The Riddle Thread

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Originally Posted by Ironcat

I think you weren't reading into it enough... example the champagne bubbles. yes, it is by carbnation, etc, etc, etc, but in riddlease you could say that it wasn't until the cork popped and light got into the bottle that the bubbles were there... like the dead cat-alive cat in the box thing.
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That's the thing though. I would wager that MOST champagne is opened after the sun goes down. ( I thought the answer was "sunlight")

How did I get the answer "Never Even" ?

Well, to be honest with you, I had no idea until Jon posted the "starts and ends with N" clue. At that point, I started to rethink the riddle.

I didnt get into the specifics of the chemistry, except for the electrons.. hydroxide (OH) is negative, and all I kept thinking about was that, and how it was always found bonded to something else... never on its own. Then I was like.. never... hmmm.

hehe... totally the wrong way to solve it I guess, but oh well. To quote a great Vin, "It doesnt matter if you win by an inch, or a mile." (I disagree with that by the way. )

I didn't even see the begins/ends with an n.

I never would have figured out the...medicines all kicked in, I can't think of the word now.

But, working backwards it makes sense. OH- has 7 electrons. not even. But the Oxygen has a stronger pull on hydrogens electron than it does, so the electron is "pulled" more towards the oxygen, so the electrons are never evenly dispersed.

There is some more thoughts in my head that support it to. But I never would have figured it out.

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Originally Posted by NightrainSrt4

I don't think making a riddle with the answer being "a riddle" would work, least not to post here. Everyone knows that the answer to one of the riddles would be "a riddle" so just guess that on any riddle. ;)

Be cool to see a riddle like that though.

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I can't claim credit for this, but...

I dance four feet to ev'ry line, with A and A I try to rhyme. And B and B make couples two, the answer my friend stands in front of you.

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Originally Posted by DrumThumper

the answer my friend stands in front of you.

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A computer screen!?

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Originally Posted by Omega

A computer screen!?

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Nope.

Square dancers?

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Originally Posted by Luke122

Square dancers?

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Sorry, that is incorrect.

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Originally Posted by NightrainSrt4

But, working backwards it makes sense. OH- has 7 electrons. not even. But the Oxygen has a stronger pull on hydrogens electron than it does, so the electron is "pulled" more towards the oxygen, so the electrons are never evenly dispersed.

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Exactly! Hydroxide is an ion, which is always polar due to the uneven dispersement of electron charges. The sub-atomic particles present in hydroxide include the hydrogen proton & e-, the oxygen has the neutrons, protons, and electrons. The neutron has no measurable bearing on the 3 way relationship in a hydroxide ion. The 3 players are the protons of the oxygen, the protons of the hydrogen, and the electrons shared between them in a covalent bond. The electrons are more strongly attracted to the oxygen because of the higher cummulative power of the larger number of + charges present. So, within the covalent bond, the electron cloud is never even shared between the two atomic nuclei, it is NEVER EVEN.

+rep to the brainiacs!!!

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Originally Posted by jdbnsn

Exactly! Hydroxide is an ion, which is always polar due to the uneven dispersement of electrons. The sub-atomic particles present in hydroxide include the hydrogen proton & e-, the oxygen has the neutrons, protons, and electrons. The neutron has no measurable bearing on the 3 way relationship in a hydroxide ion. The 3 players are the protons of the oxygen, the protons of the hydrogen, and the electrons shared between them in a covalent bond. The electrons are more strongly attracted to the oxygen because of the higher cummulative power of the larger number of + charges present. So, within the covalent bond, the electron cloud is never even shared between the two atomic nuclei, it is NEVER EVEN.

+rep to the brainiacs!!!

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I'm hoping I can remember this, just in case I happen to be on Jeopardy! one day and this question comes up!