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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trevalon Moonleirion" data-source="post: 157338" data-attributes="member: 492">What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?!Well, here are some really old verbal riddles I got from playing Might and Magic III....LOL They're pretty easy though. Answers are in italicsThe more there is of me, the less you see of me?  What am I?darknessWhat is nothing but holes tied to holes, yet is as strong as iron?a chainAutomatically it's done, I don't have to think, it darkens my world for a bit. It comes and it passes quick as a wink, with a two-fold, cleansing flit. What is it?BlinkA window they seem, that leads to no corridor, their color's lucid like a gem.Reflections they cast, though not a mirror, beauty resides within them.What are they?eyesHere's some from one of those puzzle a day calender I think...i cant remember the source of all of these things in my riddle file.As I was going to St. IvesI met a man with seven wives.Each wife had seven sacks.Each sack had seven cats.Each cat had seven kittens.Kittens, cats, sacks, and wives,How many were going to St. Ives?oneChoose the correct letter from each clue in the rhyme below.  When put in order the six letter will spell the answer to the riddle.My first is in seek but not in leak.My second is in find but not in peak.My third in look you’ll always see.My fourth in vase but not in tree.My fifth in brave but not in bold.My last in rose but not in hold.My whole is valued by young and old.SILVERSir Thomas has 100 blue bottles hanging in his chamber wall.  He gives his sister Katherine one-fourth of them.  Then he accidentally breaks 15 of them while practicing his sword stroke.  He gives half of what is left to his lord for decoration.  How many does Sir Thomas still have?30 (He gives 25 to Katherine, leaving 75.  He breaks 15, leaving 60, then gives half, or 30, away.  He has 30 left.)</blockquote>

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