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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85  Posts: 2615/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| You must figure out the riddle as well as the answer here. This is of my own design, so lets see if it's too easy or hard. When you give the answer, you also have to give your reasoning, or how you got your answer. Without further ado:  Every queen cedes-- four frenzied people fleetly becomes seven, seven becomes seventy. Divided, these assemblages frequently disperse by theirselfs, thereby lessening every queen's responsibilities. Two examples evidencing theirself entailed rebels, even generals. These reached Queen Lenore & educed Lenore's legendary excerpt, "Rebellion equals treachery & degrades what generals overwhelmingly feel, allegiance." (edited by NSNick on 06-26-05 01:11 AM) (edited by NSNick on 06-27-05 11:10 PM) |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 2671/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| By the way, since no one seems to have gotten it- feel free to post here about what you're thinking, maybe try to solve it together? And I may drop hints here and there. |
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paraplayer Snifit Level: 22  Posts: 148/280 EXP: 57271 For next: 1079 Since: 06-06-05 Since last post: 44 days Last activity: 44 days |
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| omigosh double pos- shnaw screw it... Well it's time for detective para to get out the dictionary... The queen pisses 4 people off. these 4 people get 3 others into a frenzy. Then a riot breaks out and it becomes 70 frenzied people. Then umm... They die for some strange reason.. ... noticed something else. the frenzied people our first added then multiplied then divided (then minused?) EDIT: When to dictionary dot com. cedes = To surrender possession of, especially by treaty. assemblage = a group of persons together in one place [syn: gathering] 2: a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose [syn: hookup] 3: the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly" [syn: assembly, gathering] [ant: dismantling] 4: several things grouped together or considered as a whole [syn: collection, aggregation, accumulation] (edited by paraplayer on 06-28-05 05:13 AM) (edited by paraplayer on 06-28-05 05:14 AM) |
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Dei* Nipper Plant Level: 26  Posts: 160/412 EXP: 97995 For next: 4280 Since: 06-18-05 From: USA, Florida Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 1 day |
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| The Queen made a law, that got 4 people into a frenzy, they told 3 other people that joined them, then the entire town got into a frenzy, and then they all overthrew the ween and all was well? You tell ME how I got this idea. Well, cedes tipped me off so I came up with this.  (edited by Dei* on 06-28-05 03:14 PM) |
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Grey the Stampede Don't mess with powers you don't understand. And yes. That means donuts. Level: 82  Posts: 2506/3770 EXP: 5192909 For next: 16318 Since: 06-17-04 From: Kingston, RI, USA, Earth Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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You're both way off....  That was the first route that I tried. But don't you need to come up with a question and an answer from what you're told, NSNick? |
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Apophis Red Super Koopa Level: 45 Posts: 586/882 EXP: 640255 For next: 19909 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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| people can also mean "a people", which would be the citizens of a nation or kingdom. Therefore, I think this might be more in the right direction: there are 3 queens and 1 king, with a total of four kingdoms and peoples. Each queen cedes a portion of her kingdom, resulting in 3 new kingdoms and peoples. Soon this new and unstable system resulted in the kingdoms' being split into 70 warring city-states. Fortunately, the queens did not have to deal with the responsibility of battling these city states. Internal rebellions and and power-hungry generals destroyed them from within. |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 2677/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by GreyWell, you definitely need to come up with an answer. I wouldn't say you have to "come up" with a question, so much as find it... |
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ziratha Ninji Level: 24 Posts: 154/231 EXP: 77808 For next: 317 Since: 06-29-04 Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 17 days |
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| Well, my only thought was that maybe it had to do with a deck of cards. | |||
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 2681/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Hint: This is very much a lateral thinking puzzle. Edit: Meaning, don't look at meaning of the literal paragraph. (edited by NSNick on 06-28-05 08:16 PM) |
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Apophis Red Super Koopa Level: 45 Posts: 588/882 EXP: 640255 For next: 19909 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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Originally posted by NSNick 4+3 = 7 7*10= 70 70/2 = 35 The answer is 35 (edited by Apophis on 06-28-05 10:02 PM) (edited by Apophis on 06-28-05 10:03 PM) |
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Teddylot It was a dark and stormy night ... Level: 44 Posts: 680/851 EXP: 606742 For next: 4543 Since: 03-15-04 From: Not today. Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 8 hours |
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| Does the title of your riddle have anything to do with the question/answer? | |||
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Apophis Red Super Koopa Level: 45 Posts: 590/882 EXP: 640255 For next: 19909 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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Originally posted by NSNick The E is larger in the image. Does it have something to do with eliminating E's from the text? Removing all the words containing the letter E, we get: four by two what 4x2 = 8, so maybe the answer is 8? then again... he says "theirselfs" instead of "theirselves", which could be a clue to another answer (edited by Apophis on 06-28-05 11:14 PM) |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 2684/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by Teddylot Simply put, yes. Apophis is the closest I've seen so far. But still wrong, so far. |
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Apophis Red Super Koopa Level: 45 Posts: 591/882 EXP: 640255 For next: 19909 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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| more literally, 4 by 2 could be 42. | |||
Jagori Flurry Level: 27 Posts: 224/267 EXP: 103625 For next: 12534 Since: 04-17-04 Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Eliminate all the words with two of the letter "e" in them. You get: Four divided by two equals what [?] The answer is two. [edit, in case that's not enough reasoning] I noticed that almost all of the words have two of the letter "e" in them. The use of "theirselfs" rather than "theirselves" is an unusual choice of word, but it's chosen to fit that two-e rule. Playing off what Apophis said about eliminating stuff with E in it, I got rid of all the two-e words and was left with the above phrase. The rest is history. (edited by Jagori on 06-29-05 03:11 AM) |
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paraplayer Snifit Level: 22 Posts: 155/280 EXP: 57271 For next: 1079 Since: 06-06-05 Since last post: 44 days Last activity: 44 days |
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| ack i was completely off. oh well i looked up cedes for everyone here at least... Every queen cedes-- frenzied fleetly becomes seven, seven becomes seventy. these assemblages frequently disperse theirselfs, thereby lessening every queen's . examples evidencing theirself entailed rebels, even generals. These reached Queen educed Lenore's legendary excerpt, "Rebellion treachery degrades generals overwhelmingly feel, allegiance thats the paragraph with all the words without 2 "E"S removed four Divided, by . Two equals what 4/2 = 2 EDIT: Oh jeez is the amswer 4/2 = 2? EDIT AGAIN: I used a calculater does that disqualify me? (edited by paraplayer on 06-29-05 03:59 AM) (edited by paraplayer on 06-29-05 04:00 AM) |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 2693/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by JagoriWe have a winner! Yes, the key was to eliminate all words with two Es in them. The dropshadow on the E in Eliminate was the clue there, along with the word choice. Good job on getting it, Jagori! Apophis, good job on leading everyone down the right path. You were so close. |
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Apophis Red Super Koopa Level: 45 Posts: 593/882 EXP: 640255 For next: 19909 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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| Gaaah! So close! Well, good job everyone! Congrats, Jagori! | |||
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paraplayer Snifit Level: 22 Posts: 179/280 EXP: 57271 For next: 1079 Since: 06-06-05 Since last post: 44 days Last activity: 44 days |
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| damnit make another puzzle like this i wanna win! | |||
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 2712/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| So, now that you all see the answer, what do you think of my puzzle? And para, if it were that easy, I would.  |
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