The Riddle Thread

[Illuin]

Originally posted by Úlairi
I don't think my riddles are too bad considering I make them up myself... *toots horn*

I think we should make them up ourselves, rather than using someone else’s parlor tricks from bars or the internet. Coming up with a riddle could be as much fun as figuring it out. Here‘s one of my own going back to the old fashioned "riddle" style:


The fingers of a crux and a Ring complete,
A wedge afore another and an upright meet,
A perilous stair; one leg trails behind,
And the way amid two is officially declined.

 

[Úlairi]

I'm taking a blind shot in the dark here, as I have no idea; but is it a screw?

Cheers,

Úlairi.

 

[Durin's Bane]

A 'key' perhaps?

 

[chrysophalax]

This sounds vaguely nautical, to me. A compass, or map?

 

[Illuin]

Great guesses; but no . I’ll give you two hints. It’s Middle-Earth related; and think....a little differently .

 

[chrysophalax]

Mmmm, I thought so, or rather, I was afraid of this. My first instinct was to go with something related to entering Mordor, what with the stair and all...

 

[Úlairi]

I don't know why I feel confident about this as it is likely to be wrong; but is it a mountain? Or mountain range. I may even say tower but I believe the last line of the riddle rules out that possibility. Hold on, could it be The Two Towers?

Cheers,

Úlairi.

 

[Illuin]

You’re reading into this too much. You do not have to look further than the riddle itself for the answer .

 

[Aulë]

That first line had me thinking of churches and wagons.

 

[Úlairi]

Just to rule it out - the Argonath (or Amon Hen)?

Cheers,

Úlairi.

 

[Illuin]

So far Aulë is the closest, but probably not in the way he would expect .

 

[Illuin]

Looks like I’m going to have to drop the H-Bomb (huge hint) pretty soon. Hmmm; I thought this would be an easy one .

 

[Alcarinque]

I think we should make them up ourselves, rather than using someone else’s parlor tricks from bars or the internet. Coming up with a riddle could be as much fun as figuring it out. Here‘s one of my own going back to the old fashioned "riddle" style:


The fingers of a crux and a Ring complete,
A wedge afore another and an upright meet,
A perilous stair; one leg trails behind,
And the way amid two is officially declined.

Does it have anything to do with Cirith Ungol? (perilous stair)

 

[Illuin]

I would have to say that it has "something" to do with Cirith Ungol, but only in the most general way.

 

[Aulë]

Looks like I’m going to have to drop the H-Bomb (huge hint) pretty soon. Hmmm; I thought this would be an easy one .

Hehehe - Úlairi got me thinking of this:

 

[Illuin]

You’re getting warmer. But again, probably not in the way you would expect .

 

[Úlairi]

I would have to say that it has "something" to do with Cirith Ungol, but only in the most general way.

I thought of that! The crux is giving me significant difficulty as my previous answers were based on the understanding that a crux is a cross. This is why I had answers like a screw.

Is it the Black Gate?

Hehehe - Úlairi got me thinking of this:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

King Arthur: How does it... um... how does it work?
Sir Lancelot: I know not, my liege.
King Arthur: Consult the Book of Armaments.
Brother Maynard: Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one.
Cleric: [reading] And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu...
Brother Maynard: Skip a bit, Brother...
Cleric: And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.
Brother Maynard: Amen.
All: Amen.
King Arthur: Right. One... two... five.
Galahad: Three, sir.
King Arthur: Three.

Good stuff, good stuff...

Cheers,

Úlairi.

 

[Illuin]

Originally posted by Úlairi
The crux is giving me significant difficulty as my previous answers were based on the understanding that a crux is a cross

Previous is a good thing .

 

[Alcarinque]

The fingers of a crux and a Ring complete,
A wedge afore another and an upright meet,
A perilous stair; one leg trails behind,
And the way amid two is officially declined.[/quote]

"fingers of a crux"= is it Sauron's fingers completing the Ring?
"upright meet"= is it Minas Morgul?
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[Illuin]

Here’s the first H-bomb:

What is the capital of Crux?