WCL's Riddles 10/08/09 *New Riddles Posted!!*

1.A man cannot decide which one of his three sons to give all his possessions and money to. So to make a decision, he gives them all a small amount of money and shows them a room. He tells them to go buy something that fills up the room.

The first son buys a couch, and it does not fill up the room.
The second son buys a large cupboard, and it does not fill up the room.

The third and final son buys something that fills the room and inherits his father's possessions and fortune.

What did he buy?

Answer: A candle, a lit one. The light fills the room.

2. Three men are on a boat. The boat has no sails, no oars, no motor. The first one is afraid of water, the second one is afraid of drowning, the third is afraid of sharks. How do they get back to shore?
Answer: They walk, they're on shore.
Solved By: Mo

3. (Let's see if anyone can get this one) My first is in water, but also in tea. My second is in fish, but not in the sea. My third is in mountains, but not underground. My last is in strike, but not in pound. My whole crushes mountains, rivers and even civilizations. And all that live, fear my arrival.

What am I?

Answer: TIME
Solved By: Shadow

4. (KK, this one took me like... 10 seconds to figure out.. XD Try it!)
Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and grey,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.

Answer: Eye
Solved By: Shadow

5. What flies when it's born, lies when it's alive and runs when it's dead?
Answer: A snowflake
Answered By: Miss Alice

6.You have been zapped into this room by means unknown. There are two doors on one side of the room, there are two computers. It even seems they are each guarding a door.
There are two signs, and a leper in the room with you.
The first sign reads:
"Behind one door is God realization. Behind the other door is a room painted entirely green. The only things in that room are a man and a ladder, both of which are painted entirely green. The man has been hired by the union of Gangsta Rappers to hurl a non-stop torrent of insults at anyone who enters the room. "
The second sign sits between the two computers (also the two doors) and reads as follows:
"One of these computers is programmed to lie to you regardless of how friendly you are to the user interface, the other computer is programmed to tell the truth, regardless of your emotional state."
It is about this time that the infected leper begins to speak "I get you deal on phone time $.08 minutes weekdays all odd hours. $.10 on Thursday except the hour between 2:00 and 3:00, or any registered birthday . . . "
He begins to - quite slowly - lurch towards you, he's already reaching out towards you, you get the sense he's a "touchy-feely" sorta person. You quickly calculate you have time to ask one computer one question before he reaches you.

The riddle before you is this: What question do you ask, and to which computer do you pose your question? Remember, you don't know whether the computer's answer will be a lie, and you've got to figure out which door to go out.
Hints:
1) You've heard great things about God realization, 2) It doesn't matter which computer you ask, i.e. there's an answer for both.

Answer: You ask either computer, "Which door would the other computer tell me to go in?" and you go in the opposite they say.
Answered By: Mo

(this one's kinda difficult... XD i didn't really figure it out myself, i looked at the answer and figured out the logic after. xD)

7. The one who makes it sells it.
The one who buys it doesn't use it.
The one who's using it doesn't know he's using it.
What is it?

Answer: A Coffin
Answered By: Miss Alice

8. A man walks into a restaurant and asks for a glass of water. In a few minutes, he is given what he asked for. He drinks it quickly and leaves the restaurant in a hurry. Another man comes to the restaurant and he orders the exact same thing as the other man had ordered. Like the last time, it is delivered quickly. He takes his time, going slow. Soon after he dies.

How did this happen?

Answer: There was poison in the ice cubes. Since the first man drank quickly, they didn't melt and he wasn't harmed. Since the second man took his time, they melted and he drank the poison, which was the cause of his death.
Answered By: Pugs

9. (I made this up myself.. hope it's good!)

It builds, it destroys,
It gives people fright, it gives people hope,
It makes life life and death death,
It can make evil, and can make good,
It is everything and nothing,
It created creation, It is one of the most powerful things existing,
It's as sharp as a knife, and as smooth as a river,
It can hurt and break down the strongest being, but we probably wouldn't thrive without it.

What is it?

Answer: Word(s).
Answered By: Ratty

Hint: You see and hear it everyday. At least.. you probably do. (XD)
Hint 2: It's developed over the many many years it's existed.
Hint 3: It's all over this site.

10. I never was, am always to be,
None ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
Who live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.

Answer: Tomorrow
Answered By: Ratty and Alice

11. Never sleeping, still awake, Pleasing most when most I speak; The delight of old and young, Though I speak without a tongue. Nought but one thing can confound me, Many voices joining round me; Then I fret, and rave, and gabble, Like the labourers of Babel. Now I am a dog, or cow, I can bark, or I can low; I can bleat, or I can sing, Like the warblers of the spring. Let the lovesick bard complain, And I mourn the cruel pain; Let the happy swain rejoice, And I join my helping voice: Both are welcome, grief or joy, I with either sport and toy. Though a lady, I am stout, Drums and trumpets bring me out: Then I clash, and roar, and rattle, Join in all the din of battle. Jove, with all his loudest thunder, When I'm vext, can't keep me under; Yet so tender is my ear, That the lowest voice I fear; Much I dread the courtier's fate, When his merit's out of date, For I hate a silent breath, And a whisper is my death.
(kinda long, but it's a good one!! )
Hint: You've probably all heard one before.. especially when ur alone.

Answer: An echo
Answered By: Saddle

12. At night, they come without being fetched, And during the day are lost without being stolen.
What is it?
13.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.

Good Luck!!

Air!!!

XD. I think that's the only thing in the world u can't buy mo, but ur on the right track.

Oh...

Water!!

or...

Ice!!

XP

Wait... Music?

lol XD. nope. this should be interesting.

I'm just gonna add a second riddle randomly. XD

XP, Okay. I'll keep guessin'.

Incense?

...

Happiness?? (Wait, you can't buy that...)

Nitrogen?

Feathers?

A mirror?

Paint?

A carpet??

*grins and shakes head* nope. keep guessin' though!

For riddle 2:

The boat's already on shore? XP

They call up T-Pain?

For riddle 1:

I give up. XP

XD

Actually, ur right about the second one! The answer is that they're already on shore and they walk. XD

And I'm sorry the first one is difficult! XD

Lol, yay! At least I got one right. I'll let others guess now. XP

For the first one, is it carpet?

i don't know any of them ...

Is it some noxious gas that kills the father and everyone else?

Or . . . or . . . um . . . manure? Cus they live on a farm, so they can get it cheap?

shadowsowner888 wrote:Is it some noxious gas that kills the father and everyone else?

Or . . . or . . . um . . . manure? Cus they live on a farm, so they can get it cheap?

*drops down on the floor, and rolls around, laughing crazily*
(I'm laughing at the first thin you wrote. XD)

*ROFL to shadow's response* I should make that the answer!! XD. but no one's got it yet. XD

Oooo. I've got another one!

So, the father's really rich. So a hundred dollars are like a penny to him. So he gives them each like a few million. And the dude goes and exchanges it for pennies, and fills the room with them.

A giant inflatable bouncy castle?

XD. i love all your answers! XD i should add a hint.

He buys his father's possesions? LOL

lol. no. XD

He buys . . . a steamer?

Nope... u guys keep on guessing though!

-iz confuzz;ed- I might've figured something though.. but.. I still don't knwo what he buys. XP