Clever Riddles/Puzzles

[SharPhoe]

1. My thunder comes before the lightning;
My lightning comes before the clouds;
My rain dries all the land it touches.
What am I?

2. What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?

3.What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

4. You can have me but cannot hold me;
Gain me and quickly lose me.
If treated with care I can be great,
And if betrayed I will break.
What am I?

1. ...I've heard this one before, but I've forgotten the answer.

2. Paint.

3. A frog.

4. Trust/Faith.

 

[Flap Jack452]

1. My thunder comes before the lightning;
My lightning comes before the clouds;
My rain dries all the land it touches.
What am I?

2. What kind of coat can only be put on when wet?

3.What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

4. You can have me but cannot hold me;
Gain me and quickly lose me.
If treated with care I can be great,
And if betrayed I will break.
What am I?

1. ...I've heard this one before, but I've forgotten the answer.

2. Paint.

3. A frog.

4. Trust/Faith.

All correct, except for frog. I was looking for kangaroo but I guess frog still fits the description.

 

[WolfMage]

Okay, I've got an easy classic:

What has a foot on each end and one in the middle?

Yardstick.

Ok, I got one:

Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?

 

[Noamuth]

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."

Human ambition... haha

Hee, no.

It is a bit.. Vague. I'm hopping offline for a bit, but I'll check answers when I get back.

This seems like a variation of another riddle I've heard...mostly just have to pay attention to the first two lines, the last ones are there for poetic reasons, it seems.

Spoiler

Tomorrow.

Correct~

 

[MrSinisterMK]

This thread is really interesting. ^.^

This riddle is easy, but I like it:

"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."

Tomorrow

 

[Earthbound]

Yardstick.

Ok, I got one:

Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?

Why? The men were wearing scuba suits, of course. *Adjusts monacle*

I apologize if this has already been asked.

It is at the end of time,
the start of eternity,
and at the very core of forever.
What is it?

 

[WolfMage]

1. My thunder comes before the lightning;
My lightning comes before the clouds;
My rain dries all the land it touches.
What am I?

A volcano.

EDIT: Sorry person above me, you a wrong.

 

[Flap Jack452]

1. My thunder comes before the lightning;
My lightning comes before the clouds;
My rain dries all the land it touches.
What am I?

A volcano.

Correct.

 

[Flap Jack452]

It is at the end of time,
the start of eternity,
and at the very core of forever.
What is it?

Life? Hmmm thats a toughie.

 

[queensbomb]

It is at the end of time,
the start of eternity,
and at the very core of forever.
What is it?

The letter "E".

 

[Flap Jack452]

It is at the end of time,
the start of eternity,
and at the very core of forever.
What is it?

The letter "E".

hahaha nice one! I like that a lot.

 

[queensbomb]

I'll try to think of a few more here.

1. What is the longest word in the dictionary?

2. Every day the man saw his dog ran into the woods. However, he noticed that the dog never ran more than halfway into the woods. Why?

3. An island and the letter "t" have something in common. What is it?

4. What is as big as you are and yet does not weigh anything?

5. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do it?

 

[hashinta]

1: Dictionary?
2: the other half the dog is running out.

dunno the others yet.

 

[queensbomb]

1: Dictionary?
2: the other half the dog is running out.

dunno the others yet.

First one is wrong, but the second one is correct.

 

[Earthbound]

It is at the end of time,
the start of eternity,
and at the very core of forever.
What is it?

The letter "E".

Yes, it is the letter "E." I always loved that one thanks to the horribly anti-climactic ending. People usually think for a while and answer in a deep and meaningful way that shows true thought, then the joke-teller crushes that idea with the terribly simple answer.
Ah, humor.

 

[Flap Jack452]

I'll try to think of a few more here.

1. What is the longest word in the dictionary?

2. Every day the man saw his dog ran into the woods. However, he noticed that the dog never ran more than halfway into the woods. Why?

3. An island and the letter "t" have something in common. What is it?

4. What is as big as you are and yet does not weigh anything?

5. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do it?

5. Something about time zones, can't remember exactly how to explain it though.

 

[queensbomb]

I'll try to think of a few more here.

1. What is the longest word in the dictionary?

2. Every day the man saw his dog ran into the woods. However, he noticed that the dog never ran more than halfway into the woods. Why?

3. An island and the letter "t" have something in common. What is it?

4. What is as big as you are and yet does not weigh anything?

5. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do it?

5. Something about time zones, can't remember exactly how to explain it though.

It has nothing to do with time zones.

 

[CptRumGuy]

I'll try to think of a few more here.

1. What is the longest word in the dictionary?

2. Every day the man saw his dog ran into the woods. However, he noticed that the dog never ran more than halfway into the woods. Why?

3. An island and the letter "t" have something in common. What is it?

4. What is as big as you are and yet does not weigh anything?

5. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do it?

3. They are both surrounded by water.

4. I want to say your shadow, but it's not always as big as you...

5. Friday is the name of the cowboy's horse.

 

[Flap Jack452]

I'll try to think of a few more here.

1. What is the longest word in the dictionary?

2. Every day the man saw his dog ran into the woods. However, he noticed that the dog never ran more than halfway into the woods. Why?

3. An island and the letter "t" have something in common. What is it?

4. What is as big as you are and yet does not weigh anything?

5. A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do it?

4. I want to say your shadow, but it's not always as big as you...

5. Friday is the name of the cowboy's horse.

Nice one about the Cowboy, I would of never thought of that.

 

[PirateKing]

We are all little creatures and we all have different features. One of us in glass is set. Another one you'll find in jet. One of us you'll fine it tin, another one is boxed within. If the fifth you wish to see, it will never fly from you. What are we?

This one's actually by Jonathon Swift...I read all of his works after stumbling upon "A Modest Proposal." Awesome stuff, eating babies is.

Spoiler

The vowels, a e i o and u.

Good job. I actually heard this in one of the Dark Tower books. Loads of riddles in the third book.