDLE!!!!"

[FreeFreddy]

Here you are:
The life, which I live, consists hardly of hours, or less. I serve the whole time by being used. I am thinly fastest, thickly slowest and wind is the enemy of the gift that I bring.

[TheVoid]

A clock :wink: .

[FreeFreddy]

Nope. :D
(hope i can hold you longer off with this one :twisted: )

[TheVoid]

Really?????Was sure I got it...
Thinly-the minutes stick
Thickly-the hours stick

[TheVoid]

Than it must be RAIN!!!

[FreeFreddy]

Nono :wink: I am thinly fastest, thickly slowest - doesn't fit there...

[Unknown Hero]

Any hints? :idea:

[FreeFreddy]

One small hint: it served mostly earlier, 19th century and below. :wink:

[Tom Henrik]

It's a candle.

[Puffin]

Yeah you're probably right, Tom..... Must be... because of the last sentence. The wind is the enemy of the gift that I bring... :wink:

[Kiddiarni]

true..
Let me guess..U google search the riddle and find the answer that way??? ;)

[FreeFreddy]

It's a candle.
Bah Tom, you spoil all the fun. Why don't you let others break their heads too? :? :wink:
Yes, you're right.

[Puffin]

Oki another one! Another one, anybody!! :D :D *puffin claps his wings*

[Unknown Hero]

true..
Let me guess..U google search the riddle and find the answer that way??? ;)

That's not bad idea.
The problem is that I translate riddles from croatian (with some gramatical errors), so it will be more difficult to find it on the web (practicly impossible). :lol:

[FreeFreddy]

Ok, here's another one:
I can have no colors, but the darkness can lie in me. I weigh nothing and hold nothing, and if one puts me into a container, it becomes even easier.

[Tom Henrik]

true..
Let me guess..U google search the riddle and find the answer that way??? ;)

Thanks a lot for your trust! No I do NOT cheat! I hate F#¤@ING cheating. It spoils all the fun :mad:

[Tom Henrik]

I'll PM you from now on... Gee... I'm left out :cry:

[FreeFreddy]

Cheating on a riddle is in fact the worst crime that can be committed. At least people always are mad if someone cheated to solve a riddle. Ask me someday to tell you a story about that...
But, Tom, I know you didn't cheat, just you're little too smart here... :wink:

[Unknown Hero]

Tom, you have to accept the theory that you are too smart for us.

[Tom Henrik]

Tom, you have to accept the theory that you are too smart for us.

ROTFL :lol:

Have you even looked at my result in the I.Q topic. 8)

[Unknown Hero]

Air!

P.S. I'll check it out.

[FreeFreddy]

Nopes. If one puts me into a container, it becomes even easier - air weighs something :wink:

[TheVoid]

Helium...is a gas lighter than air...
No, definitively not the right answer.

[Unknown Hero]

Then just - nothing.
Or maybe darkness itself.

[TheVoid]

Why don't you ask your sister? :wink:

[Unknown Hero]

She's so stupid. I guess she got luck solving that one before. *runs away as his sister aproach*

[FreeFreddy]

You all dance around the solution, but it evades you 'cause it's simpler than you think - like always. :wink:

[Puffin]

Haha I know the answer! I pm-ed Freddy and it was correct :D
I am the smartest puffin around, dewds! :wink:

[Unknown Hero]

Tom, you have to accept the theory that you are too smart for us.

ROTFL :lol:

Have you even looked at my result in the I.Q topic. 8)

IQ doesn't mean anything. This is the perfect prove for that.

[Unknown Hero]

Vacuum. Hope I spelled it right.

[FreeFreddy]

Yes, you spelled it right (I guess 8) ). But, it's still not it... :wink:
You're thinking too complex.

[Havell]

Space?

[FreeFreddy]

Close to it, but not the right branch. :lol: :wink:
And you're still thinking too complicated... :roll: It's nothing that amazing...
Ok, perhaps a hint: it's nothing mental or philosophical, it's a material thing, but it's not consistencial.

[Havell]

how many letters?

[FreeFreddy]

Only four...

[Havell]

hole?

[Tom Henrik]

Your hint could be a riddle in it self :wink:

And Puffin told me the answer... Space was my guess too, and it is not far from the truth. Just remember that putting space in a container does not make it lighter. The container is already empty 8)

[FreeFreddy]

And the winner is:*****R Havellll!!! :wink:
That took your time, people *wondering*

[Havell]

Wooooo!!! I rule!!!! That's the second riddle today that I got where the answer is "hole" :D . First I thought black hole as it is in space and it sucks up light.

[Puffin]

Hey, excuse me, but wasn't I the first? :cry: I must be the winner!!!!! :cry:

[FreeFreddy]

Oh, sorry :oops:
You're the winner, of course, as you solved it as the first one :D
But R Havell also solved it, so he also deserved the attention, ok?
Don't be offended, please :wink:

[Puffin]

Hehe no problem, gaur! :wink:

There is something that is nothing, but it has a name. It joins our walks; it joins our talks; it plays in every game. What is it?.

[Unknown Hero]

Echo.

[Puffin]

Nopes :wink:
Try again! :wink:

[Havell]

luck or fate?

[Puffin]

No... sorry! Not even close :wink:

[Tom Henrik]

The shadow.

When you move, it moves...
When you talk, it joins in...

And it also mimics you when you are playing...