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=== Resists === | === Resists === | ||
− | * | + | * [[Fear Resistance]] |
− | * Free Action | + | * Free Action ([[Paralysis Resistance]] & [[Slow Resistance]]) |
− | * Fire | + | * [[Fire Resistance]] |
− | * Cold | + | * [[Cold Resistance]] |
=== Enemies === | === Enemies === | ||
* Pixie Traitors | * Pixie Traitors | ||
+ | * Trolls | ||
+ | * Skulls | ||
+ | * Diamond Golems | ||
+ | * Floating Eyes | ||
+ | * Oculus | ||
+ | * Master of Conundrum (Male wizard human, final floor) | ||
== How to Solve == | == How to Solve == | ||
# You will want to go to Isle of Maiye. You can find a teleporter in Minath DoT. | # You will want to go to Isle of Maiye. You can find a teleporter in Minath DoT. | ||
− | # Enter area. You will want to go South into the next map. | + | # Enter area. You will want to go South into the next map (two maps if entering town on foot). |
# You will notice two pixies standing outside a ruins. This is the Tower of Conundrum. Enter. | # You will notice two pixies standing outside a ruins. This is the Tower of Conundrum. Enter. | ||
# Before going up the stairs, you'll see "Inbrum's Scroll." Pick it up and proceed into the next few rooms. | # Before going up the stairs, you'll see "Inbrum's Scroll." Pick it up and proceed into the next few rooms. | ||
− | # | + | # On every other floor after the first three you will reach a Pixie. She will give you a riddle and you will have to give her the correct answer. The alternate floors will be a mix of pixies, skulls, lichs, and golems (lead, iron, and diamond). One of the pixies will have a key that you need to loot to open the door to get to the stairs. |
− | # When you | + | # When you get to the top floor loot the body of the Master of Conundrum for a final key to get to Inbrum. After you give Inbrum the scroll and complete the quest, go through the wall on your left and either fight or evade through one last round of enemies to get back to the first floor. |
== Rewards == | == Rewards == | ||
− | * Shield of Power (Given by Plum on the left): | + | * [[Shield of Power]] (Given by Plum on the left): |
** +1 all elements | ** +1 all elements | ||
** -3 all melee | ** -3 all melee | ||
− | * Shield of Arts (Given by Thip on the right): | + | * [[Shield of Arts]] (Given by Thip on the right): |
** +1 all magical arts | ** +1 all magical arts | ||
− | |||
== A List of Riddles == | == A List of Riddles == | ||
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What is it? | What is it? | ||
|coffin | |coffin | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | What is greater than god, worse than the devil, dead men eat it, if you eat it you'll die. | ||
+ | What is it? | ||
+ | |nothing | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | ||
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What is the average speed for the entire journey? | What is the average speed for the entire journey? | ||
|240 | |240 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | A car travelled from london at a speed of 40 mph. its fuel consumption was 30 mpg. It had a 5 gallon tank which was full when it started, but at that very moment began to leak fuel. After 60 miles the car stopped with a completely empty tank. How many gallons per hour was it losing? | ||
+ | |2 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | A local country bus service travels from Biddulph to Leek. Along the way the bus stops at 10 different places. So, in total, there are 12 stops including the start and end stops. How many different tickets can be given out by the bus driver. For example, Biddulph to Leek, Rushton to Leek, Biddulph to Rushton, etc. | ||
+ | |66 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | Last week I bought a word processor small enough to fit in my pocket. It can write in any language and also add, multiply, subtract, divide. It has a delete facility that will correct any error made and no electricity or batteries are required to operate it. Amazingly, it only cost me 25 cents. Why? Because I bought a... | ||
+ | |pencil | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| | | | ||
+ | Of all the numbers whose literal representations in capital letters consists only of straight line segments (for example, FIVE), only one number has a value equal to the number of segments used to write it. Which number has this property? | ||
+ | |twenty nine | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | | ||
What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains? | What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains? | ||
|Wholesome | |Wholesome | ||
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I may be snared, <br /> | I may be snared, <br /> | ||
