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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Party Room => Topic started by: WeirdRaptor on November 04, 2004, 05:35:39 PM

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Post by: WeirdRaptor on November 04, 2004, 05:35:39 PM: I was on my way to Burlington when I was forty men with forty wives, all of whom had forty horse and forty bags. How many were going to Burlington?
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Post by: Threehorn on November 04, 2004, 05:37:51 PM: forty

I think the answer is. I heard this before.

-Threehorn
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Post by: WeirdRaptor on November 04, 2004, 05:41:01 PM: :o Then be the first to say it! :)
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Post by: WeirdRaptor on November 04, 2004, 05:42:01 PM: Oh, oops. I didn't see the first part of the your answer. Nope. Not forty. The clue is given in the first half of the first sentence.
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Post by: Threehorn on November 04, 2004, 05:42:09 PM: :lol

I was right wasn't I?

-Threehorn
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Post by: WeirdRaptor on November 04, 2004, 05:44:59 PM: Nope. I made another post after the one that says "be the first to say it", because I missed the part of your post with the answer.

The clue is given in the first half of the first sentence.
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Post by: Threehorn on November 04, 2004, 05:46:30 PM: It one person

the quote "I"

-Threehorn
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Post by: WeirdRaptor on November 04, 2004, 09:06:34 PM: Quite correct. B)
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Post by: Threehorn on November 04, 2004, 09:08:29 PM: yep, like I said I heard of it before.

-Threehorn
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Post by: Petrie on November 04, 2004, 10:20:02 PM: I didn't even get to take a shot at this. :cry
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Post by: Threehorn on November 05, 2004, 09:10:32 AM: sorry but it a trick riddle I heard over and over before so looking over it again I knew the answer with a click. A Threehorn has his day :D

-Threehorn
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on November 07, 2004, 07:57:47 AM: I got a riddle for ya!

What am I?

"A reflection you CANNOT see?"
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Post by: Threehorn on November 07, 2004, 07:59:05 AM: Shadow

-Threehorn
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Post by: Malte279 on November 07, 2004, 05:37:24 PM: The reflection other people can see in your eyes?
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Post by: Petrie on November 07, 2004, 09:40:01 PM: ^ I agree with either one of those answers. ;)
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Post by: WeirdRaptor on November 08, 2004, 04:52:28 AM: I'll go along with the other guesses, too, as I have no other lead.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on November 09, 2004, 11:12:27 AM: Nope, nope and....guess what... NO!!!

Keep guessin'! ;)
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Post by: Malte279 on November 09, 2004, 12:16:20 PM: This word, reflection, has a double meaning. Reflection can also describe a long and careful consideration, which of course is nothing anyone could see. Is this what the riddle is about Jason?
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Post by: WeirdRaptor on November 09, 2004, 11:40:32 PM: Reflecting on oneself, perhaps.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on November 12, 2004, 11:16:56 AM: Hee hee...gotta ya in a tangle? I'll help you out a bit...

It's nothing spiritual, moral nor psychological... (i.e. reflection upon one's self is out the window...)
You can't SEE it (hence the riddle...a reflection you CANNOT see) but it can be sensed...
It's intangible (in otherwords, you can't physically touch it)...
It DOES actually exist but only in certain places...

Have another bash and I'll drop more clues if you need them...
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Post by: Malte279 on November 12, 2004, 07:03:42 PM: Reflection of soundwaves? Better known as echos.
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on November 14, 2004, 10:10:27 AM: LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

Well done Malte! Echo WAS the right answer! Congrats! :DD ;)

I have another riddle if u want it but if you've got one Malte...the stage is yours!
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Post by: Malte279 on November 14, 2004, 12:10:32 PM: Okay. But the only one I can think of right now is sort of stupid.

What becomes bigger if you take something away from it and smaller if you add something to it?
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Post by: Mirumoto_Kenjiro on November 14, 2004, 05:26:02 PM: If that riddle was a stupid one, then I would have to be stupid too. :blink:

Erm...a light from a flashlight onto a wall? :blink:
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Post by: Threehorn on November 14, 2004, 05:32:00 PM: No just Light I would say. if you don't add something to it light expands. And if you put a lens or prism in front it makes it smallar.

Simple if you did science in School.

-Threehorn
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Post by: Malte279 on November 14, 2004, 06:04:37 PM: Note that I wrote the riddle is a little stupid, not the one who can't answer it. So far there wasn't the correct answer.
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Post by: Threehorn on November 14, 2004, 06:20:26 PM: how about rewording the riddle then...

