8th Riddling Derby Results and Rewards

The battlefield of riddles has quieted, overheated cerebral cortex's have cooled, so now let's PAAAR-TAAAY!

Actually, we're going to announce the latest winner and champion of the 8th Riddling Derby of 2014! Lets look through the answers and tally the points...

Riddle 1.0 (worth 1 point). Mom and dad have four daughter, every daughter has one brother, how many people are in the family?

Solution. 7, 2 parents, 1 brother and 4 sisters.

Solver(s). Sarah and Dmitri Pendragon

Riddle 2.0 (worth 1 point). Take away the whole and some still remains. What is it?

Solution. wholesome.

Solver(s). Dmitri Pendragon and Sarah

Riddle 3.0 (worth 1 point). There are three stoves, a glass stove, a brick stone and a wood stove, but you only have one match. Which do you light first?

Solution. The match.

Solver(s). Sarah and Dmitri Pendragon

Bonus Riddle (worth 2 points). Two cops walked into a room with now windows and found a dead man who had 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 them to hang himself. They just found a puddle of water, how did the man hang himself?

Solution. The man stood on a block of ice.
Solver(s). Dmitri Pendragon


The points and final results are as follows.

Dmitri Pendragon

WINNER!

Points. 5

Sarah

Points. 3

Congratulations Dmitri, you have kept your title as Reigning Champion in the Hall of Riddles, and now for the award that goes beyond the Hall's boundaries!

As today's champion, you have two choices for prizes.

#1. you get to name the subject of an entire post we must publish on the blog.

or

#2. You get to name the creatures featured in our closest Weekend Disaster Post or Sunday Fiasco posts.

Choose wisely.

And great work Sarah! It was almost a tie but Dmitri got to the Bonus Riddle first. But its all good, right? Please don't TP our blog...please...

Too bad for all you others who didn't get a chance at the Riddling Crown! Tune in next week for another Riddling Derby!

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:

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
.

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!