If you lose me <br /> | If you lose me <br /> | ||
− | Nothing will matter. | + | Nothing will matter. |
− | | | + | |hope |
|- | |- | ||
| | | | ||
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What is it which can be both shallow and deep? | What is it which can be both shallow and deep? | ||
|stream | |stream | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |I've little strength, but mighty powers; | ||
+ | I guard small hovels and great towers. | ||
+ | But if perchance my master leaves, | ||
+ | He must ensure he safeguards me. | ||
+ | |key | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Each morning I appear | ||
+ | To lie at your feet, | ||
+ | All day I will follow | ||
+ | No matter how fast you run, | ||
+ | Yet I nearly perish | ||
+ | In the midday sun. | ||
+ | |shadow | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |I'm not really more than holes tied to more holes; I'm strong as good steel, though not as stiff as a pole. What am I? | ||
+ | |chain | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Daniel, my son, is exactly one fifth of my age. In 21 years time, I will be exactly twice his age. My wife is exactly seven times older than my daughter, Jessica. In 8 years time, my wife will be three times older then Jessica. How old is Jessica now? | ||
+ | |4 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Here is a well known proverb with the consonants removed. What is the proverb? | ||
+ | A **i*** i* *i*e *a*e* *i*e. | ||
+ | |A stitch in time saves nine | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |What grows on a tree, | ||
+ | Scares a robber, | ||
+ | and has travelled the far seas? | ||
+ | |bark | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Oh how I love my dancing feet! They stay together - oh so neat. And when I want to walk a line, They all stay together and do double time. I count them up, ten times or more, And race on-off, across the floor. What am I? | ||
+ | |centipede | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Yesterday evening, Helen and her husband invited their neighbours (two couples) for a dinner at home. The six of them sat at a round table. Helen tells you the following: | ||
+ | "Victor sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of Anna. | ||
+ | Esther sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of my husband. | ||
+ | Jim sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of Roger. | ||
+ | I did not sit beside my husband." | ||
+ | What is the name of Helen's husband? | ||
+ | |Roger | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |My tines are long. My tines are short. My tines end ere. My first report. What am I? | ||
+ | |lightning | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held. No throat, but can be heard. What is it? | ||
+ | |sound | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | A man drove from Aardvark to Beeville. On the first day he travelled 1/3 of the distance. On day two he travelled 1/2 of the remaining distance. On day three he travelled 2/3 of the remaining distance. On day four, after covering 3/4 of the remaining distance, he was still 5 miles away from Beeville. How many miles had he covered so far? | ||
+ | | 175 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Bury deep, pile on stones, yet I will dig up the bones. What am I? | ||
+ | |Memories | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |What number comes next in this sequence: 31 30 31 31 | ||
+ | | 28 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |I have four of these, With matching extremities. They can do many things, And hardly ever bring me pain. Unless I stick them with a pin, Or burn them sometimes when... What is it that I can wiggle at will? And use in other means still? What are they? | ||
+ | |Fingers | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |My first is in Sally and in Sam, My second is in Ian but not in John, My third is in Mark and in Mandy, My fourth is in Owen but not in Kevin, My last is in Jason but not in Matthew, Who am I? | ||
+ | |Simon | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives; Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives? | ||
+ | |one | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Walks in the wind, Runs in the rain, Makes dry oceans in the sun, Counts time, stops clocks, Swallows kingdoms, gnaws rocks. What is it? | ||
+ | |sand | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I? | ||
+ | |water | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Within passion's fruit they will be found, And more of them in the pomegranate's crown. Rowed they are within an apple core, Yet other fruits have them more. And though the nectarine has but one. What are they? | ||
