h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Even if you're too late to make the deadline.

http://www.coudal.com/thefish.php

A great site in general, by the way. Check out the Museum of Online Museums!

And before you ask: Yes, I did manage to solve it (or at least, I think I did) in less than an hour.

Ooohhh, this is a difficult one !

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three
rooms.

a) The first is full of raging fires,
b) the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and,
c) the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years.

Which room is safest for him?

C

Lions are all dead ??!!

i found the answer on the brain teaser, and emailed it. Wonder if I'm right or not =D Wont spoil it here though =)

I must get started on it. Have you found out if you're right

Correct chips

Thank you Will

I'm in your ear.
I'm in your nose.
I'm on your head, dead,
But yet I grow.
What am I?

Hair

What are the next 3 letters in this riddle?
o t t f f s s _ _ _

stumped

Oh really Will, I've waited 39 minutes for you to get out of that queue and all you can say is stumped. Too much cricket watching my lad

The answer is ent. I've lost the original now, but I think it refers to the first letter of the nos 1 - 10

Here's another one.......

What loses a head in the morning,
but gains a head at night?

I don';t watch cricket

A spot?

A pillow (?)


What lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its roots upwards?

I got the answer to the fish thing in 15 mins, but I want to check it...can we post the answer somewhere?

Yeah Unchartered - a pillow

Shuck but a spot is funnier

A riddle from Tolkien's The Hobbit:

This thing all things devours,
Birds, Beasts, Trees, And Flowers,
Gnaws iron, bites steel,
Grinds hard stones to meal,
Slays king, Ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.

Volcano