Summer Week 2023 - Riddle me this, Riddle me that

[Spenny]

Roll up, roll up....

I have put together a list of riddles for your entertainment.  Close your eyes and imagine you are in front of the genie who will not let you leave until you answer a riddle.

They are a range of easy, medium and hard.  That description of difficulty is scientifically calculated from how easy it would be for me to answer.  As I average 3 to 4 on the WRQ then should not be too tricky for you all 🤣🤣

Reply with your answers, one each to give everyone a chance, though if time is a ticking and no responses feel free to go again.

So onto the main event:

1. Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it?
2. Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
3. Riddle: What question can you never answer yes to?
4. Riddle: There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
5. Riddle: What gets wet while drying?
6. Riddle: You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
7. Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body?
8. Riddle: Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
9. Riddle: Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
10. Riddle: What gets bigger when more is taken away?
11. Riddle: I’m surrounded by water but I’m not a fish. What am I? 

[pgn]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@pgn wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

3 What does N.O. spell?

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There's always one... 😂

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What's wrong with that? Seems perfectly feasible to me! 🙄

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Bah, humbug! 🤣

I think @Mi-Amigo' answer was more in the "spirit" of the question, no pun intended given the alternative Q1 answer earlier 😎

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In your opinion of course 😖

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The only one that counts, of course 👼

Ok ok, I know - off to TNS for a spell... 

[Cleoriff]

Yes, you really don't want to annoy me today @pgn. Just a friendly warning. 😂

[Spenny]

In the red corner we have @Cleoriff and in the blue corner we have @pgn ...... 😎

[Spenny]

Well done all

1. Riddle: What has to be broken before you can use it? Egg
2. Riddle: I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I? Candle
3. Riddle: What question can you never answer yes to? Are you asleep/sleeping
4. Riddle: There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs? No stairs, a one story house
5. Riddle: What gets wet while drying? Towel
6. Riddle: You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first? match
7. Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body? coin
8. Riddle: Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have? 5 - each daughter has the same brother
9. Riddle: Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers? neither, they both weigh a ton
10. Riddle: What gets bigger when more is taken away? a hole
11. Riddle: I’m surrounded by water but I’m not a fish. What am I? island 

[Spenny]

call this the "tie breaker" if you wish

1. Where does one wall meet the other wall?

2. What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

3. I am a word of letters three; add two and fewer there will be. What word am I?

[Cleoriff]

1) At The Corner

2) Noon

3) Few

@Spenny 

[pgn]

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@Spenny wrote:

In the red corner we have @Cleoriff and in the blue corner we have @pgn ...... 😎

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Psst: I am not here, I am on TNS here, banished by Matron 😂 

[Spenny]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

1) At The Corner

2) Noon

3) Few

@Spenny 

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Well done @Cleoriff 

[Spenny]

Well done all, thanks for joining in my very first quiz @pgn @Cleoriff @Mi-Amigo @BobM @gmarkj @Breanna @TallTrees 

Even more respect for @Mi-Amigo 4 years of WRQ.  Making sure I prepped questions, uploaded questions, checked answers, responded......phew.... not as easy as it all seems.

[BobM]

Thanks for running the riddle quiz @Spenny 

Good fun 👍