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omarbelloutiworld · 5 years ago

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100 difficult riddles & Answers that kids and families will love

1. When you do not know what I am, then I am something. But when you know what I am, then I am nothing. What am I? A RIDDLE

2. You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I? A REFLECTION

3. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I? FOOTSTEPS

4. When I am released to the wind, you look away and you pretend, but away your friends I will send. What am I? A FART

5. What English word has three consecutive double letters? BOOKKEEPER

6. Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out? STOP IMAGINING

7. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters? QUEUE

8. When you have me, you feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you don't have me. What am I? A SECRET

9. A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why? HE IS PLAYING MONOPOLY

10. An English word has six letters, remove one letter, and twelve remains. What am I? DOZENS

11. What question can you never answer yes to? ARE YOU ASLEEP?

12. What invention lets you look right through a wall? A WINDOW

13. What s as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man couldn't hold it for more than a minute? HIS BREATH

14. What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years? THE LETTER M.

15. I never ask questions but am always answered. What am I? A DOORBELL

16. If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?

- IT'S CHEAPER TO TAKE TWO FRIENDS AT THE SAME TIME. IN THIS CASE, YOU WOULD ONLY BEBUYING THREE TICKETS, WHERE AS IF YOU TAKE THE SAME FRIEND TWICE YOU ARE BUYING FOUR TICKETS.

17. What gets bigger every time you take from it? A HOLE

18. What is full of holes, but can still hold a lot of water? A SPONGE

19. Which came first the chicken or the egg?

THE EGG. DINOSAURS LAID EGGS BEFORE THE REWERE ANY CHICKENS

20. No matter how much rain comes down on it, it won't get any wetter. What is it? WATER

21. I'm flat when I'm new. I'm fat when you use me. I release my gas when something sharp touches me. What am I? A BALLOON

22. Three times what number is no larger than two times that same number? 0

23. What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it? AN ANCHOR

24. I cannot hear or even see, but sense light and sounds that may be. Sometimes I end up on the hook, or even deep into a book. What am I?A WORM

25. Which ring is square? A BOXINGRING

26. Why are manholes round instead of square?

IF THEY'RE SQUARE IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE COVER TO SLIP DOWN THE HOLE (DIAGONALLY). A ROUND MAN HOLE CAN NOT FALL DOWN NO MATTER WHICH WAY IT IS ROTATED BECAUSE IT'S WIDTH IN ANY DIRECTION IS GREATER THAN THE OPENING ON THE HOLE.

27. What tastes better than it smells? YOUR TONGUE

28. At night, they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they? THE STARS

29. The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it? DARKNESS

30. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it? A TEAPOT

31. Say my name and I disappear. What am I? SILENCE

32. What is it that after you take away the whole, some still remains? WHOLE SOME

33. Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I? TON

34. I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I? A PIANO

35. My first is twice in apple but not once in tart. My second is in liver but not in heart. My third is in giant and also in ghost. Whole I’m best when I am roast. What am I? A PIG

36. Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word. BSAINXLEATNTEARS BANANAS(REMOVED SIX LETTERS)

37. What has four wheels and flies? GARBAGE TRUCK

38. What has a forest but no trees, cities but no people and rivers but no water? MAP

39. Runs smoother than any rhyme, loves to fall but cannot climb. What am I? WATER

40. Take me and scratch my head. What once was red, is black instead. What am I? A MATCH

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

42. It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it? BEETLE

43. I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I? A DICTIONARY

44. How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 ft. long and 4 ft. wide? NONE – IT IS A HOLE

45. Name all the numbers from 1 – 100, which have the letter ‘A’ in their spellings? NONE

46. What kind of coat is always wet when you put it on? A COAT OF PAINT

47. What kind of cheese is made backwards? EDAM

48. What can you hold in your right hand but never in your left hand? YOUR LEFT HAND

49. During what month do people sleep the least? FEBRUARY

50. What can never be placed in a sauce pan? ITS LID

51. I am always there, some distance away, somewhere between land or sea and sky I lay. You may move towards me, but distant I will stay. What am I? THE HORIZON

