My whole will show what others know (what am I)

Vi, firstly Hi, and welcome to the forum. IMHO you have made a great start with your comments and this ?'testing' riddle. Let me be the first to say ?'I don't have a clue' as to the answer. However, there are some (loads) of highly intelligent people prowling about, and they are sure to test you. Good luck.

also, I know usually "my first" and "my last" refer to letters or words. the answer is one word, not a compound word, and not two letters.

Acts of God: A natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events.
calamity
disaster
earthquake etc.

An engine/motor/kite/oar/paddle can replace a sail.



Answer/books/encyclopedia/check



Whim

meh, along the right lines except the first part of calamity/disaster/earthquake doesn't combine with engine/motor/kite/oar/paddle to get Answer/books/encyclopedia/check. I actually made an effort to make the different parts of the riddle connect and work together.

Vi, I was not giving an answer yet, just putting my thoughts in the thread, so others might see the light.

"so others might see the light"
Difficult to do if the batteries are flat, but here goes;

"my first is the first of an act of god"
Causes ?'damage'

"my last replaces a sail"
?'Steam' power replaced sail. (Engine)

Damage - Steam -?'Steam age'

"my whole will show what others know"
?'Whole' Hole of the damage.

"but where you are right"
?'Right' (R) RMS

"I am wrong"
(W) Wreck

= RMS Titanic, A Steam age ship sunk by an act of God.


Please send the BIG prize c/o A2K PO Box 007 :wink:

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nope, sorry. and the prize was really good too...

as I said, I tried to make the riddle actually make sense. and you all make god out to be such a horrible person!

Act of God = Miracle = First = M

So far so good I hope.


Whim

(Mir)r(or) seems to fit if the homophone "or" is used instead of "oar."

A mirror lets you see what others see.
The apparent reversal of the image is wrong.

Someone once said, "Acts of God: A natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events."

So, how can, "Act of God = Miracle = First = M"

Therefore, if it's bad, it's an act of God.
If it's good, it's a Miracle.

BUT, and it is a big but, the riddle goes. "my first is the first of an act of god" Which should = Bad.

BUT, Vi states, "you all make god out to be such a horrible person!" Which, I would suggest shows he means the ?'act' to be good.

Back to Whim: "An engine/motor/kite/oar/paddle can replace a sail."
"Answer/books/encyclopaedia/check"

Reply from Vi, "(you are) along the right lines"

So, back to the first, a good act that fits in with "An engine/motor/kite/oar/paddle can replace a sail." Along with, steam, coal and power etc.


At least we have been able to answer one question, "tell me what you think, and if its too easy/awful"

Well, it's not too easy. I will reserve judgement on the second part, until the answer is found, which I very much hope will be better than;

Rebus
Q. w e s t
A. hollowest

Author unknown. Well, known but believed to be in hiding. :wink:

markr wins =]
yeah, the act of god thing may be a bit misleading, but a miracle is an act of god, isn't it? I'm not very religious and don't know the fine differences in terminology... =P

if you've thought of an improvement to the riddle, feel free to suggest it. I'd like to try to make up some better ones, make them rhyme even =P
this one took less than a minute to write, I guess I should spend more time on them in the future

firepower

my head hurts

my first is the first of an act of god- creation?

or a beginning?

dude, someone already got the answer.