My Name From A God
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
I'm the smallest of my kind, no doubt about that;
Compared to my brothers, I seem like a rat.
A blue face have I, a blue face, you know;
It's awfully cold here, with poisonous snow.
My name came from a god, a god with great might;
Although you know of me, I'm way out of your sight.
What am I?
Answer
The planet Pluto.
Stanza 1: Pluto is the smallest planet.
Stanza 2: Pluto's surface is blue because of frozen gases. The snow is a methane and nitrogen snow that is poisonous to us.
Stanza 3: Pluto is the Roman god of the Underworld (Hades in Greek myths). Pluto is too far away to be seen from Earth (without a telescope).
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TehIgnored   
Apr 07, 2005
| wayyyyy too easy...but fun and well written all the same. |
chidam11 
Apr 07, 2005
| Nicely Worded Teaser! |
strangelove
Apr 07, 2005
| Sorry...I didn't like this one. It was a bit hard for me.  |
froggygg
Apr 07, 2005
| Good teaser.  |
rockinchick
Apr 07, 2005
| Pluto does have methane snow though (kind-of like precipitation)  |
(user deleted)
Apr 07, 2005
| easy but cute |
deadeye823
Apr 08, 2005
| I was thinking one of those blue-ice packs you store in the back of the freezer...i guess i was a little off lol |
smurfy
Apr 08, 2005
| That was fun! Ruff Ruff  |
froggy220_0 
Apr 09, 2005
| okay....  |
icequeen05
Apr 09, 2005
| i liked it!! it was easy tho. |
Nightmare2991
Apr 10, 2005
| Easy. Inaccurate (kind of).
FUN!!!! |
Katelin
Apr 11, 2005
| I got the answer right off, but the text is great! Loved this one. |
jordana
Apr 12, 2005
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opivywise
Apr 12, 2005
| Sure that was good. Extremely easy |
Sparklegirl
Apr 21, 2005
| This was a fun and easy one! I liked it! |
(user deleted)
Apr 21, 2005
| nice easy but totally awsome |
brain_dead
Apr 24, 2005
| yes i was right |
darthforman
May 04, 2005
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BookMidget
May 11, 2005
| I got it right! The riddle is awesome, and I wouldn't have got it if our class hadn't just learned about all the outer planets. |
irnwkrwife
May 11, 2005
| Had no idea....guess I need to study my planets  |
candyko_2
May 11, 2005
| ez... but t'was fun |
Ozymandias
May 11, 2005
| Good teaser, although I thought it was Neptune. The 'blue' threw me off. I thought Pluto was only a 'rock' with no precipitation.  |
quantumpbrane
May 11, 2005
| got it. it was a bit too easy.... |
daffy
May 11, 2005
| Nicely worded. It made me think for a couple of minutes. I first thought of the blue ice you put in the freezer, too, but I knew it didn't have a "god" name. Thanks for the good work!! |
tamjp
May 11, 2005
| ditto what daffy said |
dogboy
May 11, 2005
| good one spooky nicely done but a trifle easy |
(user deleted)
May 11, 2005
| I believe I saw this one on here about a month ago.... Anyway, it was way to easy... |
jacstop
May 11, 2005
| A decent use of words to convey a common theme in braingledom |
Kal22
May 11, 2005
| Thought of everything except planets. Good teaser. |
skimela
May 11, 2005
| the rhyme was really nice, but i was just clueless!!
great teaser!! |
emilyb0902
May 11, 2005
| Nice - I'm a geologist and really enjoyed it. Took a minute to figure it out! |
BrownEyes
May 11, 2005
| I actually got it!!!
I never get riddles! |
darthforman
May 11, 2005
| easy |
FulanitoGM 
May 11, 2005
| I guessed, and I got it right!! YAY-yeah!!! |
FeaerFactorY666
May 11, 2005
| I actually got that one right! It took some thinking though. Excellent teaser!!! |
mi2mo2tx
May 11, 2005
| Nicely worded... great teaser! |
Alan123
May 11, 2005
| that ws a verry good 1 wwwwaay eeeeeasssssssssssssssyyyyyyyyyy though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
cookeechick05
May 11, 2005
| It was ez. The god thing and the Im way out of your sight heped me. The poisonous snow thing tnhrew me off. |
Javian
May 11, 2005
| I liked the poem and facts. I was trying to figure out a blue planet, but I didn't think it'd be pluto. Nice job! |
buttons03
May 11, 2005
| Neat Teaser! |
Therulerofthem
May 11, 2005
| easy ma feasy |
ilmofuse
May 11, 2005
| that was really creative, i would have never guessed! |
irishflower
May 12, 2005
| i love riddles there the best that one was the best yet |
ElectronJohn
May 13, 2005
| Nice job with this one. Fun to read and solve. Thanks for posting it. |
cuddlydawg
May 17, 2005
| WOW!!!!!!!!! Do I feel stupid! LOL I didnt get it at first, but than after I read the answer, it dawned on me!
