The Riddle Game

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

I guess you could fill the 3 gallon jug, pore it into the 5 gallon jug giving 3 gallons of water in 5 gallon jug....then fill the 3 gallon jug up....pore water into the 5 gallon jug until the 5 gallon jug is fill....this leaves 5 gallons in the 5 gallon jug & 1 gallon in the 3 gallon jug....pore the contents of the 5 gallon jug out....pore the 3 gallon jug (with 1 gallon in it) into the 5 gallon jug....fill the 3 gallon jug completely....pore the contents of the 3 gallon jug into 5 gallon jug & hey presto, you have 4 gallons in your 5 gallon jug

probably complicated that, but seems right to me....

Glad to have you on board. You , my friend, are correct.


On we move to the next riddle:



Gaze at this sentence for just about sixty seconds and then explain what makes it quite different from the average sentence.
Quick! What is it?

[Jugs]

it contains all 26 letters of the alphabet

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

it contains all 26 letters of the alphabet

Great!


Moving on:

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?

[Mentally Hilarious]

A flower or vegetable of some kind. One that has 'man' in the name.

[Nick]

A snow man!

[The X]

sounds about right Nick

[cklitsie]

A snow man!

google?

[Nick]

If i was googling, you'd think i would've got the last bunch that i've attempted right...

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

A snow man!

Spot on. Well done.

Next up:


A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed. What is it?

[Cloudy]

Suicide?

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

Suicide?

Hmm... I must start finding some harder ones... You are correct
.

Let's see:


Here is a group of three. One is sitting down and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to her, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and vanishes never to return. What are they?

[cklitsie]

If i was googling, you'd think i would've got the last bunch that i've attempted right...

Not accusing, just wondering. To me that answer seems impossible to just come up with, pretty much the hardest riddle in the whole thread.

[Jackal]

You are standing by a river with a 5-gallon jug and a 3-gallon jug, but you need exactly 4 gallons of water. Using only the 2 jugs you have, how can you measure out 4 gallons?

That one was used in Die Hard 3: Die Hard with a Vengeance.

[Cable]

Are they some kind of statue(s) Dweaver?

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

Are they some kind of statue(s) Dweaver?

No. You can find them in some homes. And all three go together.

[Cable]

Still thinking. If it's some kind of Greek-only thing, you better watch out

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

Still thinking. If it's some kind of Greek-only thing, you better watch out

Less smart-ass comments, more thinking. Works for most people.

Additional hint: If the first one is doing what it is supposed to be doing, the other two follow suit, If it is not, it just stands there all alone.

[Nick]

If i was googling, you'd think i would've got the last bunch that i've attempted right...

Not accusing, just wondering. To me that answer seems impossible to just come up with, pretty much the hardest riddle in the whole thread.

You think? I thought it was one of the easier ones... The last line gave it away for me... It made me think it had something to do with winter or melting, then the first line let me know it was a man... So i just put 2 and 2 together.

EDIT: This next riddle makes me think of some kind of plant. But i'm stumped...

[Jackal]

It's a oven/gaspit. It produces fire & from fire comes smoke.

The oven just sits there, the fire eats the more you 'feed' it & the smoke vanishes.

[Cable]

Damn you're good Jack

[Jackal]

His hints are pretty good, I just sat here & checked off all the stuff we had in our house.

I was thinking sound system, since it sits there, you feed it CD's & it plays music that vanishes but you can't forever feed it CD's.

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

It's a oven/gaspit. It produces fire & from fire comes smoke.

The oven just sits there, the fire eats the more you 'feed' it & the smoke vanishes.

I had 'stove' in mind, but it'll have to do. You are the winner.


Last one for tonight:


I have two rings, and I move by request.
If the mixture is not right, I just sit at rest.
What am I?

[The Other Kevin]

Preacher/justace of the peace at a weading?

[Jackal]

Hooped ear-rings? (It's 3.30 a.m. tis the first thing that came to mind.)

Edit: How can you mix a preacher?

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

Nope, to both.

Metal is involved, though.