Level 26ers,

Thanks to everyone who submitted for the Riddle contest! Now it’s time to vote. Please submit your vote HERE.

The deadline for voting is Wednesday, August 11 at 11:59 PM. We’ll announce the winners on Friday.

To see the answers, simply use your cursor to highlight the empty space next to the word “Answer.”

Here are the riddle submissions:

Female Prodigy:

My body tapers nice and neat

with but one eye I am complete
you'd judge me by my equipage

the greatest warrior of the age
For when you have surveyed me round

nothing but steel is to be found

yet men I never was known to kill

but ladies blood I often spill

What am I?

Answer: Needle

If wisdom be ascribed to age,
I surely am the greatest sage;
for my antiquity I trace,
higher than any Welchman's race:
I was with Adam at the first,
I witnessed his return to dust;
with Noah too I did embark,

to make the voyage in the ark;

and all the famous men of old,

whose feats are either sung or told,

with me their early course begun,

and closed with me their setting sun.

To all, my lessons I impart

seeking to mend each wayward heart;

and my assistance ever lend 
to those who will themselves befriend,

but such as would my influence shun,

sooner or later are undone;

they often wish me far away,

and blame and chide my lingering stay;

Yet when their wish is crowned at last,

and weeks, and months, and years are past
they strangely of my flight complain,

and vainly wish me back again.
but when my presence is neglected,

and all my favors are rejected,

I leave the doubters to deplore,
for I return to them no more.

What am I?

Answer: Time

Jason Hall:

I can run, but never walk,

Often a murmur, never talk, I have a bed but never sleep, I have a mouth but never eat.


What am I?

Answer: River

The maker doesn't need it, the buyer doesn't use it. The user uses it without knowing. 


What is it?

Answer: A coffin

KATH MURPHY:

I am terrifying and fear-inspiring, and the physical world cannot touch me...and when I'm finished,  you may not even REMEMBER ME...

What am I?

Answer: A nightmare

Police report to a scene...they find a dead man in an alley.  There is a bullet hole in his head; next to him the gun that killed him (with HIS fingerprints), a handkerchief, and a tape recorder.  The message on the tape recorder:
"I'm sorry, but I must end my life.  I'm in debt, and don't know how to get out of it--I'm sorry."  A few seconds later, the gun is heard going off.

Why did the detectives begin a homicide investigation as opposed to a suicide??

Answer:

1) The tape recorder was at the beginning of the message--and you can hear the gunshot...so someone ELSE was there; dead guys don't hit REWIND.

2) Individuals that commit Suicide DON'T USE HANDKERCHIEFS--but murderers use them to put the gun in the dude's hand so HIS fingerprints are ON THE GUN.

A second-string paparazzi is attempting to get into an event; he's not on THE LIST.  He's already attempted to get in twice and is having a difficult time figuring out how to get past the HUGE bouncer,  who tells him, "Three Strikes, and you're out...but if you can figure it out, you're in--good luck."  He stands near the door, listening to what the bouncer asks the people in the line:

The first guy comes up.  The Bouncer says simply, "12".  He answers, "6".  The bouncer unhooks the rope and lets him in.  There was one more group of girls left in line, and then, the photog.  The girls are up.  The bouncer says, "6".  The girls giggle and screech "3!!!"  The bouncer lets the group of girls into the event. 

The photographer, by now with a MAJOR COCKY SWAGGER, ambles up, and says to the Bouncer,  "Okay, asshole, gimme your best shot!!"   The bouncer says, "No problem...8." The photographer smiles, and says..."FOUR!!"   The Bouncer turns around, goes back inside, slamming the door with the photographer looking at the door, with a shocked look on his face...

WHAT SHOULD HIS ANSWER HAVE BEEN?

Answer: Five. 12 = twelve = 6 letters, 6 = six = 3 letters, 8 = eight = 5 letters

20Lucky_7:

What do you call it, when someone is murdered, everyone knows, and nobody sheds a tear?

Answer: Justice


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