+ | |seeds | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Early ages the iron boot tread, with Europe at her command. Through time power slipped and fled, 'til the creation of new holy land. Who am I? | ||
+ | |rome | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |It can be said: To be gold is to be good; To be strong is to be nothing; To be glass is to be fragile; To be cold is to be cruel. What am I? | ||
+ | |heart | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Though desert men once called me god, To-day men call me mad, For I wag my tail when I am angry, And growl when I am glad. What am I? | ||
+ | |cat | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |What three letter word best completes the below words? <br /> | ||
+ | <br /> | ||
+ | LO...E <br /> | ||
+ | EDU...E <br /> | ||
+ | VA...E <br /> | ||
+ | S...TER <br /> | ||
+ | S...HE <br /> | ||
+ | ...ER <br /> | ||
+ | |cat | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Welsh horses are my favourite animal. Tapir, llama, marmoset and elephant closely follow. I don't care much for English rabbits nor ocelot, adders, goldfish and spaniels. | ||
+ | |malta | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |What is always in front of you but cannot be seen? | ||
+ | |Future | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |There is one word in this puzzle which is spelled incorrectly. Can you find it? <br /> | ||
+ | <br /> | ||
+ | business, coffee, rhythm, sincerely <br /> | ||
+ | |Incorrectly | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |One where none should be, or maybe where two should be, seeking out purity, in the kings trees. What am I? (sic, no ' for "kings") | ||
+ | |unicorn | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Here are three answers: <br /> | ||
+ | A: Answer A <br /> | ||
+ | B: Answer A or B <br /> | ||
+ | C: Answer B or C <br /> | ||
+ | There is only one correct answer to this question. Which answer is this? <br /> | ||
+ | |c | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |A man is going to an Antique Car auction. All purchases must be paid for in cash. He goes to the bank and draws out $25,000. <br /> | ||
+ | Since the man does not want to be seen carrying that much money, he places it in 15 envelopes numbered 1 through 15. Each envelope contains the least number of bills possible of any available US currency (for example, no two tens instead of a twenty). <br /> | ||
+ | At the auction he makes a successful bid of $8322 for a car. He hands the auctioneer envelopes 2, 8, and 14. After opening the envelopes the auctioneer finds exactly the right amount. <br /> | ||
+ | How many ones did the auctioneer find in the envelopes? <br /> | ||
+ | |one | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Richard is a strange liar. He lies on six days of the week, but on the seventh day he always tells the truth. He made the following statements on three successive days: <br /> | ||
+ | Day 1: "I lie on Monday and Tuesday." <br /> | ||
+ | Day 2: "Today, it's Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday." <br /> | ||
+ | Day 3: "I lie on Wednesday and Friday." <br /> | ||
+ | On which day does Richard tell the truth? <br /> | ||
+ | |Tuesday | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Can you find a word which can prefix each of these words to make a new word? <br /> | ||
+ | <br /> | ||
+ | colour <br /> | ||
+ | cress <br /> | ||
+ | fall <br /> | ||
+ | proof <br /> | ||
+ | shed <br /> | ||
+ | way <br /> | ||
+ | |water | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |What is deaf, dumb and blind and always tells the truth? | ||
+ | |Mirror | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |What others do laterally I do upright. <br /> | ||
+ | My namesakes have run races but I don't compete, alright? <br /> | ||
+ | My cousins are dragons but not a lizard be, <br /> | ||
+ | I do one thing that all men can't so what can I be? <br /> | ||
+ | What am I? <br /> | ||
+ | |seahorse | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Two friends, Alex and Bob, go to a bookshop, together with their sons Peter and Tim. All four of them buy some books; each book costs a whole amount in shillings. When they leave the bookshop, they notice that both fathers have spent 21 shillings more than their respective sons. Moreover, each of them paid per book the same amount of shillings as books that he bought. The difference between the number of books of Alex and Peter is five. Who is the father of Tim? | ||
+ | |Alex | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} |
Latest revision as of 10:56, 25 February 2024
Contents
About
A pixie got kidnapped and is being trapped at the top of the tower floor 15. Make it all the way to the top, killing enemies and solving riddles.
