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Deadly Horizon
Riddle
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.Riddle
I hover out there in darkness unseen.
I will shred things to pieces 'till they're just smithereens.
I might serve as a gateway to places unspoken,
Yet I'm sealed off to man, forever unbroken.
I twist and distort, only darkness escapes,
I destroy all I find
Whatever I take.
I will shred things to pieces 'till they're just smithereens.
I might serve as a gateway to places unspoken,
Yet I'm sealed off to man, forever unbroken.
I twist and distort, only darkness escapes,
I destroy all I find
Whatever I take.
Hint
I'm a wonderful thing, a mysterious lure.But if you reach my horizon you're a goner for sure.
Answer
A black hole.Scientists theorize that black holes and wormholes might lead to other dimensions or different parts of the universe and so on. Thus a "gateway to places unspoken."
Man cannot (as yet) enter a black hole. The end is self-explanatory.
As for the hint, black holes have an event horizon, and if something is to pass it, there is no way of escaping. (At least none that we know of.)
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I thought it was fun. Very well written. Thanks for the great info in the answer. Very well done. Good Job and keep 'em coming.
thanks, sunrose. also, thanks to whoever corrected this teaser, i noticed it was wrong whenver i submitted it lol
Nice one. I was invisioning Dorothy's house flying around in a tornado! You taught me something. :O)
Cool Teaser! I got it real quick, but it was nicely written. Thanks, it was fun!!
WONDERFUL TEASER, MORE?
Great one book ....keep them coming
Very well done. Great riddle...great information. Loved it!
Loved it!!!! Good job bookworm!!
Loved IT!!! Going in my Favs!
You had me. I didn't get it.
OK, OK, don't twist my Arm. The Teaser was pretty good. I couldn't imagine anything in creation that could render that type of destruction on solid ground. No, no animals were described. good teaser.
I got it!! the darkness part kinda tipped me off and the hint proved my guess. good one
Thanks everyone for your comments! I'm glad you liked it.
not to hard, but still kinda fun, but darkness can't be affected, because it is the LACK of light, and light is drawn into it, so darkness doesn't escape, is just not affected
yes well i couldnt think of a better rhyming scheme lol scientifically its incorrect but o well thats why its not in science hehe.
Well written and fun...I liked it!
Wow, just finished reading an article on Yahoo main page about black holes, then this teaser....too perfect. By the way, it takes 200,000 years to finish the one way trip to the end of a black hole.
Standing applause. Clap, clap, clap. Nicely done, and my favorite type, too.
That was good. You had me stumped. I thought it might be something in space, but I don't know much about black holes. Thanks for the great information you provided!
My first thought was a BLACKHOLE, then I thought a TORNADO. cool...I was right with 1st. thought.
Good one, keep them coming!
Good one, keep them coming!
Dont know why but I got this one first out. Did enjoy the rhyming too. Good job, bookworm. Keep them coming. I enjoy "thinking" I'm smart.
well, great fun...in this time ..i cant guess.....!
send me again...
I got it right away, from "hover in darkness unseen", and then the crushing to smithereens. I thought that might have made it too easy, but then again, I think about black holes alllll the time (no sarcasm here, I really do!), so maybe it was only easy for black hole devotees. Good poem and good subject for a riddle, thanks!
Ohh very nice. I didnt get it but it was fun.
Great poem. I was thinking of an earth based storm system of some kind, but the part where only darkness escapes put it all together for me
I guessed a tornado but thought of a black hole briefly Does that count? There was a fun sci-fi book written decades ago called "Gateway" about space explorers who travel through black holes. It's a fun read
This was a really great teaser, bookworm!! Did you make that one up yourself, or did you find that somewhere else? It's very well written, poetically speaking, and it had me stumped for awhile. My first inclination was a black hole, but then I thought, nah... too obvious, so I looked up the answer and... voila!
Good job!!
Good job!!
loved it! good job!!
Congrats on making it to Teaser of the Day!!!
DUDE! i so got that one! it was a little easy, but made me feel smart
I didn't have a clue to what the answer was.The hint didn't help me either.I guess I haven't got woke up good.
Awsome
I suprised myself and answered correctly.
wordlover, this riddle was well written. i got i pretty quick and appreciate that i get to feel smart this morning. good work.
Good teaser, I enjoyed it
Did not get it But it was fun to try Well written.
thanks all. ya, smee i did make it up myself hehe in a moment of inspiration (those dont come too often so...) well im glad to have so many comments! lol
Good well written riddle, though very easy for anyone at all interested in science.
Fun and clever! Very well written.
What exactly is a black hole???
Hey Book..I never had a clue. Will admit I know zipola about black holes and couldn't get past fog...even though it didn't fit the rhyme. Great job. It was fun!
Hey, it was heaps good, a little easy, but none the less interesting
What exactly is a black hole?
Loved it! Awesome idea!
I thought it was a tornado
I loved it! Even though I couldn't solve it at ALL ( ), you still made it into a lovely riddle, also, a lot of great information in it! Thank you!
I'm with Lindquist. I don't know much about black holes either, so I didn't get the teaser. This piques my interest enough that maybe I will do some GOOGLE-ing and learn something. Thanx!
I knew exactly what it was at a first glance. I guess you could say I'm a space fanatic, even though I don't know much about it. It is true that black holes destroy "All they find" (really, all that find them). However black holes are not a portal, and I'm pretty sure, although nobody really knows, that when you go through one, all your molecules are not only seperated, but also completely crushed, turning you into nothingness.
