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Riddle Me This! (Quiz)

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Below you will find 25 riddles comprised of clues from adventure game screenshot fragments.  To answer a riddle simply submit the LETTER to the left of the riddle and your answer via PM (i.e. “R = Zork Nemesis”). Each riddle is worth a maximum 4 points for a possible total of 100 points in this section. Each incorrect guess will lower the subsequent amount of points you will receive for a correct answer on that specific riddle.

1st Guess: 4 points
2nd Guess: 3 points
3rd Guess: 2 points
4th Guess: 0 points

This means you can make up to 3 guesses PER riddle and still accrue points. There is no limit on the number of guesses, only on the ability to get points for them.

How the riddles work:

Each riddle is made up of 2 to 7 clues that in some manner identify an adventure game title, character or developer. The majority of individual clues can be guessed by simply asking oneself, “What is it?”.

If the topic were bands instead of adventures, here would be an example that is quite easy:

Answer: Maiden + Iron = Iron Maiden

Notice that you will need to be aware of the many synonyms for what you are looking at. Maiden may not have been your first guess for the picture of the woman. Use an online thesaurus if necessary. Also watch out for slang, homonyms and other types of wordplay. Be flexible about what you see. If you see a picture of a toad, don’t discount the fact that the answer might be frog or the fact that an inventory item that is technically a knife in the game is a sword in the quiz because they look similar.  Notice as well that the clues weren’t in order. You will usually have to rearrange them to get the answer.

A more difficult riddle may contain individual clues that are based on the object in question’s properties rather than the object itself. A picture of a glass of water might have the answer “full” or a glass by itself may be answered as “empty”.  Or the clue could imply action such as a picture of a shovel in dirt being “dig”, and so on.  You’ll need to do a little lateral thinking on these. Although, they are usually combined with easier clues, meaning you may be able to guess the riddle without even knowing what all the clues mean. In fact, sometimes a single clue is enough to guess the whole riddle.

Here is an example illustrating the above that is a movie and not an adventure:

Answer: Ghost(ing) + in the shell = Ghost in the Shell

Occasionally you will see riddles with parts in parentheses. This means that the clues within modify each other to create ONE clue. Combine or subtract as indicated.

Don’t fall under the assumption that the clues will completely spell out a title, etc. Articles (a, an, the) and prepositional phrases (to the, of the, in the, etc.) are usually excluded. Games that are part of a series may be missing the series title as well and only refer to the sub title.(i.e. Quest for Glory 4: Shadows of Darkness might be clued simply as “Ness + Shadow + Dark”)

In addition, there is a screenshot guessing component to this quiz. Beneath each clue is a number. Simply submit this number and the guess as to which adventure game it was taken from via PM. (i.e. “67 = The Island of Lost Hope”).  Be sure to specify the exact version of a game, especially when remakes or games that are part of a series are involved. These shots contain inventory items, interface elements, cut scene fragments and in-game screenshot fragments. Note that every screenshot is from a different game.

Each screenshot is worth 1 point maximum for a total of 100 points in this section. Each incorrect guess will lower the subsequent amount of points you will receive for a correct answer on that specific screenshot.

1st Guess: 1 point
2nd Guess: 0.75 points
3rd Guess: 0.50 points
4th Guess: 0.25 points
5th Guess: 0 points

This means you can make up to 4 guesses PER screenshot and still accrue points. There is no limit on the number of guesses, only on the ability to get points for them.

The quiz will end on June 4th, 12am GMT and I will submit updates in scoring daily or as often as I am able. The maximum possible total score is 200 points comprised of 100 points from each section, and I will keep track of scores in each section separately as well as an overall total.

Here it is:

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Good Luck!

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Looks like fun Bastich but I can’t see a way to scroll to the right to view it all. Am I missing something?

     

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Riddle Leaderboard
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100 - AFGNCAAP
88 - zobraks
87 - Lady Kestrel
82 - chrissie
80 - HandsFree
64 - harald
56 - Andromus
44 - Adventurere No.1
16 - jbhypno
8 - skaata


A) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, jbhypno, Lady Kestrel, skaata, zobraks
B) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
C) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
D) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
E) AFGNCAAP, chrissie
F) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
G) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
H) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
I) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, jbhypno, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
J) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
K) AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, jbhypno, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
L) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
M) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
N) AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
O) AFGNCAAP, Lady Kestrel
P) AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
Q) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, skaata, zobraks
R) AFGNCAAP, Andromus, HandsFree, zobraks
S) AFGNCAAP, chrissie
T) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
U) AFGNCAAP, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
V) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
W) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
X) AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, jbhypno, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
Y) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, Andromus, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks


Screenshot Leaderboard
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57.5 - zobraks
40 - Lady Kestrel
39.75 - chrissie
38 - HandsFree
22.5 - AFGNCAAP
21.75 - harald
10.75 - Adventurere No.1


