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?

It stands alone, with no bone or solid form.
Adamant, it prospers never wrong, though hurt it may.
Twistable, malleable, might it be, but always straight as an arrow.
What is it?

If a man carried my burden, he would break his back.
I am not rich, but leave silver in my track. What am I?

A snail is at the bottom of a 20 meters deep pit.
Every day the snail climbs 5 meters upwards, but at night it slides
4 meters back downwards. How many days does it take before the
snail reaches the top of the pit?

At dawn on Monday a snail fell into a bucket that was 12 inches deep.
During the day it climbed up 3 inches, however, during the night it fell back 2 inches.
On what day did the snail finally manage to climb out of the bucket?

What has a coat? Hugs you not in sympathy?
Whose smile you'd rather not see? Whose
stands is a terrible thing to see? Who is
that brave men run away from? Whose fingers are clawed?
Whose sleep lasts for months?
And who's company we shun? What is it?

A box without hinges, key or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
What am I?

You break it even if you name it! What is it?

If you give each letter of a word into its alphabetical position,
you can then add these digits, or you can multiply them. For example,
CART = 3, 1, 8, 20. Adding gives 42 and multiplying gives 1080. Can
you find a word which has the same total whether you add them or multiply them?

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

The surface area of a spherical balloon measured in square inches is the same as its volume, measured in cubic inches

What comes next in this sequence: elgnairt, erauqs, nogatnep, nogaxeh, nogatpeh...

They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.

It is a tolling of the night.
When all is still.
And the wind whispers near the mill.
Twas struck twelve times!
And his voice rang out!
And then, it was stilled.

What goes through the door without pinching itself?
What sits on the stove without burning itself?
What sits on the table and is not ashamed?

Five siblings are they, their color is true;
One belongs to one, four are shared by two.
Connected together, some by locks;
Many meet their fate upon the rocks.
Arrange their initials, and you should
Find things that are found in a neighborhood.

Glittering point,
That downward thrust,
Sparkling spears,
That never rust.
What am I?

Shifting, Shifting, Drifting deep.
Below me great and mighty cities sleep.
Swirling, curling, all around.
I'm only where no water will be found.
What am I?

Has a mouth but does not speak,
has a bed but never sleeps.
What is it?

If today is Friday, what is the day that follows the day that comes after the day that precedes the day before yesterday?

What is it you have to answer?
But to answer you have to ask?
And to ask you have to speak?
And to speak you have to know the answer.

With this you can do wonderous things.
Look at things close, or far away,
You can see things big,
Or you can see things small.
Or maybe you don't see things at all.
I come in many colors and hues,
Sometimes green and sometimes blue.
And when I'm red - it's not from shame,
But from something with a different name.
What are they?

What is not enough for one,
Just right for two,
Too much for three?
What is it?

Turn us on our backs and open up our stomachs.
You will be the wisest of men, though at start a lummox.
What am I?

What is the hidden country in this sentence:
If a Dalmatian can catch four balls in four minutes, can a Dalmatian catch two balls in two minutes?

What comes next in this sequence:
Hydrogen Helium Lithium Beryllium Boron ==?==

A part of heaven,
Though it touches the earth.
Some say it's valuable,
Others - no worth.
What am I?

To cover them and keep them tidy, and neat. A flower, of various sizes and hues,
Their name is the opposite of a grown man's shoes.