Riddle Posts

Hey Everyone! Have you seen these Riddle Posts? Riddle posts can be found in random locations throughout the world. They appear to be little boxes atop a post set in the ground. They are roughly the height of a 17hh horse. These boxes can be found in an array of colors including purple, red, blue, and green.

Riddle posts can hold math problems, math series, riddles, puns, history facts, or scrambled words that must be solved. It's best if you practice this, or you're in a grade where you've already been through this topic, or is in this topic.

An example of a Medium Math Problem would be:

((15-19)+(1\*5))\*((1\*1)\*(16-11)) = ??

This type of math problem requires the use of the order of operations! If you don't know how to do this or you need a refresher, just use a search engine to search for "math order of operations" and there are sure to be plenty of guides and videos to help.

Here is an example of a Medium Math Series:

57, 59, 63, 69, 77, ??

Sometimes they count down and sometimes they count up. The goal is to find the last number in the series. The answer to this series was "87".

## Easy

### Category: Things

**Question:** OALCLR
**Answer:** collar
### Category: Astronomy

**Question:** What is the largest planet in the Solar System?
**Answer:** Jupiter
### Category: Botany

**Question:** A very thick root used for storing large quantities of starch is called a what?
**Answer:** Tuber
### Category: Classic

**Question:** Whats Black and white and Read all over?
**Answer:** newspaper
### Category: History

**Question:** Which king was known as "The Lionheart?"
**Answer:** Richard I
**Question**: "The Star Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of what country?
**Answer** United States
### Category: Horses

**Question:** Stock Saddles have this feature which sport saddles lack. Although pressing down on it will not make a sound!
**Answer:** Horn
### Category: Math

**Question:** What is the percent equivalent of 5/5?
**Answer:** 100%
**Question:** Continue the series: 29, 29, 30, 32, 35, ??
**Answer:** 39
**Question:** Continue the series: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ??

**Answer:** 5

### Category: Miscellany

**Question:** What's the name for a bandage on a pumpkin?
**Answer:** a pumpkin patch

### Category: Science

**Question:** Afraid of horses?! Why would you be? But if you are, you have this.
**Answer:** Equinophobia
**Question:** Ichthyology is the study of what?
**Answer:** Fish
### Category: Story

**Question:** Felicity the Elk has a pet tarantula that can crawl 16 meters in one minute. How far can the tarantula go in 9 minutes?
**Answer:** 144
### Category: Zoology

**Question:** What is the smallest bird?
**Answer:** bee hummingbird
**Question:** What common pet is a member of the weasel family?

**Answer:** ferret

## Medium

### Category: Botany

**Question:** What kind of plant grows again from its roots each year after dying back the previous fall?
**Answer:** Perennial
### Category: History

**Question:** What was the normal play speed for a "single" record?
**Answer:** 45 RPM
### Category: Horse Isle

**Question:** This sweltering heat's got me beat! A nice oasis might be a nice treat. Where am I?
**Answer:** Desert
### Category: Horses

**Question:** I'm usually free and wild, but as you can see, with training I can be mild. What breed would I be?
**Answer:** Mustang
### Category: Math

**Question:** In the equation 2x+17=21, what is the value of x?
**Answer:** 2
**Question:** ((18-18)\*(1\*20))\*((1\*6)+15-11))=??
**Answer:** 0
**Question:** ((1\*11)+(23-4))-((8-4)/(20-19))=??
**Answer:** 26
**Question:** ((40/2)-(1\*19))\*((1\*16)-(15-2))=??
**Answer:** 3

**Question:** ((79+11)/(1+9))+((-3+9)+(1\*3))=??

**Answer:** 18

**Question:** Continue the series: 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, ??
**Answer:** 22
**Question:** Continue the series: 13, 21, 29, 37, 45, ??
**Answer:** 53
**Question:** Continue the series: 58, 63, 70, 79, 90, ??
**Answer:** 103
### Category: Miscellany

**Question:** Mary's mother had 4 daughters. May, June, July, and......?
**Answer:** Mary

**Question:** What do you get when you cross a fish and a grizzly?
**Answer:** Bearacuda
**Question:** At work I am called a thatcher. What do I make?

**Answer:** Rooves

### Category: Pets

**Question:** A group of snakes is called a \_\_\_\_.
**Answer:** Pit
### Category: Science

**Question:** Dendrology is the study of what?
**Answer:** Trees
### Category: Story

**Question:** One pound of spaghetti is enough to feed 3 adults or one teenager. If I have 4 pounds of spaghetti, how many adults can I feed?
**Answer:** 12
**Question:** As part of my exercise routine, I walk 260 steps in the morning, and 330 steps in the afternoon. After 4 days, how many steps will have I taken?
**Answer:** 2360
## Hard

### Category: Anagram

#### **Question:** iidefhcrr hzecistne

**Answer:** Friedrich Nietzsche

**Question**: FWOLLO TEH LYOWEL RBKIC AROD
**Answer**: Follow the yellow brick road
### Category: Horses

**Question:** This Irish war horse was used as a cavalry mount as recently as World War 1 instead of pulling a plough like its name might suggest.
**Answer:** Irish Draught
### Category: Language

**Question:** How do you say "Good Morning" in French? (direct translation)
**Answer:** Bon Matin
### Category: Math Series

**Question:** Continue the series: 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, ??
**Answer:** 89
**Question:** Continue the series: -512, 256, -128, 64, -32, ??
**Answer:**16
**Question:** -4131, 1377, -459, 153, -51, ??
**Answer:** 17
**Question:** 9, 19, 28, 47, 75, ??
**Answer:** 122

**Question:** 29, 36, 46, 59, 75, ??
**Answer:** 94
### Category: Things

**Question:** With one you can't count past six, nor can the gap between v and x be fixed. You can read all of these lines, but can't say what solves me.
**Answer:** Syllable
### Category: Zoology

**Question:** What do you call a cat who has more than the usual number of toes?
**Answer:** Polydactyl
### Category: Miscellany

**Question:** Two places i grow, one high, one low. I'm not a Little Rascal, but food for a horse- a nice mouthful!
**Answer:** Alfalfa
**Question:** Round like an apple, deep like a cup, yet all the king’s horses cannot pull it up.
**Answer:** Well

## Hard Scramble

**Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers**

**Salernitano**

**Tennessee Walking Horse**

**The journey is the adventure**

**Zamorano Leones**

**Louis Pasteur**

## *Unknown Difficulty* Scramble

**Irish Sport Horse**

**Israeli Local Horse**

**Saqlawi Arabian**