RIDDLE QUEST
The Expedition of Loscon 34 will not start on November 23, 2007 - instead it has already started way back at Loscon 33. In fact the LosCon expedition has been on it’s way now for a few months. Loscon 33 showed us the libraries of the Golden Ages of Science Fiction. A close study of the books has helped us uncover a series of Mummy Riddles that might help us understand better the future/past remains of it’s successor. We celebrated the discovery of these first clues at our party at Loscon 33 and have since been hot on the trail of the Mummy’s Path. This path is slowly leading us through a maze of other examples of the famed Science Fiction Convention before we actually dig into the site of Loscon 34. It is always better to gather what information you can before breaking ground. Since archaeology is a destructive science, we want to know enough to do the excavation properly and not ruin whatever artifacts that there might be. Furthermore, this prior research may help us interpret better what we may find.
We have visited many conventions that have allowed us to observe the activities of the specialized groups of furry fandom, anime fandom, Dr. Who fandom and many more. All the Mummy Riddles we have uncovered are now listed below. Have fun riddling out the answers. If you need clues, want to check your answers, or have just given up - e-mail chair34@loscon.org. Get a head start on the Mummy Mystery Quest at LosCon 34 by solving these riddles today.
LosCon 33 Riddles Riddle
#1My posterior is adorned with feathers. I have a rather long neck and quite a pointy nose. I am able to fly, yet I have no wings. What am I? Riddle
#2I can sail upon the water or be filled with it. What am I? Riddle
#3I begin with t, end with t, and have t in me. What am I? Riddle
#4What is the missing letter in the following series: 2 T 4 F 8 E 16 S 32 T 64?
Further Confusion Riddle
#9I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.Riddle
#10Scientists have proven that cats have more hair on one side then their other side. Some people believe that this is because when cats lay on their side they need insulation from the cold on the floor or ground. Which side of a cat has more hair?
Anime Los Angeles Riddle
#5I travel all over the world, but always stay in the corner. What am I? Riddle
#6What falls but doesn’t break, and what breaks but doesn’t fall? Riddle
#7Many things can create one, it can be any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, it can shrink or grow with time. What is it? Riddle
#8Anime has it and Archaeology has it twice, but Science does not unless you do it Scientifically.
Gallifrey One Riddle
#11This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching! Riddle
#12What common English word will describe a person or thing as not being found in any place and yet with no changes other than a space between syllables, will correctly describe that person or thing as being actually present at this very moment? Riddle
#13What 5 letter verb typed all in capitals letters can be read the same upside down? Riddle
#14What has four wheels and flies and is not a car or plane? Riddle
#15I live in winter, die in summer, and grow with my roots upward. What Am I? Riddle
#16What can be heard and caught but never seen?
ConDor Riddle
#17I have three eyes, all in a line. When the red one opens, all freezes. What am I? Riddle
#18The beginning of eternity, The end of time and space, The beginning of every end, And the end of every place. Riddle
#19What is greater than god? More evil than the devil? The poor have it. The rich need it. If you eat it you will die. Riddle
#20What kind of cheese is made backwards? Riddle
#21Glimmering lines above moist environment below,
I appear from the sky, just passing by.
What am I?Riddle
#22If you touch me, you will die, and you can only live without me. I am a big part of your life, and will eventually be the only thing left. You will learn to embrace me finally at rest. What am I?
Califur Riddle
#23I'm sometimes white,
Although sometimes I'm black.
I take you there,
But never bring you back.
What am I?Riddle
#24I am the beginning of the end, you can see me twice in a week once in a year but never in a day. Who am I? Riddle
#25What type of people live in a world where fast service is not appreciated, matches don't burn, and love means nothing?
Leprecon Riddle
#26I have a spine, yet I can't breathe. What am I? Riddle
#27I am the sign of victory placed upon a pedestal. What am I?
Baycon Riddle
#28I cannot be felt, seen or touched;
Yet I can be found in everybody;
My existence is always in debate;
Yet I have my own style of music.
What Am I?Riddle
#29I have one head and three hands. What am I? Riddle
#30I am 12 letters long. My 1,2,3 is short for another word for normal. 3,4,5,6 is the meaning of things. 7,8,9 can be considered a serious pest. 7,8,9,10,11,12 fills your belly. 10,11,12 is an atom. What am I? Riddle
#31If you turn me sideways, I am everything.
If you cut my head off, I am nothing.
What am I?Riddle
#32It begins Time but will not end it.
Forever will never hold it but
Sometimes always will.
If you continue to
Try you will see it but if you
Give Up you never will.
What is it?Riddle
#33If you had three oranges and you take away two, how many will you have? Riddle
#34Shall we cope or shall we cut or then again just take a ride. Oh what shall we do?
