I am housing assigned for enlisted or brass;
I can help you do laundry, or park with no pass;
I’m divided semesters for college kids’ class,
And then afterwards something they put in a glass.
Who am I?
UPDATE: Riddle solved by Annalisa. See comments for answer.
Well, I’m off on vacation, and so I’ll be away from the blog for a few days.
I’ve posted some extra “content” this morning, and of course, here’s another Shakespeare Teacher Special Feature!
The rules are almost identical to the last Shakespeare Teacher Special Feature. Here’s how it breaks down:
Use the comments section below to register any and all answers, discussion, and comments. I won’t be around for the next couple of days to moderate this, so please work together. If someone posts an answer you think is right, go ahead and say so and offer some words of encouragement. Also, feel free to pass this along to anyone you think may be interested. Here is the direct link.
The Riddles:
1. In stone primitive natural dwellings we lurk;
We think GEICO’s campaign was designed by a jerk;
But we’ve picked up a sitcom – a programming quirk;
And stay plural we must for this puzzle to work.
Who are we? (7 letters)
2. I’m a bag where potatoes are kept by the pound;
When your boss decides he doesn’t want you around;
If you hit me at night, you’ll be soon sleeping sound;
And I’ll bring any quarterback straight to the ground.
Who am I? (4 letters)
3. I’m the first in the spectrum that split light creates;
In the ledger, my presence a loss indicates;
I’m far left in the East, but I’m right in the States;
And the Hanrahan prefix in stories by Yeats.
Who am I? (3 letters)
4. I’m the boyfriend to Barbie who’s dapper and neat;
I’m the junior in baseball who’s primed to compete;
I’m the Cuckoo’s Nest novelist, sort of a beat;
And the Jeopardy champ who accomplished a feat.
Who am I? (3 letters)
So the solutions to this feature are four riddle answers, one magic word, three play titles, and up to 26 Conundrum words.
Good luck!
UPDATE: Riddles 1-4, Circles A, B, C, and the magic word all solved by Annalisa. Conundrum answers provided by Annalisa (22) and, in my own special way, me (4). See comments for all answers.
Archimedes once tested me in a gold crown;
I’m one book of the seven in J.K.’s renown;
When I’m low, I could cause a whole sales force to frown;
But when music’s too loud, you just might turn me down!
Who am I?
UPDATE: Riddle solved by Brian. See comments for answer.
I’m the train that leaves first and I local stops skip;
When a thought in your mind becomes words on your lip;
An American card that Americans zip;
And in package delivery, fast is the trip.
Who am I?
UPDATE: Riddle solved by Annalisa. See comments for answer.
I’m a bad break in baseball; in bowling, a boon;
I’m how labor gets management changing its tune;
When you hit with a fist, or deploy a platoon;
Or how grandfather clocks would announce that it’s noon.
Who am I?
UPDATE: Riddle solved by Andrew. See comments for answer.
I’ve been on an anagram kick lately, so I thought I’d try something different this morning.
There are two Thursday Morning Riddles this week. The riddles are anagrams of each other.
While incumbent, I one in one hundred remain;
States elect me to allocate funds I’ll sustain;
I look trustworthy, work’s can-do, let me explain;
I thumped beatable foes, held the latest campaign.Who am I?
Shift around the letters, and it becomes:
I’m that act when enlisted men seem to rebel;
Aim to mutinies, or if when captured you tell;
That pained book, as Ann Coulter’s expecting, should sell;
Like that infamous Benedict Arnold as well.Who am I?
The answers, of course, will be anagrams of each other as well.
Enjoy!
UPDATE: Both riddles solved by Annalisa. See comments for answers.
In game’s mimic heroic, I’m solids Platonic;
I make picnic foods cubic, not spheric or conic;
I’m a comic demonic, who might be ironic;
And a job-picking tactic to search electronic.
Who am I?
UPDATE: Riddle solved by Lee. See comments for answer.
I joined Shakespeare in love without knowing someday
That an actress in Princess and Devil would play,
As she’s sharing her name with me, and has a way
Of rephrasing that phrase as my husband might say.
Who am I?
UPDATE: Riddle solved by DeLisa. See comments for answer.
Well, I’m off to the Shakespeare Teacher institute. I’m very excited about being a part of this, but it means that I may have to step away from the blog for a few days. I’ll post when I can, but I’ll probably be more interested in blogging about the institute than in keeping up with my regular features.
But what if I could once again leave behind just one post that combines my most popular regular features for the week? Why, we’d just have to call that Shakespeare Teacher Special Feature II: The Magic Word! Here’s how it breaks down:
(Actually, the letters that form the magic word can form several words, but only one of the combinations will make sense to fill in the blank below.)
Use the comments section below to register any and all answers, discussion, and comments. I won’t be around much the next couple of days to moderate this, so please work together. If someone posts an answer you think is right, go ahead and say so and offer some words of encouragement. Also, feel free to pass this along to anyone you think may be interested. Here is the direct link.
The Riddles:
1. I’m a town or a bar where they might serve a sling;
The condition of clothing you might need to wring;
I’m a nurse that gives milk to another’s offspring;
And I’m slippery roads as Bon Jovi might sing.
Who am I? (3 letters)
2. Elementary I, eighty-eight on the table;
In the dorm or the lab, I’m a student who’s able;
I’m the god of the sun in Egyptians’ old fable;
And you say me three times when you hope your team’s stable.
Who am I? (2 letters)
3. I am found in Gerardo’s distinct greatest hit;
In a fifty-first state we may someday admit;
I am laws for when businessmen aren’t legit;
And a player in Just Cause who’s violent a bit.
Who am I? (4 letters)
4. I’m a poet Romantic and Mary’s fond spouse;
I am Ratcliffe’s own dog in a film by the Mouse;
I’m where Arafat’s death watch caused many to grouse;
And I’m surname to Hotspur – Northumberland’s house.
Who am I? (5 letters)
So the solutions to this feature are four riddle answers, one magic word, three play titles, and up to 26 Conundrum words.
Good luck!
UPDATE: Riddles 1-4, Circles A, B, C, and the magic word all solved by Annalisa. Conundrum answers provided by Annalisa (15) and me (5). See comments for answers. 6 letters still open.
I am purple for vets, and I bleed in a dove;
I’ve a diamond below, and a club just above;
I’m what Senators gotta have miles (and miles) of;
And I’m Crazy On You, and ask What About Love?
Who am I?
UPDATE: Riddle solved by Ro. See comments for answer.