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Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Frog Run

Greetings again, friends of old.

The answer to the Frog Run riddle was correctly guessed by Deimos Tel`Arin. As A. also confirmed, it was the Frog Olympics, taking place this year at the same time as the Human Olympics.

Cheers!

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Potatoes counterattack

Hello dear friends.

Well, the Potatoes Counterattack was deciphered by ionnebunul, and Deimos confirmed its authenticity. Indeed, Jojoba ground crew expected that the cargo ship would dock, and started teleporting the potatoes on board without additional checks. Luckily, as the security officer noticed, they were delicious and the crew didn’t mind having them teleported right in their mouths, let alone the provisions they made.

See you soon!

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: I Am the Queen - Guest Riddle from Deimos Tel`Arin

Dear friends of old, it’s been a while… As good old Gandalf would put it, I was… delayed.

Our friend Deimos gives us the final answer to the riddle he posted here a while ago, entitled I Am the Queen.

Here’s the solution, and of course the details of the contest can be found on his domain.

I am the Queen
She is someone with great power and authority.

I do not exist, yet many have known me for almost a decade.
She is a fictional character that has been around for almost a decade.

About the past, I was once good. Very evil, totally brutal I am now.
She was good, but now she is bad.

Mentioned within the Demon’s domain, I was.
This is a reference to Deimos’s domain ahkong.net as Deimos Tel`Arin fancies himself as a Cyber Demon. The Demon’s domain basically means Deimos’s domain @ ahkong.net

The queen is mentioned in this post found in Deimos’s domain:
Alien in your back yard!!

Sharp and pointy objects, my title rhymes with.
Her title is “Queen of Blades” and “Blades” rhymes with sharp and pointy objects, right?

An actor as a protagonist in a popular TV series shares my name.
Now who might that female actor be?

Revered for vanquishing beings that are dead yet not quite dead, she is.
Referring to - Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.

Also, her physical beauty quite matches with my own.
Sarah Michelle Gellar is quite beautiful, aye?

Hell be damned, now tell me - Who am I?
Just a filler text so that when the first characters of each sentence forms the following hidden (quite obvious actually) message reads - I AM SARAH

So yes, our Queen is indeed - Sarah Kerrigan, The Queen of Blades. Congrats to Wan Kong Yew for getting it correct, as well as Lis and roel for affirming it!

The date 1 April 2008 was chosen to be the date to publish the answers, as a tribute to StarCraft’s 10th year anniversary as the PC Game was released on 1 April 1998.

I wanted to thank Deimos for delighting us with this riddle and for taking the time to organize the contest!

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: This Is Not a Drill!

Greetings, dear friends, casual visitors and greetings all the rest. We’ve had some very interesting solutions posted here for the last riddle. Brandon Tilley opined that they celebrated the chief’s promotion. Deimos Tel`Arin took this a little further and advised that, in addition to the promotion, there’s surviving the battle to celebrate. pilotg2 made a connection with the previous Potatoes Attack and came up with a very plausible scenario that literally connects all the dots between the two riddles! Amazing! Go go go pilotg2! Wan Kong Yew thinks this was a good answer too. And last but not least, GeekMom created a solution involving a traitor that gets discovered, proving that good always conquers evil. See all those interesting stories here.

As far as the correct solution for the riddle goes, here’s what happened, and how the story goes from here:

Smiling, the captain announces on the intercom:

“Everyone, rejoice, we have beaten the resilience record. The amount of time the crew of a ship of USS class can stand still in battle positions. This was the second test of the day, not for the security chief, but for all the crew. We managed 7 hours, 31 minutes, and 2 seconds, which is one hour more than the previous record, held by USS CakeCheese.”

“Hurray, hurray,” booms the ship with the enthusiastic crew, so loud that the member who had passed out and was on the way to the infirmary jumps up and shouts “hurray” as well, not really knowing why.

After some time the navigator announces:

“Captain, we’ve reached Jojoba.”

“Open hailing frequencies!” orders the captain, then greeting the Jojoba control tower officer on duty, “Greetings, and may Jojoba prosper! Requesting permission to enter orbit. My men are thirsty and hungry for some of your renowned potatoes!”

“Permission denied! You will not enter Jojoba system space. You are not granted permission to approach orbit. Set course backwards, expedite, or you will be fired upon.”

As the captain, and everyone, were still confused, seconds pass, then suddenly the chief of security shouts:

“Photon torpedo approaching, estimated impact seven seconds!”

“Shields up!” booms the captain. “Engines backward full. Code red. Open coded subspace transmitters, expedite! Transmit code three, seven, niner, four, five, eight, niner, three. Expedite.”

Just as he said the last word, and the chief officer pressed the Go button, the photon torpedo hits the shield, but the ship doesn’t shake or break.

“What is this new devilry?” asks the captain in a low voice, unable to comprehend the situation. The security chief, however, figures something out and smiles behind his panel.

What was happening? What did the security Chieftain Admiral understand that the others are still confused about?

Note: The official answer to this riddle has not yet been confirmed by the riddle maker. Make your best guess in the comments below. You can subscribe via RSS or email to get the new riddles and answers automatically.

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Holospace Horror

Dear friends, welcome to part two of this series. A. was the closest to the real answer, but acelasi, Brandon Tilley and Louie came up with very interesting solutions and observations as well . Here’s the continuation.

“Well done, security chief,” says the captain on the intercom. “It was a test. All officers, meet me and number one on the main deck, to celebrate the security chief’s promotion to Chieftain Admiral of Armory and Weaponry!”

They all flock to the main deck, when suddenly the intercom goes live again:

“All crew, battle positions! All crew battle positions! This is not a drill, I repeat, this is not a drill!”

