Book of the Week Nov. 15 2014 and RIDDLING DERBY!

Are you all watching? Are you all reading? Yes you are!

Welcome back to the Wyvern's Den! Yet again, readers, we at the blog will be fusing two of our attractions into one, but with something else in the mix!

Whoever is victorious in our newest Riddling Derby will get to choose next week's Book of the Week! And something else too....bwaahahaa...

So without further ado, allow me to introduce the 8TH RIDDLING DERBY OF 2014!

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The rules, as always, are simple.

Three riddles of intense difficulty shall be posted below.

You followers and visitors alike shall battle like gladiators with your brains to figure the riddles out before the time limit elapses.

One point will be awarded for every riddle solved correctly.

The Bonus Riddle at the end is worth two points if solved.

All guesses should be inscribed in the comment box below, we authors are very against blog graffiti.

The Riddling Derby Results shall be posted on Tuesday the 18th, at which time all guessing, voting, and stimulating war dancing shall cease.

As our Reigning Champion of the Hall of Riddlers, Dmitri Pendragon should wait exactly one hour, forty five minutes and fifteen and one half seconds before joining the fray, giving the other solvers a chance at the riddling crown.

Let the games begin!

Riddle 1.0: Mom and dad have four daughters, each daughter has one brother, how many people are in the family?

Riddle 2.0: Take away the whole and some still remains. What is it?

Riddle 3.0: There are three stoves, a glass stove, a brick stove and a wood stove, but you only have one match. Which do you light first?

BONUS RIDDLE: Two cops walked into a room with no windows and found a dead man who obviously hung himself from the ceiling, though they could not figure out how. There was no chair or table beneath him to conclude he might have used it to hang himself. They just found a puddle of water. how did the man hang himself?

Comment below with your answers!
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Book of the Week

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Category: YA
Genre: Fantasy
Series:  Peter and the Starcatchers Book 1

The brilliant reinvention of the tale of Peter Pan and Neverland, Dave Barry mixes his perfect comedy with Pearson's writing skills into a perfect mix.
Peter is an orphan who has been taken aboard the ship Neverland, along with his fellow orphans, their destination uncertain. Soon Peter becomes suspicious of the mysterious cargo that the ships holds, which is guarded in an old shabby trunk.
He soon becomes in league with another passenger, young Molly Aster, who has realized the true properties of the trunk, which was meant to be somewhere else.
High adventure on the sea turns into a shipwreck on Mollusk island after the notorious pirate Black Stash makes a move for the treasure.
Hostile natives and a giant crocodile, magic trunks and lost orphans turns Peter and the Starcatchers into a guaranteed must read. You seriously, must read it.
Go. Go read the whole series.
Now.
GO!

                                                 

7th Riddling Derby RESULTS & Book of the Week

Well, readers, sorry.

Let's all take a moment to sigh at the incredible procrastinatorial talent of JTZ Baner.
We have left the blog forgotten, yet again.

But not to worry, we're back in business!

RIDDLING DERBY RESULTS:

2014 Riddling Derby No. 7

Welcome to Iron Wyvern! Today is the beginning of the Seventh Riddling Derby of 2014! Defending champion: Dmitri Pendragon. Who will challenge his title?

EDIT: We're sorry there was no Book of the Week post on Saturday; there was a slight mixup in the choice of novel. This week we'll be back on schedule.

Each of the first three riddles are worth one point, and the last one is worth two. Please honor the other contestants and don't use the internet, of course. That would be cheating.

If there is a tie, we will try to get hold of the contestants for a riddle-off tiebreaker. If that cannot be arranged, we will simply induct both of them into the Hall of Riddlers simultaneously.

All right, you know the rules, let's get started!

Riddle #1: You can easily touch me, but not easily see me. You can throw me out, but not away.

What am I?

Riddle #2: What heavy seven letter word can you take two from and be left with eight?

Riddle #3: If a farmer has 5 chickens, two horses, and his wife on his farm, how many feet are on his farm? (nobody's disabled, too, so don't worry about that)

Bonus Riddle: What is 40 divided by 1/2, plus 15?

Comment below with your answers, suggestions, thoughts, love letters, etc. Comments will be moderated, so don't worry about letting other contestants know the answers.

