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RIDDLE
Q: WHAT KIND OF COAT IS MADE WITHOUT BUTTONS AND PUT ON WET?
A: A COAT OF PAINT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HARDWARE (A) ; STATE OF BEING (Q) ; WEARABLE (Q) NOTIONS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 11-09-1967
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT NEVER ASKS QUESTIONS BUT DEMANDS MANY ANSWERS?
A: A DOORBELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER RELATED MATTER (Q) ; HARDWARE (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT HAS MANY ANSWERS BUT ASKS NO QUESTIONS.
A: A DOORBELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED MATTER (Q) ; HARDWARE (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CARPENTER'S RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS THE NAME OF A CARPENTER'S TOOL THAT CAN ALSO BE SPELLED
BACKWARDS?
A: LEVEL
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED MATTER (Q) ; HARDWARE (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MIZSLE - LITHUANIAN RIDDLE
Q: LIBA DIENG, ZIBA NAKTIZ. IT SHINES BY DAY, IT SHINES BY NIGHT.
A: LANGAS - A WINDOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HARDWARE (A) ; LITERAL NONOPPOSITIONAL ; STATE OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS BLIND AND DUMB, HAS NO TONGUE,
BUT SPEAKS SEVERAL LANGUAGES?
A: A PEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED MATTER. (Q) ; PART OF THE BODY (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS ROUND, CONSTANTLY MOVING AND 75% BLUE?
A: THE EARTH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN GEOGRAPHY CLASS.
Keyword(s): NUMBERS AND MEASUREMENTS (Q) COLOR ; STATES OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
RIDDLE
Q: THE MORE YOU FEED IT/ THE MORE IT WILL GROW HIGH/ BUT IF YOU
GIVE IT WATER,/ THEN IT WILL GO AND DIE.
A: FIRE.
Data entry tech comment: ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS IN THE 5 X 8 CARD FILES.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; NATURAL PHENOMENA (Q) ; STATES OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS GREEN AND WHITE AND COLD ALL OVER?
A: GRASS WITH SNOW ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LITERAL ; NATURAL PHENOMENA (A) ; STATES OF BEING (Q) COLOR
James Callow Keyword(s): WORD-PLAY: PUN ON "GOLD"
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 11-28-1967
MIZSLE - LITHUANIAN RIDDLE
Q: TEVAS NEGIMES, SUNUS PRAZILEZS - THE FATHER IS UNBORN, THE SON
IS GRAY-HAIRED.
A: DUMAI - SMOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NATURAL PHENOMENA (A) ; PERSONS (Q) ; STATES OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-20-1968
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT HAS FIVE LETTERS BUT WHEN YOU TAKE TWO AWAY HAS ONE?
A: THE WORD STONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED ; NUMBERS AND MEASUREMENTS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
RIDDLE
Q: NAKED ITSELF YET IT DRESSES OTHERS.
A: A NEEDLE.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; ANTITHETICAL ; NOTION ITEMS (A) ; STATES OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS ROUND ON THE END AND HIGH IN THE MIDDLE?
A: C-H-I-C
Data entry tech comment: ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS IN THE 5 X 8 CARD FILES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): LITERAL ; PARTICULAR AREAS (A) ; STATES OF BEING (Q)
James Callow Keyword(s): ENVELOPE PARALLELISM ; OHIO
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NON ORAL RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS THIS? .
A: A GHOST WITH A CINDER IN HIS EYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED MATTER (Q) ; PERSONS (A) ; VISUAL
James Callow Keyword(s): VISUAL RIDDLE -- PERIOD OR DOT ON PAPER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
RIDDLE
Q: I AM SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS INCREASES, THE MORE I AM SHARED WITH
OTHERS. WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM?
A: HAPPINESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; CAUSAL ; PERSONS (Q) ; STATES OF BEING (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
Q: I HAVE SOMETHING BUT I DON'T HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT I'D LIKE
TO HAVE IN ORDER NOT TO HAVE WHAT I HAVE. WHAT ARE THEY?
A: HUNGER AND FOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; ANTITHETICAL OPPOSITIONAL ; STATES OF BEING (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 09-25-1968
MIZSLE - LITHUANIAN RIDDLE
Q: KO DIEVAS NETURE? - WHAT DOESN T GOD HAVE?
A: NUODEMES - SIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHETICAL ; PERSONS (Q) GOD ; STATES OF BEING (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
AN UNANSWERABLE RIDDLE
Q: WHICH CAME FIRST , THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG?
A: (UNANSWERABLE)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS (Q) ; ANTITHETICAL ; EATABLES (Q) ; STATES OF BEING (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT PUTS THE WHITE LINES ON THE OCEAN ?
A: AN OCEAN LINER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NATURAL PHENOMENA (Q) ; STATE OF BEING (Q) COLOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT BREAD THAT IS BLACK AND HARD IS IT THAT YOU CAN T EAT?
A: FRYING PAN.
Submitter comment:
N.B. THE ABOVE IS A PLAY ON WORDS. THE JAPANESE HAVE TAKEN THE
ENGLISH, FRYING PAN, INTO THEIR LANGUAGE BUT PRONOUNCE
IT "FURAIPAN.".
PAN IS ALSO THE JAPANESE WORD FROM THE FRENCH FOR BREAD. IN THIS
RIDDLE THE FRYING PAN (FURAIPAN) IS USED AS BREAD PAN.
INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN AND LEARNED ABOVE FROM HIS CHILDREN.
Keyword(s): EATABLES (Q) ; STATE OF BEING (Q) COLOR ; UTENSILS (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 07-28-1964