Riddle me this

[FotoPlasma]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Ughh.. Riddles.

But this one should get me one etra credit point in my English class.
How well do you know your classic literature?

"What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?"

A man.
Four feet (hands and knees, crawling) in the morning of life (childhood).
Two feet in the middle of life.
Three feet (feet and a cane) in the evening of life (elderlyhood?).

Never read Oedipus, though. I heard it somewhere else.

I can run but never walk. I have a mouth but never talk. I have a bed but
never sleep. I have a head but never weep.

[Lisa Perez]

I can run but never walk. I have a mouth but never talk. I have a bed but
never sleep. I have a head but never weep.

(What is ) a river

[Bcahn836]

A bucket is sitting out in the rain. If the wind begins to blow and rain starts falling at an angle, will the bucket fill up faster or slower, or will the rate of filling remain the same?

(a) Faster

(b) Slower

(c) Would fill at the same rate

[Astronouth7303]

either b or c.

[Melissa Nute]

I think C.

[Astronouth7303]

Right. C because the 'opening area' is the same.

I'm putting my money down on C.

[LauraN]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

Right. C because the 'opening area' is the same.

I'm putting my money down on C.

I say C as well, but that almost seems too easy....hmmm...

[Venkatesh]

It will decrease, because the wind just blew the bucket away. =)

[Bcahn836]

Originally Posted by LauraN

I say C as well, but that almost seems too easy....hmmm...

C is correct!

ok try this one;

if you drop a steel ball weighing five pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall more rapidly through water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

(a) The ball will fall more rapidly through water 20 degrees Fahrenheit
(b) The ball will fall more rapidly through water 40 degrees Fahrenheit
(c) Both would fall at the same rate

[FotoPlasma]

B. Water's a solid at 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

[Lisa Perez]

Originally Posted by FotoPlasma

B. Water's a solid at 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

Well.. technically..

Doesn't it depend on the atmospheric pressure? Water won't freeze at certain pressures, even if it's at 20 degrees. *Nerdy AP Chem moment of the day*

So technically couldn't the answer be both? Hehe. Ok I'll shut up now

[Bcahn836]

Originally Posted by FotoPlasma

B. Water's a solid at 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

correct!

[Jake177]

This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel:
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.

Extra credit if you know where it's from.

[FotoPlasma]

Originally Posted by Jake177

This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel:
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.

Extra credit if you know where it's from.

Time. The Hobbit?

When is a door not a door?

[Leon Machado IV]

Originally Posted by FotoPlasma

A man.
Four feet (hands and knees, crawling) in the morning of life (childhood).
Two feet in the middle of life.
Three feet (feet and a cane) in the evening of life (elderlyhood?).

Never read Oedipus, though. I heard it somewhere else.

I can run but never walk. I have a mouth but never talk. I have a bed but
never sleep. I have a head but never weep.

Yep, that's the riddle of the sphinx. Retold in greek mythology and other mythologies as well. Very very famous and equally as old.