Riddling Derby No. 6 RESULTS!

And we're back for the unveiling ceremony of all riddles presented in the previous Riddling Derby, the comments underscored there, and the winners by majority of correct answers. ONWARD!!

Riddle #1: Bind me and I walk, loose me and I am still. What am I?

Answer: Sandals! Correctly solved by Anastasia & Dmitri Pendragon
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Riddle #2: A word I know, six letters it contains, remove on letter and twelve remains. What is it?

Solution: Dozens! Correctly interpreted by Dmitri...and Hyperlinkzer at the last minute!

Riddle #3: With thieves I consort, with the vilest, in short, I'm quite at ease with depravity. Yet all divines use me, and savants can't loose me, for I am the center of gravity.

Resolution: The letter V! Rightly answered by Dmitri and Anastasia

Riddle #4: What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

Thingy-That-It-Meant: A Palm tree!!!! Correctly answered by Anastasia, Dmitri & Hyperlinkzer!

Final Point Tally:

Anastasia: 3

Demitri: 5 (1 bonus point due to circumstances in the last Riddling Derby Results)

Hyperlinkzer: 2

Congratulations Dmitri Pendragon!!!!!! for the first time your name shall be inscribed on the newly updated Hall Of Riddlers! And nice work Anastasia and Hyperlinkzer too! Be of good cheer! And cream the opposition next Riddling Derby (in the most unbiased way possible)!

And so ends another Riddling Derby revolution! For tomorrow is another post!

2014 Riddling Derby No. 6!

Welcome one, two, and all! And welcome (again) back to our sporadic schedule! Today we'll be posting the newest Riddling 

Derby of the year, which will involve the usual rules.

1. No biting or scratching.

2. No use of obscene Vulcan hand gestures are allowed.

3. We will post four riddles of the usual difficulty.

4. Firearms, sharp miscellaneous objects and hypnotist chinchillas are banned from this event.

5. Write your answers in the comment box and await the RDRP: Rejuvenating Dip in a Radioactive Pond, or the Riddling Derby Results Post, for the announcement of the Riddling Champion.

6. One point will be awarded for each correctly solved riddle, if two contestants are tied, a bonus riddle of apex difficulty shall be unveiled.
7. Your comments shall vanish upon publishing so to not give hints to other riddlers, and will appear shortly before the RDRP, which will be posted on 8/24/14.

Now, shall we sing the Wyvern's Den Blogical Anthem?

No, let's get into it.

Riddle #1: Bind me and I walk, loose me and I am still.

What am I?

Riddle #2: A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter, and twelve remains.What is it?

Riddle #3: With thieves I consort, with the vilest, in short, I'm quite at ease with depravity. Yet all divines use me, and savants can't loose me, for I am the center of gravity.

Riddle #4: What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

Read, contemplate, frustrate, have meltdown, go to rehab, recover, solve, comment.

Draconian Fun Facts:

Scaligar takes vacations in vacationing dragons' caves. Semithino blocks in the cave mouth. And Trubodox stays home and fashions potpourri from the skulls of his vanquished enemies.

2014 Riddling Derby #5 RESULTS

Welcome, one and all, to the Iron Wyvern! In conclusion to the 5th riddling derby of 2014, I will now list the answers, the answerers, and the champion.

First off, our contestants for this week. We were a bit short on players this week. Feel free to tell your friends next time a riddling derby rolls around.

Contestants:
Juliet Lauser
Dmitri Pendragon

Riddle Number One (worth 1 point):
Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

Answer Number One (a dead giveaway): Seven. Both of this weeks contestants answered this correctly.

Riddle Number Two (worth 1 point): 
You have six black socks, four brown socks, 8 white socks, and 2 tan socks, all in one drawer in the dark. How many do you have to pull out to know that you have two of at least one color?

Dmitri answered: Two, once you turn on the lights.
Juliet answered: Five, because there are only four different kinds of socks.

Unfortunately for Dmitri, we only specified that it was dark, NOT that specifically that the lights were turned off. Juliet actually solved the puzzle. This point goes to Juliet!

Riddle Number Three (worth 1 point):
Why can't Kevin Smith, who is living in Canada, be buried in the USA?

