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Blaze Magic New user 78 Posts |
I just published my first book, 101 Riddles, How To Write Them & Use Them In Your Show ( http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/11605 ).
To celebrate, I will post 10 riddles from it, and if you are the first to answer any of them, you win a free copy of the book. We will start with an easy one: "Finding food shoreward - I always take a pinch. Don't go back or forward - but sideways is a cinch." I will post the next riddle once this one has been answered. |
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GazelleR Regular user U.K. 130 Posts |
Well that is obviously a crab.
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Blaze Magic New user 78 Posts |
I just PMed you
Now that things are started, I'll make the second one a bit harder: "An army of trillions, a squad for a fee. In my death, I kill those who buy me. An assassin in your home invited. I carry out my mission burnt or lighted." |
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slowkneenuh Regular user After 5,278+ posts, only credited with 133 Posts |
Matches.
John
"A poor workman always blames his tools" |
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 18089 Posts |
Cigarettes
THE MAN THE SKEPTICS REFUSE TO TEST FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS.. The Worlds Foremost Authority on Houdini's Life after Death.....
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Blaze Magic New user 78 Posts |
Cigarettes is correct. Matches are also very close though, the main difference being that they kill people when misused, while cigarettes kill people by being used for their intended purpose. Even so, it's so close, I have PMed both of you
Third riddle: "Hollow I am - and I do not inflate. I'm always a gram - but have no weight." |
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leonard Regular user North Carolina 148 Posts |
Hologram?
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Blaze Magic New user 78 Posts |
Great job! I just sent you a pm
Fourth riddle: "You command and we obey. Yet are lashed 20,000 times a day. We come in many colours, and often match. Feeding on light when you open our hatch." |
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the Sponge Inner circle Atlanta 2785 Posts |
Eye(s)
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Blaze Magic New user 78 Posts |
Correct! I messaged you on how to get your copy of the book
Half way through: "The opposite of God am I. Beneath the ground, I place pieces of those that die." |
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ddyment Inner circle Gibsons, BC, Canada 2504 Posts |
Dog. These are pretty easy, though.
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Blaze Magic New user 78 Posts |
Correct! I tried not to make the riddles in the book too hard, as I think it's better if most people can get it if they really think about it. Plus that way, if they don't get it, when they hear the answer, they think how obvious it was, rather than complaining that it isn't fair
Next riddle: "Spinning where I'm placed. In squares I'm spaced. They argued which way I'm faced. Shrinking as I raced. Dealing with waste. I vanished and was replaced." |
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rtgreen Inner circle Portland, Oregon 1322 Posts |
OK, I'll play. Is it toilet paper?
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Blaze Magic New user 78 Posts |
It is I just sent you a copy.
7th riddle: "Tightrope walkers in a set. We get time off when it's wet." |
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Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
That riddle almost makes me think of windshield wipers, but the only way they get time off when it's wet is by throwing your schedule off because you're driving in the rain.
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Blaze Magic New user 78 Posts |
While that isn't the correct answer, it's a good guess!
If it helps, there are usually quite a few of them in a set. |
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TomasB Inner circle Sweden 1144 Posts |
Cloth pegs?
/Tomas |
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Blaze Magic New user 78 Posts |
Great job! I just PMed you.
8th riddle: "Sometimes people and I are together. But when we are apart, they are missed. Wearing my finest feather - my enemy I kissed. Taking no bow at the end - Instead I leave it. I do not bend - but he on whom I sit." |
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Scott Cram Inner circle 2678 Posts |
Is it an arrow?
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Blaze Magic New user 78 Posts |
That was fast - great job!!
9th riddle: "Though so close, I must confess. Listen to us, and you hear less." |