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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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So I've decided to run a Word Puzzle contest after seeing all the riddle topics that are all Pokemon related and not at all the kind of world puzzles I love so much. Some require a lot of thinking, trial and error, and some are the kind of tricks that make you want to pull out your hair. But they're all pretty entertaining, so let's get started!
The contest will consist of 15 questions. One question will be posted at a time, and the first person to reply with the correct solution (and why) will get one point. The person with the most points at it is winner.
1st Prize: 100 Psybucks
2nd Prize: 75 Psybucks
3rd Prize: 50 Psybucks
Participation (at least one point): 5 Psybucks
Rules:
1. You can only answer once for each riddle.
2. What I say goes, it's my activity.
3. If a question goes unanswered for 48 hours, the next question will be posted.
4. PLEASE try not to find the solutions on the Internet, because that makes me a saaaaaad panda.
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Question Number One
Fill in the blanks using two different words that are anagrams of each other.
"The man had trouble _______ in time for the red light because of dog's _______."
You have 48 hours.
GO!</center>
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
Last edited by Jamie on Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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JsXtm
Gym Leader
Joined: Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:34 pm Posts: 2204 Location: Madison, WI
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JameJame wrote: Rules:
1. You can only answer once for each riddle.
Also, you need an ending date, JameJame.
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:32 am |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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I said fifteen questio... oh whatever.
Well, I'm going on vacation on the 29th, so if it's not done by then, that's the ending date.
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:01 am |
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Kirke
Ace Trainer
Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:35 pm Posts: 315 Location: strange overtones
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I did it!
"The man had trouble RACECAR in time for the red light because of dog's RACECAR."
_________________everything that happens will happen today
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:32 pm |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Kirke wrote: I did it!
"The man had trouble RACECAR in time for the red light because of dog's RACECAR." Err... No Kirke, not quite.
Hint: Both works, although anagrams, begin with B and end in G. (Now really, this is too easy...)
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:44 pm |
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Serpentsounds
Super Saiyan
Joined: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:21 am Posts: 697 Location: Out of my brain on the 5:15
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Braking and Barking
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:46 pm |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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...and SS gets the point.
Scores:
Serpentsounds - 1
<center>--+--
Question Number Two:
How do you fit TEN HORSES in nine stalls?
Clue: MSPaint might work best for the solution to this one.
One for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
And four to...
GO!
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:49 pm |
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Serpentsounds
Super Saiyan
Joined: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:21 am Posts: 697 Location: Out of my brain on the 5:15
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:53 pm |
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Kirke
Ace Trainer
Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:35 pm Posts: 315 Location: strange overtones
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You put two horses in the honeymoon stall, and rest rest can stay in normal stalls.
_________________everything that happens will happen today
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:08 pm |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Serpentsounds got that one, too. Good work.
Scores:
Serpentsounds - 2
<center>--+--
Question Number Three:
Rearrange the letters in DRAGON LEWIS to form a single word.
GO!
And please try not to solve this one, Serpentsounds. ;_;
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:40 pm |
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~p o k e~ spriter
PROBATION
Joined: Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:25 am Posts: 422 Location: Getting Morbatly Obiece like 85% of the American Population
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Siwenagnledre.. LOL
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:52 pm |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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~p o k e~ spriter wrote: Siwenagnledre.. LOL Err, not quite. Keep guessing, guys. :]
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:03 pm |
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DNA
Trivia Champion
Joined: Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:37 pm Posts: 3170 Location: clegavel
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The most obvious answer ever:
DRAGON LEWIS becomes:
A SINGLE WORD
This point's mine. - DNA
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Ghost Writer
Ace Trainer
Joined: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:45 pm Posts: 382 Location: Searching for the place all the Abra teleport to. I'm going to crash their party.
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Ah, man! I didn't realize that was a riddle...
*puts away pen and paper* I was coming up with a lot of stuff, too.
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_________________ [img]http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s239/Jammer92/ThousandWordSig.png[/img]
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:05 pm |
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Kirke
Ace Trainer
Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:35 pm Posts: 315 Location: strange overtones
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Mr. DNA, you are mistaken. It is, in fact,
DRAGONLEWIS
EDIT: OH GY MOD! 350th POST LOLZ!
