Warlords Battlecry II
                            Riddles and Answers

                            By Steven W. Carter
                          scarter831@earthlink.net

                                Last Updated
                               July 12, 2003
                                (11 Riddles)


Q: A head but no body, a heart but no blood, leaves but no branches.  What am
   I?
A: Lettuce

Q: A sturdy back, legs four.  Once I lived, but no more.
A: Chair

Q: I die without air, yet I have no lungs.
A: Fire

Q: I have an eye but I am blind.  I’m cold and hard and never kind.  Despite
   all this you should still see.  There is always a point to me.
A: Needle

Q: I live in the oceans, rivers, and sea.  When I’m cold, I float.  When I’m
   hot, I’m free.
A: Water

Q: I run all day but cannot walk.  I have a mouth but cannot talk.  What am
   I?
A: River

Q: I touch the earth.  I touch the sky.  But if I touch you, you’ll surely
   die.
A: Lightning

Q: In summer I wear green, all day and all night.  In fall I wear yellow.  In
   winter I wear white.
A: Tree

Q: My feet are warm; my head is cold.  I never move since I’m so old.
A: Mountain

Q: Red as blood, sweet as wine.  My heart is hard but my flesh is fine.
A: Cherry

Q: White flesh above, brown gills below.  I move not an inch; in the
   darkness I grow.
A: Mushroom


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