Before You Start
- Beware of anti-magic traps. They're are numerous on each floor.
- If your accent gets in the way of answering a riddle, use the "nofilter" command.
Resists
- Fear Resistance
- Free Action (Paralysis Resistance & Slow Resistance)
- Fire Resistance
- Cold Resistance
Enemies
- Pixie Traitors
- Trolls
- Skulls
- Diamond Golems
- Floating Eyes
- Oculus
- Master of Conundrum (Male wizard human, final floor)
How to Solve
- You will want to go to Isle of Maiye. You can find a teleporter in Minath DoT.
- Enter area. You will want to go South into the next map (two maps if entering town on foot).
- You will notice two pixies standing outside a ruins. This is the Tower of Conundrum. Enter.
- Before going up the stairs, you'll see "Inbrum's Scroll." Pick it up and proceed into the next few rooms.
- On every other floor after the first three you will reach a Pixie. She will give you a riddle and you will have to give her the correct answer. The alternate floors will be a mix of pixies, skulls, lichs, and golems (lead, iron, and diamond). One of the pixies will have a key that you need to loot to open the door to get to the stairs.
- When you get to the top floor loot the body of the Master of Conundrum for a final key to get to Inbrum. After you give Inbrum the scroll and complete the quest, go through the wall on your left and either fight or evade through one last round of enemies to get back to the first floor.
Rewards
- Shield of Power (Given by Plum on the left):
- +1 all elements
- -3 all melee
- Shield of Arts (Given by Thip on the right):
- +1 all magical arts
A List of Riddles
This section is still a Work in Progress.
Riddle | Answer |
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A leathery snake with a stinging bite,
I'll stay coiled up unless I must fight. |
Whip |
I'm so simple I only point, yet I guide people all over the world. What am I? | A compass. |
I bubble and laugh and spit water in your face,
I am no lady and I don't wear lace. What am I? |
Fountain |
I really must get a new watch. The only one I have loses exactly 20 minutes every hour.
It now shows 4:00am and I know that it was correct at midnight, when I last set it. I happen to know that the watch stopped four hours ago, so what is the correct time now? |
10 am |
You must keep it after giving it. | Your word |
What does this equation simplify to?
(x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d)...(x-z) |
0 |
The man who made it didn't want it.
The man who bought it didn't need it. The man who got it didn't know it. What is it? |
coffin |
What is greater than god, worse than the devil, dead men eat it, if you eat it you'll die. What is it? |
nothing |
At my hind there is a rope |
Elephant |
FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN |
Lighthouse |
In the middle of a round pool lies a beautiful water lily. The water-lily doubles in size every day. After exactly 20 days |
19 |
The only tool which sharper grows Whenever used in any row. |
Tongue |
A plane maintains an average speed of 696mph from London to New York. |
240 |
A car travelled from london at a speed of 40 mph. its fuel consumption was 30 mpg. It had a 5 gallon tank which was full when it started, but at that very moment began to leak fuel. After 60 miles the car stopped with a completely empty tank. How many gallons per hour was it losing? |
2 |
A local country bus service travels from Biddulph to Leek. Along the way the bus stops at 10 different places. So, in total, there are 12 stops including the start and end stops. How many different tickets can be given out by the bus driver. For example, Biddulph to Leek, Rushton to Leek, Biddulph to Rushton, etc. |
66 |
Last week I bought a word processor small enough to fit in my pocket. It can write in any language and also add, multiply, subtract, divide. It has a delete facility that will correct any error made and no electricity or batteries are required to operate it. Amazingly, it only cost me 25 cents. Why? Because I bought a... |
pencil |
I'm often held, yet rarely touched; |
tongue |
It's always above the negatives yet it's lower than the first prime,
no matter how you multiply it's the same every time. |
0 |
The shape of my form will waver and bend, |
Fire |
It stands alone, with no bone or solid form. |
truth |
