User:Avanya/riddles

sphinx riddles

So the goal is to have between 7 and 14 correct answers out of the first 21 tried. That means each needs a minimum of 7 right and 8 wrong. ugh.

Red and Blue, Pipes and Towers, To solve a hard one might take hours!

-- Pathmaker

7/12 (on track)

I grow in waves, but not in the sea. If you like to paint, you'll need lots of me!

-- carrot

10/15 (needs more wrong)

The worst request on your list, The oracle's path makes you persist. Named for Ra's image in the sky, To find me fresh takes many tries.

-- golden sun

3/13 (needs more right)

Best formed with an artist's touch, without me you won't gather as much.

-- hatchet

4/12 (needs more right)

Seven, Four, Two and One; but you'll need even more to get me done. What am i?

-- pearl necklace

1/12 (needs more right)

A plant of royalty and of currency Geneticists pay dearly for me!

-- King's coin

4/16 (needs more right)

I cleanse the holiest of places. I certifiy partnership vows. I convince the fleeting to linger, and re-arrangement skill I endow.

-- meditation

2/12 (needs more right)

A pair bestows more endurance, A quartet for each lock and key. I glitter in statues for Bastet. I'm not rare if you sand carefully.

-- eyelet

1/11 (needs more right)

I adorn no temples or buildings Though what wears me I try to protect. I come in a spectrum of colors, Yet worthless i am to collect.

-- fish scales

3/13 (needs more right)

The speed in my name is deceiving For i take a full day to be made. And my parents' hues are quite drab Compared to my glistening shade.

-- quicksilver

5/16 (needs more right)

Sough by many, found by few. Rarer than Rubies and Roses too. Look in your harvests, you'll need 28 In order to learn to tie much stronger bait.

-- nightwing

2/11 (needs more right)

My aroma is found in some smokes and fine wines. I'm producted and consumed in big loads. I give boost to the twinkling art shows in the sky, and am used to make things explode!

-- camel dung  (answer of "dung" doesn't seem to work somehow...)

3/14 (need more right)

O cruel Egyptian masters! They keep me confined to a pit. And just when they think I'm Knot looking, They strip me of blood, skin and spit!

-- cobras  (answer of cobra doesn't seem to work ..)

2/11 (needs more right)