1001 Riddles [Archive] - Wizards Community

1001 Riddles [Archive] - Wizards Community

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turalisj
06-22-07, 04:33 PM As a DM, I'm sure some of you often find yourself needing complex riddles to confudle your players. Well, here it is! Over a thousand riddles!

.....

Ok, so there aren't any yet. But with help from everyone here, we can fill the numbers up quickly!
Fluffykins0
06-22-07, 04:53 PM I'll start off with an old classic:

1. Q: what walk on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?

A: Man.
Rygos
06-22-07, 05:09 PM That previous riddle was from the story "Oedipus the king" right?

2. Q. If you have it you want to share it.If you share it ,you don't have it.What is it

A.a secret
KedynCrow
06-22-07, 07:24 PM 3: Clad in armor shining bright
But never yet a noble knight
Swift and Darting
Silent as Death
Alive, I never draw a breath

A fish

4: I am a wee wee man in a red red coat
I've a staff in my hand and a stone in my throat
Who am I?

A Cherry
Volafor
06-22-07, 10:04 PM 4: I am a wee wee man in a red red coat
I've a staff in my hand and a stone in my throat
Who am I?

A Cherry

Squirrel Nutkin! WOW, has that been a long time.

Here's another Squirrel Nutkin riddle for you:

5. Hitty Pitty within the wall,
Hitty Pitty without the wall.
If you touch Hitty Pitty,
Hitty Pitty will bite you.
A: A nettle.

6. Light as a feather,
lighter than a flower.
Yet the strongest man can't hold it
for a quarter of an hour.
A: Breath.

7. What goes up a chimney down, but not down a chimney up?
A: A parasol.

8. The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
A: A footstep.

9. We four brothers were born into the world all together. The first of us runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good. What are we?
A: Water, fire, earth, wind.
Watsyurname529
06-22-07, 11:16 PM 10. Once I am named, I am no longer there. What am I?

A. Silence

11. I travel all around the world, but I never leave a corner. What am I?

A. Postage Stamp
Khazan
06-23-07, 09:59 PM Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth or paper, my greedy lust devours them all.

- Scissors

It's been around forever, but it's never more than a month old. What is it?

- the Moon

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

- Footsteps

Greater than the gods, more evil than the demons; the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it you will die.

- Nothing

Master of shovels; I have a double. Thinner than a knife; I have a wife.

- King of spades (playing card)

The Moon is my father, the Sea is my mother; I have a million brothers,I die when I reach land.

- A wave on the ocean
Mr_Crepsley
06-23-07, 10:08 PM A box without hinges, key, or lid,
yet golden treasure inside is hid. - an egg

Thirty white horses on a red hill,
first they champ,
then they stamp,
then they all stand still. - teeth

Voiceless it cries,
Wingless it flutters,
Toothless it bites,
Mouthless it mutters.
-wind

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

--From The Hobbit. (good ol' Tolkien)
Myree
06-24-07, 02:53 AM Can't remember the fairy tale, but always thought it was a good "test". The King orders the hero to show him something no one has ever seen before. The answer, of course, is to show him the inside of one specific egg!

Before you all the morn, disappearing at noon, only to follow you all the afternoon.
Your shadow while traveling west.

Always coming but never gets here.
Tomorrow.
Fluffykins0
06-24-07, 03:18 AM (mad props to Mr Crepsley, Rocking dude.)

Q:Forwards I am heavy, yet backwards I am not. What am I?
A: A Ton
Rorscarch
06-24-07, 03:32 AM Q. A man on a horse, clad in black, leaps over a white tower. The tower disappears. This happens in the real world. How is this possible?
A. It is a game of chess. The man on the horse is a knight, and the tower is a rook/castle.
Zousha_Omenohu
06-24-07, 03:32 AM Q: No matter how hard you hit me, no matter how much I hurt, I'm always good for a laugh. What am I?

A: A funnybone.

Q: What is it that the more you take away from it, the bigger it gets?

A: A hole.

Q: What is it that you can feel outside and hear inside, but only see when it's full of dust?

A: The wind.

Q: What is it that costs nothing but is worth everything, weighs nothing but lasts a lifetime, that one person can't own but two people can share?

A: Friendship.
†Aeolus†
06-24-07, 04:23 AM Which cheese is made backwards?
-Edam
Heros_Backpack
06-24-07, 06:56 AM I have four faces that call one name
I have a twin who will never be the same
Yet together we laud a hero's name

- Hand

What gets wetter the more it dries?

- a towel

A riddle, a riddle, a farmer's riddle,
Alive at both ends and dead in the middle!

- a horse drawn plough
praxis_prime
06-24-07, 09:26 PM More from the Hobbit :

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?

-A Mountain
---------------------
Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking

-Fish
---------------------
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.

-Darkness
---------------------
Mr_Crepsley
06-24-07, 10:14 PM Damn, have a :cookie: for beating me to the punch.
DX2052
06-25-07, 12:59 AM q:what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
A:11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour.

