Thousands used them for various things but for the longest time a mathematical conundrum was how can you Square a Circle which proved for the time nigh impossible. Lastly no chariot, coach, or mill can move without the aid of a wheel, cog, or pulley, which are circular. My hair is brown, my legs are long. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Twitter account.
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Now for the real riddles:
Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Not really a riddle in the classical sense, but one of my all-time favourites: Why do the French only have one egg for breakfast? Because one egg is un oeuf enough! Now for the real riddles: It is greater than God and more evil than the devil.
It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. Man I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. End, timE, spacE, Every placE What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats? I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, To live and breath on this terrestrial ball. Tomorrow or the future. At night they come without being fetched.
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By day they are lost without being stolen. What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days? The one who makes it, sells it. The one who buys it, never uses it. A coffin The more you have of it, the less you see.
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Darkness What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? What English word has three consecutive double letters? You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat? An ear of corn. Iron ore I know a word of letters three.
Add two, and fewer there will be! Few I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns. Stove, fire, smoke I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night.
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Half-way up the hill, I see thee at last, lying beneath me with thy sounds and sights — A city in the twilight, dim and vast, with smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights. Longfellow When young, I am sweet in the sun. When middle-aged, I make you gay. When old, I am valued more than ever. Wine All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held, No throat, but can be heard. Time I drive men mad For love of me, Easily beaten, Never free.
A fart Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen. Iceberg Each morning I appear to lie at your feet, All day I will follow no matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish in the midday sun. Shadow My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe. Blue Glittering points that downward thrust, Sparkling spears that never rust. An echo Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks.
Water At the sound of me, men may dream or stamp their feet, At the sound of me, women may laugh or sometimes weep. Music 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?
Nothing I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind, I help others to see. Sand Two in a corner, 1 in a room, 0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it, Five in the middle is seen; First of all figures, the first of all letters, Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring Before you the name of an eminent king. A hole How far will a blind dog walk into a forest? What happens when you throw a yellow rock into a purple stream? It makes a splash. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it? A bottle of gin Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not.
Whoever knows it, wants it not Counterfeit money I am, in truth, a yellow fork from tables in the sky, By inadvertent fingers dropped the awful cutlery. Of mansions never quite disclosed and never quite concealed The apparatus of the dark to ignorance revealed. Lightning You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see. A reflection Say my name and I disappear.
Silence What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains? Wholesome A box without hinges, lock or key, yet golden treasure lies within. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. A thorn Three brothers share a family sport: There once was a strange man who loved wordplay, he had a very important and successful business that would take insect shipments from all across the world and distribute them to zoos across the US. ImportANT There is one word that stands the test of time and holds fast to the center of everything.
Though everyone will try at least once in their life to move around this word, but in fact, unknowingly, they use it every moment of the day. Young or old, awake or in sleep, human or animal, this word stands fast. It belongs to everyone, to all living things, but no one can master it. Dog days, hot dog, dog pound, dog fight. My first is twice in apple but not once in tart. My second is in liver but not in heart. My third is in giant and also in ghost. What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It is unusual though.
Study it, think about it, and you may find out. Try to do it without coaching. If you work at it for a bit it will dawn on you. So jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. The most common letter in the English language, the letter e, is not found in the entire paragraph. When you went into the woods you got me. You hated me yet you wanted to find me. A splinter An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The faster the horse runs, the shorter his tail becomes. A needle and thread. You have to travel far before you turn it over. An odometer A mile from end to end, yet as close to as a friend.
A precious commodity, freely given. Seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short and tall, but shared among children most of all. The four suits in a deck of standard playing cards. The Diamond is the hardest gem to break. The Heart bonds with the mind to form love. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. The Club, or Clover, is three dots connected around a stem. I am a word of meanings three. Three ways of spelling me there be. The first is an odour, a smell if you will.
The second some money, but not in a bill. The third is past tense, a method of passing things on or around. Can you tell me now, what these words are, that have the same sound? What question can you never honestly answer yes to? Removing the head p leaves Earl, a guy who could be at your door. Feed me and I live, give me drink and I die.
What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins? Another answer along the same lines is decay. A man went to the hardware store to buy items for his house. House numbers What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket, becomes larger but weighs less? Popcorn The more you take, the more you leave behind. Footsteps I am a word of 5 letters and people eat me. If you remove the first letter I become a form of energy. Scramble the last 3 and you can drink me. The next letter change makes a deathly old tomb.
Change the fourth to make a fruit of the vine. Change the last for a chart plotted with lines. What did I become? What did I turn out to be? Clove, glove, grove, grave, grape, graph A woman shoots her husband, then holds him under water for five minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be? She took a photo of him and developed it in the dark room. Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word. Time I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
A fish 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. Time The cost of making only the maker knows, Valueless if bought, but sometimes traded. A poor man may give one as easily as a king. When one is broken pain and deceit are assured. Promise Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
A coffin I build up castles.
Sand Glittering points that downward thrust, Sparkling spears that never rust. Icicle Die without me, Never thank me. Walk right through me, never feel me. Always watching, never speaking. Always lurking, never seen. Air Pregnant every time you see her, yet she never will give birth. Full moon I go around in circles, But always straight ahead Never complain, No matter where I am led.
