riddles

[hydrometeor]

Preceded God, and greater than God. More evil than the devil. Poor people have it, rich people need it. If you eat it you will die. what is it?



First think of a person who lives in disguises who deals with secrets and tells nought but lies.
Next tell me what's always last to mend.
The middle of middle and the end of end.
And finally give me the sound often heard during the search of a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together and answer me this which creature would you be unwilling to kiss



2 in a corner,
1 in a room,
0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter.
What am I?



A lady was in a shop and she shot someone, put them under water, dried them, and in 5 minutes went to have lunch with them. How is that possible?



Jane's father has four daughters.
East, West and North. Who is the 4th one?

 

[xcellerate]

Jane's father has four daughters.
East, West and North. Who is the 4th one?

jane.

A lady was in a shop and she shot someone, put them under water, dried them, and in 5 minutes went to have lunch with them. How is that possible?

is it an actor's workshop?

2 in a corner,
1 in a room,
0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter.
What am I?

the letter 'r'?

Preceded God, and greater than God. More evil than the devil. Poor people have it, rich people need it. If you eat it you will die. what is it?

nothing.

and I don't know that last one

 

[Pesmerga]

Preceded God, and greater than God. More evil than the devil. Poor people have it, rich people need it. If you eat it you will die. what is it?

Nothing.

First think of a person who lives in disguises who deals with secrets and tells nought but lies.
Next tell me what's always last to mend.
The middle of middle and the end of end.
And finally give me the sound often heard during the search of a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together and answer me this which creature would you be unwilling to kiss

A spider

A lady was in a shop and she shot someone, put them under water, dried them, and in 5 minutes went to have lunch with them. How is that possible?

She photographed them.

2 in a corner,
1 in a room,
0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter.
What am I?

The letter 'r'

Jane's father has four daughters.
East, West and North. Who is the 4th one?

Jane.

 

[Kula Meenur]

Problem solved :upstare:

 

[Darkside55]

I should've expected something out of you, Riddler! You've been laying low the past few months, but I've prepped for your nefarious schemes.

You're using children's riddles; I know you're craftier than that, so the clues must be within the riddles, or in obscure information about the riddles.

The answer to the first is, of course, nothing; but you wouldn't be after "nothing." There's a statistic about this riddle I'm aware of: 80% of kindergarten students figured it out when asked, but only 5% of Stanford graduates. And the Riddler, as someone who values higher knowledge, must be targeting something at Stanford!

The next riddle is a "spider"; spy, d, er; spider. This riddle was featured in a Harry Potter book; the sphinx asked this riddle. Therefore, what you're after is a book, and not just any book--a book on Egyptology! But why?

The next answer is R. R, the beginning letter of Ra, the great Egyptian god of the sun. But wait...Ra...no...Ra's...Ra's al Ghul! You fiend, you're working with my greatest enemy?! This must mean there is a Lazarus pit somewhere in Egypt!

The next answer is a picture...a map, perhaps? Or a picture of an excavation site located in Stanford's world-class Egyptology library, acquired only weeks ago?

The final answer is Jane. You are without dependents, and Ra's has only two daughters, neither of which are named Jane...but there IS a book on ancient Egypt written by author Jane Pofahl! Her book must be what you're after!

Oh, Nygma, once again your compulsion shall be your undoing!

Robin, to the Batmobile!

 

[Pesmerga]

Darkside has way too much time on his hands. But damn, he can certainly make shit up from nothing.

 

[Bulletbrain]

I should've expected something out of you, Riddler! You've been laying low the past few months, but I've prepped for your nefarious schemes.

You're using children's riddles; I know you're craftier than that, so the clues must be within the riddles, or in obscure information about the riddles.

The answer to the first is, of course, nothing; but you wouldn't be after "nothing." There's a statistic about this riddle I'm aware of: 80% of kindergarten students figured it out when asked, but only 5% of Stanford graduates. And the Riddler, as someone who values higher knowledge, must be targeting something at Stanford!

The next riddle is a "spider"; spy, d, er; spider. This riddle was featured in a Harry Potter book; the sphinx asked this riddle. Therefore, what you're after is a book, and not just any book--a book on Egyptology! But why?

The next answer is R. R, the beginning letter of Ra, the great Egyptian god of the sun. But wait...Ra...no...Ra's...Ra's al Ghul! You fiend, you're working with my greatest enemy?! This must mean there is a Lazarus pit somewhere in Egypt!

