From the Riddle du Jour contest at www.dujour.com Monday, 3/23/98 I am the jailer's strong right arm, I can set the prisoner free, I keep fast the treasure hoard, But all doors will open for me. A key. 3946 out of 26082 respondents answered correctly. Wednesday, 3/25/98 What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left hand? Your left elbow or any part of your left arm. 4080 out of 26501 respondents answered correctly. Thursday, 3/26/98 What is it in this world that you can see but can never reach? Hint: It is something physical. The horizon. 1538 out of 31055 respondents answered correctly. Friday, 3/27/98 Considered a treasure, Today's infrequent pleasure. What is no sooner spoken, Then it's immediately broken. Silence. 2654 out of 29392 respondents answered correctly. Saturday, 3/28/98 I pass before the sun, yet cast no shadow. What am I? The wind. 1308 out of 24820 respondents answered correctly. Sunday, 4/19/98 I have no beginning or end, Yet I do dwell in space. When away from the horizontal, I never stay in one place. What am I? A ball or sphere. 1251 out of 30287 respondents answered correctly. Wednesday, 4/22/98 What gets wetter as it dries? A towel 2655 out of 32552 respondents answered correctly. Sunday, 4/26/98 Once there were two wise men that always competed against each other. One day, the first man gave the other a test. He led the second man to a very warm room filled with flowers. However, all the flowers were artificial except for one. The second man was asked to identify the real flower without touching or smelling any of the blooms. Before starting, he asked that the window be opened to relieve the stifling heat. After the window was opened, the second man immediately knew which flower was real. How? A bee flew in through the window and lighted upon the real flower. 1363 out of 21631 respondents answered correctly. Monday, 5/4/98 The Olde Heidleburg is an immaculate restaurant with a fine reputation. However, one day all the people who had lunch there became sick. There was nothing wrong with the food, and all the customers were otherwise healthy. What happened? The Olde Heidleburg restaurant is onboard a ship. 1587 out of 20243 respondents answered correctly. Monday, 5/11/98 Walk on the living, They don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, They grumble and grumble. Leaves and twigs. 1852 out of 19139 respondents answered correctly. Thursday, 5/14/98 I'm dead yet I grow, Opinions of me, many will dispense; My loss is lamented, And corrected at great expense. Hair. 1915 out of 21698 respondents answered correctly. Monday, 6/1/98 Christian were we, aspiring the skies, Largest was me, before Peteris' rise. Unless you have sight, Not needing the light, You will never see me with your eyes. What am I? The Cluny Abbey. Cluny Abbey was torn down after the French Revolution and is a famous "nothing to see here" site. It was the largest cathedral of its time after St. Peters in Rome. Note that the first letter of each line also spells the answer. 60 out of 22868 respondents answered correctly. Tuesday, 6/2/98 A woman has, on her block, two bus stops. One of them is 500 feet away and the other is 1000 feet away. On her way to work each morning, she, obviously, walks to the nearest bus stop and gets on the bus. However, when she returns home, she passes the close stop and gets off at the far one. Then she proceeds to walk home. Why? The woman lives on a steep hill. Walking the extra 500 feet down the hill is much easier than walking up it. 766 out of 26598 respondents answered correctly. Friday, 6/5/98 What is yours, but everyone uses it more than you? Your Name. 3248 out of 25850 respondents answered correctly. When young, it waves its tail like a dog; When older, it sits out on a log. What is it? A Frog. 2160 out of 16978 respondents answered correctly. Tuesday, 6/9/98 Three women had been turned into flowers that grew in the meadow, but one of them was allowed to go home at night. Once, just before daybreak, when she would soon have to go back to her friends in the field, she said to her husband: "If you come and pick me this morning, I shall be set free and then I shall stay with you always." And that is just what happened. The riddle is: Considering that the three flowers were exactly alike, without the slightest difference between them, how was the husband able to pick her? Since she had spent the night in the house, and not in the meadow, dew had not collected on her as it had on the other two. That's how her husband recognized her. 1873 out of 28585 respondents answered correctly. Wednesday, 6/10/98 The young each await their's in great anticipation; The old try to ignore their's with deep consternation Birthdays. 3700 out of 29171 respondents answered correctly.