Answer Number Three: It is heavily frowned upon by authorities to bury people while they are still alive.
Both contestants got it right!

Bonus Riddle (worth 2 points):
What do the numbers 1961 and 6009 have in common, other than that they're both odd numbers?

Bonus Answer: They are both themselves when turned upside down. Both contestants got it right!

Final Point Tally
Dmitri Pendragon: 4
Juliet Lauser: 5

Congratulations, JULIET LAUSER, you are our 5th champion of 2014! Your name shall be inscribed in the Hall of Riddlers.
Dmitri Pendragon, since you thought of such a clever, out-of-the-box answer for #2, even though you did not win, you will be awarded an extra point in the next Riddling Derby in which you compete and thus have an advantage.

Now, thank you for reading and playing! I know the riddles weren't especially hard this time, but I will pick an even harder bonus riddle for next time. Enjoy your day!

Riddling Derby #5 of 2014!

Welcome to the 5th Riddling Derby of 2014! That's if you count the Ogre Riddling Derby.
For all newcomers, here's how it goes:

A. I will give you three riddles to solve. Each is worth one point if you get it right.
B. This round, I'll give a special bonus riddle that's worth two. It'll be extra hard though.
C. Down at the bottom, I'll give three facts about all the dragons writing The Draconian Letters.
D. Comment with your answers to the riddles below. Whoever gets the most points wins and is commemorated in the Hall of Riddlers.

All right, let's start!

High Nooners

If we may be so bold as to quote Arnold Schwarzenegger; 'we're back!'. Copyrights forced us to change it....
Anyway, as I said in the morning post, we will have several posts on the calends of the afternoon. and so, to begin. 

Firstly, this High Nooner is only the lip of the ice burger, as its Draconian Letter will start off a series of posts throughout the afternoon, which shall start with something called a Sunday Fiasco (think Weekend Disaster Post), will flow on through a Riddling Derby, probably several more letters, and on and on, etc..until the Finale Extravaganza, where we'll most likely crown a winner, pop a few balloons, and so on.

Lets get to the letter.

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Dear Smok,

Perhaps you are wondering why I haven’t written in such an extended period. As your other uncles seem indisposed, allow me to explain our letters’ ‘leave of absence’ per se.

Let me say first our justice system is cracked. Wouldn't you say the flight to a damsel’s cave to save her from bloodthirsty monosyllabics merits above 45 MPH?!

 But no, when I was half way to your old cave, flying slightly higher than my temporarily allied brothers, a pair of Skyway patroldragons intercepted me, one trying to handcuff me while the other accused me of flying ten over the provincial speed limit.

I of course was most courteous, poking the cuffer in the eye with one wingtip I bashed Mr. Riot Act upside the snout and the chase was on! Alright, they caught me within fifty tail lengths, and just managed to take me in.

The next indignity was that the judge sentenced me to a life’s sentence of eight months in the county jail! I couldn’t have that, as my warranty on Incinerating Quarterly was about to run out, and that last issue is always a doozie.

          And so I set about working out a masterful plan for my escape from the jail. I was kept under strict guard of course, they knowing my reputation, and locked in a maximum security cell on the jail roof. The skylight was nice for a view, but moving on.

          I quickly accumulated a brilliant plan, which worked out to the letter in execution.

          Stage One: I collapsed in my cell, throwing in a strangled cry of anguished pain for good measure.

          Stage Two: That done, I got up, bashed the wall to pieces, knocked out the guard and ended the day with a mass breakout of all the inmates.

          Stage Three: Once safely out, I stole found a convenient heard of goats and bombarded the inmates until they gave up and went back inside the jail.

Brilliant. Sometimes I surprise even myself with my originality.

But the far greater trouble I had forgotten that I had broken out to preserve was the captive princess Limmie the Mildly Cute! Most likely your other uncles had bungled the operation without me, and I flew swiftly to her cave, anticipating a terrible tragedy.

However, it was even worse than I had thought. Those two catch cloths had succeeded without me!!! The ground shook with the indignity of it…

Unfortunately, it seems your uncles were arrested on charges of destroying the pieces after their rescue of your date. How terrible! How awful! This is fabulous an unfounded disaster! My heart was torn asunder.

