Need a ridiculously difficult riddle

Drachen Jager · Sep 28, 2011

D.M.Drake said:
Correct! Yay! *throws confetti at you*

It can't be queue, because 'q' is not a word. It is a letter.

Chris P · Sep 28, 2011

D.M.Drake said:
***Hint*** they all die in the amount of time it takes to fall off a cliff and splat at the bottom.

Hmm. It was the Aral Sea, perhaps? I'm sure this is one of those where you get X number of yes/no questions.

D.M.Drake · Sep 28, 2011

Chris P said:
What's the longest word in the English language with no proper vowels (a, e, i, o, u)?

Oooh, nice one with the q.

Syzygy, unless you pluralize rhythm... lol

Chris P · Sep 28, 2011

D.M.Drake said:
Syzygy, unless you pluralize rhythm... lol

Rhythm was what I was thinking of.

Drachen Jager · Sep 28, 2011

How about which word in the English language has all the vowels in alphabetical order?

lexxi · Sep 28, 2011

D.M.Drake said:
What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
(I love this one)

queue?

D.M.Drake · Sep 28, 2011

Chris P said:
Hmm. It was the Aral Sea, perhaps? I'm sure this is one of those where you get X number of yes/no questions.

I got it in six questions. But yes, you get x amount and the fewer the better.

No on Aral Sea, though excellent guess, very outside the box.

sheadakota · Sep 28, 2011

D.M.Drake said:
What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
(I love this one)

I have a hard one, but it's actually a Mensa level question and not so much a riddle as a complex knowledge question.

A family of five, a Mother and Father are both in excellent health. Their three children are in their teens, strong, competitive and on the swim team. The family takes their boat out to sea and drop anchor to go for a swim. They all die. Can you figure out how?
You try to answer by asking as few questions as you can. I am a science geek so I got it pretty quickly.
Good luck!

everyone dies- you just don't say when

mirandashell · Sep 28, 2011

Drachen Jager said:
It can't be queue, because 'q' is not a word. It is a letter.

Eh? The way I read the riddle, it doesn't need to be.

Edit: Actually, I've read it again and you are right. My apologies.

Chris P · Sep 28, 2011

Drachen Jager said:
How about which word in the English language has all the vowels in alphabetical order?

I read this in Mental Floss magazine recently, but I can't remember it. Argh that's frustrating.

D.M.Drake · Sep 28, 2011

Drachen Jager said:
There are lots of possible answers to the family one Drake. I don't feel there's enough information there. Are they expert at boating too? Perhaps their anchor never touched bottom and the boat floated away. Are they in an arctic region? Pretty stupid, but they could freeze to death. The currents might have been too strong for them to make it back to the boat. Of course there's always sharks and such.

They didn't drown, boat didn't go anywhere, not cold water, no currents and they died in the time it takes to fall off a cliff.

Oh, and they do not get eaten. lol

Drachen Jager · Sep 28, 2011

They die of old age?

Many years after their swimming excursion of course.

D.M.Drake · Sep 28, 2011

Drachen Jager said:
It can't be queue, because 'q' is not a word. It is a letter.

Well when you take the letters away it's no longer a word true. lol. Still sounds the same without the letters though

D.M.Drake · Sep 28, 2011

Drachen Jager said:
They die of old age?

Many years after their swimming excursion of course.

Ok, next hint...

They die withing five minutes of swimming out in the water.

Chris P · Sep 28, 2011

Drachen Jager said:
They die of old age?

That's one hell of a cliff if they die of old age before hitting bottom.

I suspect the key lies in another interpretation of "out to sea" or "dropping anchor." I can't figure where the cliff comes in.

Drachen Jager · Sep 28, 2011

They accidentally tied themselves to the anchor instead of the boat!

Drachen Jager · Sep 28, 2011

Or is it sharks with frickin laser beams on their heads?

Drachen Jager · Sep 28, 2011

They're in the Dead Sea, they die from salt cuts.

Reservoir Angel · Sep 28, 2011

D.M.Drake said:
Ok, next hint...

They die withing five minutes of swimming out in the water.

They were swimming in Loch Ness and, having an anchor dropped on her head, Nessie got P.O'ed and killed them.

You said no drowning and no sharks, this is technically neither.

D.M.Drake · Sep 28, 2011

Drachen Jager
No to all three

D.M.Drake · Sep 28, 2011

Reservoir Angel said:
They were swimming in Loch Ness and, having an anchor dropped on her head, Nessie got P.O'ed and killed them.

You said no drowning and no sharks, this is technically neither.

I did say I am a science buff though, and that's how I solved it

Reservoir Angel · Sep 28, 2011

D.M.Drake said:
I did say I am a science buff though, and that's how I solved it

Dr. Insano killed them?

D.M.Drake · Sep 28, 2011

Reservoir Angel said:
Dr. Insano killed them?

lmao, but no... sadly

Chris P · Sep 28, 2011

This isn't a sea on the moon, is it?

D.M.Drake · Sep 28, 2011

Chris P said:
This isn't a sea on the moon, is it?

Nope, here on earth.

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Likes metaphors mixed, not stirred

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Working hard, loving every second!

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Likes metaphors mixed, not stirred

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