Riddles, enigmas and such

Thread Games
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Anybody got a good riddle, poser or enigma? Post a new one or an old favorite.

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There’s a popular supermarket product whose name supposedly comes from the word an employee at the company used to describe its first proposed packaging. Hint: the name of the product is the same as the descriptive word, minus its last letter. What’s the product?

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No idea - Bump

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Charmin?

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Got it. Do you have one panache45?

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Company that went out of biz because its name was thought to be racist when in fact it represented a combination of the two founders’ names? Maybe we should spoiler the answer so the poster doesn’t have to answer later etc.?

Sambo’s was an American restaurant chain, started in 1957 by Sam Battistone Sr. and Newell Bohnett in Santa Barbara, California.[1] Though the name was taken from portions of the names of its founders, the chain soon found itself associated with The Story of Little Black Sambo .

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I drive a car whose name means “a movie like Easy Rider,” when spoonerized. What kind of car do I drive?

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  • I drive a car whose name means “a movie like Easy Rider,” when spoonerized. What kind of car do I drive?

Just keep posting riddles!

  • What kind of bear can be spelled out using only two letters
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I fly when it is sunny
I fly in the storm
When night is upon you
I come through the floor

What am I?

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I am thinking of a number. Spelled out it is nine letters long, one word, and 5 of the letters are vowels (a,e,i,o, or u). What is the number?

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This surname has five consecutive consonants. Off the top of my head I can think of three unrelated famous people who have it—it’s not exotic. Hint: it could be broken into two ordinary English words.

Armstrong…r, m, s, t, r. Neil, Louis, Lance.

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Could you clarify what you mean by “kind”? body style? make? model? country of origin?

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Make/model.

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I am thinking of a common two word phrase that is this pattern: C- - - - M - - -.

Hint: Each letter is repeated.

What common phrase is it.

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Bit of a stretch but…Polar Bear? (the letters being N & S).

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Not a bad guess, but that it s not the bear.

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Panda! (P & A)

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Yes! You got it!

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Is it a car one is pretty likely to see in the US?

And are they on the road now?

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Yes and yes.

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Where am I?

The first letter is the same as the last letter.
The fourth letter is the same as the second letter
The sixth letter is the same as the first letter.

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Is it heat? Sun rays when it is sunny, lightning in a storm, and heat rising at night without a source from above?

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Let’s try that again. Is it heat for the reasons above?