52. I can only live where there is light, but I die if the light shines on me. What am I? A SHADOW

53. What kind of room has no doors or windows? A MUSHROOM

54. What can you catch but not throw? A COLD

55. What has a Heart but no other organs? A DECK OF CARDS

56. Two people are born at the same moment, but they don't have the same birthdays. How could this be? THEY ARE BORN IN DIFFERENT TIME ZONES

57. What's orange and sounds like a parrot? A CARROT

58. What always goes to bed with its shoes on? A HORSE

59. How can you make 7 even? REMOVE THE S

60. What am I? A QUESTION

61. I can bring tears to your eyes; resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time. I form in an instant but I last a life time. What am I? A MEMORY

62. Mr. Smith has two children. If the older child is a boy, what are the odds that the other child is also a boy? 50 PERCENT

63. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All the sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by. What color is the bear? WHITE. IT IS A POLAR BEAR

64. What starts with an e but only has a single letter in it? ANENVELOPE

65. A girl who was just learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction but didn't break the law. How come? SHE WAS WALKING

66. If in a car race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth. How many contestants were there? 6

67. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him? THE THIRD ROOM. LIONS THAT HAVEN'T EATEN IN THREE YEARS ARE DEAD.

68. What's black and white and red all over? A NEWSPAPER

69. What flies when it's born, lies when it's alive, and runs when it's dead? A SNOWFLAKE

70. I am the only organ that named myself. What am I? THE BRAIN

71. You walk into a room with a rabbit holding a carrot, a pig eating slop, and a chimp holding a banana. Which animal in the room is the smartest?YOU

72. What always murmurs but never talks, always runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never speaks? A RIVER

73. I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which Iam never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I? A PENCIL

74. I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I? A CANDLE

75. What house can fly? A HOUSEFLY

76. What goes up and doesn't go down? YOUR AGE

77. No matter how terrible things get for the people of the Arctic, they will not eat a penguin. Why? THERE AREN'T ANY PENGUINS IN THE ARTIC

78. A group of ten people are going out for pizza but only two of them have an umbrella to keep them dry. But they manage to walk all the way to the pizza place without getting wet.How is this possible? IT ISN'T RAINING OUTSIDE

79. What runs around the house but doesn't move? A FENCE

80. What goes around the house and in the house but never touches the house? THE SUN

81. A man finds a small iron coin dated 154 B.C., what's it worth? IT IS A FAKE. NO COIN CAN SAY BC

82. There is a one-story house. The walls are blue, the floor is pink, the stove and cupboards are red. What color are the stairs? THERE AREN'T ANY STAIRS

83. Why was the baby strawberry crying? BECAUSE ITS PARENTS WERE IN A JAM

84. I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played. What am I? A JOKE

85. I can't go left, I can't go right. I am forever stuck in a building over three stories high. What am I? AN ELEVATOR

86. What goes back and forth constantly, but never in a straight line? A PENDULUM

87. What dress can you not wear? AN ADDRESS

88. What belongs to you but others use it more? YOUR NAME

89. I don’t have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thought, but am now white and empty. What am I? SKULL

90. What has hands that can’t clap? A CLOCK

91. Which three numbers have the same answer when added together and multiplied together? 1, 2 AND 3

92. What has a mouth but can't chew? A RIVER

93. How did Mark legally marry three women in Michigan, without divorcing any of them, becoming legally separated, or any of them dying? HE WAS A PRIEST

94. I have all the knowledge you have. But I am not much larger than your fist. What am I? I'M YOUR BRAIN

95. Everyone in the world needs it. They generously give it, but rarely take it. What is it? ADVICE

96. Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will. What am I? AN ONION

97. Lighter than what I am made of, more of me is hidden than is seen. What am I? AN ICEBERG

98. You heard me before, yet you hear me again, then I die, ’till you call me again. What am I? AN ECHO

99. If you were standing directly on Antarctica’s South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward? NORTH

100. What has a neck but no head? A BOTTLE

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thankyoumskobayashi · 7 years ago

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the winds of fate

@tsurugiohtori dylan and my hybrid au back at it again. we decided to combine the orb hybrid au and the geed hybrid au bc Big Sword-user Family is best and honestly raiha deserves two families who love her very much: zero, riku, aph, kei, belial, mayu, leito, rumina, and rayblood, as well as miccott, rikka, and amate.

because of reasons that havent been fully decided yet raiha was separated from her three moms like riku was from kei. even before he found a home with naomi and gai, juggler was always looking for his niece. this is the story of the tearful reunion.

it was a usual picnic with the fam. zero, belial, kei, and the kittens were out enjoying the weather and climbing trees (raiha, riku, mayu, aph) and falling out of trees (aph) and purring to heal wounds (zero and kei).

the kids had convinced read: under threat of tickle-torture belial to join them in their game, so zero and kei sat side by side, flicking flies away from the food while they cuddled against and groomed each other. it was all fun and games until a strange hybrid pounced on raiha out of nowhere.