Within moments all are at their posts.

“Take evasive maneuver!” shouts the captain.

“Evading enemies, go!” replies navigator.

“Shields up, 90 percent!”

“Up they go, 90 percent, sir!”

All were tensed, and this was augmented by the fact that they didn’t know what they were up against. The captain had had no time to inform them, too busy giving orders that saved the ship and their lives.

Everyone stood still, as seconds passed. Then minutes passed. Then hours passed, no one daring to interrupt. So they stood until the first fellow crew member fell to the floor, exhausted by hunger, thirst, tension and sleep deprivation.

“Take him to the infirmary,” says the captain. “Navigator, set course for Jojoba system. Let’s feast on some delicious potatoes to celebrate!”

What was there to celebrate?

Note: Official riddle answer: Jojoba Surprise

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Friends of the Forest - The Ironfur Bear

Greetings again, friends. Louie was (almost) right on with the answer on the previous riddle, much to my surprise, as the riddle was open to an infinity of possibilities. Indeed, what had happened was:

The fox had accidentally eaten a black mushroom, and it needed the antidote to survive: a ghost mushroom (very rare thing). There was a ghost mushroom near the dead tree, that the wolf knew about, but I had found it first, so when he went, it was no longer there. The fox smelled the mushroom in my backpack and whispered this to the bear. When I figured things out, I gave them the mushroom, glad to have been able to help. We all became friends and they accompanied me to the green lake.

See you soon!

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Peace Time Warrior

Hello friends!

The previous riddle was cracked by Heather in BC - it was a combine harvester, but her guess was close enough. Many people gave similar (correct) answers, but A. was right on with the exact wording . Congratulations everybody.

The next riddle will be something different, so stay tuned.

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Centrifugal Force

My dear friends, as always, you had some interesting solutions for the Centrifugal Force riddle. Here’s what actually happened:

The noob sailor was frustrated with scrubbing the floors, so he turned to the dark side and collaborated with the pirates. On his watch, the pirates threw the shark on board, knowing that the captain would use the old strategy of spinning the ship to throw the shark away, while all the men were up the mast. When all the sailors were dizzy, they boarded the ship and tied them tight, except for the noob sailor, their spy.

Good luck with the next one!

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Winning Strategy

My dear friends, the previous riddle was impossible indeed, yet it attracted some interesting insights into the science of management from a mysterious Cacanar Sef.

However, the correct answer is that the captain’s strategy was this:

To make the ship spin faster and faster, fast enough so that the centrifugal force throws the sharp shark overboard. Men can hold on to the mast, but the sharp shark isn’t smart enough to realize what’s going on.

There is a continuation to this riddle here.

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Potatoes Attack!

Greetings, friends! Truly, the answers you gave to the potatoes attack riddle prove that you really understood its spirit.

What had happened was this:

They were indeed on a combat mission. The problem wasn’t that the food was running out, but that there was no enemy detected in 10 parsecs range. The solution that the captain was hoping to hear from his first officer was to turn on the cloak detectors, since obviously the enemy was cloaked somewhere nearby. Hence the joke he made about playing target shooting with potatoes, which shows that the sense of humor was valued among the crew.

See you soon for another of my favorite riddles!

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: About Good Taste

Ah, dear friends, too easy was the previous riddle. Canucklehead cracked it first, and then many others (too many to mention here). Congratulations to all who guessed the correct answer: shoes, and to all who came up with more inventive answers

Good luck with the next one!

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Chain Reaction

Hello, dear friends. The answer to the chain reaction riddle was: the caterpillar. Credit goes to Louie, as butterfly is basically the same answer! Congrats, Louie.

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: The Powers of Two

Louie cracked the powers of two, dear friends. The answer was indeed the wedding rings.

Cheers!

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: By Your Side

Hello, friends. The previous riddle wasn’t cracked, though I thought it to be quite easy. The answer is: cotton.

Good luck with the next riddle!

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Seek, and You Will Find

A very nice surprise, my dear friends, to see that you found so many good answers that match all clues, and are all most insightful.

The correct answer (which, as you know (you did read the about page, didn’t you?), in this case as in all cases, means the answer I had in mind when creating the riddle) is: happiness. It was identified by Ivaylo Hristov. Angie Hurst pointed out this answer as well.

Good luck finding your inner selves, and see you soon for the next riddle!

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Young and Wise

Thank you friends for your congratulations. The answer to the previous riddle was: the keyboard keys. I would say Rachel Keslensky got very close to this with ASCII (AS-key); and Deimos Tel`Arin challenged me to a riddle of his own - by the way did I crack the riddle correctly?

See you soon for a wiser riddle (perhaps an abstract one? )

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Motivational Speech Failure

Aye, friends, the answer to the previous riddle was quickly nailed down by Bubbles. It was indeed the nail. Deimos Tel`Arin and altu confirmed.

See you soon for the next challenge.

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Lucky Dots

The lucky dots riddle got a few interesting answers, but I bet none came from children. Nobody cracked this one. The answer is: the ladybug .

Gărgăriță, riță, zboară-n poieniță…
[Dowdy-cow, dowdy-cow, ride away heame…]

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Speechless

Good day, dear friends. The previous riddle was tough, but not tough enough for Bubbles. It was indeed the mouse. Acelasi confirmed, and mice all over the world celebrated having such praise brought to their race.

Note: This is the official answer to the riddle: Of Man and Horse

Aye, dear friends, noelevz was the one who cracked the previous riddle. Congratulations, it was indeed the solar eclipse.

Animals must be better astronomers than us humans, because they display strange behavior starting about half an hour before the eclipse actually begins, and I never saw a horse looking through a telescope.