Westercon Riddle
#35I am 7 letters long : 1234567
my 123 is a vehicle
2345 was a pop group
456 is a piece of luggage
567 changes every year.
What Am I?Riddle
#36The person who makes me doesn't want me.
The person who buys me doesn't want to buy me.
The person who uses me never knew he used me.
What am I ?Riddle
#37I can travel from there to here by disappearing, and here to there by reappearing. What am I? Riddle
#38What do you use to hoe a row, slay a foe, and wring with woe? Riddle
#39What is the biggest Ant?
ComicCon Riddle
#40I come in darkness, but fill the mind with light. I bring enlightenment to some, while gripping others in the hand of fear. With me it can be a journey of inexplicable joy and sorrow. What I will show you will often be unreachable. Journey with me and what you see may haunt you. Journey with me and you may never want to return home. Journey with me and you will never know when it will end. What am I? Riddle
#41I herald the darkness which descends on all creatures; You will know my approach by moans and wracked features. I visit the hippo, hyena, and horse, But never go near snails and spiders, of course. I would circle the globe, leaping one to the other, Should all the world's people ever clasp hands together. What am I? Riddle
#42Die without me, Never thank me.
Walk right through me, Never feel me.
Always watching, Never speaking.
Always lurking, Never seen.
What am I?
Coppercon Riddle
#43Large as a mountain, small as a pea,
Endlessly swimming in a waterless sea.Riddle
#44I do not breathe, but I run and jump.
I do not eat, but I swim and stretch.
I do not drink, but I sleep and stand.
I do not think, but I grow and play.
I do not see, but you see me every day.
What am I?Riddle
#45My head bobs lazily in the sun.
You think I'm cute,
For my face is yellow,
My hair is white,
And my body is green.
What am I?Riddle
#46I'm black and white and read all over ... What am I?
Conjecture Riddle
#47When I'm used, I'm useless, once offered, soon rejected. In desperation oft expressed, the intended not protected. What am I? Riddle
#48What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over? Riddle
#49In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple does appear.
No doors are there to this stronghold -
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.Riddle
#50How far can a dog run into the wood? Riddle
#51A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man.
Silicon
(hint: for this one use the entire answer as the word in the master riddle)Riddle #52 What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their politics or religion, agree is between heaven and earth?
Tuscon Riddle #53 I am, in truth, a yellow fork
From tables in the sky
By inadvertent fingers dropped
The awful cutlery.
Of mansions never quite disclosed
And never quite concealed
The apparatus of the dark
To ignorance revealed.Riddle #54 What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don't want to use it? Riddle #55 People are hired to get rid of me.
I'm often hiding under your bed.
In time I'll always return you see.
Bite me and you're surely dead.
What am I?Riddle #56 I'm in a zoo
But not in a jungle
I rarely come in pairs
But I'm in every puzzle
Some think I'm in a xylophone
But, I most certainly am not
You don't see me with a loan
But very strangely in a zealot
I'm in the magical prison of Azkaban
Well, can't you see?
I'm in the buzz of a fan
But, my oh my what could I be?Riddle #57 My first is in 'eye' but I can't see.
Once, a Beatle believed in me.
My second is in 'here' but I've just gone.
Every 24 hours I'm moving on.
What am I?Riddle #58 Six letters have I, and many more;
One word tells what the others are for;
Conceal a thing is what I do;
So what am I?
Need a clue?(If you want to know the answers to these riddles, e-mail your guesses to the chair at chair34@loscon.org to find out if you are right.)
These are more of the Mummy Riddle Quest instructions we have painstakingly translated from a deteriorating manuscript:
Continue along the Mummy Quest.
First letter of Answers per Celebration will Word make.
Further Riddle will Words make.
Examine Map that Quarters make.
Location on Map Master Riddle Answer will be.
This Location at the Dig will have the Mummy’s Prize.From an examination of the documents we can find regarding the topic of “quests” at Loscon 34 we have determined that this so-called “Mummy Riddle Quest” is just the first of many riddle quests that we should find evidence of at Loscon 34. As one scroll states - “Many the quests were, many the points attained, prizes and honor were accumulated thereby, the ultimate prize was pursued throughout the LosCon, one above all was to attempt to attain .... .” One goal of the excavation will be to determine who this “one” was (or will be, temporal physics being what it is).
Another example of one of these “LosCon Riddle Quests” appears to have been uncovered as an artifact in the personal collection of one of our expedition’s members. David Okamura has been kind enough to allow us to examine this artifact and take it along on our pre-excavation investigation. We will be displaying this artifact on fan tables and other locations to allow you to help us interpret the meaning of it. Those who correctly identify and locate all the artifacts represented within this display will receive extra points toward the ultimate Riddle Quest Award.