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Lyra Cornwallis
Lyra Cornwallis
Lucky Stiff

Mar-12-2010 10:38

The game's very simple. You just have to post a riddle, and the person who posts next should try answering it, and should post their own riddle.

Example:
Why do birds fly South in winter?

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Heimlich VonVictor
Heimlich VonVictor
Vigilante

Mar-13-2010 12:29

Is it a dough nut Lyra?

A knight and a dragon live on an island with seven poisoned wells. These wells are numbered 1-7. The only way to neutralize the poison from one of these wells is to drink from any higher numbered well. Well #7 is also at the top of a gigantic mountain that only the dragon can reach by flying up.

One day the dragon gets greedy and decides that he wants the entire island to himself. He proposes a contest to the knight where they will meet at sunset, each bringing a glass of water. The one who lives will receive the island. The dragon believes that he has a foolproof plan and the island will soon be his, but the knight knows of one surefire way that he will live and the dragon will die. What is it?

Lyra Cornwallis
Lyra Cornwallis
Lucky Stiff

Mar-13-2010 13:21

Okay, the answer to mine is a DOUGHnut.

I can't guess yours....

Lyra Cornwallis
Lyra Cornwallis
Lucky Stiff

Mar-13-2010 13:41

Sorry Heimlich, I didn't read your answer and posted the above one before. You're right!!!

Can't answer your riddle still...

Who makes jokes about knitting?

ctown28
ctown28
Huntsman

Mar-13-2010 14:27

I know the answer to Heims riddle but ont spoil it here. Heim one thing that you left out is that after they each gt a glass and meet, they will exchange glasses and drink the glass that was brought by the other.

Lyra Cornwallis
Lyra Cornwallis
Lucky Stiff

Mar-14-2010 00:33

???

Heimlich VonVictor
Heimlich VonVictor
Vigilante

Mar-14-2010 09:17

Ah yes thank you ctown, the riddle should read

"He proposes a contest to the knight where they will meet at sunset, each bringing a glass of water. They will exchange glasses and each will drink from the other's glass. The one who lives will receive the island. The dragon believes that he has a foolproof plan and the island will soon be his, but the knight knows of one surefire way that he will live and the dragon will die. What is it?"

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Mar-14-2010 15:53

I can make the first half of this work: if the knight drinks from well 1, any of the other wells is going to be a cure. but that depends on if you drink from a higher well whether or not you get poisoned over again.

The second half, I don't know. How does the dragon die? Does it have to be water from the wells?

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Mar-14-2010 15:54

sorry should say the knight would have to have a pre-competition drink from well 1 first before drinking the dragon's offering.

Cordelia Falco
Cordelia Falco
Battered Shoe

Mar-15-2010 03:37

It does seem to depend on whether you have to keep drinking from higher and higher wells to counteract each poison. If so, if the knight gives the dragon water from well #6 then he forces the dragon to drink from well #7, and there's nothing then that can counter well#7. But that would apply to any of the poisons: you'd have to keep drinking from the next well up till you ran out (in the knight's case at #6 and in the dragon's case at #7) and then you'd die. So the only way the knight could live would be to not drink the water. :)

I'm not sure Lyra meant us to get this many headaches. I blame the English language for not distinguishing between puzzle riddles and the type of joke that goes "What do you get if you cross an elephant and a kangaroo?"...

M. Lacrimosa
M. Lacrimosa
Thespian

Mar-15-2010 05:24

If I had to guess the answer to that, I'd have to say an Eleroo. But that's just what I would say.

Here is a puzzle.

In an alley, you find a dead body. It's that of a man. Coming from his mouth is a red liquid. And next to his head, is a stick. What happened to this man?

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