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Taller than the Empire State Building
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Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.Riddle
What can be taller than the Empire State Building,
weighs nothing,
yet a thousand men cannot move it?
weighs nothing,
yet a thousand men cannot move it?
Answer
A shadow!Hide Answer Show Answer
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i thought tale, as in "tall tale".
I'm pleased to say I got it!!
There's one like this except it's a castle and instead of men, it's knights.
That's a good one!!!
I was wrong. I thought it was a cloud-Wait! the answer can also be a cloud!!!! You should tell people that. GREAT QUIZ! braingle needs more quizes like that!
Clever -- though a shadow can only be tall under certain conditions (i.e., having the shadow projected onto an even taller surface--otherwise, it's considered to have greater length). Still, I enjoyed it.
And to lizzard, it most certainly cannot be "cloud." Despite being nigh weightless, anything with mass will have some weight. A shadow has no weight because a shadow has no mass. ;)
And to lizzard, it most certainly cannot be "cloud." Despite being nigh weightless, anything with mass will have some weight. A shadow has no weight because a shadow has no mass. ;)
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