"i've finally found you!"

already wound up from the game, raiha squeaked in surprise. zero glanced up, licking kei as he wrapped his tail around him. "i'll take care of this, hon."

zero stood up, pouncing with an ease that many humans only hoped to achieve and the hybrid celebrity world Wished it could recreate. he dug his claws into the bark, springing again to land on the same tree as raiha and the intruder.

"listen up, if you don't leave her alone i'll claw you to pieces." he hissed, his fluffy tail spreading out. he wouldnt be responsible for any more kittens going missing, starting with raiha.

"oh? and why would i do THAT?" the intruder lifted his head, staring directly into zero's beautiful brown eyes. he was daring zero to step down, because he could smell the designer shampoo all the way from where he was grooming raiha. "im surprised you even know how to climb one of these."

"tch. i'm a capable dad who doesnt let fame get in the way of the important things in life," zero snarled, leaping onto a branch beside the two with a fluorish of his tail. "i dont remember putting you in charge of grooming her."

"and i dont remember hearing raiha's moms putting you in charge of her well-being," juggler licked his hand, rubbing his ears with it smugly. he flicked one ear at zero as the major star swatted his tail. "i suppose that makes two of us then. come on raiha, we're going home."

"LIKE ....HELL ...YOU'RE ....NOT," zero spat, his fur crackling with static. "not until you tell me who you are and wha-"

"EEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIEIIEIEIEIEEIEEIEEERIEIEIEEIEIEEIEIEIEEIEIEEIEEEIEIEIEEIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIEEEEEIEIEEEEEEEEEP!" aph s c r e a m e d from the top of the tree. zero scrambled upwards, looking down at raiha in worry. what if this intruder tried to steal both kittens?

juggler scrambled to the top of the tree, and, his protective instincts flaring, zero ran after him.

aph was shivering pitifully, their fur fluffed up to thrice its usual size, their eyes wide and pupils dilated. juggler tried to move closer, but they stepped back onto a tiny branch, pressing their ears back against their head.

"aphelion!" zero said, and they froze instantly, looking down. "don't back up further."

juggler backed away, worried this kitten would fear him and fall off the tree. he started talking in a low, soothing voice. "it's alright, i'm not going to hurt you. im sorry for scaring you earlier. i've been searching for raiha for a long time because i used to live with her moms and they were sad that she was gone-"

"like kei!" aph chirped.

"huh?" juggler asked, tilting his head. bark from the branch above him fell into the silky, long fur of his ears.

"kei was separated from his son riku for years before they were reunited," zero pointed with his tail to the other adult hybrid, who was getting up to go comfort raiha.

aph was purring from fear, and zero reached up to pet them. "you're okay, dad's here."

he looked up at juggler, his fluffy ears pricked. "you've done this too."

"i have," juggler answered, flicking an ear as he turned away. "the media have tried to make it hell, but i've managed."

aphelion climbed down from the branch onto zero's branch, sniffing at juggler.

"that's why i threatened them as soon as i knew i was pregnant," zero said, sitting on his branch facing away from juggler too. "i told them if i EVER saw a single picture of my kittens published by the media, no matter how big or small the company, i would use my might to crush them." he flexed his claws and retracted them. "it was a big risk because the combined media could have crushed my career." he was quieter now.

juggler let out a sigh, the tip of his tail flickering with frustration. "sometimes i wish i had that kind of power. i told them all to shut up and leave me alone. not that it worked, of course - everyone wants a glimpse of hybrid hybrids."

aph clung to the trunk of the tree to lean over and sniff juggler. he remained where he was, so they jumped onto his branch.

