The Keep:Valley of Riddles

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Valley of Riddles was a guild in Habitica. It doesn't exist anymore. (It became inactive and got deleted.) But this wiki page is still here because it contains interesting riddles from old challenges in the guild.

Guild Description

The Valley of Riddles was actually proud to be one of the Medium-Sized Guilds of Habitica, according to the Guilds Guide.

The guild helped and motivated its members to find, create and share nice riddles, puzzles, brain twisters and mind experiments, which exercise the brain and give food for thoughts.

The story of how the guild was deleted can be found in the list of old Sunk Guilds maintained by the Pirates of Habitica.

Riddles

2015

Happy Halloween!

_{by Phantom818}

How are vampires like false teeth?
What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?
What genre of music does a mummy like the best?
Why do ghosts like to ride elevators?
Where do fashionable ghosts shop for sheets?
Why did the ghost go into the bar?
What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
What was the witch's favorite subject in school?
Why didn't the skeleton tango?

_{The winner is shanaqui.}

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Don't Walk the Plank

_{by Lisa}

7 pirates have 100 pieces of gold. They can't decide how to divide it, so they
decide Pirate 1 should make a proposal divvying the booty and all the pirates
(including Pirate 1) will vote on it. If a majority of the pirates agree, they
all go home with their allotted portion. Otherwise, Pirate 1 walks the plank,
and Pirate 2 makes a proposal (then Pirate 3, etc.).

If you are Pirate 1, what is the maximum amount of booty you can claim for yourself
without walking the plank? (Looking for a straight numerical answer here.)

Addendum: The pirates are all perfectly rational and want to maximize their
individual loot.

_{The winner is Phantom818.}

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1st 3 Aren't Right...

_{by pheldurin}

If my first 3 aren't right, then after the first of November comes
great wrath. Who am I?

_{The winner is Lisa.}

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The Druid's Follower

_{by Sphinx}

Once upon a time there lived a druid in Habitica. No one would remember his name now.
But he used to be well-known all over the land. The stories told he had mastered his
talents and became a mighty alchemist. They said he was able to turn magical drawings
into gems. Many centuries have passed and the druid's secret has been forgotten.

However you find an old manuscript saying one can turn a simple drawing
into a gem having only a drawing instrument, something to draw on - and some
luck, of course.

The simple instruction is to draw a geometric shape which can be described as:
 - having an even number of vertices (corners) not exceeding 98,
 - having only straight line segments (sides),
 - having edges (sides) closing in a loop (a closed chain),
 - each side having common points only with the two nearby sides (in the corners),
 - the number of sides being exactly twice as high as the number of imaginary infinite 
   straight lines they belong to,
 - having the minimal number of corners and edges while meeting all other requirements.

That's it! And now, can you make such a drawing and become the druid's follower?

_{The winner is Capt. Gray! Special mentioning for the most scientific approach - Mara the Marine Marauder! Special "Thank You" for walking in and solving everything in a moment - AuntJovie!}

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Rope'n'Cookies

_{by Mara the Marine Marauder}

You have this rope that everyone's talking about, which burns for exactly 1
hour, but not in a regular way, i.e., not at the same speed for every part
of the rope. Actually, it's some kind of fuse - easy to light, easy to
extinguish, easy to cut. (That's also why you know the burning time so exactly
- it said so on the package.) You have only one of it. And you have a lighter.
It's a good lighter, you can light it quickly many, many times. You have some
fireproof space around you where you can arrange the fuse any way you like.
You have either a pair of scissors, or a pair of old, ugly and cheap but solid
and sturdy shoes, but not both. And you are clever, and quick, have a good
reaction time and a high attention span. And you have some cookies in your
stove which should bake for exactly 12 minutes (or as close as you can get to
it). And of course, you absolutely refuse to use a clock (or your mobile, or
the stove's built-in timer) or anything else than the "burning rope" method
to measure those 12 minutes. What do you do?

_{Special pajama party riddle in the guild chat - solved by AuntJovie !}

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The Black Stallion

_{by Sphinx}

The Black Stallion -
Thin as an alien,
But so strong, you can admire -
Jumps into the fire!

_{The finalists: itokro, dancerinsox, Mara the Marine Marauder, Lyrisath. The winner is dancerinsox.}

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The Fall of a Member of Royalty

_{by Sphinx}

At last the Sphinx has awakened. He heaves a deep sigh and starts a new story -  
although you haven't asked for one.

"I've lived a long life and I've seen many strange and mysterious events
happening." - he breathes another sigh and stays silent for a couple of
moments - "Yes, once I've seen the fall of a mighty member of royalty.
One day they were walking along the terrace expecting nothing but a pleasant
walk. They were so graceful in their well-fit shiny luxurious robe. And their
escort of the most loyal men were following them. All of a sudden, a horse
came from around the corner. The horse was galloping fast, and no one could
stop it. In just a moment, the horse jumped over the royal person - so proud
of themselves before. They knew it was the moment of disgrace. There was
nothing else to do to save their face, and no one else could help them now.
Shocked, they made two or three steps back at once, and then immediately had
to officially leave the throne - declaring it in front of everyone who
witnessed that shameful moment".

The Sphinx pauses, and you notice a sparkle in his eyes. He seems to be
willing to say something else, but you have no idea what. The Sphinx keeps
staring at you, and the sparkle in his eyes now frightens you. You should
definitely react somehow to show that you do understand him. Time goes slowly
here. You'd better ask the question the Sphinx is waiting for.

_{The finalists: shanaqui, Rainbow Snake, itokro. The winner is Rainbow Snake.}

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2014

Falling Food

_{by Lisa}

Food falls from up high
I eat it and die
Alas, you know why
The meat is a lie
Then, what am I?

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Parting Riddle

_{by pheldurin}

What is neither fish nor flesh, feathers nor bone,
But still has fingers, and thumbs of its own?

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What About the Cactus?

_{by Sphinx}

Cow - 3, Dogs - 4, Frogs - 6, Rooster - 14, Cactus - ?

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Roping Time

_{by Lisa}

You have two ropes and an endless supply of matches. Each rope takes
exactly 1 hour to burn, but these ropes are strangely knotted and they
burn neither evenly nor at the same speed. How do you obtain exactly
15 minutes?
(Assume you are in a dark cave with nothing else to guide you.)

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1 of 3 Ds

_{by Lisa}

This is an interview question. You are sweating in your business suit,
and your interrogator leans across the table:

"You are driving a car that can only fit one passenger. You stop at a red
light and see three people waiting at a bus stop in the pouring rain.

First is a doctor who once saved your life. You would give anything to
finally repay that favor. Now is your first and only chance.

Second is your dream girl who can bring you the most happiness. But
romance requires a reason to meet. Now is your one and only chance.

Third is a dying man who needs to be rushed to the hospital. No one else
will help him in time. Now is his final and only chance.

Whom do you pick, and why?"

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Untitled

_{by pheldurin}

My roof, it is crumbling; my walls are encrusted; and dare you look within?
For within the walls of my hot little halls is gathered the bringer of sin.

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Charm of Kittens?

_{by pheldurin}

I am the charm of kittens
A trinity made square
I am the last one single
But I'm nothing without my tail.

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Old Mother Goose Riddle

_{by Mother Goose}

In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with a skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear;
No doors there are to this stronghold -
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.

_{This riddle was in the guild leader speech bubble for about a year, being presented as "riddle for today"...}

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