The next answer is a picture...a map, perhaps? Or a picture of an excavation site located in Stanford's world-class Egyptology library, acquired only weeks ago?

The final answer is Jane. You are without dependents, and Ra's has only two daughters, neither of which are named Jane...but there IS a book on ancient Egypt written by author Jane Pofahl! Her book must be what you're after!

Oh, Nygma, once again your compulsion shall be your undoing!

Robin, to the Batmobile!

Awesome.

 

[Kula Meenur]

I should've expected something out of you, Riddler! You've been laying low the past few months, but I've prepped for your nefarious schemes.

You're using children's riddles; I know you're craftier than that, so the clues must be within the riddles, or in obscure information about the riddles.

The answer to the first is, of course, nothing; but you wouldn't be after "nothing." There's a statistic about this riddle I'm aware of: 80% of kindergarten students figured it out when asked, but only 5% of Stanford graduates. And the Riddler, as someone who values higher knowledge, must be targeting something at Stanford!

The next riddle is a "spider"; spy, d, er; spider. This riddle was featured in a Harry Potter book; the sphinx asked this riddle. Therefore, what you're after is a book, and not just any book--a book on Egyptology! But why?

The next answer is R. R, the beginning letter of Ra, the great Egyptian god of the sun. But wait...Ra...no...Ra's...Ra's al Ghul! You fiend, you're working with my greatest enemy?! This must mean there is a Lazarus pit somewhere in Egypt!

The next answer is a picture...a map, perhaps? Or a picture of an excavation site located in Stanford's world-class Egyptology library, acquired only weeks ago?

The final answer is Jane. You are without dependents, and Ra's has only two daughters, neither of which are named Jane...but there IS a book on ancient Egypt written by author Jane Pofahl! Her book must be what you're after!

Oh, Nygma, once again your compulsion shall be your undoing!

Robin, to the Batmobile!

Oh god i lol'd hard.

 

[Jintor]

My turn to step up to the plate, you flying Rodent.

A man rides his horse to town on Friday. Stays for three days, and leaves on Friday. How can that be?



I stand beside the holy man,
The royal couple fears my wrath,
No-one moves the way I can,
Forever on a crooked path.



The beginning of eternity,
the end of time and space,
the beginning of every end,
and the end of every place.



This thing all things devours,
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers.
Gnaws iron, bites steel,
Grinds hard stones down to meal.
Slays kings, ruins towns,
And it beats high mountains down.

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

1) The horse is called Friday

3) E

4) Time

 

[Kula Meenur]

2) regarding chess, a knight i think

 

[Darkside55]

With the Riddler locked away in Arkham, and Ra's having mysteriously vanished, it appears we're dealing with a copycat criminal, Robin. Someone who either idolizes the Riddler or has aspirations of taking his spot in the rogue's gallery.

The first clue here is not within the riddles at all, but in his introduction. "My turn to step up to the plate." This is a common idiom meaning, "to try one's hand at something," but it can also mean "to take responsibility for." This leads me to believe that the crime he's attempting to commit will be motivated out of revenge for not receiving credit, or the perception that he did not receive due credit. Nygma had a similar gripe with his former employer Dan Mockridge over licensing rights; therefore, our copycat is possibly targeting a single individual or a company.

The horse's name is Friday.

A knight in chess.

The letter "e."

Time.

I'm certain Nygma gave me a similar riddle before, but the only connection between the two would be to further copy the Riddler, and in using the same puzzles attempt to throw us off. No, this is a completely different case...

A crime always has to have motive, a place and time, and the plan itself. We already have motive, although we don't know who the target is. And these clues aren't presenting themselves in a linear order, or any sort of set pattern. We'll have to mix them around and look at them.

The last two clues..."e" and "time." E, time. E is the fifth letter of the alphabet; put them together and you have five time, 5-time, as in a 5-time champion.

The second clue deals with chess; the knight itself is unimportant, the main focus of the answer is chess. A little digging revealed that there is a 5-time world champion chess player--a computer program called the Shredder 8. The Shredder 8 has defeated all competition, both human AND computer. I can imagine that might cause its creator to be the recipient of some enmity. And judging by the motive, we're obviously dealing with a software writer, someone who feels their program should outclass and outshine the Shredder 8. Someone who feels they didn't get their due.

