The 1960’s Riddler’s Riddles

Known for his purple domino mask and green question mark-covered riddler costume, either as a skintight bodysuit or a business suit and bowler hat and his special question mark shaped cane, the Riddler is obsessed with riddles, puzzles, and word games.
Here are some riddles from 1960s Batman:

1. What weighs six ounces, sits in a tree, and is very dangerous?
A sparrow with a machine gun.

2. How do you divide seventeen apples among sixteen people?
Make applesauce.

3. What has neither flesh, bone, nor nail yet has 4 fingers and a thumb?
A Glove.

4. The more you take away, the larger it grows. What is it?
A hole.

5. What has 4 legs, runs day and night, but never gets anywhere?
The Famous Lion Fountains at the museum.

6. What is it that travels on all fours in the morning, on two legs at noon, and three at twilight?
Man.

7. What are the chilliest 12 inches in the world?
Cold feet.

8. What letter is ne'er received in the alphabet?
The letter you put in the mailbox.

9. What kind of men are always above board?
Chessmen.

10. When is a bonnet not a bonnet?
When it becomes a young woman.

I really enjoy riddles. Some are so simple yet so unbelievably difficult. I'm glad they made them a little bit harder in Arkham City.

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Jim Carrey the Riddler

In Batman Forever it was Jim Carrey who played the Riddler. It was said that Michael Jackson had previously opted hard to land the role but was ignored. Matthew Broderick also expressed interest in the role. The Riddler also got a name in this movie as well which was Edward Nygma. The Riddler costume was a spandex green body suit with question marks, the cane, the mask and the bowler hat. For some strange reason whenever Edward Nygma changed into the Riddler his hair would change to red as well. So if you decide you would sooner be Edward then the Riddler, then grab the lab coat, mess up the hair, bug the eyes out and become the wacky scientist.

Things about The Riddler

1. The Riddler’s real name originally was Edward Nigma. In more recent reboots, it has been changed to Edward Nashton.
2. The Riddler’s first appearance in Detective Comics #140 in 1948.
3. The Riddler appeared in 10 episodes of the 1960s Batman TV series, as well as in the movie based on that series, making him one of the TV Batman’s most persistent villains;
4. The Riddler was cured of his insanity and worked on the side of good for a time, but he didn’t last.
5. The world’s tallest and fastest stand-up rollercoaster is the Riddler’s Revenge in California.
6. Actors who have played or voiced the Riddler on TV or films include Frank Gorshin, John Astin, Jim Carrey, John Glover and Robert Englund.
7. On The Simpsons, Bart once imagined himself as a Batman-like character whose enemy is The Diddler.

The 1960s Riddler Costumes

In the 1960s Batman Series, the Riddler was played by Frank Gorshin and John Astin. The Riddler was an arch-nemesis of Batman. Riddler is the original clue-dropping criminal. He delights in challenging Batman and Robin with his puzzles that he leaves behind at crime scenes, always pointing to where he will be next.

Frank Gorshin The Riddler Spandex Costume

Frank Gorshin The Riddler Suit

Frank Gorshin's Riddler had 2 riddler costumes that he would wear. One was simply the green jumpsuit with the large question mark in the middle of it, and the other was a suit with the bowler hat and white gloves.

John Astin The Riddler

John Astin's Riddler character only wore the green jumpsuit, but his Riddler character however introduced the Riddler's cane which was basically a stick with a question mark as the handle. Finding a Riddler costume may be a little harder than you think, so you can buy a green spandex bodysuit, or you could always take a green blazer, using a black marker draw your own question marks in different directions on it or make the question marks out of black material.