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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2002 9:33 pm
by Erdrick
A bet?
A tree with an apple falling? (Apple?)
A javelin? A spear?
A big heavy rock?
Wait... is it an insult?

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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2002 10:43 pm
by Dyluck
I like the five senses idea, maybe it's touch or sight?

Btw is it "forth" or "fourth"?

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2002 2:28 am
by Erdrick
Why thank you, Dyluck.
Maybe a A golden ring? A dart? A Crossbow Bolt?
The thing about dying is the tricky part...
I can put this into simple form...

'1 of 5' = One of Five, maybe Senses, maybe fingers on hand?
'One who sent Fourth' = If it is 4th and not Forth it maybe the 4th sense.
'One who recieved died' = So, the thing can kill or banish another thing.
'Isn't alive' = So, it can't be plants or animals...
I have no idea... I'll kick myself when the answer is given.
Hey, I'll pull a Damien, "A moment?" *G*

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2002 2:52 pm
by Badmosche
I think that I am a river but i have no idea witch one. Or am I one of the Great Lakes?

Yours....

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2002 4:24 pm
by Erdrick
Was that a riddle Badmosche?

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2002 6:33 pm
by Badmosche
Sorry Erdrick. I forgot the @Sabrina :)

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2002 9:42 pm
by Sabrina
Here is your one and only clue.


It isn't related with Illarion


Thats all i can tell you :)


and yes its Fourth

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2002 10:17 pm
by Nanuk
Just a very wild guess: does it have to do something with the bible, if so I might have an answer.

Nanuk

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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2002 10:58 pm
by Erdrick
Oh! Oh! A Chess peice! Or checkers! Thats it! Err... is it?

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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2002 1:14 am
by Dyluck
You do know that fourth means 4th right? Just checking :)

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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 12:22 am
by Sabrina
nice try edrick,  but there are more than 5 checkers pieces :)

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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 12:47 am
by Erdrick
What about chess? If so, do I have to be specific?
Maybe the horse, bishop, or rook?

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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 7:53 am
by Quain
Hmm a new riddle... will probably be finished quickly though...

What's better than god,
worse than the devil,
poor people have it,
and rich people want it?

EDIT Adition: It is "Nothing"... as Roke guessed....



(Edited by Quain at 3:16 am on Feb. 22, 2002)

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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 2:59 pm
by Roke
Is it nothing Quain???

(Edited by Roke at 4:17 pm on Feb. 21, 2002)

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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 10:18 pm
by Nanuk
@Sabrina

Oh well, no answer is an answer ;). Than I will just try it.

David had 5 stones with which he challenged Goliath. With one of the stones Goliath was killed and David became king. So the answer will be: a stone.

Nanuk

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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2002 3:18 am
by Erdrick
I guessed a stone! Boulder! Wait, is it Pebble? David had a stream pebble, right?
And Quain, is that Chances, or Hope? Maybe Innocence?

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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2002 5:10 am
by Sabrina
Good be, butthats not the answer I am looking for :)



@Quain

I saw that riddle before.

Also in it said most children got it right  =)

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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2002 5:30 am
by Fred
Ok this one is tough so think hard. To answer this riddle you most answer it in the most logical way posible.Mainly because that is the answer. Ok here goes.

A king deciced to find the wisest man in his kingdom. So he held a test, and in the end three men were choosen. So since this could not work the king made one last test. So the king gathered the men in one room then blind folded them.(now from this point on imagen yourself as one of the three men any will do)Then he told them "I have placed five hats on the table in front of me. Three red two green. I will place a hat on each of your heads then remove your blind folds the first to tell me what color hat they have on wins the to others will have their heads removed". So the king places a hat on your head then throws the two remaining away. When your blind fold is removed you see the other two men wareing red hats. What color is yours.

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Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 2:58 am
by Erdrick
Also, in addition to Quain's riddle, a Djinn once said a similar one:
The poor have it
The rich need it
If either was to eat it they would die.
The answer is Nothing.

Now, for Fred,
The hat would most likely be red, since (if you are any one) and the others wear red then you also wear red. It is very simple :)
And, the king makes you all think you wear a green hat!
So, the answer is RED.
Do I win any gold? :biggrin:

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Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 5:34 am
by Astral
I know that this has been under for a long time, but here's a riddle:

Never resting, never still.
Moving silently from hill to hill.
It does not walk, run or trot,
All is cool where it is not.
What am I?

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Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 7:22 pm
by Erdrick
Lava! Fire! Pheonix!
The SUN!

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Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 10:44 pm
by Astral
Well, one of your answers is correct!  I dont think that fire, lava, or a phoenix move silently, but the sun does.  You win.... being a winner!  Congratulations ;)

Here's another:

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.

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Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 11:10 pm
by Caranthir the great
Time?

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Posted: Sat May 25, 2002 11:23 pm
by Astral
Yes, it is time.

I dont have another riddle right now, someone else say one.

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Posted: Sun May 26, 2002 1:19 am
by Turin Ironhammer
Well erdrick I don't know the last time you saw Fred. But he left illarion about a month ago or more. So I guess you will never know if you were right.

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Posted: Sun May 26, 2002 6:45 am
by Morgaine Le Fay
#me passes by the board and sees all too many postings.
#me starts to read carefully.
#me gives up to read all the postings...


well, well, well inhabitants of illarion
since you love riddles... i have got three for you. suppose some hobbit should be able to solve them easily.

1. Always moving, never sleeping, never crawling, always creeping. A soothing tap, a rage of thunder, jagged teeth, pull you under. With my hand, a town is doomed, holder of all land, not always consumed. What am I?

2. At my whim a country crumbles, from its ruin another stumbles, kill each other at my desire, ever-expanding, a new empire. Born to me are kings and queens, sacrilege for religious schemes. Many I ruin, thousands I devour, greater are those that i empower. What am I?

3. Since the beginning, I am the after. But I am merely the revealer of hidden truth, the teller of what is to come. What am I?


have fun with solving those 3

#me walks away. satisfied.

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Posted: Sun May 26, 2002 5:02 pm
by Erdrick
1. Tsunami
2. Tsunami
3. Water
;)

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Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 12:43 am
by Morgaine Le Fay
@erdrick

got all of them wrong - but nice try

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Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 12:55 am
by Likwid Air
The first is "the sea"

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Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 12:57 am
by Likwid Air
The second is "money"