Thankfully my heart heals fast and I got it all in perspective. That perspective I shall not entail to you my nephew, as it isn’t appropriate for those below 300 as there is a life lesson to be learned in here.

I’ll get back to you on that,

Your mourning and appreciative uncle,

Trubodox the Scarlet

          

         P.S. Oh, and by the way, Limme the Mildly Cute was found wandering the hills of Yovi by Slimtail the Thickheaded. Seems she was a mite delirious, muttering about flying pigs and fiery beans.

          P.P.S. Most intriguing.

          P.P.P.S. I believe I’ll investigate

          P.P.P.P.S. More into

P.P.P.P.P.S. Your erstwhile uncles

P.P.P.P.P.P.S. imprisonment.

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. Could be

P.P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S. Interesting

Mega Riddling Derby

Today, to make a Riddling Derby even more interesting, we're gonna expand it. In the past, we have only published three riddles, this exclusive Derby will feature twice that, and include a puzzle concerning the Draconian Letters!
ENJOY!!

Riddle Ichi: What can one not keep, two hold, and three destroy?

Riddle Ni: I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old.
What am I?

Riddle San: How can a pocket be empty but still have something in it?

Riddle Shi: What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Riddle Go: You are in a house, there is no chimney, and neither doors nor windows, how do you get out?

!AND!

Riddle Roku:  How many months have twenty-eight days?

DRACONIAN FUN FACT (AND PUZZLE) 

Trubodox practices Indian war cries while in the bath pool, Scaligar steals his towels, and Semithino puts ice in Trubodox's bath.

Draconian Riddle:
What is the name of the province that Belligast the Boldest controls?

Comment with your answers, thoughts, and political statements.

Last Day to First Day!

Dear Readers, Followers, cart managers, and hamster barristers.

As you've read, we included ourselves in last years Camp NaNoWriMo, the summer version for the November trial to write.

But this year, the Camp has become so popular that it has expanded out of the warm spells to the month of April, and we've all three decided to do ti again this year!

As this is the day ramping up to the midnight strike starting, we thought we'd give one more before-April post before we unsheathe our pens, bare our computers, and do battle with the terrible Sore Thumbs, the juggernaut Writer's Block, and the well named, inescapable force, Deadline.

As something for you to think about, here is the schedule for what new, old and middle aged things we will put forward probably in April, and certainly in May.

The Weekly Draconian: An innovation to the Draconian World, giving interviews with well-known Draconian persons, closeup stories on the latest scandals, adverts, and distinct intelligence into

The Draconian Letters: Messrs. Trubodox, Semithino and Scaligar will be back in fully fledged glory as they come together to rescue a misunderstood damsel, fight like ferrets in a bag for the sunday paper, and continue to barrage Smok with advice, intel, harrowing tales and outright crossbow threats.

The Riddle Ogre: Sometime or other our procrastinations will fall short and we'll finish the story.

Exclusive Fantasy Interviews: The blog will host several more unusual characters, sporting strange tails, stranger tales, and sometimes even interesting perspectives.

Riddling Derbies: Yet again we shall come, we shall see, and we shall solve some more of the various riddles and poetical puzzles we stake to the board.

Short Stories: As ever, we'll shoe horn in a few novellas, maybe some poetry, and with only a few lumps in them.

Thats all for now, and quite enough for anytime.

As Caesar would say, Jacta Alaea Esto.

Let the games begin.

Riddling Ogre Derby Results!

The time has come, the hour is nigh....The fat lady has warbled, the moon has set, and the Riddling Ogre Derby is won!
The winner of the first, and last, riddling Ogre Derby, is....da-dum...da-dum....ANASTASIA!!!
Congratulations! Adulations! Asphyxiations!
Lets see how the riddle-and-answer results pan out:

Riddle Alpha:What do you get when you cross an Automobile with a household animal?
Solution: A rug (Incorrectly answered by Dmitri Pendragon. Incorrectly answered by Anastasia).

Riddle Beta:YYURYYUBICURYY4me
Solution: Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me. (Correctly answered by Anastasia. Dmitri Pendragon unable to answer)

Riddle Gamma: My First is in Hound, but not in Dog. My Second is in Woof, but not in Dark. My Third is in Whine, but not in Whimper. My Fourth is in Muzzle, but not in Mutt. My Fifth is in Puppy, but not in Cur.