>_> <_<

fine a real one

q:A messenger leaves city A on a light horse going 32 miles a day and head to city b, at the same time a messenger leaves city B and travels to city a with a donkey and goes 24 miles a day, City A is 60 miles from city c, and city b is 70 miles away from city c, the routes between the 3 citys form a right triangle, assuming nothing slows either messenger down, who arrives first?
a:City a's messenger arrives first,

the answer is really easy to obtain (city a's messenger moves faster, and the two take the same distance) but the excess details make people over think it

q:Cold fiery shocking and acidic is our breath, it leaves those that smell it sleepy repulsed weak slow and flatfooted, who are we?
a:Dragons (it is discriping there breath weapons)
turalisj
06-25-07, 07:11 AM Q: Old as mountains, strong as gods. Those that mistake us, never do again. What are we?
A: Dragons.
Zordion
06-25-07, 07:40 AM Q: What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?

A: The letter "M".
Sajek
06-25-07, 10:44 AM I am the beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end
And the end of every place.
What am I?
The letter E.

I run through fields, tumble down mountains, and rest in valleys. What am I?
A river.

You should put the answer in Sblocks or spoilers or something like that.
Mr_Crepsley
06-25-07, 12:44 PM [QUOTE=DX2052;12846923]q:what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
QUOTE]

What do you mean? An African or European swallow? ~ Monty Python Rules.
Sajek
06-25-07, 02:03 PM A box without hinges, key, or lid,
yet golden treasure inside is hid. - an egg

I have always hated this one, because AN EGG IS NOT A FRICKIN BOX!
Mosyali
06-25-07, 02:48 PM I have always hated this one, because AN EGG IS NOT A FRICKIN BOX!

Fine, a container then. :D

43)
Four men sat down to play.
They played all night till the break of day.
They played for gold and not for fun,
with seperate scores for everyone.
And when they came to square accounts,
they all came up with quite fair ammounts.
Can you this paradox explain,
if no one lost, how could all gain?
-they are musicians.
turalisj
06-25-07, 02:51 PM Mwahahaha.... It's working... I'll have enough riddles now to run my.... Um... shoot... None of you saw this *waves hand*
Regular_K
06-25-07, 06:18 PM 44. The sea was white
The Land was black
It will take a scholar
to riddle me that!

Answer: Eye
BattleofEvermore
06-25-07, 07:47 PM what has a head and a tail but does not live
A: a coin

what has two arms and a face but does not live
A: a clock
Rygos
06-29-07, 12:33 PM Q. It is something that belongs to you,yet other people use it more than you do.

