UnCon Riddling Contest!

[WizO_Arcia]

That's right, all you riddlers out there...gear up your minds because on Saturday September 18th from 5-7pm PST in the ISRP Lobby, we'll be putting your puzzle-solving knowledge to the test with a plethora of riddles from easy to hard. The rules run as follows:

Contest Rules

1. Answers will be sent via private message (PM) to BOTH of the two WizOs acting as receivers. The room will -not- be hushed once the contest begins so be careful not to send your answers to the screen or you may be disqualified! One WizO will be acting as scorekeeper, the other will notify the entrant when they have guessed correctly. To send your PM simply type /tell wizo_arcia,wizo_trelian your answer(s)
2. Answers sent to the room will disqualify that riddle. The first time this happens, the riddle will not count for anyone and we will move on to a different riddle. The second time a person writes their answer to the screen, they will be disqualified, so be very careful when typing your answers!
3. Answers may be sent all at once, but remember to send them in the order you want. Your first answer will be considered your first guess, your second answer the second guess, and your third answer the third guess. Points will then be tallied as appropriate. For example, if your three guesses were bird, plane, fly, and sent in that order, then you would recieve 5 points if bird was correct, 3 points if plane was correct, and 1 point if fly was correct. If none of them were correct, then of course no points would be recieved.
4. There will be no talking during the actual contest. Please save chatter for before, after, and during any breaks.
5. Each entrant will have 60 seconds to answer a riddle.
6. Each entrant will have 3 guesses during that 60 seconds to answer the riddle correctly.
7. There will be two sets of 15-20 riddles with a break in-between sets.
8. In the event of a tie, the tied parties will have a riddle-off with 5 questions.
9. The person with the highest score at the end of the game is the winner.
10. At the conclusion of the session, the winning players will be asked to provide their name and mailing address to Arcia, who will forward the information and their prize selection to the Wizards site administrator for processing.
11. For rules on prize eligibility or questions about prizes e-mail admin@wizo.wizards.com with the heading UnCon Prize Rules
12. Wizards Online hosts and Wizards of the Coast employees are NOT eligible to play.

Scoring
Points will be assigned as follows:
+5 points for a correct answer on the first try.
+3 points for a correct answer on the second try.
+1 point for a correct answer on the third try.

So, here's a brief run-down of how this will run. I will post the riddle to the screen at which point the timer will be started. You will have 60 seconds to submit your three answers, either all at once (in which case they will be taken in order to determine the points recieved) or one at a time, and we will tell you if you are right or wrong for each answer. Remember to send your answer to both myself and Trelian in PMs! Also remember, the room will be hushed, so any answers sent to the room won't be seen, and therefore won't be counted. You must send your answers via PM.

Any questions? E-mail myself at arcia@wizo.wizards.com or WizO Trelian at trelian@wizo.wizards.com

We hope to see you there!

-Arcia

 

[WizO_Arcia]

Quick correction:

The room will be the ISRP Lobby instead of Wizards Presents due to scheduling conflicts. Just keep that in mind when planning on attending

-Arcia

 

[WizO_Arcia]

The prizes have been set! This year's top two riddlers will recieve one of the following:

-Wizards of the Coast's Brand Spanking New "Monster Manual III" DnD Accessory
-OR-
-Wizards Basic Game Boxed Set, also a new product!

The top riddler gets their choice of one of these two prizes, and second place gets the other, so come on out and riddle your way to the top!

Remember, the Contest is this Saturday from 5-7 in the ISRP Lobby

-Arcia

 

[WizO_Arcia]

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[WizO_Arcia]

There has been a slight modification to the rules (see rule # 1 and rule #2).

The modification is this. The room will remain unhushed throughout the contest. If someone sends their answer to the screen instead of via PMs, the first time the riddle will be thrown out and no one will recieve points for it. The second time a single player sends their answer(s) to the screen, that player will be disqualified!

This means you should be very careful when sending your answers!

We have a few "practice riddles" at the beginning of the competition to make sure everyone knows how to send their answers.

This change will also be announced before the competition begins.

We look forward to seeing you there tomorrow night at 5PST! Arrive early (Anytime after 4pm PST) if you have questions

-Arcia and Trelian

 

[WizO_Trelian]

RESULTS:


bhryn_astaire_ 135 + 35 => first place!
ballofuzz 135 + 30 => second place!
mikal 116
palaralae 113
malhandir 80
elvishrogue 66
loremistress 60
tyrante 45
thephilosifer 45
tylwyn 39
gothicdruidess 38
ricohard_draconis 30
rainbow_warrior 25
maughn_key 20
dragon_alie 15
magoichi 11
linneus 10
kuulvayesheniruss 5
kitsie 3

 