"i've heard of you, you were that instant sensation who totally could have become my rival but chose his mates over fame." zero flicked his ear, trying to get a piece of leaf out of it.

aphelion sniffed the tree trunk, pretending they had totally just been exploring and Wandered their way onto this branch. juggler let out a purr.

"i've found a home." he turned around to smile at zero, showing his back to aph. "naomi and gai are where i belong now. miccott.... she has another hybrid now, and rikka. and now, if i can manage it, they'll have raiha back too." he laid back on the branch, his tail flooping back and forth in content.

aph curled up on his chest, making sure their tail-tip covered his nose. they let out a soft purr.

"i see...." zero jumped onto juggler's branch, getting out his gold-plated cell phone. "want to call raiha's moms?"

"sure," juggler said in between scratching aphelion's ears. he told zero the number, his eyes drifting closed in contentment. aphelion heard his purr and snuggled up against him, determined to purr louder.

amate picked up on the first ring. "hello?"

zero handed the phone to juggler, whose throat closed up. aph purred louder, rubbing against him.

"i-" he croaked. "it's juggler."

"are you okay, did you get hurt?" he could hear amate calling into the other room for miccot. he kept scratching behind aph's ears since they insisted.

zero scooted over so he could begin grooming juggler's tail.

"juggler!" miccot said, out of breath from running. she was on speaker phone.

"miccot, i..... you remember how i said i'd search for her until i found her?" he said quietly.

"juggler, you don't have t-"

"he has something else to say," amate told her.

"i..... i found her," he said, starting to tear up. "i found raiha."

"juggler...." miccot said, not comprehending it yet.

"are you serious," amate hissed. "juggler this is not funny."

"i'm not joking," he insisted, his voice strained. "i'll put her on." he glanced at aph and zero, who stood up to let him leap to another tree. raiha was hugging kei and crying also, and she looked up as juggler landed.

"i have your moms on the line," he said, and she snatched the phone from him.

kei sniffed juggler, smirking in amusement. "aph is certainly quite the charmer."

juggler smiled through his tears, noticing in that instant how kei's eyes were red. "you've been crying too."

"-well, i... lost riku for most of his life." he couldn't stop more tears from dripping. juggler looked like he wanted to do something but belial dropped onto the branch, shaking it. he hugged kei, wrapling his tabby tail around his mate. they shared a glance, and then three small figures appeared around juggler.

"who are you?" riku, the oldest asked.

"why are you crying," mayu asked.

"hug meeeeeeeee," aphelion demanded.

"okay," juggler said, sitting down on the branch. aphelion followed him, and mayu and riku sat next to him.

mayu was a human but she smelled like hybrids, especially zero and riku and aph. juggler decided to explain who he was first. "i'm juggler, and i've been looking for raiha."

"like riku," mayu told him. "kei was looking for him his whole life."

"exactly," juggler said, deciding to get the whole story later. "and now that i've found her again, i'm so happy i'm crying."

"like dad," riku said, wrapping his tail around mayu and juggler. juggler nodded. "thats right. i used to live with raiha's moms so-"

"will raiha go home now? will we ever see her again?" mayu asked, tugging on juggler's arm.

"can we go see her house too?" aph asked, tugging on his other arm.

"you smell like babies," riku told juggler. "can we meet them too?"

"sorry, sorry," kei said, turning to juggler. "they must be overwhelming you."

"they're fine," juggler said. "once raiha's done talking to her moms, i'll check if you can come too. this is a very personal thing for raiha and if she wants privacy we should all respect that."

they all nodded solemnly.

after that, kei wanted to hug his kittens (mayu included) so juggler left them to that. he found zero on a branch just out of earshot of raiha, watching over her.

"your kitten wants to meet my kuppies. can we meet up here later?"

"sure," zero said. "make sure raiha gets home for us."

"what are you talking about?" raiha called, done with her phone call. "you're all coming too!"

#hybrid au

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alisonfloresus · 7 years ago

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The Rise of the Citizen Journalist

Not so long ago it was an uphill battle for any aspiring news hounds, either writers or photographers to make headway. A catch twenty two situation existed in the media where you couldn’t submit copy or photos without being in a union, usually the NUJ in the case of Britain and Ireland, and you couldn’t join the union unless you earned your living from journalism. There were of course all kinds of side doors apart from straight through journalism college. Some of the guys and girls I knew concentrated on the more obscure side of the entertainment business, photographing and writing about actors, pop bands and models,and submitting work to anyone who would publish.

