The Riddle Thread

[Filtrex]

Alright, this game I used to play all the time =D

I will post a riddle. The first one to get the right answer gets a point. I will continuously keep score on the post.

You may use ANY source you like.

We will start of with an easy one.

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?



Scoreboard

[Karen Mac]

hmmm.. I think its a towel.

Karen

[Filtrex]

Well seeing as I cant edit posts after 15 min i will post scoreboard constantly.

You got it!

What can you catch but not throw?

Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 1

[royb]

a disease

[Filtrex]

A Cold but close enough. =D

Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?


Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 1
royb- 1

[royb]

a flame?

[Filtrex]

You got it.

What goes around the world but stays in a corner?




Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 1
royb- 2

[Karen Mac]

A stamp

Karen

[Filtrex]

Correct!

A few more easy ones then they will get even more complicated.

The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?


Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 2
royb- 2

[larazovich]

coffin?

[Filtrex]

You got it! Here is the next one.

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?

Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 2
royb- 2
larazovich- 1

[Karen Mac]

A nose..

Karen

[Filtrex]

Yup =D


What state is surrounded by the most water?




Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 3
royb- 2
larazovich- 1

[larazovich]

alaska

[Filtrex]

Sorry, wrong answer.

[C L]

Hawaii

[Filtrex]

Yup.

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 3
royb- 2
larazovich- 1
C L- 1

[royb]

river

[Filtrex]

You got it (sorry for the delay)

I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?




Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 3
royb- 3
larazovich- 1
C L- 1

[Karen Mac]

A shadow

Karen

[Filtrex]

Correct!


You can have me but cannot hold me;
Gain me and quickly lose me.
If treated with care I can be great,
And if betrayed I will break.
What am I?



Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 4
royb- 3
larazovich- 1
C L- 1

[Karen Mac]

Trust or Respect

Karen

[Filtrex]

Yup!


Glittering points that downward thrust,
Sparkling spears that never rust.
What is it?




Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 5
royb- 3
larazovich- 1
C L- 1

[Mirelle]

Stalignite ?

[larazovich]

Yup!


Glittering points that downward thrust,
Sparkling spears that never rust.
What is it?




Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 5
royb- 3
larazovich- 1
C L- 1

icicles

[Filtrex]

Hmm Score for larazovich.

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?


Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 5
royb- 3
larazovich- 2
C L- 1

[LadyEye]

Hmm Score for larazovich.

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?


Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 5
royb- 3
larazovich- 2
C L- 1

E Y E
(oh pls can I be right, lol)

[Filtrex]

1 Point for LadyEye!!! Woot Woot =D

From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
To the beginning of every end
And the end of every place.
What am I? O.o o.O

Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 5
royb- 3
larazovich- 2
C L- 1
LadyEye- 1

[larazovich]

1 Point for LadyEye!!! Woot Woot =D

From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
To the beginning of every end
And the end of every place.
What am I? O.o o.O

Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 5
royb- 3
larazovich- 2
C L- 1
LadyEye- 1

E

[Filtrex]

Correct! Here's the next one...

Free Point! Simple Riddle! =D

What kind of clothes do lawyers wear?




Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 5
royb- 3
larazovich- 3
C L- 1
LadyEye- 1

[C L]

suits/law-suits

[Filtrex]

Yup Yup!



What did Cinderella say when her photos didn't show up?

^^I Know it's ridiculous




Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 5
royb- 3
larazovich- 3
C L- 2
LadyEye- 1

[larazovich]

Yup Yup!



What did Cinderella say when her photos didn't show up?

^^I Know it's ridiculous




Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 5
royb- 3
larazovich- 3
C L- 2
LadyEye- 1

some day my prints will come...

[Filtrex]

You got it!

It is said among my people that some things are improved by death. Tell me, what stinks while living but in death smells good?

Accepting TWO different answers


Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 5
royb- 3
larazovich- 4
C L- 2
LadyEye- 1

[Karen Mac]

porky pig!

Karen

[Filtrex]

Yup!



What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?






Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 6
royb- 3
larazovich- 4
C L- 2
LadyEye- 1

[larazovich]

coat of paint

[Filtrex]

Yaya!


What is it that, after you take away the whole, some still remains?

Scoreboard
Karen Mac- 6
royb- 3
larazovich- 5
C L- 2
LadyEye- 1