If a man carried my burden, he would break his back. |
Snail |
A snail is at the bottom of a 20 meters deep pit. |
16 |
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years? | letter m |
At dawn on Monday a snail fell into a bucket that was 12 inches deep. |
Wednesday |
What has a coat? Hugs you not in sympathy? |
bear |
A box without hinges, key or lid, |
egg |
You break it even if you name it! What is it? |
Silence |
If you give each letter of a word into its alphabetical position, |
cab |
Of all the numbers whose literal representations in capital letters consists only of straight line segments (for example, FIVE), only one number has a value equal to the number of segments used to write it. Which number has this property? |
twenty nine |
What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains? |
Wholesome |
The surface area of a spherical balloon measured in square inches is the same as its volume, measured in cubic inches |
6 inches |
What comes next in this sequence: elgnairt, erauqs, nogatnep, nogaxeh, nogatpeh... |
nogatco |
They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere. |
hands |
It is a tolling of the night. |
clock |
What goes through the door without pinching itself? |
sun |
Five siblings are they, their color is true; |
great lakes |
Glittering point, |
icicle |
Shifting, Shifting, Drifting deep. |
desert |
Has a mouth but does not speak, |
river |
If today is Friday, what is the day that follows the day that comes after the day that precedes the day before yesterday? |
thursday |
What is it you have to answer? |
riddle |
With this you can do wonderous things. |
eyes |
What is not enough for one, |
secret |
Turn us on our backs and open up our stomachs. |
book |
What is the hidden country in this sentence: |
canada |
What comes next in this sequence: |
carbon |
A part of heaven, |
rainbow |
They were made for a fairy queen's feet.
To cover them and keep them tidy, and neat.
A flower, of various sizes and hues, |
lady slippers |
I've been to more countries than you'll ever see. I've been to church every Sunday. I've been folded, pressed, even stuffed inside leather. I've been dreamt about, coveted, and fought over. People want me, yet despise me. I have no true purpose except to travel. I have no true mission in life except to be given and taken. I have no true identity since I am but a clone. I have no true name since I bear only the names of others. People see my face and see another's face as well. I am life to some. I am death to others. I am common as grass. I am sometimes as rare as the perfect sunset. People rely on me more than almost anything else. What am I? |
dollar |
Upon me you can tread though softly under cover And I will take you places that you have yet to discover Im high and Im low though flat in the middle And though a joy to the children adults think of me little |
stairs |
Part pickle, part crazy, |
Daffodil |
Pull with all your might, only a whistle you'll gain but almost out of sight, someone may shrink in pain. |
A bow and arrow (maybe try just bow or arrow) |
Welsh horses are my favourite animal. Tapir, llama, marmoset and elephant closely follow. I don't care much for English rabbits nor ocelot, adders, goldfish and spaniels. |
Malta. |
I bend my limbs to the ground. I cry, yet without a sound. let me drink of waters deep. And in silence i will weep. what am i? |
Weeping Willow |
Where can you find August before July? |
Dictionary |
I am a strange creature. Hovering in the air, Moving from here to there, With a brilliant flare. Some say I sing, But others say I have no voice. So I just hum - as a matter of choice. What am I? |
Hummingbird |
This thing all things devours: Birds, beat,trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountains down. What is it? |
Time |
Deep as a bowl, round as a cup, Yet all the world's oceans can't fill it up. What is it? |
Sieve |
A riddle, easily solved. Red breasted. Only one in a field of many. Born in an egg. Inspired to sing, what am I? |
Robin |
(Not exact wording) Two people leave a town, one in a car, another on a bicycle. The car brakes down, and a farmer picks that person up. Who gets there first? |
The bicyclist |
The wise and knowledgeable main is sure of it. Even the fool knows it. The rich man wants it. The greatest of heroes fears it. Yet the lowliest of cowards would die for it. What is this upon which I ponder? |