During my time studying Photojournalism at NYU night school I worked for a weekly free sheet , ‘Manhattan East’ that passed its self as a newspaper. It was run by a crazy fellow Irishman called Ed. (I’ll not use his family name in case I upset anyone). It was a bit of a riot. There was a secretary, a pretty but dizzy girl called Audrey, who always smelled like she’d just had a vodka break. She never showed up in the morning ’till ten at the earliest and her typing speed was like all her other speeds. Slow. Ed chose to ignore this situation, probably because he only paid ‘the staff’ (me and Audrey) ‘occasionally’. But one huge compensation made the whole thing worth while; Ed managed to get me ‘Press Credentials’.

That was back in 1979 when I started freelancing for an Irish newspaper, the ‘Sunday World’ which is still going strong today. One freezing January afternoon in a coffee shop on the West side of Central Park, I met a guy called Selwyn Levy. Selwyn was huge. He took up the entire opposite side of the table from me as he devoured a breakfast for two all by himself. We struck up a conversation and I was fascinated to hear what he did for a living. He sold movie clips to the New York TV stations. He explained how it had started. It turned out that he had always been interested in film and for this reason he had a camera with him one particular afternoon. He had also taken to listening to radio communications from the fire, police and ambulance services, following them to their destinations and often filming if the situation was sufficiently interesting.

But there was a major drawback. When he tried to sell the resulting clips to his local station he ran into union problems, and even though the piece was excellent, they couldn’t use it. Selwyn didn’t give up and found a loophole. He discovered that as long as the material he was offering was in the category of ‘Breaking News’, that is, it wasn’t anything there had been prior notice of, and, he offered it to every station in Manhattan, he was in. The TV stations couldn’t have people monitoring the emergency services and have a film crew on standby because it would be just too costly. Selwyn soon had his own team covering every gruesome incident in the city and had footage of all kinds of horrors that were way too much for TV but had a value elsewhere; like a severed head in the middle of the road and a body impaled on railings after a suicide leap. That’s where the name came from. Selwyn Levy’s business became known as ‘The Bad News Boys’, which, over time became ‘Action Movie News’ who continued to feed the New York media for many years.

Today the world has become used to everything being even more immediate. We expect to be right in the middle of wars, earthquakes and other disasters on our screens, as they’re happening. CNN has its ‘I reporters’ from around the world, user generated stories that can be anything from deadly serious to highly amusing, ordinary people sharing, discussing and voicing their opinions. We’re used to seeing clips from mobile phones of newsworthy events. We’re part of the ‘Instant’ generation.

Partly as a result of this, a new company, Demotix, was born and offers a real opportunity for anyone with the desire to showcase their abilities as reporters using stills, video and written reports. Not just in a one off situation, but to become part of a global team with the opportunity to showcase work and make money through syndication. ‘Demotix’, the name is described by the company themselves as, Named after Demotic, the form of writing used and most easily understood by the man in the Alexandrian street in 200 BC. The word ‘demotic’, meaning ‘of the people’, is still used to refer to the language of the people; today, it describes the modern language spoken by everyday Greeks. In choosing a new name for the company, we were inspired by this ancient language. Our aim is to open up journalism to the people in the modern age, just as the demotic script opened up writing in ancient Egypt. The community is presently numbered at fifteen hundred (And growing) from a hundred and ninety countries around the world. Turi Munthe is the Swedish/English CEO and founder, is based in London. Turi proudly states, “Together, we have won and been nominated for awards all over the world; have placed your images on the front pages of the New York Times , WSJ, Guardian and elsewhere, as well as CNN, NBC and the BBC; have licensed your stories to literally 100s of sites and news organisations around the globe; AP, Reuters, EPA and many others have distributed our content around the world; and we have agreements in place with resellers from Australia to Argentina.

As a means to become part of the global community of reporters and writers helping to keep democracy alive, this has to one of the best opportunities I’ve ever seen. We are indeed witnessing the rise of the ‘Citizen Journalist’.

from JournalsLINE http://journalsline.com/2017/06/19/the-rise-of-the-citizen-journalist/ from Journals LINE https://journalsline.tumblr.com/post/162006552040

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