Riddles

[emmy]

I am an animal, long and thin,

I am not a fish because I don't have fins.

My name puts me near the top,

of the deadliest ones on Earth.

My back is a card and you should beware of me,

because you never know what I'll do when you're hurting me.

What am I?

I occur twice in January, once each in February, March, April and May.

But when you get into June, I just fade away.

It isn't until August, that I reappear,

And that's the very last time that I occur all year.

What am I?

Three men walk into a bar, and the fourth one ducks.

What does it mean?

[SpaceyKC]

okay, I'll give it a try:

1) King Cobra

2) the letter 'a'

3) the 4th guy ducked because he didn't want to get hit by the bar like

the other 3.

10 points for trying right? :mrgreen:

[Althalus]

yep i agree with KC, A king cobra cos it is a card and stabs you in the back when you least expect it.

[Loonboy]

Well done KC!! You're as good as Bilbo in the Hobbit where he riddles against Gollum....

I got the first one and then flunked the rest....

:oops:

[emmy]

Well Done KC, 10 points for getting them all right

[emmy]

Here are some more riddles.

My first is one hundred

My second is a sign of the zodiac

My third is a hiberian

My fourth is the god of the sun

Julius Ceasar loves my whole

Who am I?

Three eyes have I,

all in a row;

when the red one opens,

all freeze.

What am I?

I am a promise on the night wind,

and a warning under red skies

You can make me with electrodes,

but my nature is wild.

And yet -- I am your shield against the sun

What am I?

What regularly changes shape,

yet remains a sphere,

is always there,

but often not seen?

What am I?

Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white,

felled by three eyes,

black as night.

What am I?

What you cannot hold for five minutes

even though it is lighter than a feather?

[SpaceyKC]

aw, thank you, thank you :oops:

(I'll take my bows now, since lightnening never strikes twice!) :mrgreen:

[Saru]

A quick guess at a couple of them:

What regularly changes shape,

yet remains a sphere,

is always there,

but often not seen?

The Sun ?

What you cannot hold for five minutes

even though it is lighter than a feather?

Your breath.

[Loonboy]

I think I know some of them:

What regularly changes shape,

yet remains a sphere,

is always there,

but often not seen?

The MOON

Three eyes have I,

all in a row;

when the red one opens,

all freeze.

Traffic Lights

I am a promise on the night wind,

and a warning under red skies

You can make me with electrodes,

but my nature is wild.

And yet -- I am your shield against the sun

OZONE?

Is part of the answer to the other one, CENTAUR....?

:?: :?: :?:

[Halo_Jones]

Is the first one CLeoPatRa?

My first is one hundred = C (Roman numeral for 100)

My second is a sign of the zodiac = Leo

My third is a hiberian = Pat?

My fourth is the god of the sun = Ra

Julius Ceasar loves my whole = Cleopatra

[SpaceyKC]

I am a promise on the night wind,

and a warning under red skies

You can make me with electrodes,

but my nature is wild.

And yet -- I am your shield against the sun

What am I?

CLOUDS?

[emmy]

Is the first one CLeoPatRa?

Yep, you're right Halo

Loonboy all your guesses were right

Saruman you got the second one correct

What you cannot hold for five minutes

even though it is lighter than a feather?

Your Breath

[emmy]

What force and strength cannot get through, I with a gentle touch can do.

And many in the street would stand, were I not a friend at hand.

What am I?

You can find us in darkness but never in light.

We are present in daytime but absent at night.

In the deepest of shadows, We hide in plain sight.

What am I?

They call me a man, but I'll never have a wife.

I was given a body, but not given life.

They made me a mouth, but didn't give me breath.

Water gives me life and sun brings me death.

What am I?

Forward and forward I go, never looking back. My limit no one knows, more of me do they lack. Like a river I do flow, and an eagle I fly.

Now can you guess,

what am I?

If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

Only one color, but not one size,

Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.

Present in sun, but not in rain,

Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.

What is it?

Alive without breath

As cold as death

Never thirsty

Ever drinking

All in mail

Never clinking

What am I?