BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Riddles!

**Posted by SebbyM** June 26, 2014 6:32 pm

Well, as you wish, but let's make a game of it. The one who got the right answer gets a point, and can say to which sherlock character the point shall go, the character with the most points wins!
Here's the riddle: I have a head but no arms. I have a tail but no legs. I am not alive, but I help people live. What am I?

**Posted by SebbyM** June 26, 2014 6:38 pm

@ Russel: I.T. -> no "r" in the word it that's a very cool one

**Posted by Russell** June 26, 2014 6:51 pm

Ha…. I figured someone would have heard it before!
Yours is a coin, right?

**Posted by SebbyM** June 26, 2014 7:07 pm

Yes, right answer! to who does the point go to?

**Posted by Russell** June 26, 2014 7:27 pm

Ah! Pressure!! . . . . . Sherlock.
How about - "What asks, but never answers?"

**Posted by SebbyM** June 26, 2014 7:35 pm

Hmmm, is it an owl?

**Posted by Mattlocked** June 26, 2014 7:46 pm

Question mark?

**Posted by MartaSt** June 26, 2014 7:46 pm

Maybe echo?

**Posted by Russell** June 27, 2014 4:14 am

Sorry, I was at work! I found that riddle online, and yes! An owl! Whoo-woo!
But I don't think the author considered your other answers… they win too, in my book!
(and Mattlocked, you fondly reminded me of that hilarious game, I believed popularized/often used by the improv show Who's Line Is It Anyway, where you can speak in nothing but questions)

**Posted by saturnR** June 27, 2014 5:43 am

PS shouldn't this be in the Sherlock Games section?

**Posted by SebbyM** June 27, 2014 2:20 pm

Yes maybe, I didn't put it there because it wasn't really sherlock related in the beginning! Should I change it??

**Posted by SebbyM** June 27, 2014 4:37 pm

I wear a crown and on my throne I sit with friends and not alone. If I should die I cannot lie. I'm gone for good, so what am I?

**Posted by besleybean** June 27, 2014 4:39 pm

Tooth?

**Posted by SebbyM** June 27, 2014 5:33 pm

Correct!

**Posted by besleybean** June 27, 2014 7:34 pm

Cheers...do I have to think of one?(That's why I don't play these games!)
Ok.
This is a bit obscure, so shout at me if need be!
I am plastic, with a slot and can be punched or thick.
What am I?

**Posted by SebbyM** June 27, 2014 7:49 pm

Of course you don't have to pick one if you don't like to!

**Posted by besleybean** June 27, 2014 8:07 pm

Well I tried, but it's a bit rubbish...feel free to post an alternative!

**Posted by SebbyM** June 27, 2014 9:07 pm

No no, that's not what I meant, it's more than fine! I didn't find the answer yet but if I had to guess I'd say: a stapler?

**Posted by besleybean** June 27, 2014 9:08 pm

No, but you're in thr right department...so to speak!

**Posted by saturnR** June 28, 2014 12:08 am

Hole-puncher?