-Threehorn
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Post by: Threehorn on November 14, 2004, 09:40:43 PM: Space.

something in a box make the space less. take object out of the box and the space becomes bigger.

-Threehorn
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Post by: Malte279 on November 15, 2004, 07:42:48 AM: No, too technical. I'm quite sure this riddle is very old, so skip anything that has to do with modern technic.
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Post by: Petrie on November 15, 2004, 05:43:09 PM: Can it be a negative number?
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Post by: Malte279 on November 16, 2004, 08:05:55 AM: Nope, it is sort of tangible.
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Post by: Malte279 on November 19, 2004, 07:54:30 AM: Dig deep in your minds and you will solve the riddle. The answer is very earthly. ;)
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Post by: Malte279 on November 26, 2004, 08:09:18 AM: And don't forget about my favor for subtle hints. I gave hole bunches of them already.
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Post by: Petrie on November 27, 2004, 10:39:40 AM: It's a [can't say it here] hole! :lol: :lol: Why do I always miss the obvious? :p

I have no riddle to give so someone else do one for me. ;)
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Post by: Malte279 on November 27, 2004, 06:49:56 PM: Perfectly right!
This is why I recommended you to "dig deep into your minds", called the answer "earthly" and misspelled (w)hole.
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Post by: Petrie on November 29, 2004, 09:58:31 AM: It did take me a while to catch that. ;)
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on December 04, 2004, 07:57:39 AM: I got another one for ya.

What am I?

I have 6 faces that wear no make-up...
I have 21 eyes yet I am blind...
but still...I like to play games...

What am I?
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Post by: Malte279 on December 04, 2004, 07:58:45 AM: A dice?
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Post by: Littlefoot1616 on December 04, 2004, 08:02:07 AM: Heh heh! Too easy huh Malte! LOL! Got it in one!

Well...that was short lived! PMSL! :lol
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Post by: Malte279 on December 04, 2004, 08:19:22 AM: I have to admit it was luck. I was thinking of a song Arvens send me a while ago one of whose lines goes: "Fly dice... burning like fire!" I listen to the song as I write this, so it was more luck than anything. Maybe I should have kept it to myself and write only an indication. Perhaps this could be done in the future so more people have something of a riddle in case it wouldn't be long-lived otherwise.
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Post by: Malte279 on December 08, 2004, 04:57:43 PM: Voiceless it cries
Wingless it flutters
Toothless it bites
Mouthless it mutters

All of you who know the book this riddle is from, please don't give the answer away. If nobody else guesses it we can give hints, but better not too obvious ones.
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Post by: Nick22 on December 08, 2004, 08:34:49 PM: I know the answer! :p But I'm not going to tell.
Nick
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Post by: Petrie on December 08, 2004, 11:39:08 PM: I was going to say a baby. :p
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Post by: Malte279 on December 09, 2004, 01:53:18 AM: A baby sure is tooth and wingless, but nobody who has been around a baby for a while would say that it cries voiceless, and it also does have a mouth. Try again :)
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Post by: Petrie on December 09, 2004, 09:33:11 AM: Is it a cloud? It cries (rains) without a voice, flies without wings, bites with a storm, and rumbles thunder without a mouth...
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Post by: Nick22 on December 09, 2004, 11:02:55 AM: No. Think of a cave.
Nick
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Post by: Malte279 on December 09, 2004, 11:20:42 AM: To be honest I do not really see why to solve this riddle Arvens ought to think of a cave? :huh: Actually there are not many places where you are farther from the answer. The answer my friend is gone with the cave.
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Post by: Nick22 on December 09, 2004, 11:22:23 AM: The Answer can reside in a cave Malte. Do you want me to give the answer?
Nick
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Post by: Malte279 on December 09, 2004, 12:14:39 PM: Actually I think you are thinking of the wrong riddle. Tell me your answer please.
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Post by: Nick22 on December 09, 2004, 12:25:09 PM: Wind. Wind can blow inside a cave from the mouth of the cave. The riddle is from the Hobbit. It was asked by Gollum to Bilbo, and Bilbo got the answer right.
Nick
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Post by: Malte279 on December 09, 2004, 12:26:32 PM: True, but wind can only blow into a cave if there is another way out. At all events I wouldn't think of a cave if I was asked to think of a windy place.
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Post by: Nick22 on December 09, 2004, 12:28:13 PM: This spirit is a symbol to young creatures in this book. If you know the answer please give it.
Nick
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Post by: Nick22 on December 09, 2004, 05:27:54 PM: Anyone?
Nick
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Post by: Petrie on December 09, 2004, 10:58:07 PM: Help me out--are creatures referring to animals other than humans?
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Post by: Nick22 on December 09, 2004, 11:07:52 PM: "creatures' refers to animals not humans.
Nick
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Post by: Petrie on December 10, 2004, 09:16:20 AM: Heh, I'm going to say Lord Frith is the god of the rabbits of Watership Down. :D
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Post by: Nick22 on December 10, 2004, 09:42:14 AM: No, but this story is similar to Watership Down.
Nick
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Post by: Petrie on December 10, 2004, 01:38:28 PM: Could it be Redwall and the spirit is Martin the Warrior?
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Post by: Nick22 on December 10, 2004, 03:48:25 PM: You got it Arvens. I have all the books in th Redwall series save for the most recent one. I'm a big fan of the books.
Nick
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Post by: Petrie on December 11, 2004, 08:45:28 AM: I own most of them myself, but I haven't been to Amazon recently to get the one's I'm still missing. ;)