What am I?

Solution:  Honey (Correctly answered by Anastasia. Correctly answered by Dmitri Pendragon).

So, as you see, a very near win. Awesome job Dmitri on your answers as well!
If you'll look at the Hall of riddlers tab, you'll find the newest winner carved there in the pixels.
Now Anastasia is given the prize! What name shall you give to the newest character in the until now unfinished Novella, the Riddle Ogre?!
Comment below with your answer, and all followers feel free to join in! Carpe Diem, and be nice to hamsters.

J.T.Z. Baner

Riddling Ogre Derby

Greetings! And welcome to the next Derby de Riddle, except, this day; we do it differently.

As you have noticed, we were unable to post the final installment of the Riddle Ogre story, due to complications involving smelly socks, anonymous computer nerds, and a very fat gerbil.

However, now we are working hard on finishing the Ogre-oriented Novella, and we give you a chance to have a part in this final section of the story, as their will obviously be no poles at the end of the story.

Here're the rules:

In this unit addition to the Riddling Derby saga, we shall post a series of riddles, and whoever solves most or even all of them, will be allowed to…(commence rising tide of suspenseful music)…Name the character that Ander meets in the starting pages of the Finale Installment.

If you are brave enough, read the riddles below and see if you can rise to the occasion. If you are not, we shall mash you up and feed to our pet Wyvern. Let us begin….

(Challenging) Riddle Alpha: What do you get when you cross an Automobile with a household animal?

(Hard) Riddle Beta: YYURYYUBICURYY4me

(Hardest) Riddle Gamma: My First is in Hound, but not in Dog. My Second is in Woof, but not in Dark. My Third is in Whine, but not in Whimper. My Fourth is in Muzzle, but not in Mutt. My Fifth is in Puppy, but not in Cur.

What am I?

There you go, three riddles that, if answered correctly, shall give you power unimagined over the story to come.

(Hints are available for a flattering person who buys stock in starbursts)

2014 Riddling Derby #2 RESULTS!

Welcome, readers one and all, to Iron Wyvern. Riddling derby #2 of 2014 is now, henceforth and forevermore, closed. We'll be announcing the winner in just a second, but first, we will recount the riddles, and their successive answers, upon this occasion.

Riddle Number One:
Mary's father has five daughters, four of whom are Nana, Nene, Nini, and Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?

The Answer: Mary.

Riddle Number Two:
What has four eyes but cannot see?

The Answer: Mississippi, or really anything with four i's in it that can't see anything.

Riddle Number Three:
A man was driving a truck. His lights were off, and the moon was not out, but there was a woman in the road up ahead. How did he see and avoid her?

The Answer: It was daytime.

Now, our two contestants this week, Hyperlinkzer and Dmitri Pendragon, were very closely matched, but in the end, one rose to become the WINNER of the Second Riddling Derby of 2014, and that blogger was......drumroll......:

Hyperlinkzer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (click here to check out his blog)

Congrats, Hyperlinkzer! You will be inducted into the Hall of Riddlers. Be sure to tune in the next time we post a riddling derby so you can defend your title as Master Riddler.

And here is the link to Taisia Tinuviel's blog: click here. We didn't include it last week, I don't believe.

Anyway, have fun with the nonexistent master riddler's wreath! Your name will be up in the Hall of Riddlers A.S.A.P.

And now for some draconian fun facts.

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Scaligar says that castle-tipping is too childish for the likes of him, but he secretly sneaks out every once in a while to push one over.

Trubodox keeps a healthy correspondence with a family of cows in the Eastern provinces. Yes, that's right, talking cows are  for real, and these ones have a typewriter!

Semithino, in the years before he started to correspond with his nephew Smok, was known as somewhat of a depressed recluse. Some suspect he came out of his slump for the sole reason that he now had another sentient being to talk to, as opposed to his braindead relatives.

-That's all for now,
JTZ Baner

2014 Riddling Derby #2

Welcome, readers, to the Second Riddling Derby of 2014!!!!

