Brain training (riddles and codes)

[c-square]

Okay, here's one:

What the mayor said after she found out that Valentine's Day was canceled.

Answer:

_ _ _ ' _  _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ ?

(Hint, the answer is a palindrome)

[Umandsf]

Spoiler:

Won't lovers revolt now?

Wow, I can't believe I spent over 20 minutes trying to figure this out.

[Callid]

If you know the story you know the answer.

What have I got in my pocket?

It...
It can't be!
Only about 50% of you know this story? Has no one ever read The Lord Of The Rings? I'm ... I'm shocked!
If it were from the Silmarrilion ("What does Turambar mean"?), OK, but it's actually from LotR...
*tries to get a hold of himself*

[c-square]

Spoiler:

Won't lovers revolt now?

Wow, I can't believe I spent over 20 minutes trying to figure this out.

Pin pon!  Very nicely done.

[bluekaitou1412]

I don't know if these were asked before. I'm too lazy to check.

They're from Stephen King's Dark Tower Volume IV, Magician and Glass, some are fairly easy, though:

Spoiler:

What is the difference between a grandmother and a granary? What is the difference between a cat and a complex sentence?

What has four wheels and flies?

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a head but never weeps?

What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night?

No sooner than broken, What is it?

Give me to drink and I die. What am I?

I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I?

As light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What is it?

If you break me, I'll not stop working. If you can touch me, my work is done. If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after. What am I?

What may go up a chimney down but cannot go down a chimney up?

One of us in glass is set; one of us you'll find in jet. Another you may see in tin, and a fourth is boxed within. Id the fifth you should pursue, it can never fly from you. What are we?

I have a hundred legs but cannot stand, a long neck but no head; I ease the maid's life. What am I?

Cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind the stars and beneath the hills. Ends life and kills laughter. What is it?

The thing runs but cannot walk, sometimes sings but never talks. Lacks arms, has hands; lacks a head but has a face. What is it?

What build up castles, tears down mountains, makes some blind, helps others to see?

What lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward?

Man walks over; man walks under; in time of war he burns asunder?

What has eyes yet cannot see?

In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it?

Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they?

I am emeralds and diamonds, lost by the moon. I am found by the sun and picked up soon. What am I?

With no wings, I fly. With no eyes I see. With no arms I climb. More frightening than any beast, stronger than any foe. I am cunning, ruthless, and tall; in the end I rule all. What am I?

JUST 4 FUN:

When is a door not a door?

Why do people go to bed?

Why did the dead baby cross the road?

Of course, it's no good if you already read the book.

[c-square]

What has four wheels and flies?

Spoiler:

A garbage truck?

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a head but never weeps?

Spoiler:

A river?

I have a hundred legs but cannot stand, a long neck but no head; I ease the maid's life. What am I?

Spoiler:

A mop?

The thing runs but cannot walk, sometimes sings but never talks. Lacks arms, has hands; lacks a head but has a face. What is it?

Spoiler:

A clock?

What lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward?

Spoiler:

Stalagmites?

[bluekaitou1412]

All right except the last one, c-square

Although your answer is a bit similar.

[c-square]

All right except the last one, c-square

Although your answer is a bit similar.

Oops, if the roots grow upwards, then it must be

Spoiler:

Icicles!

[bluekaitou1412]

All right except the last one, c-square

Although your answer is a bit similar.

Oops, if the roots grow upwards, then it must be

Spoiler:

Icicles!

Right you are!

[bankterminator]

Give me to drink and I die. What am I?

Spoiler:

fire?

As light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What is it?

Spoiler:

Breath(it was mentioned before)

What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night?

Spoiler:

a human ( i think it was: he crawls out of bed, walks in the afternoon, uses a (stick?) to walk

What has eyes yet cannot see?

Spoiler:

i have two answers: potatoes and go eyes( in german when a player has two eyes in go his stones are safe( sorry for the bad explanation)

I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I?

Spoiler:

wind?

[sstimson]

I have a hundred legs but cannot stand, a long neck but no head; I ease the maid's life. What am I?

Spoiler:

A mop?

Might the answer also be a

Spoiler:

Broom

?

[Rellik]

Cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind the stars and beneath the hills. Ends life and kills laughter. What is it?

Spoiler:

darkness?

[bluekaitou1412]

Give me to drink and I die. What am I?

Spoiler:

fire?

As light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long. What is it?

Spoiler:

Breath(it was mentioned before)

What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night?

Spoiler:

a human ( i think it was: he crawls out of bed, walks in the afternoon, uses a (stick?) to walk

What has eyes yet cannot see?

Spoiler:

i have two answers: potatoes and go eyes( in german when a player has two eyes in go his stones are safe( sorry for the bad explanation)

I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I?

Spoiler:

wind?

All correct. btw, the fourth one you answered have more than 5 correct answers, I think.


sstimson and Rellik are also right with their answers.

[c-square]

SORRY! I cannot make a spoiler, something's wrong with my computer!

The spoiler button is now the radioactive symbol () in the set of buttons above where you type your message.

[MouriRann]

If you break me, I'll not stop working. If you can touch me, my work is done. If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after. What am I?
What has eyes yet cannot see?

Spoiler:

a heart

Spoiler:

a needle, a popato or a hurricane