Riddling continued - Page 33

Keith K · 11-19-2003, 06:09 PM

Here's that other riddle I promised y'all:

Middle Earth Tavern Riddle
whenever you’re thirsty take this as a lock,
that we have the best beer that is kept in stock.

Keith K · 11-19-2003, 09:31 PM

Also, here is a reposting of an unsolved riddle now on its third page!

Middle Earth Geometry Riddle

Out of the whole divide me by seven.
From the seven, choose six and divide each by two.
The one remainder from the original seven represents the largest value.
The other six have ever decreasing values.

What in Middle Earth can I be?

note: The solution to the riddle is not a mathematical number. You must think abstractly to derive the answer.

Beor · 11-20-2003, 04:24 AM

Im thinkin' along the lines of familys here, so correct me if Im wrong, but.....Is it the several little realms of arnor, the ones that got into a civil war, with the larger one (maybe not larger physically) being the line that led to Aragorn?

dang dude, youre good.

the tavern that sam wanted to go to but they didnt want to take the roads, what was it called....the Golden...something (keep thinking of the Golden Unicorn in upstate New York...biggest pancakes I've ever seen...)

Radagast The Brown · 11-20-2003, 08:05 AM

Middle Earth Geometry riddle - hint, please?

Keith K · 11-20-2003, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beor
Im thinkin' along the lines of familys here, so correct me if Im wrong, but.....Is it the several little realms of arnor, the ones that got into a civil war, with the larger one (maybe not larger physically) being the line that led to Aragorn?

Now that is some good abstract thinking Beor. It is along the wrong path though. The divisions are not along family lines.
In reply to Radagasts plea for a clue I will say that the geometry part of this riddle can roughly be related to concentric circles.

Beor · 11-20-2003, 10:41 AM

How bout the tavern, man?

Keith K · 11-20-2003, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beor
How bout the tavern, man?

oh yeah, my bad. I'm going to have to give it to you because you have identified the tavern well enough. The name of it is the Golden Perch, home of the "best beer in the Eastfarthing". It is located in the village of Stock. Dang, I was hoping for some wrong guesses on this one. At least somebody could have guessed the Green Dragon or the Prancing Pony.

Nice job Beor, you denied me my fun and guessed my riddle immediately! It is difficult to stump you as I am finding out.

Beor · 11-20-2003, 12:30 PM

Sorry, man, didnt mean to. Wait, I've got it, is it the prancing pony

. Anyway, you stumped me with the geometry one, and the sprial thing makes me think of Tool's album Lateralus. Dont think that I'm done though, I am still dangerous

Keith K · 11-20-2003, 02:33 PM

A new riddle:

Misty Mountain Breakdown
Misfortunes winds have blown my way.
My folk and my herds - they had no say.
They were murdered and fired or scattered away.
I’ve been wounded by orcs, my kin were their prey.
I’m going up high to escape from the fray.
I won’t come back down, it’s my intention to stay.

***Valandil*** · 11-20-2003, 02:46 PM

The Great Eagles? Just not sure if they had "herds" - or if it was poetic license if they didn't?

Keith K · 11-20-2003, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Valandil
The Great Eagles?

Negative. Also, the answer is not plural but rather is a single character.

***Earniel*** · 11-20-2003, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Keith K
Misty Mountain Breakdown
Misfortunes winds have blown my way.
My folk and my herds - they had no say.
They were murdered and fired or scattered away.
I’ve been wounded by orcs, my kin were their prey.
I’m going up high to escape from the fray.
I won’t come back down, it’s my intention to stay.

Is it Skinbark?

Keith K · 11-20-2003, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eärniel
Is it Skinbark?

Dadgummit! I forgot about you Earniel! You are the resident Ent expert I guess since you were correct on the Ent riddle I posted a few weeks ago. (Which had the same answer by the way.)

Skinbark/Fladrif it is!

***Earniel*** · 11-20-2003, 05:11 PM

Ent expert...

*snigger*

I like that.

brownjenkins · 11-20-2003, 05:47 PM

some tough riddles here... i'll have to go back to page one so i'll see the riddles before the answers

on the geometry one... is it something to do with the seven walls and/or seven levels of minas tirith?

Keith K · 11-20-2003, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by brownjenkins
on the geometry one... is it something to do with the seven walls and/or seven levels of minas tirith?

Ninnyhammers! Noodles! brownjenkins walks into the thread and promptly solves the geometry riddle. Dagnabbit! I was hoping it would go for four (pages that is).
Yes, Minas Tirith is the answer.
The whole = the entire city
The six = levels 2 thru 7 which are divided by a "vast pier of rock"
The largest value = the first level which is undivided.

Outstanding! I am impressed with you already brownjenkins. Please come back to the thread and play some more!