The pieces are falling into place. Now all we need is a time and place. "Friday" is too vague and too simple...so simple in fact that it's also meant to throw us off! The key here is not Friday, but that the horse was named Friday. The horse, the symbol of the chess knight. And considering this is a grudge over chess-playing software, this obviously ties in to one of the first chess-playing machines, the Turk. Though later proved to be a hoax, the Turk was said to be a machine so advanced it could complete the knight's tour, a mathematical puzzle where the player must move the knight to occupy each square once and only once. The Turk was unveiled in the old Austrian-Hungarian Empire, which was then split up.

Robin, our criminal means to attack an upcoming chess tournament in Eastern-Europe as payback for his program being outshadowed! We have to compile a list of all upcoming chess tournaments in the region and stop him before he gets the chance.

Checkmate, criminal!

 

[kineaesth]

DARKSIDE​

is now the best at this.

This is the internet.

Darkside is the best at it.

 

[Jintor]

Agreed. Darkseid has won the internets.

Anyway...

Dear Darkseid, or possibly Batman.

First, a simple riddle. Answer this freely.

What is this word? If it's spelled right, it's spelled wrong, and if spelled wrong is spelled right.

Most simple, inept fool. Surely even you may solve that.

Secondly.

As a Green Lantern is flying through Sector 35-04B, he is captured by a group of hostile humanoids and deprived of his ring. He is given a choice as to how he shall die, by making a single statement. If the statement is true, he is ripped apart by wild animals, or the nearest equivilant. If the statement is false, he is fried in the lava of the nearest planet. What statement may he make to save himself?

Thirdly.

The more you take, the more you leave behind.

Fourthly.

Light as a feather, nothing is in it,
The strongest man can't hold it for much more than a minute.

And fifth and finally.


Decapitate me and all becomes equal. Then truncate me and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started.

What am I?

 

[Pesmerga]

What is this word? If it's spelled right, it's spelled wrong, and if spelled wrong is spelled right.

"Wrong"

 

[Darkside55]

Darkseid. I'd hoped we'd seen the last of you after the Brainiac incident, but I can see I was wrong; which, coincidently, is the answer to your first riddle: wrong.

Which is also the way this is being handled. You don't fight Darkseid with words...

...you fight Darkseid with fists! I'm not up to playing your games this time. I won't see any more lives endangered. You want to go, let's go.

But in the interest of fairness, I'll solve the rest of your riddles.

The answer to the second is to say, "you will throw me in the lava." This makes his statement true, but that means they should have fed him to wild animals. They have no choice but to release him.

The next is steps. You'll find I don't have to comply with that answer, as I can fly.

The next answer is breath, but you'll also find that I defy that answer as well.

Your final answer is seven. Remove the first letter and it's even. Remove the bottom and it's eve--Eve, the second human. Take away the ends and you have V, Roman for five, and two less than seven.

Now I have a riddle for you, Darkseid:

What happens when the last son of Krypton really cuts loose?

 

[Druckles]

I should've expected something out of you, Riddler! You've been laying low the past few months, but I've prepped for your nefarious schemes.

You're using children's riddles; I know you're craftier than that, so the clues must be within the riddles, or in obscure information about the riddles.

The answer to the first is, of course, nothing; but you wouldn't be after "nothing." There's a statistic about this riddle I'm aware of: 80% of kindergarten students figured it out when asked, but only 5% of Stanford graduates. And the Riddler, as someone who values higher knowledge, must be targeting something at Stanford!

The next riddle is a "spider"; spy, d, er; spider. This riddle was featured in a Harry Potter book; the sphinx asked this riddle. Therefore, what you're after is a book, and not just any book--a book on Egyptology! But why?

The next answer is R. R, the beginning letter of Ra, the great Egyptian god of the sun. But wait...Ra...no...Ra's...Ra's al Ghul! You fiend, you're working with my greatest enemy?! This must mean there is a Lazarus pit somewhere in Egypt!

The next answer is a picture...a map, perhaps? Or a picture of an excavation site located in Stanford's world-class Egyptology library, acquired only weeks ago?

The final answer is Jane. You are without dependents, and Ra's has only two daughters, neither of which are named Jane...but there IS a book on ancient Egypt written by author Jane Pofahl! Her book must be what you're after!

Oh, Nygma, once again your compulsion shall be your undoing!

Robin, to the Batmobile!

My god... I love you

(In a platonic sense of course)