A.your name

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
turalisj 06-22-07, 04:33 PM	As a DM, I'm sure some of you often find yourself needing complex riddles to confudle your players. Well, here it is! Over a thousand riddles! ..... Ok, so there aren't any yet. But with help from everyone here, we can fill the numbers up quickly!
Fluffykins0 06-22-07, 04:53 PM	I'll start off with an old classic: 1. Q: what walk on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening? A: Man.
Rygos 06-22-07, 05:09 PM	That previous riddle was from the story "Oedipus the king" right? 2. Q. If you have it you want to share it.If you share it ,you don't have it.What is it A.a secret
KedynCrow 06-22-07, 07:24 PM	3: Clad in armor shining bright But never yet a noble knight Swift and Darting Silent as Death Alive, I never draw a breath A fish 4: I am a wee wee man in a red red coat I've a staff in my hand and a stone in my throat Who am I? A Cherry
Volafor 06-22-07, 10:04 PM	4: I am a wee wee man in a red red coat I've a staff in my hand and a stone in my throat Who am I? A Cherry Squirrel Nutkin! WOW, has that been a long time. Here's another Squirrel Nutkin riddle for you: 5. Hitty Pitty within the wall, Hitty Pitty without the wall. If you touch Hitty Pitty, Hitty Pitty will bite you. A: A nettle. 6. Light as a feather, lighter than a flower. Yet the strongest man can't hold it for a quarter of an hour. A: Breath. 7. What goes up a chimney down, but not down a chimney up? A: A parasol. 8. The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I? A: A footstep. 9. We four brothers were born into the world all together. The first of us runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good. What are we? A: Water, fire, earth, wind.
Watsyurname529 06-22-07, 11:16 PM	10. Once I am named, I am no longer there. What am I? A. Silence 11. I travel all around the world, but I never leave a corner. What am I? A. Postage Stamp
Khazan 06-23-07, 09:59 PM	Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth or paper, my greedy lust devours them all. - Scissors It's been around forever, but it's never more than a month old. What is it? - the Moon The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? - Footsteps Greater than the gods, more evil than the demons; the poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it you will die. - Nothing Master of shovels; I have a double. Thinner than a knife; I have a wife. - King of spades (playing card) The Moon is my father, the Sea is my mother; I have a million brothers,I die when I reach land. - A wave on the ocean
Mr_Crepsley 06-23-07, 10:08 PM	A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. - an egg Thirty white horses on a red hill, first they champ, then they stamp, then they all stand still. - teeth Voiceless it cries, Wingless it flutters, Toothless it bites, Mouthless it mutters. -wind 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 --From The Hobbit. (good ol' Tolkien)
Myree 06-24-07, 02:53 AM	Can't remember the fairy tale, but always thought it was a good "test". The King orders the hero to show him something no one has ever seen before. The answer, of course, is to show him the inside of one specific egg! Before you all the morn, disappearing at noon, only to follow you all the afternoon. Your shadow while traveling west. Always coming but never gets here. Tomorrow.
Fluffykins0 06-24-07, 03:18 AM	(mad props to Mr Crepsley, Rocking dude.) Q:Forwards I am heavy, yet backwards I am not. What am I? A: A Ton
Rorscarch 06-24-07, 03:32 AM	Q. A man on a horse, clad in black, leaps over a white tower. The tower disappears. This happens in the real world. How is this possible? A. It is a game of chess. The man on the horse is a knight, and the tower is a rook/castle.
Zousha_Omenohu 06-24-07, 03:32 AM	Q: No matter how hard you hit me, no matter how much I hurt, I'm always good for a laugh. What am I? A: A funnybone. Q: What is it that the more you take away from it, the bigger it gets? A: A hole. Q: What is it that you can feel outside and hear inside, but only see when it's full of dust? A: The wind. Q: What is it that costs nothing but is worth everything, weighs nothing but lasts a lifetime, that one person can't own but two people can share? A: Friendship.
†Aeolus† 06-24-07, 04:23 AM	Which cheese is made backwards? -Edam
Heros_Backpack 06-24-07, 06:56 AM	I have four faces that call one name I have a twin who will never be the same Yet together we laud a hero's name - Hand What gets wetter the more it dries? - a towel A riddle, a riddle, a farmer's riddle, Alive at both ends and dead in the middle! - a horse drawn plough
praxis_prime 06-24-07, 09:26 PM	More from the Hobbit : What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? -A Mountain --------------------- Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking -Fish --------------------- 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. -Darkness ---------------------
Mr_Crepsley 06-24-07, 10:14 PM	Damn, have a :cookie: for beating me to the punch.
DX2052 06-25-07, 12:59 AM	q:what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? A:11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour. >_> <_< fine a real one q:A messenger leaves city A on a light horse going 32 miles a day and head to city b, at the same time a messenger leaves city B and travels to city a with a donkey and goes 24 miles a day, City A is 60 miles from city c, and city b is 70 miles away from city c, the routes between the 3 citys form a right triangle, assuming nothing slows either messenger down, who arrives first? a:City a's messenger arrives first, the answer is really easy to obtain (city a's messenger moves faster, and the two take the same distance) but the excess details make people over think it q:Cold fiery shocking and acidic is our breath, it leaves those that smell it sleepy repulsed weak slow and flatfooted, who are we? a:Dragons (it is discriping there breath weapons)
turalisj 06-25-07, 07:11 AM	Q: Old as mountains, strong as gods. Those that mistake us, never do again. What are we? A: Dragons.
Zordion 06-25-07, 07:40 AM	Q: What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years? A: The letter "M".
Sajek 06-25-07, 10:44 AM	I am the beginning of eternity The end of time and space The beginning of every end And the end of every place. What am I? The letter E. I run through fields, tumble down mountains, and rest in valleys. What am I? A river. You should put the answer in Sblocks or spoilers or something like that.
Mr_Crepsley 06-25-07, 12:44 PM	[QUOTE=DX2052;12846923]q:what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? QUOTE] What do you mean? An African or European swallow? ~ Monty Python Rules.
Sajek 06-25-07, 02:03 PM	A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. - an egg I have always hated this one, because AN EGG IS NOT A FRICKIN BOX!
Mosyali 06-25-07, 02:48 PM	I have always hated this one, because AN EGG IS NOT A FRICKIN BOX! Fine, a container then. :D 43) Four men sat down to play. They played all night till the break of day. They played for gold and not for fun, with seperate scores for everyone. And when they came to square accounts, they all came up with quite fair ammounts. Can you this paradox explain, if no one lost, how could all gain? -they are musicians.
turalisj 06-25-07, 02:51 PM	Mwahahaha.... It's working... I'll have enough riddles now to run my.... Um... shoot... None of you saw this waves hand
Regular_K 06-25-07, 06:18 PM	44. The sea was white The Land was black It will take a scholar to riddle me that! Answer: Eye
BattleofEvermore 06-25-07, 07:47 PM	what has a head and a tail but does not live A: a coin what has two arms and a face but does not live A: a clock
Rygos 06-29-07, 12:33 PM	Q. It is something that belongs to you,yet other people use it more than you do. A.your name