_________________everything that happens will happen today
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Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:53 pm |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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No Kirke... No. SorcererDNA gets this one. Congrats!
Scores:
Serpentsounds - 2
SorcererDNA - 1
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Question Number Four:
Find a number whose double exceeds its quarter by 7.
(Yay, math!)
ALLEZ!
Yeah, thought I'd throw some French in there... :x
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:19 pm |
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Munchlax911
PROBATION
Joined: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:28 am Posts: 162 Location: In the endless abyss..
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-_- I Hate MATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crap, I gotta stop geting C's in math if i wanna get somewhere in life.
Lemme think. If it doubles itself, It will be 7 over a quater of the number? Am I right? Welll I'm gonna start at 2. (wait a stupid second its definitly not 2 cuase the first number to have a quater is 4.......HEADBANG!)
4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:24 pm |
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Ghost Writer
Ace Trainer
Joined: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:45 pm Posts: 382 Location: Searching for the place all the Abra teleport to. I'm going to crash their party.
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Math skillz away! I was surprised I could do this one, but I can!
Your problem when put numerical form becomes
2X=x/4 + 7
8x=4X/4 +28
4x/4 cancel out, becoming...
8x=x + 28
Simple algebra here...
7x= 28
x=4
The answer is 4!
_________________ [img]http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s239/Jammer92/ThousandWordSig.png[/img]
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:34 pm |
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DNA
Trivia Champion
Joined: Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:37 pm Posts: 3170 Location: clegavel
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The double exceeds its quarter by 7? If I read you right, you mean:
2x = 1/4x + 7
(subtract .25x from both sides)
7/4x = 7
(multiply both sides by 4/7)
x = 28/7 = 4
Therefore, x = 4.
- DNA
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:23 pm |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Err... Please don't start arguing in my competition. Since I'm not a mod, I can't delete your posts, but I'd greatly appreciate if you did that yourself. The next person/people to do something like that will have their points taken away and will be banned from this game. Understood? Great.
And yeah, Munchlax911 got it.
Scores:
Serpentsounds - 2
Munchlax911 - 1
SorcererDNA - 1
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Question Number Five:
Give each letter a numerical value between 0 and 9 to make the statement true:
SEND + MORE = MONEY
Similar letters represent similar values (example: if A = 7, all the other As would also = 7) and no two letters represent the same number (example: If A = 7, B can't = 7, etc).
Now can we please not fight this time?
That makes me a saaaad panda.
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:38 pm |
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Kirke
Ace Trainer
Joined: Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:35 pm Posts: 315 Location: strange overtones
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We did this in math class (and I don't remember the answer) and it was horrible so I'm not even going to try.
_________________everything that happens will happen today
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:49 pm |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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If you're not going to try, really, why bother posting?
Let's try to keep spam to a minimum, kthx.
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:03 pm |
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JD
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:31 pm Posts: 50
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9567 + 1085 = 10652
O = 0 M = 1 Y = 2 E = 5 N = 6 D = 7 R = 8 S = 9
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:14 pm |
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JsXtm
Gym Leader
Joined: Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:34 pm Posts: 2204 Location: Madison, WI
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Spam Detected!
Spam Deleted!
Seriously, Munchlax911. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ASKED, OR DON'T POST AT ALL.
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:51 am |
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Jamie
Pokemon Ranger
Joined: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:42 pm Posts: 516 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Thank you very much, JsXtm. :]
And yeah, JD got it. I have no idea how, I couldn't get it myself, but alas! Problem solved.
Scores:
Serpentsounds - 2
SorcererDNA - 1
Munchlax911 - 1
JD - 1
<center>--+--
Question Number Six
Each of the following boxes represents a common phrase, term or saying, in a graphic format. Simply try to decode what each is trying to say, and you'll do fine.
I don't think I need to mention this, and frankly, if you did this, you're stupid enough to deserve it, but try not to post if you've only got half the answers. You need all of them to get the point, and you might be giving someone the only one they don't have.
The puzzles can be found at this link. Yes, I did them myself, in paint, please don't complain about my lack of artistic ability.
Good luck!
_________________It's a story about a ninja who couldn't climb a wall.... BUT BECAME A BIG POP STAR.
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