Riddle 25

Adrian_Scope

I'll post a riddle and it has to be answered correctly by the end of the day.

If it is, we move on to riddle 2 and so on.

Let's see how many days we can guess the riddle correctly without breaking the streak.

Adrian_Scope

Riddle 1:

You find me in December, but not in any other month. I am not a holiday. What am I? (Answer: The letter D - correctly guessed by @michael57)

Riddle 2:

What has to be broken before you can use it? (Answer: An egg - correctly guessed by @OverlyAnxious)

Riddle 3:

What month of the year has 28 days? (Answer: All of them - correctly guessed by @noman)

Riddle 4:

What is full of holes but still holds water? (Answer: A sponge - correctly guessed by @noman)

Riddle 5:

What building has the most stories? (Answer: A library - correctly guessed by @noman)

Riddle 6, posted by Noman:

I'm tall when I'm young, and I'm short when I'm old. What am I? (Answer: A candle - correctly guessed by @michael57)

Riddle 7:

What has a head and a tail but no body? (Answer: A coin - correctly guessed by @michael57)

Riddle 8:

I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I? (Answer: A map - correctly guessed by @michael57)

Riddle 9, posted by Michael57:

What is the longest word in the dictionary now think carefully because my brain does not think like most people (Answer: Smiles, there's a mile between the two s's - correctly guessed by @vikingqueen)

Riddle 10:

What goes up but never comes down? (Answer: Your age - correctly guessed by @noman)

Riddle 11:

There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What colour are the stairs? (Answer: There are no stairs - correctly guessed by @michael57)

Riddle 12:

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it? (Answer: Silence - correctly guessed by @WhatThe)

Riddle 13, posted by WhatThe:

What flies without wings, but never moves and runs out without leaving? (Answer: Time - correctly guessed by @michael57)

Riddle 14, posted by michael57:

I start with M and end in X and have a never ending amount of letters (Answer: Mailbox - correctly guessed by @noman)

Riddle 15:

What has 13 hearts, but no other organs? (Answer: A deck of cards - correctly guessed by @noman, @manc224 and @Tony60)

Riddle 16, posted by Albus_Scope

What tastes better than it smells? (Answer: A tongue - correctly guessed by @noman)

Riddle 17, posted by Albus_Scope

How many DVDs can you fit inside an empty carrier bag? (Answer: None, it wouldn't be empty anymore - correctly guessed by @chiarieds and @michael57)

Riddle 18, posted by Albus_Scope

Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday? (Answer: Yesterday, today and tomorrow - correctly guessed by @noman)

Riddle 19, posted by Albus_Scope

A pilot and a GP are both in love with a beautiful person called Beth.

Before going on a work flight that will last a week, the pilot gives Beth seven apples.

Why? (Answer: An apple a day keeps the Dr away - correctly guessed by @Biblioklept)

Riddle 20, posted by Rosie_Scope

You're in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match. What do you light first? (Answer: The match - correctly guessed by @WhatThe)

Riddle 21, posted by Rosie_Scope

A butcher is 6 foot 3 inches tall, wears extra large shirts and has size 13 shoes. What does he weigh? (Answer: Meat - correctly guessed by @WhatThe)

Riddle 22

What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?

michael57

the letter D 😎

WhatThe

Ah! Only one riddle a day - everything in moderation 😁

WhatThe

A DEER!!!

You're a deer, aren't you Adrian?

What happens now you have two correct answers? Are we both winners? I wouldn't want to fall out with Michael over this 😉 and it really doesn't help that only one person knows the rules of Riddle. Maybe Michael knows the rules too? I bet he does!

(ps will you be on the early or late shift tomorrow Adrian?)

michael57

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/893940#Comment_893940

haha i may be rather sarcastic and blunt but i never fall out or take things to heart its cool WhatThe

Adrian_Scope

Good point @WhatThe, perhaps once a riddle is guessed correctly, another can be posted regardless of day!

Riddle 2:

What has to be broken before you can use it?

Cantilip

A horse

OverlyAnxious

An egg?

Adrian_Scope

Nice try @Cantilip, it's not a horse.

It was an egg, well done @OverlyAnxious!

Adrian_Scope

Riddle 3:

What month of the year has 28 days?

Sandy_123

February

Adrian_Scope

Good guess @Sandy_123 and it does have 28 days but isn't the answer

michael57

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/893999#Comment_893999

February apart from when it it has 29 days my older brother is younger than me so he says

noman

All months have 28 days.

Adrian_Scope

It does have 28 days (except for a leap year) @michael57 but isn't the answer.

@noman has it! All months have 28 days.

Adrian_Scope

Riddle 4:

What is full of holes but still holds water?

noman

A sponge.

Adrian_Scope

Well done @noman, you're on a roll! It is a sponge.

Adrian_Scope

Riddle 5:

What building has the most stories?

noman

A Library.