Here's how it works, if you're new:

I post three riddles.
You comment with your guesses as to their answers.
This weekend, I will announce the winner, who is the person to have correctly guessed the most riddles.
The champion of last week's riddling derby was Taisia Tinuviel; whoever wins this time will also be inducted into the Hall of Riddlers as a riddling champion.

All right, here we go!

Riddle #1: Mary's father has five daughters, four of whom are Nana Nene, Nini, and Nono. What is the name of the last daughter?

Riddle #2: What has four eyes but cannot see?

Riddle #3: A man was driving a truck. His lights were off, and the moon wasn't out, but there was a woman in the road up ahead. How did he see and avoid her?

Comment below with your answers. Now for some fun draconian facts!

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Scaligar never eats potatoes, because of the time when his old archnemesis Jaklos the Cunning poisoned the mashed potatoes in his stew.

Despite his now benign nature, the reputation of Semithino's youth still instills fear in the townsfolk of certain southern provinces. They call him the Phantom of the Night, who can burn an entire town to cinders with one puff of breath. In fact, this is an exaggeration. Semithino was just extremely intoxicated when he accidentally stumbled drunkenly through a town and caused more mayhem than Gargazath on steroids.

Trubodox uses purple ink in all of his letters to Smok, because for some reason when Geekadox was living as his doppelganger, the crazed fandragon purchased purple ink in extremely large quantities and stored it up in the basement.

2014 Riddling Derby #1 RESULTS!

On Tuesday, the First Riddling Derby of 2014 was published on ye olden blog, Iron Wyvern, and was met with much riddle-guessing by ye olden bloggers.

Now, on Friday, we are here convened to give the results of the First Riddling Derby of 2013. I know it's a bit early to end the contest, but we have other things to move on to. So be it.

I gave you three riddles to solve, and one of you has been crowned the victor, now holding the title as Riddling Champion of 2013. His or her name shall be forever inscribed in the Hall of Riddlers to commemorate this precious achievement.

The First Riddle was:
A donkey behind another donkey, I am behind that second donkey, but a whole nation behind me.
What am I?

The correct answer: Assassination.

The Second Riddle was:
How many times can you subtract 5 from 25?

The correct answer: One, or once.

The Third Riddle was:
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks.
Each sack had seven cats.
Each cat had seven kits.
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

The correct answer: One.

Now, the winner is:

Taisia Tinuviel!!!!!!

Congratulations, Taisia! You now hold the title, until someone beats you in an upcoming Derby.

And now for some announcements! We're going to keep the background indefinitely; comment with your thoughts about it. A Weekend Disaster Post is upcoming, whenever one of us has time to write one up.

2014 Riddling Derby #1!

Welcome, readers, one and all, to the First Riddling Derby of Iron Wyvern for the year of 2013!

We've had Riddling Derbies before, but I'll explain the rules once again:

I will post three riddles.
You will comment with your best guess for each one.
Whoever guesses the most riddles correctly shall win the honorary (and nonexistent) pixelated internet garland, which is completely fake and nonexistent erh-herm on loan to a museum in Norway.

All right! That being said, let the First Riddling Derby of 2014 BEGIN!!!!

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1: A donkey behind another donkey, I am behind that second donkey, but there is a whole nation behind me.

What am I?

Oops! Sorry...

Dear readers,

Bear with us. Book Two Letter Thirty-Three was not the correct letter to have been posted. We accidentally gave you Book Two Letter Thirty-Six instead. The post has been deleted and we're working on finding the real Letter Thirty-Three to replace it. Bear with us, as said above!

-JTZ Baner's Blog Maintenance Hamster (who is NOT secretly scheming to overthrow the authors and replace them with diabolical cyborg unicorns)

P.S. Here's an unexpected riddle for you all to solve:

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

Twelfth Riddling Derby Results

Greetings once more, Followed and friends! I come not to glorify the Derby, but to bury it. You came, you saw, you solved the riddles.
 And now, i give out the prize to the winner of the Twelfth Riddling Derby!!!
IT....IS.....
JULIET LAUSER!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations, Juliet! Incredible solving! You get the blog's highest award for genius....unfortunately, due to inflation, the invisible wreath of victory iis now the immaterial wreath of victory! But you remain the champion, and new coming hero to the Riddling Derby!
lets run through the answers before we go, just to even them up.

