Riddles and Puzzles

[shouldbeinbed]

Removal In Progress
Remove my first 3 letters and you have something for catching sea creatures. Remove my last 2 letters, and you have a detailed program.
What am I?

Planet

 

[classic33]

Dubya

No.

 

[jefmcg]

Dubya

No.

Wikipedia thinks I'm right http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubya

 

[classic33]

Wikipedia thinks I'm right http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubya

Answer I have doesn't match what you gave. The slang version isn't the answer.

 

[AndyRM]

Agreed. Whilst Dubya is right, you need the full name to satisfy the riddle.

 

[AndyRM]

Common Or Not
What do all of the following have in common?
Ashes
Arizona
River
University

Phoenix

Magic?
In working my magic, I sometimes omit something. Take the word below, for example. What 2 letters did I leave out?
ZIYZWZXZI??

YZ - it's "abracadabra" backwards with letter substitution.

Removal
My last four letters are an accounting-related acronym. Remove my last three letters and my first letter, and you will lose your lunch. Remove my last three letters, and my second letter, and you have a type of exercise.
What am I?

Churlish

 

[classic33]

YZ - it's "abracadabra" backwards with letter substitution.

Alphabet reversed as well.

 

[AndyRM]

Birdman
I am a bird. Remove my last 5 letters, and you have something related to a matrix. Also, if you remove the first letter of a word that I also am, you have someone who is not a fighter.
What am I?

Pintail? Fits for the first but I'm not entirely sure how it fits the second part. What the uck?!

Superhero STUD
The superhero known as the Super Tough Untouchable Dude (aka STUD) is at work again, saving humanity from itself. He lifts a 391 pound car into the air, just a second before it runs a red light, and causes an accident. He catches a thief, who has just robbed a convenience store of £136. Later, our hero leaps into the ocean, diving 51 feet down to save a drowning swimmer. When he emerges, he gives the beautiful woman mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and 85 seconds later, she is coughing, but on her way to recovery.
What is the number of people who cheered STUD on as he saved the woman's life?

17?

 

[classic33]

Pintail? Fits for the first but I'm not entirely sure how it fits the second part. What the uck?!



17?

One out of two.

 

[AndyRM]

... Which one?

 

[jefmcg]

must be 17. The other is a plover

(but I don't get it .... all the numbers are multiples of 17, but ....what?)

 

[AndyRM]

must be 17. The other is a plover

(but I don't get it .... all the numbers are multiples of 17, but ....what?)

Never heard of a plover, good call.

Agreed on the 17 front. It's not really... well, a riddle or a puzzle. It's just working something out for no reason.

 

[classic33]

must be 17. The other is a plover

(but I don't get it .... all the numbers are multiples of 17, but ....what?)

Not Quite.

 

[classic33]

... Which one?

That'd make it too easy!

 

[AndyRM]

That'd make it too easy!

Not really.

I'll stop multiple answering. Where is your god now?!