Trying to invent a riddle

Is it a vector? I know that two vectors, added together, are the same as one going through the middle of a parallelogram, regardless of which vector was added first. I can't relate it to the pentagon, though, since it is comprised of many vectors.

Interesting.

Does a pentagon have a length or a magnitude? ..IDK, a line.

CJC: No, but you're within the same county (broader than a ballpark).

Gleeok: Focusing on the wrong bit.

I will PM you both the answer then you can point and laugh at my deficient riddle-making skills. 😞

Here's one my friend Sphinx stump me with for almost 100 years.

I follow them by day, I follow them by night. I come in many forms, but always am the same person.
1. WHO AM I!
2. WHO DO I FOLLOW!

Wow you guys suck at riddles...
Answers
1. Death
2. Life

edit: We should move this to FOrum games
[MENTION=41785]Majora[/MENTION]
The answer is the sum isn't it.

Beautiful, but deadly, dancing the heavens, or trapped in a glass. Amber is my lodestone, the mind my home.

Have fun, and no, you can't google it.

[MENTION=42228]ZoriaRPG[/MENTION]
Mesquite Chicken!

ZoriaRPG wrote:Beautiful, but deadly, dancing the heavens, or trapped in a glass. Amber is my lodestone, the mind my home.

Have fun, and no, you can't google it.

An idea. That's my best guess.

Like soldiers of old we stand rank and file, side by side. We whisper, yet hear not though ears we have. If you choose to stand among us, you may get lost within the ranks. What are we?

Lelouche Vi Britannia wrote:An idea. That's my best guess.

Hint:

[spoiler]
It's something physical, and tangible.
[/spoiler]

Lelouche Vi Britannia wrote:Like soldiers of old we stand rank and file, side by side. We whisper, yet hear not though ears we have. If you choose to stand among us, you may get lost within the ranks. What are we?

Maize (corn)

Malaria or Mesquito

ZoriaRPG wrote:Maize (corn)

Well played.

I've got one to ask.

In marble walls as white as milk
Inside a skin as smooth as silk
Within a sea, crystal clear
A golden treasure shall appear.
No doors are there to this stronghold
Yet thieves break in to steal the gold.

TheDarkOne wrote:I've got one to ask.

In marble walls as white as milk
Inside a skin as smooth as silk
Within a sea, crystal clear
A golden treasure shall appear.
No doors are there to this stronghold
Yet thieves break in to steal the gold.

Racked my brain with this one for a fair bit. Then I realized I had a few of these for breakfast this morning... the answer is an egg.

Ok, I legitimately just made this one up. I'm not actually a poet or anything like that, but sometimes inspiration strikes. Probably an easy one but here goes...

On me you do rely,
Without me you all may die
Those in the field beg me to stay,
But say those in the city, "go away"
Enough of me and life will bloom,
Too much of me may spell your doom
My arrival makes children cry,
'Till 7 colors cross the sky

[MENTION=61206]Lelouche Vi Britannia[/MENTION]: Rain.

[MENTION=42228]ZoriaRPG[/MENTION]: Electricity.

Gleeok wrote:[MENTION=61206]Lelouche Vi Britannia[/MENTION]: Rain.

Well I did say it was easy, lol

How about this one?

The poorest have it, the richest need it, but if either were to eat it, they would slowly die.

*throws hat into the ring* I have a riddle I heard years ago.

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
Its lies behind stars and under hills. And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follow after. Ends life, kills laughter.

mrz84 wrote:*throws hat into the ring* i have a riddle i heard years ago.

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
Its lies behind stars and under hills. And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follow after. Ends life, kills laughter.

[spoiler]darkness[/spoiler]

thedarkone wrote:how about this one?

The poorest have it, the richest need it, but if either were to eat it, they would slowly die.

[spoiler]nothing???[/spoiler]

I made my own from your riddle. 😊

The richest have it, the poorest need it, but if either were to eat it, they would slowly die.

And here's one that stumped me for years:

100 coins are scattered on a table in a dark room. 90 of them have heads facing up and 10 of them have tails up. You cannot see or feel which coins have heads or tails facing up. How do you sort the coins into two piles so that there are an equal number of tails in each pile?

100 coins are scattered on a table in a dark room. 90 of them have heads facing up and 10 of them have tails up. You cannot see or feel which coins have heads or tails facing up. How do you sort the coins into two piles so that there are an equal number of tails in each pile?
[MENTION=42714]Gleeok[/MENTION]

Whelp, this one is definitely odd. After careful deliberation and brainstorming, also spreadsheets and such, I came up with the following answer...

[SPOILER]The riddle does not specify that the total size of each pile must be equal, only that each pile has an equal number of tails in each. Make two piles of coins, one containing 90 coins, and the other containing only 10. Then flip all the coins in the pile of 10.

You have 100 coins total, and only 10 are on tails. So the coins can be expressed as follows...

90H 10T

Let's say you pull all 10 tails by some miracle into your tiny little pile of 10. Once you flip them the piles will be as follows

90H and 10H. Both piles have 0 tails.

Now lets say you only pull 1 tails into your pile.

before flip, 81H and 9T / 9H and 1T
After flip 81H and 9T / 1H and 9T, so both piles have 9 coins on tails.

Lets say you grabbed 4 Tails into your pile

before flip 84H 6T / 6H 4T
after flip 84H 6T / 4H 6T, so both piles have 6 coins on tails.

As you can see due to the way the math falls, this would work for any combination of 10 coins.[/SPOILER]

You have died... my condolences on your loss....

But the afterlife was not what you were expecting; you were not bad enough to go to hell, but not good enough to go to heaven either. So it has been decided that your cleverness will determine your eternal reward....

You enter a room and the door shuts behind you, disappearing into a sheer wall. Ahead of you, you see two angels. Both of the angels sit upon small pedestals and look exactly the same, identical twins in every respect. On each side of the room is a single door, both closed. As you step forward you see a small pedestal before you with a note on it. It reads as follows...

Know ye who have entered here that thy mind shalt be tested. If ye can pass this test, ye shall ascend to heaven, but if ye fail, ye shall find only oblivion in the depths of Gehenna.

The angels before thee have been chosen by God. One of the will ALWAYS speak the truth, and the other will ALWAYS lie. Nothing shall indicate to thee which is which.

The doors are important as well, for one shall lead thee to the high heavens, while the other shall lead thee to the depths of hell. You may open only one door.

You may ask but one question. This question may be directed to both angels, or only one at your desire, but only one question may be asked. Based on the answer to this question you must choose which door to open. Good luck.

What do you do?

Ask of the first angel (henceforth #1) "Would the other angel (#2) tell me that the door on the left leads to Heaven?"

If #1 answers yes, then the other door leads to Heaven. If #2 is telling the truth, then #1 is lying about what #2's answer would be, so the answer would therefore be no. If #1 is telling the truth, then #2 is lying, and the answer would again be no.

If #1 answers no, then the reverse applies and the answer is yes.