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A Real "Dead One"
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 can be straight or not
I can be flat or round
I have three layers
The rounder I am - the straighter I am
I can be a person's trademark
I can be chemically challenged
I can be flat or round
I have three layers
The rounder I am - the straighter I am
I can be a person's trademark
I can be chemically challenged
Hint
My center layer is called a MedullaAnswer
HairStraight hair is round in shape
Wavy or curly hair is flat in shape (the curlier the hair the flatter)
Hair consists of 3 layers -
Cuticle (outer layer)
Cortex (second layer)
Medulla (center layer)
Chemically challenged - permed, tinted, bleached, etc.
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Congrats on your first teaser, Snow! I like the 'chemically challenged' part. We'll be expecting more teasers soon.
Thanks Paul! A true blue friend you are!
good one...i had to cheat and look at the answer
Good one! To be honest I thought it was rope.
i found this one very easy mom
Great job Snowy. I am glad you submitted this one, and I knew it would get approved. Keep up the good work and congrats!!!
A toughie--but the light finally dawned. I was sure it had to be a tire (flat or inflated, with layers), until I looked at the hint. That got me thinking about the brain (medulla/brain stem?), which led to head, then to hair. I liked it!
Thanks for all the great remarks!
Very cool... I love the title as well...
Nice one! I loved it!
Oh, and congrats on your very first teaser too!
Thanks Brainster! That made my day!!!
A very good 1st teaser for anybody Snowy!!
GREAT JOB SNOW, HAD ME STUMPED....GREAT TEASER...
LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE
FROM YOUR INQUIZATIVE MIND...
LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE
FROM YOUR INQUIZATIVE MIND...
Very nice snow, even after looking in the encyclopedia for medulla I still had no clue, now that inspires me to try and come up with one myself, way to go snow
Great first teaser. Congrats!
Love it! As someone who "chemically challenges" their hair on a regular basis, I am embarrassed that I didn't get this one!
Nice one Snowy. I got the straight ones.
With the theory of "You learn something evert day", Im good til Thusday Good Job!!
You got me on this one. It got "hairy" for awhile until I looked at the answer
Got it. but kewl one Snow
Loved It! great teaser!
Thanks for the nice comments! I'm glad people are still checking this one out!
I had a "Bad Hair Day", in figuring this out. Excellent
I had a "Bad Hair Day", in figuring this out. Excellent
Great teaser!!!
Vern nice job there Snowy. I did know this one, but you made it interesting.
Nicely written, but pretty easy.
Interesting. That was fun, but challenging.
I never even thought of hair until I looked at the hint. then I had to think for a few minutes good job
U GOT ME, I DIDN'T GET IT, AND I TOOK THE CHEMICALLY CHALLENGED THE WRONG WAY. GOOD JOB!
I was thinking that it could be a cake. Chemically challenged as in Rum Raisin. Heehee!! :lol
very nice..it took me a while to get it ..but i did make a good guess..got lucky on that one .lol. keep on teasin.
Good job. I wasn't even on the right track.
I liked this one! I got it right away, but I have insanely unruly curly hair, so I guess it just hit home with me ;) Keep up the good work!
...proving once again how bad I am at the "riddle" category. To me this was science; you had to know these things about hair, not figure it out. Glad others appreciated it: something for everybody!
Yes, I learned something new today...
Yayyyyyyyyy, Snowy!!! GD one!!!
Very good - I didn't even come close!
Thanks for all the nice remarks! It's exciting to have a teaser make it as the "daily teaser"!
Very good one! You would have had me stumped, but one of my best friends is a hair dresser. And with his knowledge and my barber's, the answer came quickly to me! It is amazing when one has friends in many fields of living, you can learn different techniques of building, styling, sports, gaming, gambling, road work, yard work, growing fruits, veggies, and raising of different stock, etc. Keep up the terrific work! I enjoy your teasers.
Well, you totally got me with this well written teaser! Good one!
Man, that was a hard one. I didn't have a clue. You got me good.
I thought this was a bit "odd," but a really cool riddle. (The hint didn't help me at all)
I thought this was a bit "odd," but a really cool riddle. (The hint didn't help me at all)
sorry, it showed up twice
Too scientific for me!