Nothing |
If you break me |
hope |
My life can be measured in hours, |
Candle |
I can be moved. I can be rolled. But nothing will I hold. I'm red and I'm blue, and I can be other colors too. Having no head, though similar in shape. I have no eyes - yet move all over the place. |
Ball |
Julia is as old as John will be when Julia is twice as old as John was when Julia's age was half the sum of their present ages. John is as old as Julia was when John was half the age he will be 10 years from now. How old are John and Julia? |
40 |
I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be. What is it? |
few |
Looks like water, but it's heat. |
mirage |
Thursday. | |
Simon | |
It's always 1 to 6, |
dice |
I got it in a forest, but didn't want it. |
splinter |
Voiceless it cries, Wingless it flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. What am I? |
wind |
Runs smoother than any rhyme, loves to fall but can not climb! What is it? |
water |
I am full of shimmer and shine. Every color of the rainbow shows yet I am clear. When I appear there is fun for all, but I always disappear. What am I? |
bubble |
A hill full, a hole full, can't catch a bowl full. | fog |
You can see nothing else when you look in my face. I will look you in the eye and I will never lie. What am i? | mirror |
I was born blind,
And could not see, Until it was a quarter of three. I could not smile, Til half past six, And all of my arms and legs Were made of sticks. |
Doll |
Sleeping during the day, I hide away.
Watchful through the night, I open at dawn's light. But only for the briefest time, do I shine. And then I hide away. And sleep through the day. |
Morning glory |
Colored as a maiden tweaked, time was naught when I began; through the garden I was sneaked, I alone am the fall of man. What am I? | Apple |
What has wings, but can not fly.
Is enclosed, but can outside also lie. Can open itself up, Or close itself away. Is the place of kings and queens, And doggerel of every means. What is it upon which I stand? Which can lead us to different lands. |
stage |
Tall she is, and round as a cup,
Yet all the king's horses Can't draw her up. |
well |
My timpani play a rhythmic song,
With hammer on anvil I play along. Down my canal no ship sets course, And I have a stirrup that fits no horse. What am I? |
ear |
Many years ago, a cruise liner sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The survivors luckily landed on a remote desert island.
There was enough food for the 135 people to last four weeks. Nine days later a rescue ship appeared, unluckily this ship also sank, leaving an additional 36 people stranded on the island to now share the original rationed food. The food obviously had to be re-rationed, everyone was now on three-quarters of the original ration, so how many days in total would the food last, from the day of the original sinking? |
29 |
The part of the bird, that is not in the sky,
Which can swim in the ocean and always stay dry. What is it? |
shadow |
Some have flown over land and sea,
To plot where things are to create me, Filled with squares either green or blue, If you need to know where to go, I'm true Through me you can see every hill and fen, So tell me, what am I, then? |
atlas |
This thing is many things.
It is joyful, It is quiet, It is bubbling, It is roaring, It can jump, And it can sit. It can whisper, And it can drip. What is it of which I speak? What is it which can be both shallow and deep? |
stream |
I've little strength, but mighty powers;
I guard small hovels and great towers. But if perchance my master leaves, He must ensure he safeguards me. |
key |
Each morning I appear
To lie at your feet, All day I will follow No matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perish In the midday sun. |
shadow |
I'm not really more than holes tied to more holes; I'm strong as good steel, though not as stiff as a pole. What am I? | chain |
Daniel, my son, is exactly one fifth of my age. In 21 years time, I will be exactly twice his age. My wife is exactly seven times older than my daughter, Jessica. In 8 years time, my wife will be three times older then Jessica. How old is Jessica now? | 4 |
Here is a well known proverb with the consonants removed. What is the proverb?