I will have another riddle ready soon.

***Valandil*** · 11-20-2003, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Keith K
Ninnyhammers! Noodles! brownjenkins walks into the thread and promptly solves the geometry riddle. Dagnabbit! I was hoping it would go for four (pages that is).
Yes, Minas Tirith is the answer.
The whole = the entire city
The six = levels 2 thru 7 which are divided by a "vast pier of rock"
The largest value = the first level which is undivided.

Outstanding! I am impressed with you already brownjenkins. Please come back to the thread and play some more!
I will have another riddle ready soon.

Argh! How could we NOT get it...!!! Concentric Circles!!! (Need a REALLY DUMB lookin' Smilie here!!

Good job, Keith... AND brownjenkins for solving it. I was still trying to think abstractly - and making it too hard on myself!

Keith K · 11-20-2003, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Valandil
Argh! How could we NOT get it...!!! Concentric Circles!!!

Really, I figured that I had given it to y'all with that clue but by then I guess the riddle had twisted y'all's minds so much that you moved even further away from the solution.

***Earniel*** · 11-20-2003, 06:23 PM

Well, I wouldn't have guessed it unless I had gotten a good score of hints. Probably because no Ent was involved.

Great job brownjenkins.

Keith K · 11-20-2003, 08:50 PM

Here is my next submission:

Live and Learn in Middle Earth
Fangs of the darkness will turn on and bite you.
In sleeping lies weakness, you’ll leave them to fight you.

11-20-2003, 04:24 AM	#643
Beor founder of the color blue Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: E-Space Posts: 1,727	Im thinkin' along the lines of familys here, so correct me if Im wrong, but.....Is it the several little realms of arnor, the ones that got into a civil war, with the larger one (maybe not larger physically) being the line that led to Aragorn? dang dude, youre good. the tavern that sam wanted to go to but they didnt want to take the roads, what was it called....the Golden...something (keep thinking of the Golden Unicorn in upstate New York...biggest pancakes I've ever seen...) __________________ Well, there it is.

11-20-2003, 08:05 AM	#644
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	Middle Earth Geometry riddle - hint, please? __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

11-20-2003, 10:41 AM	#646
Beor founder of the color blue Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: E-Space Posts: 1,727	How bout the tavern, man? __________________ Well, there it is.

11-20-2003, 12:30 PM	#648
Beor founder of the color blue Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: E-Space Posts: 1,727	Sorry, man, didnt mean to. Wait, I've got it, is it the prancing pony . Anyway, you stumped me with the geometry one, and the sprial thing makes me think of Tool's album Lateralus. Dont think that I'm done though, I am still dangerous __________________ Well, there it is.

11-20-2003, 05:11 PM	#654
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Ent expert... snigger I like that. __________________ We are not things.

11-19-2003, 06:09 PM	#641
Keith K Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: charlotte, n.c. Posts: 1,081	Here's that other riddle I promised y'all: Middle Earth Tavern Riddle whenever you’re thirsty take this as a lock, that we have the best beer that is kept in stock.

11-19-2003, 09:31 PM	#642
Keith K Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: charlotte, n.c. Posts: 1,081	Also, here is a reposting of an unsolved riddle now on its third page! Middle Earth Geometry Riddle Out of the whole divide me by seven. From the seven, choose six and divide each by two. The one remainder from the original seven represents the largest value. The other six have ever decreasing values. What in Middle Earth can I be? note: The solution to the riddle is not a mathematical number. You must think abstractly to derive the answer.

11-20-2003, 02:33 PM	#649
Keith K Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: charlotte, n.c. Posts: 1,081	A new riddle: Misty Mountain Breakdown Misfortunes winds have blown my way. My folk and my herds - they had no say. They were murdered and fired or scattered away. I’ve been wounded by orcs, my kin were their prey. I’m going up high to escape from the fray. I won’t come back down, it’s my intention to stay.

11-20-2003, 02:46 PM	#650
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	The Great Eagles? Just not sure if they had "herds" - or if it was poetic license if they didn't?

11-20-2003, 05:47 PM	#655
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	some tough riddles here... i'll have to go back to page one so i'll see the riddles before the answers on the geometry one... is it something to do with the seven walls and/or seven levels of minas tirith?

11-20-2003, 06:23 PM	#659
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Well, I wouldn't have guessed it unless I had gotten a good score of hints. Probably because no Ent was involved. Great job brownjenkins. __________________ We are not things.

11-20-2003, 08:50 PM	#660
Keith K Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: charlotte, n.c. Posts: 1,081	Here is my next submission: Live and Learn in Middle Earth Fangs of the darkness will turn on and bite you. In sleeping lies weakness, you’ll leave them to fight you.

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