Riddle Thread!

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Riddle Thread!

Riddle Thread!

One CBer tells a riddle, and the person who guesses it gives the next one, so on and so forth.

(No looking up answers, please.)

 

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end and the end of every place? 

submitted by Alias
(March 3, 2015 - 1:00 pm)

Answer: E

Riddle: Soft as a feather, light as a flower, but the strongest man can't hold it for a quarter of an hour. 

(I'll top after I post this. I like this thread idea!) 

submitted by hotairballoon
(March 3, 2015 - 3:03 pm)

Thanks!

I asked my friend. I know the answer, now, but for  fairness' sake, I shall not tell . . .

 

 

 

submitted by Alias
(March 3, 2015 - 4:37 pm)

Your breath!

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die in a manner of five seconds. What is it?

submitted by St.Owl
(March 3, 2015 - 5:54 pm)

I've heard this riddle before, but never with the five seconds part. Is it 'nothing'?

submitted by Alias
(March 3, 2015 - 6:55 pm)

Nothing!

There were 5 girls and 5 apples. The apples are in a basket. Each girl takes an apple. There's one apple left. How's this possible?  

submitted by Ellie, age 12, Place of riddles
(March 3, 2015 - 7:48 pm)

Is it because one girl is holding the basket? If so;

What herb heals all?

submitted by Alias
(March 3, 2015 - 8:45 pm)

Nothing!

 What two items can be held in the palm of a hand, but together can fill an entire room?

submitted by True
(March 3, 2015 - 8:10 pm)

Um...

two very large balloons? 

submitted by Somebody, age Who cares, Secret HQ
(March 4, 2015 - 12:19 am)

Either candles or matches.

What tastes better than it smells? 

submitted by Butterfly
(March 4, 2015 - 12:40 pm)

_

submitted by top, age 96,587,124, topland
(March 3, 2015 - 3:05 pm)

Top.

submitted by Top
(March 3, 2015 - 3:35 pm)

A match and lighter. (In response to True)

What has a mouth but does not talk, has a bed but never sleeps, always runs and never walks?

submitted by hotairballoon
(March 4, 2015 - 11:51 am)

A river!

submitted by Ellie , age 12, Place of riddles
(March 4, 2015 - 1:28 pm)

Yep!

Laughing 

submitted by hotairballoon
(March 4, 2015 - 2:00 pm)

To clear things up:

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"What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place?"

| Asked by: Alias | Answered by: hotairballoon |

"Soft as a feather, light as a flower, but the strongest man can't hold it for a quarter of an hour."

| Asked by: hotairballoon | Answered by: St.Owl | 

"Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you'll die (in a manner of five seconds)."

| Asked by: St.Owl | Answered by: Ellie, Alias & True |

"There were five girls and five apples. The apples are in a basket. Each girl takes an apple. There's still one apple left. How is this possible?"

| Asked by: Ellie | Answered by: N/A |

"What herb heals all?"

| Asked by: Alias | Answered by: N/A | 

"What two items can be held in the palm of your hand, but together fill an entire room?"

| Asked by: True | Answered by: hotairballoon & Butterfly |

"What tastes better than it smells?"

| Asked by: Butterfly | Answered by: N/A | 

"What has a mouth but cannot talk, has a bed but never sleeps, always runs and never walks?"

| Asked by: hotairballoon | Answered by: Ellie | 

We have a lot of splitting paths here.

Ellie's, Alias' and Butterfly's have not been answered. Multiple riddles have been answered by 2+ people. 

 

submitted by Anonymous
(March 4, 2015 - 2:11 pm)