And did you know they now think the milky way has a ginormous black hole in the center of it? I wonder why we're still here... (at least that explains why the milky way is in a swirly shape... kind of like water going down a drain)
And did you know they now think the milky way has a ginormous black hole in the center of it? I wonder why we're still here... (at least that explains why the milky way is in a swirly shape... kind of like water going down a drain)
very nice! I have to admit that black holes are one of things I find just cool!--so I got it pretty quickly. It was really well done and fun though.
Good one. I thought it was a shredder, or maybe a tornado. Keep 'em coming.
My ESL student had read the BH article, so used this teaser on them. Worked great! THANKS
My ESL student had read the BH article, so used this teaser on them. Worked great! THANKS
Jan 10, 2006
Sorry, but I got it in fifteen seconds (I'm totall serious). Am I that smart? I doubt it. Give me another one!
well a black hole is a gravitational distortion that is caused by a large star collapsing in on itself. pm me for a better explaination lol
Hey hey- very good. I like this- fun and educational
Nobody really knows what happens when you go into a blackhole, so I wasn't able to guess that answer. The details threw me off.
Who says it shreds things to pieces? We have no clue what will happen, do we?
no but u could say black holes dont exist cuz we dont really KNOW, as we can see gravatational distortions but not the actuall black hole. so i guess i based this off of general theory. people say its possible to get shredded by a black hole, and there's tons of theories on black holes. lol too much to type rite now
good one i got that and i dont get much.
I was having a hard time fitting the darkness into the TORNADO that I was thinking of. They twist, distort and could be a gateway to the land of Oz!
I have always been facinated by black holes. What a phenomenal occurance... if only we knew more.
Thanks for a great teaser!
I have always been facinated by black holes. What a phenomenal occurance... if only we knew more.
Thanks for a great teaser!
I do believe I got this one!! HA!!
Fun, but hard. I did not get it.
Neither did I.
Excellent teaser, and I learned something.
I didn't solve your teaser, today! Mainly, because ALL information is still just conjecture. But, your teaser is fantastic. If only we knew for certain!??!# Careful with crossing the boundary of imagination and known truths, though
loved it
Excellent teaser! I think the line "I'm sealed off to man, forever unbroken" deals nicely with the idea that black holes are still conjecture (although strong evidence exists for their existence, unlike, say, a deity).
Based on the known evidence, things are certainly pulled to shreds given the extreme gravitational forces present.
Based on the known evidence, things are certainly pulled to shreds given the extreme gravitational forces present.
Relatively easy, but still fun...Thanks!
Where are some of these comments coming from? Too Strange.
Nicely written teaser. Let's see more.
Nicely written teaser. Let's see more.
I didnt like it, seemed to make more sense that it was a tornado not a black hole!
i don't know too much about black holes...good t know more about that... it wasn't the type of "riddle" or answer I expected... seemed to be too theoretical and a bit beyond the common science we think & see all the time.. may be a good idea to move it from "riddle" to "science" category...
This was my first teaser.It was fun and challenging.
Well worded. As a science junkie, extremely easy though.
Should have gotten it but didn't. Good job.
Hmm...I thought paper shredder
I'm not very good at teaser, but I got this one right away! Made me feel good!! Great teaser.
Im with scallio. I was also thinking tornado and venturing into the Land of Oz and the sky usually gets dark whenever a tornado is coming.
Nice riddle! I love black holes, though I didn't expect one to crop up in here. Awesome!
And I think it's generally accepted that a person would get stretched like mad, not exactly shredded, but poetic license is a wonderful thing, isn't it?
And I think it's generally accepted that a person would get stretched like mad, not exactly shredded, but poetic license is a wonderful thing, isn't it?
NOT BAD, HIGH SCHOOL GENERAL SCIENCE CLASS (I THINK).
hmm i liked it..it was easy though...maybe its cuz i just watched an episode of StarGate about black holes......lol
I got it on the second line, it was really easy. Well written, but a little harder one might be nice next time.
Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions
I see that a few of you stated that this might fare better in the science category. I think the only problem with that is that my rhyme dances between theory and facts. In the science category, you pretty much have to have hard evidence for your answers, and since we still know so little about black holes, I'm not sure mine would stand up under scrutiny there. But, hey. If the editors choose to move it, I'm not going to argue.
Yes, my 'shred' line does kind of stretch it. (When I told this riddle to my mom, she said "Black holes don't shred things!" But that was the only synonym that would fit the rhyme and rhythm.)
Anway, thanks again for your comments! I'm always looking for ways to make my teasers better and more challenging.
I see that a few of you stated that this might fare better in the science category. I think the only problem with that is that my rhyme dances between theory and facts. In the science category, you pretty much have to have hard evidence for your answers, and since we still know so little about black holes, I'm not sure mine would stand up under scrutiny there. But, hey. If the editors choose to move it, I'm not going to argue.
Yes, my 'shred' line does kind of stretch it. (When I told this riddle to my mom, she said "Black holes don't shred things!" But that was the only synonym that would fit the rhyme and rhythm.)
Anway, thanks again for your comments! I'm always looking for ways to make my teasers better and more challenging.
Yes, I got it right!
I heard somewhere that a black hole is actually a star that died. It's black because the star doesn't give light anymore. It's gravitational pull is extremely powerful.
The best riddle ever . I just loved it.
AOO. NC.
I got stuck on tornado (which didn't really fit; and never did think of a black hole!
Thought of black hole right off the bat, then changed my mind. Great teaser!
Tricky but good.
Some times my brain works. Today was one of those times. Got it easily. Good Morning GW.
Well written riddle! Hope you're doing well, Cutebug! Everyone have a great day and a wonderful weekend!
I came up with a garbage disposer.
a bit too easy
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I had it by the third line.
it was fun but very easy
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