Difference between revisions of "Tower of Conundrum"

I'll stay coiled up unless I must fight.

I am no lady and I don't wear lace. What am I?

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?

(x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d)...(x-z)

The man who bought it didn't need it.

The man who got it didn't know it. What is it?

At my hind there is a rope
On my head a fan,
Beside my mouth are two sharp spears
And my tree-legs are rough on your hands.
Beside all this is one great wall
A snake adorns my head at all times,
and it is a part of me
And it always will be. What am I?

FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN
I STARE OUT ACROSS THE SEA.
FROM SUN DOWN TO SUN UP
I STARE OUT ACROSS THE SEA.
BUT WHILE WITH SUN UP
I CAN ONLY BLINK IN THE BRIGHTNESS.
WITH THE SUN DOWN
I CAN BLINK OUT THE BRIGHTNESS.

The water-lily doubles in size every day. After exactly 20 days
the complete pool will be covered by the lily. After how many days will
half of the pool be covered by the water-lily?

The only tool which sharper grows Whenever used in any row.

A plane maintains an average speed of 696mph from London to New York.
It then returns from New York to London at an average speed of 145 mph.
What is the average speed for the entire journey?

I'm often held, yet rarely touched;
I'm always wet, yet never rust;
I' sometimes wagged and sometimes bit;
To use me well, you must have wit.

no matter how you multiply it's the same every time.

The shape of my form will waver and bend,
From the things I'm destroying
and the things I will rend.
My color will vary from bright red and blue,
The power I'm using will dictate my hue.
What am I?