A **i*** i* *i*e *a*e* *i*e. |
A stitch in time saves nine |
What grows on a tree,
Scares a robber, and has travelled the far seas? |
bark |
Oh how I love my dancing feet! They stay together - oh so neat. And when I want to walk a line, They all stay together and do double time. I count them up, ten times or more, And race on-off, across the floor. What am I? | centipede |
Yesterday evening, Helen and her husband invited their neighbours (two couples) for a dinner at home. The six of them sat at a round table. Helen tells you the following:
"Victor sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of Anna. Esther sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of my husband. Jim sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of Roger. I did not sit beside my husband." What is the name of Helen's husband? |
Roger |
My tines are long. My tines are short. My tines end ere. My first report. What am I? | lightning |
All about, but cannot be seen, Can be captured, cannot be held. No throat, but can be heard. What is it? | sound |
A man drove from Aardvark to Beeville. On the first day he travelled 1/3 of the distance. On day two he travelled 1/2 of the remaining distance. On day three he travelled 2/3 of the remaining distance. On day four, after covering 3/4 of the remaining distance, he was still 5 miles away from Beeville. How many miles had he covered so far? | 175 |
Bury deep, pile on stones, yet I will dig up the bones. What am I? | Memories |
What number comes next in this sequence: 31 30 31 31 | 28 |
I have four of these, With matching extremities. They can do many things, And hardly ever bring me pain. Unless I stick them with a pin, Or burn them sometimes when... What is it that I can wiggle at will? And use in other means still? What are they? | Fingers |
My first is in Sally and in Sam, My second is in Ian but not in John, My third is in Mark and in Mandy, My fourth is in Owen but not in Kevin, My last is in Jason but not in Matthew, Who am I? | Simon |
As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives; Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives? | one |
Walks in the wind, Runs in the rain, Makes dry oceans in the sun, Counts time, stops clocks, Swallows kingdoms, gnaws rocks. What is it? | sand |
Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I? | water |
Within passion's fruit they will be found, And more of them in the pomegranate's crown. Rowed they are within an apple core, Yet other fruits have them more. And though the nectarine has but one. What are they? | seeds |
Early ages the iron boot tread, with Europe at her command. Through time power slipped and fled, 'til the creation of new holy land. Who am I? | rome |
It can be said: To be gold is to be good; To be strong is to be nothing; To be glass is to be fragile; To be cold is to be cruel. What am I? | heart |
Though desert men once called me god, To-day men call me mad, For I wag my tail when I am angry, And growl when I am glad. What am I? | cat |
What three letter word best completes the below words?
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cat |
Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph:
Welsh horses are my favourite animal. Tapir, llama, marmoset and elephant closely follow. I don't care much for English rabbits nor ocelot, adders, goldfish and spaniels. |
malta |
What is always in front of you but cannot be seen? | Future |
There is one word in this puzzle which is spelled incorrectly. Can you find it?
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Incorrectly |
One where none should be, or maybe where two should be, seeking out purity, in the kings trees. What am I? (sic, no ' for "kings") | unicorn |
Here are three answers: A: Answer A |
c |
A man is going to an Antique Car auction. All purchases must be paid for in cash. He goes to the bank and draws out $25,000. Since the man does not want to be seen carrying that much money, he places it in 15 envelopes numbered 1 through 15. Each envelope contains the least number of bills possible of any available US currency (for example, no two tens instead of a twenty). |
one |
Richard is a strange liar. He lies on six days of the week, but on the seventh day he always tells the truth. He made the following statements on three successive days: Day 1: "I lie on Monday and Tuesday." |
Tuesday |
Can you find a word which can prefix each of these words to make a new word?
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water |
What is deaf, dumb and blind and always tells the truth? | Mirror |
What others do laterally I do upright. My namesakes have run races but I don't compete, alright? |
seahorse |
Two friends, Alex and Bob, go to a bookshop, together with their sons Peter and Tim. All four of them buy some books; each book costs a whole amount in shillings. When they leave the bookshop, they notice that both fathers have spent 21 shillings more than their respective sons. Moreover, each of them paid per book the same amount of shillings as books that he bought. The difference between the number of books of Alex and Peter is five. Who is the father of Tim? | Alex |