Questions tagged [limerick]
A limerick is a 5-line poem with a strict AABBA rhyme scheme, often with five-line anapestic meter, sometimes obscene with humorous intent.
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Who’s in for a Cruising?
This is part 6 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Deаr Puzzling,
Looks like I’m getting way behind schedule already. Sorry about that! Time flies ...
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A simple relationship test
I've spent way too much time on the computer today; but, at least you get a puzzle out of it!
Boast all you want, I'll even give you the answers...
I won't remain in the dark without you.
Nothing ...
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The blade of the leaf
Given a bird, a cat and a shrew,
along with a bat to give you a few.
Some sleep at night,
others in light,
surprisingly you are one too.
How do you relate to the title?
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My worth's never none
Melodically speaking, my worth's never none;
Proportionally speaking, I'm a downer if under one;
I'm wont to overlap;
Or get up in a snap;
But when I am used, I hope it's not for a ton.
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I'm in lips or in hair
Sometimes I like to be part of the game;
Sometimes I'm part of an exercise name.
I'm in lips or in hair;
I'm afield so beware;
I'm in many a place but direct is never my aim.
What am I?
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To unlock the stage
Sometimes I'm needed when you go out to dine;
Sometimes I mean to hurt or malign;
But in today's age;
To unlock the stage;
I grant you the power to steer through the vine.
What am I?
Edit: I ...
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I make big structures look marvellous
As an object of beauty, I’m fabulous
Take a closer look, I’m nebulous
I can be rolled all around
Or found beneath the ground
I make big structures look marvellous
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A bunch of duos
My friend, disappointingly, just left to go somewhere without telling me. He was supposed to produce my classical techno-fusion jazz metal rap album! Instead, he left me four riddles, each with two-...
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I seek to unease but leave without a scar
My first brings in the light from the stars
The other is preferred before the time of cars
Before you even knew
I am born within you
I seek to unease but leave without a scar
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My initials are MC
My initials are M.C. and know me please do;
I'm related in essence to many a crew;
My syllables count four,
Same for vowels I'm sure;
Now please decide which are false and are true:
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Cheer up with this riddle
My prefix weighs little, but never has mass;
My suffix might, for a whole language, pass;
But to me append,
One more suffix at end;
And scramble my innards so I'm longer at last
What am I?
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When in Tennessee
(1)
I'm hardened yet hardly am I given a thought;
Unmoved, though moving, to give what is sought;
But throng be too eager,
My gift, it is meager;
I'll stop my inertia and render you caught.
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Nice no-computers way to find limerick primes?
A limerick number is a 5-digit number whose digits are in the form of a limerick rhyme scheme: $aabba$. How many limerick primes (limerick numbers which are also prime) are there?
The answer is
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A field for the curious
As is, I am a field for the curious;
Study me well to be naturally serious;
But cut my first and my last,
And scramble me fast;
Now I'm a home with warmth quite mysterious
What am I?
Hope ...
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Have I ever seen my name?
I'm inside karma coming home
My name is a palindrome
However, have I
Ever seen my
Name in a holy tome?
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Is there a limerick-style cryptic clue?
Is there a cryptic clue that happens to be a limerick?
Please also include the answer in spoilers.
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I make billions (#4)
I make billions (#4)
For years did a sharp little verse,
Grow fast in our ears like a curse,
A tune on TV,
Did subconsciously,
Cause all to spend much from their purse,
Who / what am ...
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A Chwistmas Widdle With a Twist
Chwistmas is the same with or without me, though I do wish you all Mewwy Chwistmas...
I wish to be wid of my condition
I am named and famed with humiliation
A small happy square wheel! That's my goal
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Wikipedia Says So #3
Previous puzzles in series: #1, #2
A reference to the order to cite
The works of those who write
And star and edit
And even more get credit!
It's about the boring part of the night.
Hint 1:...
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Empire Leftovers
Everyone uses me to climb higher
Some use me to put out fires
Say, something's fishy?
Then something is a-me!
Me, the leftover from an Empire
What am I?
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What is my favorite color?
Oh the sweet joys of favoritism! I have another puzzle for the community; as always good luck to you all, and I hope you enjoy it!
Go to the bottom you'll see.
Rounded but right there with me.
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How much do you know about the internet?
The Internet
The internet is a marvelous invention. Did you know it was created by the government in the sixties, but made popular in the nineties?
Today everyone uses it, and it is becoming an ...
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Good Little Monsters
Though I am small, hairy, and green
(And once was quite scary, obscene!),
Your wars can't defeat me.
You now want to eat me!
But don't let your friends intervene.