I was clueless!! Don't even know why after seeing the clue, I went for brain..Great teaser!
Easy, but fun! Could have been equally at home in the science category. Thanks for submitting. PS: Did you know that some companies use a lock of hair for employee drug screening? The longer your hair, the farther back they can go... The hair stores it all!
cool. I do not get the 'dead one' thing in the title, and it would have helped if I knew more about hair. I also would have changed chemically 'challenged' to chemically 'changed.'
Overall, it was clever, and better than some teasers I have read.
Overall, it was clever, and better than some teasers I have read.
I'm not sure why but I got "cells" stuck in my head and couldn't move on from there. Good teaser!
Wow! I got it!! I wasn't sure, but hair was my best guess... and I guess it couldn't get any better of a guess! I also guess that means the teaser was written well enough to be possible to solve, while it was also puzzling enough to be interesting to guess! Nice!!
Thanks for the nice comments. Glad you enjoyed it!
I like this one and congrats I knew this would get in!!!!!
A little too hairy for me.
Very good teaser. I didn't get it, but did learn something. Thanks.
I can be straight or not
I can be flat or round
The rounder I am - the straighter I am
Let me get this straight!
"Flat or round" means "flat is round" according to the answer
Straight hair is round
So if flat is round, and round is straight, then flat is straight.
Wait a second!
I thought flat was curly!
I can be flat or round
The rounder I am - the straighter I am
Let me get this straight!
"Flat or round" means "flat is round" according to the answer
Straight hair is round
So if flat is round, and round is straight, then flat is straight.
Wait a second!
I thought flat was curly!
Answer
Hair
Straight hair is round in shape
Wavy or curly hair is flat in shape (the curlier the hair the flatter)
Hair consists of 3 layers -
Cuticle (outer layer)
Cortex (second layer)
Medulla (center layer)
Chemically challenged - permed, tinted, bleached, etc.
As you can see, in the answer I state that straight hair is round in shape, and wavy or curly hair is flat in shape. I really don't know what you are talking about.
Hair
Straight hair is round in shape
Wavy or curly hair is flat in shape (the curlier the hair the flatter)
Hair consists of 3 layers -
Cuticle (outer layer)
Cortex (second layer)
Medulla (center layer)
Chemically challenged - permed, tinted, bleached, etc.
As you can see, in the answer I state that straight hair is round in shape, and wavy or curly hair is flat in shape. I really don't know what you are talking about.
Nice job Snowy.
No idea,but I disagree with the answer. No matter what ; all hair are round.
I should have known this one, but my mind is a blank today! Have a wonderful day, folks!
it seems some people are confused by the description of curly hair being flat. curly hair under a microscope looks more like a flat ribbon rather than a round pole. the cross section of curly hair is elliptical, whereas straight hair is circular.
FYI cutebug...
Caucasian hair: Cross Section: oval
African hair: Cross Section: flattened
Asian hair: Cross Section: round
Caucasian hair: Cross Section: oval
African hair: Cross Section: flattened
Asian hair: Cross Section: round
Well, I can't imagine that people know so much about hair. How interesting. I did not get it, but no surprise there.
The straighter the hair, the rounder the hair strand. The curlier the hair, the flatter the hair strand. Thanks for the comments.
I only knew "medula" as part of the brain.
I figured it out! I knew there were multiple layers to a strand of hair. And it made sense that curly & straight hair would have different structures. My hair was completely straight until I had children, then it became wavy. Inexplicable to me, but I know science is in there somewhere! The big giveaway to this answer, for me, was 'chemically challenged.'
And I learned things!
And I learned things!
Good one snowy, you totally stumped me!
I was thinking 'trademark' literally, as in professional.
Came up with: "Scroll"( it could fit all the clues, especially the cryptic title? )!
I was thinking 'trademark' literally, as in professional.
Came up with: "Scroll"( it could fit all the clues, especially the cryptic title? )!
I had to do some googling for "medulla" because the brain didn't fit the rest of the clues. Finally I arrived at hair and all the pieces fell into place! Great teaser!
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