Riddles and Puzzles

[compo]

A Riddle
Long I've roamed a course unerring
Never seeing where I go
Where I've been nobody visits
But everyone has been there, though
I can't be stopped, deterred or severed
And can't be seen but for an aid
I'll kill you all without attrition
But without me there's nothing made
Threescore bits you might control me
'Tis but illusion, I can't be held
Though monks and scholars might ingore me
I reappear when they sound their bell
If recalled, you might describe me
but never twice your words the same
Think on me as I slip by thee
Deliver now. What is my name?

I have seen this before so know the answer.

I am ready for my breakfast!

 

[compo]

What do you see once a year, not a month, but twice a week???

EEee bah gum.

 

[classic33]

I have seen this before so know the answer.

I am ready for my breakfast!

No.

 

[AndyRM]

A Riddle
Long I've roamed a course unerring
Never seeing where I go
Where I've been nobody visits
But everyone has been there, though
I can't be stopped, deterred or severed
And can't be seen but for an aid
I'll kill you all without attrition
But without me there's nothing made
Threescore bits you might control me
'Tis but illusion, I can't be held
Though monks and scholars might ingore me
I reappear when they sound their bell
If recalled, you might describe me
but never twice your words the same
Think on me as I slip by thee
Deliver now. What is my name?

Time?

 

[AndyRM]

Trees
Ten little trees stand in a row
None are from seeds, in darkness they grow.
Ten more standing near, all in a cave.
Precious to all, these trees we can save.
Twenty young trees, deciduous leaves.
When one dies someone cries. When all die no one grieves.
Twenty young trees, none sown by hand,
From no seed did they spring, yet all planted by man.

I know this one too, but I'll not answer unless nobody gets it.

 

[classic33]

I know this one too, but I'll not answer unless nobody gets it.

Thanks.

 

[welsh dragon]

I know this one too, but I'll not answer unless nobody gets it.

Smart arse.

 

[classic33]

Getting Even with an Odd Sequence
List the next 3 numbers in this sequence: 23, 11, 6, 3, ...

 

[classic33]

THERE ARE TWO ERRORS IN THE
THE TITLE OF THIS PUZZLE

The paper boy on the corner of 42nd and Broadway in Times Square was hawking his wares:

"Extry, Extry, Read all about it: Five men swindled today on the streets of New York!"

The businessman was in a hurry, but the possibility of being swindled worried him a bit, so he bought a paper.
Quickly he scanned the headlines and major stories on the front page. No mention was made of a swindle.
Angrily he returned to the corner where the boy was selling his papers.
As he approached, the boy's words could be heard, still loudly and clearly:

"Extry, Extry, Read all about it: Six men swindled today on the streets of New York!"​

Have you found the two errors?​

 

[AndyRM]

THERE ARE TWO ERRORS IN THE
THE TITLE OF THIS PUZZLE

The paper boy on the corner of 42nd and Broadway in Times Square was hawking his wares:

"Extry, Extry, Read all about it: Five men swindled today on the streets of New York!"

The businessman was in a hurry, but the possibility of being swindled worried him a bit, so he bought a paper.
Quickly he scanned the headlines and major stories on the front page. No mention was made of a swindle.
Angrily he returned to the corner where the boy was selling his papers.
As he approached, the boy's words could be heard, still loudly and clearly:

"Extry, Extry, Read all about it: Six men swindled today on the streets of New York!"​

Have you found the two errors?​

1 - The repetition of 'the'

2 - The title itself, there is only one error

 

[classic33]

What time is it?
"What time is it, Rory?" asked Cory one lazy day.
"When I checked my watch this morning, the hour hand was where the minute hand is now, and the minute hand was one minute before where the hour hand now sits. I notice both hands are now at exact minute divisions."
What is the time now? When did Rory check this morning?

 

[compo]

THERE ARE TWO ERRORS IN THE
THE TITLE OF THIS PUZZLE

The paper boy on the corner of 42nd and Broadway in Times Square was hawking his wares:

"Extry, Extry, Read all about it: Five men swindled today on the streets of New York!"

The businessman was in a hurry, but the possibility of being swindled worried him a bit, so he bought a paper.
Quickly he scanned the headlines and major stories on the front page. No mention was made of a swindle.
Angrily he returned to the corner where the boy was selling his papers.
As he approached, the boy's words could be heard, still loudly and clearly:

"Extry, Extry, Read all about it: Six men swindled today on the streets of New York!"​

Have you found the two errors?​

Was it five people swindled or six.

 

[classic33]

Was it five people swindled or six.

The man returning saying there was no report as described by the lad selling the papers became number six.

 

[Kestevan]

Getting Even with an Odd Sequence
List the next 3 numbers in this sequence: 23, 11, 6, 3, ...

2,1,1

 

[classic33]

2,1,1

No.