Hint:
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I live in a spaceship
I live in a spaceship that travels so 快地,
along with a doctor who I find 真帅的,
my features are 美丽,
my name rhymes with 内力,
it's my job to fix if the engine goes 坏了.
Who am I?
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How about a Limeriddle?
My start is bad electrically,
My end is something theoretically,
I’m bringing you here,
‘Cause you need to adhere,
Because we control you technically.
What am I?
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Ts! It's itsy-bitsy limericks time!
(1)
Once I and one more sneaky ass Planned heist of a hideous mass. - Let's steal all the (^-^)! - Man, hold up your (^-^). - (^-^). Then, let's steal all the grass!
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Cryptic Country 4
I have northen football that can unite
A flying city that will always fight
Festive in the south
A big man with a mouth
And mistaken as the greater might
Name the country
Hint 1
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Starts with an R
A fashionable part of the blues
I am whatever you don't choose
I start with an R
My messages go far
But maybe just after this snooze.
What am I?
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Simple Maths Riddle 4
I cheer, I shout, I scream
My growth is too extreme
I'm way too vast
Rates too fast
Continuity can only be my dream.
What am I?
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Simple Maths Riddle 3
My counterpart has committed multiple crimes;
Square us and add: the result is not prime.
You use me for a reason;
I'm not liked by Cartesians;
My converse is a measurement of time.
What am I?
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A Riley limerick
A Riley limerick:
My prefix is somewhere you’ve been
My suffix was worshipped back when
My middle you’ll find
Is deep in your mind
Together I show where you’ve been
What am I?
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A dirty limerick
What word is described by the following limerick?
A place where the lions may roar?
A place you attend after four?
The usual sense
Will shortly commence
Exploding with colors galore!
I ...
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I'm not a king - What am I?
I'm not a king or a royal
My hard job is fraught with toil
If I'm given a crown
You'll surely want to frown
Even more so when I'm foiled
What am I?
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Two limericks in one!
Two Limericks! Try and solve both :D
Limerick 1:
His rage is beyond comprehension,
Changing forms in the rising of tension
His purple shorts seem
To always stay clean
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What am I? Answer punctually
I have not graced many eyes.
Usually I mean surprise.
I'm shaped adjoined,
in a contest I was coined,
and I never got my chance to rise.
I might just be a line and dot,
and I might be a lack of ...
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Animal Named After Breasts
I can be some famous duets,
an animal named 'cause of breasts,
a cute little toy,
by stagehands employed,
or sexennial safety threats.
Who am I?
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What is James's middle name?
There once was a man called James
who liked to use different names
If you're slick and astute
by removing the fruit
your favorite flava remains
What was his middle name?
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What am I limerick
This is my first post on here, inspired by other questions, but original.
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A limerick riddle. Provides clues to song titles that have a word in common
You might think I'm broke, but then
I'm a singer and sound like a hen
You can count on me
I'm a tramp you see
So I'll sing you the blues once again.
The above limerick conceals ...
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The Answer Would Make a Good Title
Here is a riddle quite long
I hope you can follow along
You'll be delighted
While I recite it:
I'm known to be unmatched in song.
You'll find me the whole world around
In nature 'tis ...
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Peaks, Valleys, and Slopes
I have peaks and valleys and slopes
Whose mountains and beats are such tropes,
And the prime, you will find,
Is a step back in time;
The end, you will find, is a hoax.
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A test of mental acuity; Identify me
When I spike, you will get quite enthused,
For great strength, I am often abused,
I am quintessentially male...
The next line might derail:
With Hashish amiga, my name's all confused.
Who or ...
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Another crypto-limerick, this time from Verdun
Traditionally, after the limerick from Peru comes one with even fewer lines revealed:
There once was a man from Verdun,
Ekptl hkndekbmq eff oopqvodw ro gkhl uhr.
Ol onrh lts r fbel,
Gash ona ...
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A crypto-limerick from Peru
There once was a man from Peru,
Whose limericks all stopped at line two.
Rpl xcjd jfi yfo,
Cw hzhyywh ot iojet,
Fdy ovjyu ozmn tdz spg yxz oet yxmgybm.
Can you figure out what cipher this ...
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A crypto-limerick
If you AES the last line,
With a key made of something divine,
And then you XOR
The SHA-1 of "4",
FWqY58QhWVqPDX0uQ8C37AYaPeWFab42F2nyuY+zWK/gCV2bo8hIDt6sjon1I8+...
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Poor Dvorak (a limerick)
A famous composer named Dvorak
Decided to open his door rack.
But then Dvorak slipped,
And suddenly tripped,
Abe u.nn d.aeucpoy cbyr yd. unrrp pajtv
The last line of the limerick is all ...
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