[mikal]

argh! 3rd! so close, yet so far... but anywho! para! my aim went confuzzeled! so email me! mike_castaldo@yahoo.com (here's hoping you check this out)

 

[WizO_Arcia]

For those interested, here's the list of the riddles used this year

Round 1

1.What is it the more you take, the more you leave behind?
answer: "footsteps"
2.When is a door not a door?
answer: "when it's a jar"
3.I move without wings, between silken strings, I leave as you find, my substance behind. What am I?
answer: "a spider"
4.A little house full of meat, no door to go in and eat. What am I?
answer: "a nut"
5.Riddle me, riddle me, what is that, over the head and under the hat?
answer: "hair"
6.What is the moon worth?
answer: "a dollar (because it has four quarters)"
7.Why is a pencil like a riddle?
answer: "it's no good without a point"
8.A warrior amongst the flowers, he bears a thrusting sword. He uses it when'er he must to defend his golden hoard. What is he?
answer: "a bee"
9.A wee wee man in a red coat. Staff in my hand, stone in my throat. What am I?
answer: "a cherry"
10.Foward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
answer: "a TON"
11.What has black spots and a white face, is fat not thin, and helps you to win, but tumbles all over the place?
answer: "a dice"
12.What can bring back the dead; make us cry, make us laugh, make us young; born in an instant yet lasts a life time. What is it?
answer: "a memory"
13.Ever winding, ever binding, Tying land and man and tree. Twisting life through former wasteland. Calling bird and bear and bee. Crystal clear and clean and cool. Rising swell to nurture land. There the reeds may touch the sky Whilst life might settle, make its stand. What am I?
answer: "a river"
14.Once come the ending of the day, I fall the endless on my way. I leave the night to dark delight, Until I bring the morning light. What am I?
answer: "the sun"
15.I scream the scream that no-one hears, As you will scream, to nightmare's fears, I rule the winds, the devil's bird, I clear the night without a word. What am I?
answer: "a bat"

-Intermission-

Round 2

16.Often talked of, never seen. Ever coming, never been. Daily looked for, never here. Still approaching, coming near. Thousands for its visit wait, but alas for their fate. Tho' they expect me to appear, they will never find me here. What am I?
answer: "tomorrow"
17.At night I come without being fetched. By day I am lost without being stolen. What am I?
answer: "a star"
18.I run, though I have no legs to be seen. I possess no heat, yet I do have steam. I have no voice to let words out, but from far away you can still hear me shout. What am I?
answer: "a waterfall"
19.You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.
answer: "your temper"
20.With sharp edged wit and pointed poise, it can settle disputes without making a noise. What is it?
answer: "sword"
21.Some try to hide, some try to cheat, but time will show, we always will meet. Try as you might, to guess my name. I promise you'll know, when you I do claim.
answer: "death"
22.A word I know, six letters it contains. Subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.
answer: "The word 'dozens'. Take away the 's', and you have the word
'dozen', which is twelve."
23.I never was, am always to be, no one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all to live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?
answer: "the future" tomorrow was also accepted
24.When I live I cry, if you don't kill me I'll die. What am I?
answer: "a candle"
25.The sharp slim blade, that cuts the wind. What is it?
answer: "grass"
26.What is it that was given to you, belongs only to you, and yet your friends use it more than you do?
answer: "your name"
27.No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
answer: "silence"
28.Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly; and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap. What is she?
answer: "a needle and thread"
29.Two brothers we are, great burdens we bear, all day we are bitterly pressed; Yet this I will say - we are full all the day, and empty when we go to rest. What are we?
answer: "a pair of shoes"
30.I am sometimes strong and sometimes weak, but I am nobody's fool. For there is no language that I cannot speak, though I never went to school. What am I?
answer: "an echo"


Tie-Breakers!
-My first is a creature whose breeding is unclear. My second, a price you must pay. My whole can be found in the river of Time and refers to events of today. What am I?
answer: "current"
-'Twas in heaven pronounced, 'twas muttered in hell, and echo caught faintly the sound as it fell. On the confines of earth it was permitted to rest, and in the depths of its presence there was confessed.
answer: "the letter H"
-I am a window, I am a lamp, I am clouded, I am shining, and I am coloured; set in white, I fill with water and overflow. I say much, but I have no words. What am I?
answer: "an eye"
-I dance four feet to ev'ry line, with A and A I try to rhyme. And B and B
make couples two, the answer my friend stands in front of you.
answer: "this riddle!"
-I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale. I'll approach like a breeeze, but can come like a gale. By some I get hit, but all have shown fear. I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear. Of names I have many, of names I have one. I'm as slow as a snail, but from me you can't run. What am I?
answer: "a shadow"
-Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time. What is it?
answer: "a hole"
-**Twigs and spheres and poles and plates, join and bind to reason make.
answer: "a skeleton"

**This was the tie-breaking riddle!