I'm not a riddler so someone else make something. :p
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Post by: Nick22 on December 13, 2004, 10:39:35 AM: Malte, can you think of one?
Nick
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Post by: Malte279 on December 22, 2004, 03:44:07 PM: This is a really old one and all of you who know Odipus will know this riddle, so please give those a chance who didn't read or hear this legend:

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Which being goes on four legs in the morning
On two legs during the day
And on three legs in the evening?

By the way, Odipus had to solve this riddle or a sphinx would have killed him.
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Post by: Nick22 on December 30, 2004, 01:52:20 AM: The answer is a man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as a adult, and leans on a cane in old age. when Oedipus answered correctly, the Sphinx let him pass, then killed herself.
Nick
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Post by: Petrie on December 30, 2004, 10:00:55 AM: Ah yes I've heard that one before. :yes
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Post by: Malte279 on December 30, 2004, 06:46:38 PM: Right. Do you know any riddles Nick?
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Post by: Nick22 on December 30, 2004, 08:14:27 PM: I know a few.but I can't think of one right now.
Nick
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Post by: Malte279 on January 08, 2005, 05:52:30 AM: Okay, here is another riddle for you:

In a horrible castle there lived a horrible Duke with his horrible wife and their horrible servants. One morning the Duke was dead – murdered by one of the other horrible people living in the castle.
When the residents of the castle were interviewed by the police, every person gave two correct answers and told one lie. This is what they said:

The Duchess said:
I didn’t kill the Duke.
The gardener killed my husband.
I’m not guilty.

The Cook said:
It wasn’t me.
I have been working here for 27 years.
The butler knows who’s done it.

The Butler said:
I am not the murderer.
The chambermaid is my witness; we were playing cards in the kitchen last night.
The Duke was killed by the cook.

The Chambermaid said:
I didn’t do it.
I wasn’t even here last night.
The gardener did it.

The Gardener said:
The Duchess is lying when she says that I did it.
I am innocent.
The butler is the murderer.

Who is the murderer?
I'll wait for several answers before I tell you wheter or not you would have found the real murderer.
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Post by: Petrie on January 08, 2005, 12:24:03 PM: I would say the Dutchess did it because nobody blamed her. :P:
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Post by: Malte279 on January 11, 2005, 06:33:31 AM: Some more guesses? Anyone?
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Post by: Nick22 on January 13, 2005, 03:42:07 PM: My guess is the chambermaid.
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Post by: Malte279 on January 14, 2005, 07:01:07 AM: So we've two guesses. Anyone else?
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Post by: Nick22 on January 16, 2005, 01:44:21 PM: So each told one lie? Hmm. An interesting Whodunit Malte.
Nick
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Post by: Malte279 on January 18, 2005, 05:59:33 AM: One hint. If everybody told one lie and said the truth two times, there is only one possible outcome of this riddle. There is only one person who can be the murderer if everybody lied one time and said the truth two times.
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Post by: Nick22 on January 18, 2005, 04:20:38 PM: The Cook did it. The Duchess was telling the truth when she said she didn't do it, But she lied when she blamed the gardener. The chambermaid lied when she denied that she was present at the castle the previous night. The gardener is telling the truth when he said the Duchess is lying, but lied when he blamed the butler.
Nick
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Post by: Malte279 on January 19, 2005, 05:50:15 AM: :yes :yes :yes
Cheers! Splendid thinking Nick! You caught the murderer!
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Post by: Nick22 on January 19, 2005, 12:04:40 PM: Simply a process of elimination :D
Nick