A classic teaser if ever I saw one!
Kudos |
cuddlydawg
May 17, 2005
| I frogot to mention that it was a very well written WHO AM I teaser! |
1blessedgirl
Sep 20, 2006
| I didn't know any of that. Very informative. I liked it. |
syberchic
Dec 30, 2006
| I was convinced it was Titan.. close enough |
Vivica
Oct 23, 2008
| Knew it! |
bradon182001
Oct 23, 2008
| This was very nicely written, well thought out. Thanks for posting.  |
FredS
Oct 23, 2008
| I got this one just days after another riddle with Pluto as the answer, ergo this was very easy. Well written. |
elentir
Oct 23, 2008
| Pluto is not blue. It's more of a brownish color. See here for a true color pic: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010319.html |
malogalee
Oct 23, 2008
| wow i got it!! but i think its just because there was a pluto teaser just a few days ago...it was fresh in my mind! good one! |
donquixote235
Oct 23, 2008
| Initially I'd guessed Pluto, but then I recanted because Pluto is no longer a planet!
Good teaser, even if it is a little outdated now. ;-) |
dennisdalton
Oct 23, 2008
| Too easy, and I agree, a bit outdated. For those of you that are unaware, Pluto is no longer our 9th planet. |
phyllisa
Oct 23, 2008
| I thought of Venus, because I thought Pluto wasn't a planet anymore!!!! |
matap821
Oct 23, 2008
| yea i dont believe that pluto is the smallest or farthest away in any category any more. also not blue, which forced me to think it was neptune, the smallest of the gas giants |
avonma
Oct 23, 2008
| "Rat" got me stuck on trying to think of an animal - and where in the world was "poisonous snow?" And of course, it wasn't in THIS world!
Good one! |
avonma
Oct 23, 2008
| "Rat" got me stuck on trying to think of an animal - and where in the world was "poisonous snow?" And of course, it wasn't in THIS world!
Good one! |
emu77alu02
Oct 23, 2008
| Pluto's not a planet anymore!?! They can't just take back something our teachers ingrained into us from kindergarten! Wait a second, it's happened many times...
(I really did know scientists changed Pluto's status) |
auntiesis
Oct 23, 2008
| Easy because the poisonous had to be on another planet. Pluto will always be a planet to me, just like St. Christopher will always be the patron saint of travellers to me. Thanks for a good one. |
dodgerh8ter
Oct 23, 2008
| I thought is was Neptune. Smallest of the outer planets now that Pluto is a planatoid and not a planet. Also, not so sure Pluto is blue. Neptune is however. |
blove1974
Oct 23, 2008
| I agree nolonger a planet, should have posted this one a few years back. |
spookboy0
Oct 23, 2008
| This teaser was written when Pluto was a planet. |
brain23
Oct 23, 2008
| Hmmm...at first I thought it was Mercury because that's one of the smallest planets...but then the blue thing...that's when I got it. |
FatHead
Oct 23, 2008
| I eventually stumbled upon it. Good teaser! |
kp52
Oct 23, 2008
| Good teaser. But Pluto is not considered a planet anymore so calling it a planet would be a misnomer now. |
crocodile
Jun 06, 2010
| Ah, the good old days, when Pluto WAS a planet... |
gaylewolf
Oct 26, 2011
| I don't see a recent date, but didn't we see this one not too long ago? My head may be in the clouds, but I hope there are no clouds in your next few days. If there are, may they all have silver linings! Wishing you sunny days, dear friends! |
JQPublic
Oct 26, 2011
| I said Neptune. Now that I think of it Neptune is pretty big. |
doehead
Oct 26, 2011
| This is a sad day for the editors, there head must be stuck in the mud. This was just on within the last two weeks. |
elentir
Oct 26, 2011
| Pluto is not blue. It is brown. See: http://goo.gl/HBxbJ |
dsjt
Oct 26, 2011
| I thought of Neptune. I thought Pluto was named after Mickey Mouse's dog. Plus I did not know Pluto was blue. I always thought it was a brownish reddish goldish color. |
fitzie_99
Oct 26, 2011
| Pluto's not a planet. It's part of the kuiper belt. |
auntiesis
Oct 26, 2011
| Whatever. I got it easily, but it is a repeat.
I hope your weather is better than what they are predicting for us. Snow showers coming tomorrow.  |
jaycr
Oct 26, 2011
| Haven't seen this one before but a few days ago there was another riddle with the same answer, Pluto. |
Caliban
Oct 26, 2011
| yes, I am afraid that events have somewhat overtaken this answer. Pluto is no longer one of the planets, and Hubble has shown Pluto to be brown, not blue. Neptune is the smallest of the gas planets, it is (very) blue and composed largely of frozen methane. It is named after the powerful god of the sea. |
Mandy7
Nov 04, 2011
| I love Greek and Roman mythology. My friends and I are crazy over mythology. |
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