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Topic: Mikey's Riddles topic
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Parasomnium
Member Posts: 2224 Joined: 07-15-2003
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Re: A riddle for Mike
I haven't seen the right answer yet, but I think I must clear up a misunderstanding: I said that the merely smart person must be eliminated in one go, by which I meant just one round of words. The silence after "Bismuth" simply means that everyone has said their word and that it's done. There is a clue in the description of the group, although I think you'd need a reverse dictionary - a dictionary in which the descriptions of the words are alphabetized rather than the words themselves - to look it up.
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mike the wiz
Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: 05-24-2003
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Re: A riddle for Mike
I later thought that the answer would be a non-metal. But unlike you guys I don't have knowledge of the periodic table. So if Iodine is the non-metal I would have went with that, but Para' hasn't got back to you yet. We'll have to wait on his answer.
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mike the wiz
Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: 05-24-2003
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Re: Drum roll please...
It's not the date. I'll give the answer later today. Thanks for trying. Keep checking back I might add more riddles at a later date.
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mike the wiz
Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: 05-24-2003
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Message 19 of 63 (415474)
08-10-2007 9:54 AM
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ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE
ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE OF THE IRREFUTABLE BEGINNING Highlight blank black space below for answer.
My date of birth is the 27th of January 1981. Since shop two was number "29", then the first shop must either be number 27 or number 31. SInce higher is lower, then the first shop is stated as lower than the shop I stopped at. Therefore, it logically must be 27. As for the rest, if you read back you will see that Para' and a couple of others were right about many things.
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tudwell
Member (Idle past 5998 days) Posts: 172 From: KCMO Joined: 08-20-2006
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Re: A riddle for Mike
The "best of a class" are "elite", but I can't figure out how this relates to the different elements, or if I'm even on the right track. It was the only thing in the description of the group that looked like a definition.
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ringo
Member (Idle past 432 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: 03-23-2005
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Re: A riddle for Mike
The second person was smart because he recognized "Iodine" as the element rather than the more commonly-known ("tincture of") antiseptic. The class was chemists. If the second person had said, "Mercurochrome", the list would be very different indeed. 
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Rail Bird
Junior Member (Idle past 1618 days) Posts: 15 Joined: 06-09-2006
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Message 22 of 63 (415522)
08-10-2007 3:29 PM
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Post deleted. Edited by Rail Bird, : Contentinsignificant.
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Parasomnium
Member Posts: 2224 Joined: 07-15-2003
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Message 23 of 63 (415530)
08-10-2007 4:20 PM
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Reply to: Message 20 by tudwell
08-10-2007 2:00 PM
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On the right track
tudwell writes: The "best of a class" are "elite", but I can't figure out how this relates to the different elements, or if I'm even on the right track. It was the only thing in the description of the group that looked like a definition. You are indeed on the right track. Now use a thesaurus...
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Parasomnium
Member Posts: 2224 Joined: 07-15-2003
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Message 24 of 63 (415534)
08-10-2007 4:26 PM
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Reply to: Message 21 by ringo
08-10-2007 2:52 PM
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Re: A riddle for Mike
Ringo writes: The class was chemists. They had many talents.
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Parasomnium
Member Posts: 2224 Joined: 07-15-2003
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Re: A riddle for Mike
mike the wiz writes: I don't have knowledge of the periodic table. You'll be fine if you can read it. (Nice twist in your own riddle, Mike, I don't think I would have guessed it.) Added by edit: I hope you don't mind that I put my riddle in your thread. I don't mean to hijack it. Edited by Parasomnium, : see above
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mike the wiz
Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: 05-24-2003
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Re: A riddle for Mike
It's fine Para', people can feel free to add any riddles.
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leviethan
Junior Member (Idle past 6092 days) Posts: 3 Joined: 08-10-2007
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Message 27 of 63 (415541)
08-10-2007 5:18 PM
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I believe Mike was born in June 1981
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mike the wiz
Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: 05-24-2003
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Message 28 of 63 (415553)
08-10-2007 7:22 PM
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Reply to: Message 27 by leviethan
08-10-2007 5:18 PM
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Hi Leviethan. Welcome. Answer in message #19 of this topic.
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Cynic1
Member (Idle past 6094 days) Posts: 78 Joined: 03-29-2004
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Re: A riddle for Mike
If the best of a class can also be defined as "prime." Then I think the answer is Cobalt, since it is the only element listed whose atomic number is not prime.
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Parasomnium
Member Posts: 2224 Joined: 07-15-2003
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Message 30 of 63 (415621)
08-11-2007 6:01 AM
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Reply to: Message 29 by Cynic1
08-10-2007 11:31 PM
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Re: A riddle for Mike
the answer is Cobalt Very well done, Cynic1! Welcome to the club, by the way.
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