Can you solve this riddle?

Tabata · Fri 12/04/2013 23:27:22

Quote from: janleht on Fri 12/04/2013 22:47:56
ot: How can I make "hide box" in these forums? (not a riddle)

what CaptainD said
... or write your message, mark the part you want to hide and click the button named "Sp" (= spoiler) placed above the message window

janleht · Fri 12/04/2013 23:58:30

Thanks CaptainD and Tabata.
I test my new skills by answering the question number 2:

Spoiler

explosives

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Crimson Wizard · Sat 13/04/2013 00:07:51

Quote from: Tabata on Fri 12/04/2013 23:27:22
Quote from: janleht on Fri 12/04/2013 22:47:56
ot: How can I make "hide box" in these forums? (not a riddle)
what CaptainD said
... or write your message, mark the part you want to hide and click the button named "Sp" (= spoiler) placed above the message window

Also, the tag is "hide".

Like:

< hide > something </ hide > (without spaces)

selmiak · Sat 13/04/2013 00:56:15

or use the button:

Spoiler

like Spoiler

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Renodox · Sat 13/04/2013 05:41:32

Interesting ideas of how to answer the riddles but no.

Scarab · Mon 15/04/2013 08:01:02

I think 3 might be

Spoiler

A splinter.

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Renodox · Mon 15/04/2013 18:09:49

Very good! You're correct. Now someone needs to finish #2. The answer is pretty simple once you get it.

Atelier · Mon 15/04/2013 19:00:15

2. My first thought was that it couldn't be an object because it's talking about any foe which is too general for that. So it has to be a concept. It makes sense if the defeat references itself. Is it 'winning', 'success' etc?

Renodox · Mon 15/04/2013 19:29:20

Victory actually, but you've generally got it.

1. A barrel of rainwater
weighs twenty pounds
What must you add
to make it weigh fifteen?

2. Kingdom fools are born without,
A lot of this, there is no doubt.

3. They go up white, but come down yellow and white.

Atelier · Mon 15/04/2013 19:35:05

1. Something that displaces a few pounds of the rainwater? Urm, a beach-ball just heavy enough to sink?

selmiak · Mon 15/04/2013 20:04:18

1) a hole in the barrel?

Snarky · Mon 15/04/2013 20:29:38

3. Eggs

Renodox · Mon 15/04/2013 20:45:15

"Holes" and "Eggs" are correct. I admit the second one is kind of unfair.

Hint 1:

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Kingdom Fools just means humans.

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Hint 2:

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Humans typically gain this as they get older.

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Hint 3:

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Mice could be used in lieu of Kingdom Fools.

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Atelier · Mon 15/04/2013 20:54:22

2. (White) hair?

Renodox · Mon 15/04/2013 21:15:44

Hair is correct.

1. It can hold you,
But you cannot hold it.
And the more you remove,
The bigger it will get.

2. It asks no questions,
But demands many answers.
Don't know it until you
Are ready to see what waits
On the other side.

3. You can spin, wheel, and twist
But it can turn without moving.

Scarab · Tue 16/04/2013 18:33:00

1.

Spoiler

A hole?

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CaptainD · Tue 16/04/2013 18:58:04

2 -

Spoiler

Death?

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3 -

Spoiler

A black hole?

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Renodox · Wed 17/04/2013 03:30:20

Hole is correct, but numbers 2 and 3 aren't.

I'm interested in seeing if anyone can answer #3 actually. To be fair, I don't fully get the reasoning behind it either.

Renodox · Wed 17/04/2013 22:03:42

Okay, this is an additional riddle but one I made up. Guess the word:

Lee the knight in light brown armor.

Atelier · Wed 17/04/2013 23:12:16

Is it moss?