Dead on the Field
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white,
felled by three eyes, black as night.
What's going on here?
Answer
A strike was thrown in 10 pin bowling.
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DancAllNiteLong  
Jul 17, 2005
| Ooohhhh, nice one! I get it now....  |
markmonnin  
Sep 22, 2005
| Good one! |
GebbieRose
May 10, 2008
| Awesome! Got it immediately - very clever! |
builder
May 10, 2008
| Good one, haven't bowled in over 35 years so it didn't come to me right away. |
breakdance74
May 10, 2008
| took me a few seconds, but the 'ten white' bit finally gave me the answer. good riddle! |
bradon182001
May 10, 2008
| Bowing balls can be any color, not just black. Having said that, I admit I wasn't even close in solving this one. Nice teaser. Thanks for posting.  |
catfood99
May 10, 2008
| Great Teaser! |
auntiesis
May 10, 2008
| I was at a bowling banquet this week, so the answer came before I finished reading the whole riddle. Easy, but cute.  |
Valic4
May 10, 2008
| I thought of a different but workable answer: Someone was playing "black" in the board game, Othello. A single black disk was placed to line up with two others (three total "eyes") to flip over a total of ten white disks ("soldiers"). What do you think? |
avonma
May 10, 2008
| I didn't figure it out, but it is a very good teaser!  |
2ndhandrose
May 10, 2008
| I agree with GebbieRose.
Awesome 
I didn't have any idea, when I
saw the answer I said "Allright
Good One"!
Thank You ....I Liked It. Rose
Have a Good Weekend All |
FatHead
May 10, 2008
| Too hard, but I loved it anyway! |
hipeople
May 10, 2008
| tha twas awesome teaser
i really enjoyed it |
Madelulabelle
May 11, 2008
| Interesting teaser...and I like Valec4's answer! Othello is lots of fun... |
Madelulabelle
May 11, 2008
| oops, sorry...*Valic4... |
Valic4
May 11, 2008
| Thanx very much Madelu! Guess I'm more of an Othello guy than a bowler  |
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