Riddle

@cbt711 [spoiler=the...]match would be the obvious answer, but not a listed choice... so failing that, the candle.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=@tramadol and @CBT] Normal ppl would light the match for sure, but if you can find a way to light the candle first without lighting the match, I see no reason not to :) [/spoiler]

I've heard that one before as well :P, so didn't answer.

[b]RIDDLE:[/b] [b]What is the next number in the sequence? 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211[/b] Stolen again, I couldn't get this one, I would be surprised if anyone can! Good luck! SMALL HINT: [spoiler]It has very little to do with mathematics[/spoiler]

[spoiler]13112221 ^^[/spoiler]

@Virtuosity98 [spoiler=got it by accident]I racked my brain for drop the 1 down, rotate it, add first 2 digits from row above, drop 1st digit of row 2 behind, rotate it.... aaaaah! Failed on every avenue! Then I said out loud "come on think, what do we have here"? "First there is [b]one 1[/b], (11) then there are [b]two 1's[/b] (21), then there are [b]one 2 & one 1[/b] (12-11), then there are [b]one 1, one 2 and two 1's[/b] (11-12-21)", etc. It's how you say the numbers you see from just the number 1 (one 1) that decides what is written next numerically. [i]You should see how many pieces of scrap paper are on my desk, yes a bin full. LOL[/i] [b]Answer: 13112221[/b][/spoiler]

[spoiler=Mathematics is easy] The answer is [b]7[/b]. You see, there exists this function that goes as follows: f(0) = 1, f(1) = 11, f(2) = 21, f(3) = 1211, f(4) = 111221, f(5) = 312211, f(6) = 7 and f(x) = 0 for all values of x not equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Since you gave exactly the same peculiar numbers, you must mean the sequence that lists the values of this function for all non-negative integers, and with the next integer of course you mean 6. Must be the correct answer, otherwise that would be a HUGE coincidence. [/spoiler]

I just made this one up, hope it works okay. In my natural environment, I have a finite lifespan and like you I shrink with age. You can capture me, see me, hear me & feel me, but you can't smell me or taste me. I can be very comforting, but also very dangerous. You can find me anywhere on the earth, and I have been around longer than the dinosaurs. What am I?

It was the match. Format of the question doesn't change the fact that you would have to light the match first.

[spoiler=@tram]Carbon Monoxide? Or just Carbon?(carbon dating based on halflife or "shrinking" of Carbon)[/spoiler]

Sorry cbt711 [spoiler]Carbon is a good answer and one of the ones I was afraid of that might ruin the riddle, but I'm sure I can find a few examples of where it can't be found and where it doesn't fit all the criteria of the riddle. [b]"You can find me anywhere on the earth" also "You can capture me, see me, hear me & feel me".[/b] You can't get carbon / carbon monoxide in many places such as for example an Oxygen cylinder or any gas other than carbon based / mixed gases. However this can be found in even the slightest amount everywhere on earth, with perhaps one exception, an environment which is man-made purely not to allow it to exist. I don't know of any, but they may exist for experimental purposes. I also can't think of any instances where we can hear carbon / carbon monoxide. So this thing is on a different level to a molecular particle and like us, it has to be created. There is one thing that fits all the criteria, even the weak red herrings are true. I have had to choose my words wisely here, but I think you'll get it now.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=@tramadol's riddle] I'm thinking of [i]warmth[/i] or [i]heat[/i] now, but I think you can't hear it. You can hear fire, but then fire is not the same as warmth [/spoiler]

[spoiler]water?[/spoiler]

For my number riddle, Psymon and Tramadol are correct! Matty, I'm sure your answer makes perfect mathematical sense (I have no ide what you're going on about :P), but it's NOT the answer to the riddle! "A HUGE coincidence!" I think that my "SMALL HINT" should have encouraged you to go for a different way of thinking and a different answer.

@Tramadol: [spoiler]Is it fire? EDIT: Is it a flame?[/spoiler]