HardRhyming Riddle
In marble halls as white as milk, lined with a skin as soft as silk. Within a fountain crystal-clear. A golden apple doth appear. No doors there are to this stronghold, yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
Riddle
In marble halls as white as milk, lined with a skin as soft as silk. Within a fountain crystal-clear. A golden apple doth appear. No doors there are to this stronghold, yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
Choose an answer
A.A pearl
B.An orange
C.A coconut
D.An egg
Hint: It's a 2-word phrase with 5 letters, starting with "A".
Answer
An egg
Why this is the answer
This famous Tolkien riddle describes an egg: its white shell ("marble halls"), the soft inner membrane ("skin like silk"), the clear egg white ("fountain"), and the golden yolk -- which has no door, yet can be "stolen" by cracking it open.
This riddle is filed under Rhyming Riddles and rated Hard.