Re: Middle Earth Riddle solved

From: Maurice Criddle <maurice@criddlehome.netkonect.co.uk>

Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Jeff Dobberpuhl wrote:
>
> Greg Chapman wrote:
> >
> > Jeff Dobberpuhl <attorney@mr.net> wrote:
> >
> > >The answer to the previous riddle was LEGOLAS
> >
> > Since they say that was the correct answer then GSI's clues
> > are flawed.  The Return of the King, paperback.  Appendix B.
> > p.470  S.R. 1421 The Bearers of Rings depart over Sea.
> > p.470  S.R. 1422 Fourth Age begins.
> > p.472  S.R. 1541/Fourth Age 120 (Gondor)
> >             King Elessar (Aragon II) dies.
> >             Legolas built a great ship in Ithilien and went over Sea.
> >                 Gimli the Dwarf may have gone with him.
> >
> > We're not nitpicking a year or two here, clearly Legolas left
> > Middle-Earth well into the Fourth Age.  The riddle is flawed.
> >
>
> I totally agree with you. This is why I posted to this Newsgroup to
> begin with.  The riddle suggests someone who left earlier, but nobody
> fits the riddle correctly.  Sigh.
>
> The game is still fun though.... (Are you listening, Mick, the Dragon
> Lord???)
>
> > The entire implementation of the riddle game isn't true to J.R.R.
> > in any case.  The riddles and riddle clues are supposed to cleverly
> > lead to objects that all creatures have encountered: eggs, teeth,
> > aging, wind, etc.  This is what made it a common leveling ground
> > between entities of disparate race, culture, class and economic
> > status.

I agree.  The purest form of riddle is surely the application of logic
to (common) knowledge.  Of course riddles in MEPBM presumably assume a
certain degree of familiarity with the Tolkien world.

References

Middle Earth Riddle solved
Jeff Dobberpuhl <attorney@mr.net>
Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Middle Earth Riddle solved
zubla@sprynet.com (Greg Chapman)
Thu, 26 Dec 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Middle Earth Riddle solved
Jeff Dobberpuhl <attorney@mr.net>
Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000