Logs Aflame Riddle
This can be found working inside some homes during the winter months
But can you work out its name?
Surrounded by a mantelpiece
It has logs that are aflame
But can you work out its name?
Surrounded by a mantelpiece
It has logs that are aflame
Hint:
Equator Through The Middle Riddle
Through the middle of this continent
Runs the line of the equator
It contains more than fifty countries
Which continent is it?
Runs the line of the equator
It contains more than fifty countries
Which continent is it?
Hint:
The Actions Of Pericles
Pericles must answer Antiochus' riddle to win the hand of his daughter. If he fails he will face death. The riddle is:
"I am no viper, yet I feed
On mother's flesh which did me breed.
I sought a husband, in which labour
I found that kindness in a father:
He's father, son, and husband mild;
I mother, wife, and yet his child.
How they may be, and yet in two,
As you will live, resolve it you."
What does Pericles do?
"I am no viper, yet I feed
On mother's flesh which did me breed.
I sought a husband, in which labour
I found that kindness in a father:
He's father, son, and husband mild;
I mother, wife, and yet his child.
How they may be, and yet in two,
As you will live, resolve it you."
What does Pericles do?
Hint:
Understands the riddle to mean incest and hints to Antiochus his understanding.
Antiochus realises from Pericles' hints that Pericles has understood the riddle and determines to have him killed. I am not aware of any other reference to incest in Shakespeare. Incest seems to retain its rightful shock value much more in Shakespeare and the classics. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Antiochus realises from Pericles' hints that Pericles has understood the riddle and determines to have him killed. I am not aware of any other reference to incest in Shakespeare. Incest seems to retain its rightful shock value much more in Shakespeare and the classics. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
A Lizard With Wings Riddle
This is a scary reptile
A giant lizard with wings
Because it can breathe fire
Great fear is what it brings
What is this creature?
A giant lizard with wings
Because it can breathe fire
Great fear is what it brings
What is this creature?
Hint:
Cherry Blossom Breeze Riddle
One thing this country is known for
Are people who tend small bonsai trees
And in the first half of the year
Cherry blossom blowing in the breeze
Are people who tend small bonsai trees
And in the first half of the year
Cherry blossom blowing in the breeze
Hint:
Three Philosophers Riddle
But then one philosopher stops laughing, realizing his nose is red too. How did he come to this conclusion?
Hint:
Lets call the philosophers A, B and C. A reasoned that B was confident his nose wasnt red. If B saw As nose wasnt red, he would be surprised that C was laughing, because C would have nothing to laugh at. But B wasnt surprised, therefore, A correctly reasoned his nose was smeared. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
YES NO
Seen Up In The Sky
This can be seen up in the sky
But it is not a kite
It is a giant ball of gas
Which gives you heat and light.
What am I?
But it is not a kite
It is a giant ball of gas
Which gives you heat and light.
What am I?
Hint:
Visit This City Riddle
Tower Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral
Big Ben and Westminster Abbey
Which city would you have to visit
If these were things you want to see?
Big Ben and Westminster Abbey
Which city would you have to visit
If these were things you want to see?
Hint:
This Country Gave Us Books Riddle
And the cuddly Paddington Bear
Consulting detective Sherlock Holmes
And Robin Hood who kept things fair
Hint:
Up In The Sky Riddle
This can be seen up in the sky
But it is not a kite
It is a giant ball of gas
Which gives you heat and ligh
But it is not a kite
It is a giant ball of gas
Which gives you heat and ligh
Hint:
Two Companions Riddle
Garry Knows that his friend is lying? How ?
Hint:
Mind The Gap Riddle
To get around this city
You might need a Tube map
And as you get on the train
Be sure to mind the gap
You might need a Tube map
And as you get on the train
Be sure to mind the gap
Hint:
A Large Continent Riddle
Hint:
Tempting Adam And Eve Riddle
In the first book of the Bible
This creature tempted Adam and Eve
To eat fruit that they shouldnt have
So Eden is where they had to leave
What is it?
This creature tempted Adam and Eve
To eat fruit that they shouldnt have
So Eden is where they had to leave
What is it?
Hint:
One Big Family Riddle
Four people are sitting around a campfire after a long day of recreation, when one man comments: "Do you realize that around this campfire, the four of us include a mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle and a couple cousins"?. If everyone is related by blood (with no unusual marriages) how is this possible?
Hint:
The campfire circle includes a woman and her brother. The woman's daughter and the man's son are also present. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
YES NO
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