1) Adventurere No.1, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
2)
3) HandsFree
4)
5) zobraks
6) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
7) Lady Kestrel, zobraks
8)
9)
10) Adventurere No.1, harald, Lady Kestrel
11) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, chrissie, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
12) HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
13)
14) chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
15) chrissie, zobraks
16) HandsFree
17) chrissie, HandsFree
18) Lady Kestrel
19) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, zobraks
20) chrissie, zobraks
21) HandsFree, zobraks
22) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree
23) harald, Lady Kestrel
24) chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
25)
26)
27) chrissie, zobraks
28) AFGNCAAP, harald, zobraks
29) chrissie, HandsFree, zobraks
30) AFGNCAAP, zobraks
31) HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
32) chrissie, HandsFree, zobraks
33) chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel
34) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, HandsFree, zobraks
35) chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
36) chrissie, HandsFree, zobraks
37) zobraks
38) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, harald
39) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, zobraks
40) chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
41) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, zobraks
42)
43) harald
44) Lady Kestrel, zobraks
45) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, chrissie, harald, zobraks
46) harald
47) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree,  Lady Kestrel, zobraks
48) chrissie, zobraks
49) HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
50) AFGNCAAP
51) HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
52) zobraks
53) AFGNCAAP
54)
55) Adventurere No.1, harald
56) chrissie
57) chrissie, Lady Kestrel
58) Lady Kestrel, zobraks
59) chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
60) chrissie
61) chrissie, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
62) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
63) chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
64)
65) AFGNCAAP, HandsFree, zobraks
66) zobraks
67)
68) harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
69) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
70) chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
71) Adventurere No.1, chrissie, harald, zobraks
72) zobraks
73) zobraks
74) harald, zobraks
75) chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
76)
77)
78) chrissie, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
79)
80) Lady Kestrel, zobraks
81)
82) chrissie, harald
83)
84) chrissie, zobraks
85) Adventurere No.1, AFGNCAAP, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
86) chrissie, HandsFree,  Lady Kestrel, zobraks
87) Lady Kestrel, zobraks
88)
89) AFGNCAAP, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
90) HandsFree, Lady Kestrel
91) AFGNCAAP, chrissie, HandsFree, harald, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
92) AFGNCAAP
93)
94) HandsFree, zobraks
95) harald, Lady Kestrel
96) chrissie, HandsFree
97) AFGNCAAP, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
98) AFGNCAAP, Lady Kestrel, zobraks
99)
100) Adventurere No.1, chrissie, HandsFree, Lady Kestrel


Overall Leaderboard
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145.5 - zobraks
127 - Lady Kestrel
122.5 - AFGNCAAP
121.75 - chrissie
118 - HandsFree
85.75 - harald
56 - Andromus
54.75 - Adventurere No.1
16 - jbhypno
8 - skaata

     
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Thanks Bastich, that works great.

Will be a problem at AG in the future if they can’t work this out with the new Forum. Also I hope they fix the links to open in a new window instead of redirecting the member away from the Forum.

     

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The weird part was that it worked in preview and broke upon posting. Anyway, given the size of the picture it is probably better to have a link than have it load every time someone reads the page.

     
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what is really nice about this Quiz that it does not depend on recollecting or remembering a screenshot of an Adventure (as the usual), but oblige you to squeeze you mind with every possibility!

     
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This looks amazing, Bastich, but oh my aching scalp!  Wink

By the way, you left out the letter Z and the + or - signs for the last one.

     

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Adventurere No.1 - 21 May 2012 06:16 PM

what is really nice about this Quiz that it does not depend on recollecting or remembering a screenshot of an Adventure (as the usual), but oblige you to squeeze you mind with every possibility!

Well, there ARE 100 screenshots to guess if you want to…

     
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Lady Kestrel - 21 May 2012 08:11 PM

This looks amazing, Bastich, but oh my aching scalp!  Wink

By the way, you left out the letter Z and the + or - signs for the last one.

There is no Z. The last 6 screenshots are just padding to make the screenshot guessing game equal 100.

There are 25 riddles at up to 4 points a piece and 100 screenshots at up to 1 point each.

You can play either game or both. It’s up to you.

     
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FYI, I put the scoring in the third post. The character limit won’t allow it in the first.

     
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is there any limit for guessing (not the screenshots) the games?

     
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Adventurere No.1 - 21 May 2012 08:50 PM

is there any limit for guessing (not the screenshots) the games?

No, but the amount of points you get after each incorrect guess goes down as I list in the first post.

     
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Adventurere No.1 - 21 May 2012 08:50 PM

is there any limit for guessing (not the screenshots) the games?

Also, the riddles aren’t all game titles. As I said in the first post, they can be game characters or game developers as well.

     
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Oops!  I missed that about the 25 even though I read the rules a couple of times.

Advie,
You get 4 guesses and the points decrease each time.

     

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Bastich - 21 May 2012 08:55 PM
Adventurere No.1 - 21 May 2012 08:50 PM

is there any limit for guessing (not the screenshots) the games?

they can be game characters or game developers as well.

Developer? can it be a name of a person(A Developer) as well? , or only Company/Studio (Developer) !

     

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