Riddle I: What has been around for millions of years, but is only ever a month old? The moon. [As answered by Juliet Lauser]

Riddle II: I cover what is real and hide what is true, but sometime I bring out the courage in you. What am I? Makeup. [No one answered this but personally I don't blame them, I didn't really understand the truth in it.]

Riddle III: What has a tongue that can't taste, a throat that can't swallow, eyes that can't see, and a soul that will never die? A shoe. [As answered by Angrod Carnesir]

Riddle IV:  I am tall when I'm young, and short when I'm old. What am I? A candle. [As answered by Juliet Lauser]

There we are! All written up! Now congratualtions again to Juliet Lauser! Thank you all for participating and I hope to see you in the next post!
Oh, and don't forget to comment on what creature you want in the Weekend Disaster Post!
-Z Baner

Twelfth Riddling Derby

Welcome back! Friends, followers all, to the Twelfth Riddling Derby! Once again their will be four individual riddles for every follower, and visitor alike to solve and gain the ultimate prize.

I now ask you to enjoy the riddles, solve them wisely, and avoid the blitzing carpet seller. Here begins the TWELFTH RIDDLING DERBY!!!!!

Riddle I: What has been around for millions of years, but is only ever a month old?

Riddle II: I cover what is real and hide what is true,
But sometimes I bring out the courage in you.
What am I?

Riddle III: What has a tongue that can't taste, a throat that can't swallow, eyes that can't see and a soul that will never die?

Riddle IV: I'm tall when I'm young, and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

Enjoy and enter your answers below. The Riddling Results will be published on July 22nd. And please remember to comment on what mythical creature you want in the next Weekend Disaster Post!

Draconian Fun Fact: Trubodox finds mustard and clam sauce crapes exceedingly toothsome, Semithino enjoys a good hot dog, and Scaligar dresses up as Semithino's waiter and steals his tips.

Eleventh Riddling Derby Results

To embue a more festive mood to the time of tornado damage, I welcome you all to the latest in a short line of Riddling Derby puzzler results!

I have consulted the Derby's comment box and accumulated all the correct answers to see who answered enough of the challenges to be honored with the invisible, and now slightly pixelated, wreath of accomplishment.

And the winner, is.....Hyperlinkzer! Congratulations! Adulations! Hyperventilations! Thank you Hyperlinkzer, for taking part in our XI Riddling Derby! And now if you'll pat your head you might just feel nothing, as are the traits of an invisible wreath of honor. How lucky are you!

Apologies to all who solved the riddles but not in time and quantity to beat Hyper. And before we go I will install a cursory list of the solvers and the riddles solved thereof.

Riddle No.1: I have palms but not on hands, I offer food from distant lands, when at my peak you'll see me smoke, I'm famous for my friendly folk, my flowers grow and yet they lay, there's fire where a man may play, I'm sure you know we're family, you're welcome to come stay with me.
What am I? Hawaii (First answered by Hyperlinkzer, then Angrod Carnesir)

Riddle No.2: I belong to you, but am used more by others.
What am I? A name (First solved by Hyperlinkzer, then Tasia Tinuviel)

Riddle No.3: When I take off my clothes, it puts on it clothes, when I put on my clothes it takes off it clothes. What is it? (First reveled by Hyperlinkzer, then by Tasia Tinuviel)

Riddle No.4: I lack much reason, but often rhyme, and require logic to pass the time, to gets the words to tell your kin, look for clues that lie within, though all are different they act the same, the answer is practically in the name.
What is it? A Riddle (First deduced by Angrod Carnesir, and then Tasia Tinuviel)

Riddle No.5: What has wheels and flies but is not an aircraft? A garbage truck (First figured by Hyperlinkzer, and then near answered by Angrod Carnesir, and finally conceptually solved by Tasia Tinuviel)

Thank you all for your cooperation in this latest Riddling Derby. And I hope to see you next week with the Twelfth Riddling Derby.....................................................................

But wait! Whats this?! Another riddle?! Yes, it is! A bonus riddle for kicks for all of you who have your thinking caps firmly grafted to your scalps.

Bonus Riddle No.?: This is a place. The first letter is after A and before Z but nowhere in between. You can bring as many people as you want, as long as their all dead. Where is it?