April 17, at January 25, at Can you solve that riddle. May 21, at November 9, at December 1, at December 3, at December 7, at January 21, at January 22, at March 5, at August 16, at March 23, at May 7, at May 6, at May 14, at Complete Pub Trivia says: April 15, at June 26, at August 24, at July 1, at July 18, at July 22, at July 31, at November 29, at I only get the part with blinding men, but not the rest of the riddle Mind explaining? December 16, at December 20, at December 28, at February 4, at February 13, at February 24, at February 26, at March 6, at March 16, at November 14, at December 22, at August 18, at January 23, at March 3, at February 12, at November 15, at February 7, at February 17, at May 10, at February 19, at February 20, at Already covered in the comments above; my guess would be fire, but I may be wrong.
June 16, at Notheing — the oor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you starve. February 25, at November 13, at February 28, at March 2, at March 24, at I do, what type of clothes can you make foot fronts with? June 15, at May 1, at April 9, at April 30, at May 4, at May 22, at April 11, at May 23, at June 20, at June 27, at Can you answer this riddle please: November 8, at June 30, at Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
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It was a great idea to discuss both ghost paranormal and time travel in one book and Riddle of the Red Bible by K. Jae succeeded in fusing two disparate subject matters without letting the two ideas clash against each other. This book, a sci-fi and fantasy book rolled into one, drives us to explore, question our own beliefs, and find the answers to our own questions, similar to what the characters in the novel did for themselves.
At the start, Courtney Nivots encounters a ghost, an experie It was a great idea to discuss both ghost paranormal and time travel in one book and Riddle of the Red Bible by K. At the start, Courtney Nivots encounters a ghost, an experience that some people can relate to, since they may have similar experiences with it.
But unfortunately, this experience gave her more questions than answers, similar to some nagging questions that we have regarding the paranormal or in extreme cases, with aliens. Using these two subject matters, the author K. Jae was able to use it to convey messages about love, family, and ultimately the meaning of our existence.
Despite the fact that ghosts and time travel remain a mystery, the book was still able to draw interest from readers everywhere and that is certainly an achievement. As a sci-fi adventure book, Riddle of the Red Bible is worthy of a place in modern science fiction. Jul 25, Karren rated it it was ok. Every so often, we come across a book that would seem mundane in the beginning, but would soon unfold into an extraordinary story, complete with unexpected twists, gripping scenes, and remarkable characters.
Riddle of the Red Bible is such a book. Courtney Nivots is your typical nerdy-type underdog. What makes her different and interesti Every so often, we come across a book that would seem mundane in the beginning, but would soon unfold into an extraordinary story, complete with unexpected twists, gripping scenes, and remarkable characters.
What makes her different and interesting is that in spite of her apparent position in the bottom rung of the teen-age food chain, she knows how to deliver as good as she gets. She is self-aware, with a sharp wit and keen intelligence that allows her to stand up to those who give her trouble. She has a dry sense of humor on top of her admirable tenacity that makes her an all-in-all perfect lead for a novel that explores such delicate themes. The plot itself is as driven is as its lead character. It might start off a bit slow, but once the action picks up, the story would then carry off its readers to worlds-unknown-yet-possible.
It combines all elements of a well-written and well-thought of sci-fi novel—speculations for the future fate of mankind, dystopia, and of course, time travel. Add to it a dash of quirky characters, family drama, jealous professors, and a love story, and you will have quite an enthralling read in your hands.
Jul 11, Jam Alcid rated it really liked it. The story revolves around the quirky, yet brilliant girl named Courtney, who, in her young age suffered great deal of tragedies that caused her to mature faster than teenagers her age. While reading the story, one could easily relate to Courtney because of her amusing qualities and her perseverance to achieve her goal. One more thing that made the book enjoyable is Courtney's posse. If you are not the type to relate to the main character, pretty sure the mix of Courtney's friends - from the unexpected Alexandra to her charmingly geeky housemates will appeal to you.
Each of these characters pop out of the pages of the book with so much life that they would stay with you even after you turn the last page of the book. Also, time-travel, a topic usually dealt using cold and somewhat scientific terminologies, is given a heart and soul by K. T Jae through the root of Courtney's deep desire to pursue it. Mixed with the excitingly frightening shadow of the supernatural, this new book is such a page turner that you will find it difficult to stop until you turn the last page. More than that, it will leave you asking for more page turners from K.
Jul 19, Beverly h rated it it was amazing. There was no dull moment reading this novel as every page of the book helps to builds excitement to a very surprising end. Just picture Courtney going into the vortex of converging time lines and emerging into another space or dimension. But come to think of it, time travel is truly interesting, whether in fiction or in a video game.
The time travel theme does not only give endless possibilities for story ideas but it is the only arena where technology and fiction are one. And what may be impossible now can be made possible through science fiction. After all, sci-fi is a literature of ideas. May 28, Manny Salvacion rated it it was amazing. Riddle of the Red Bible , a novel on time travel written by K. Jae, is one of the best science fiction books that I've read recently.