One Word

[Shannon]

a r n o l d c u n n i n g h a m r o b e r t d e i s e n h o f f r i c h a r d d e e s j e s s
i e b u r l i n g a m e s t e l l a f l a n d e r s a l f i e z i m m e r b i l l y h a l l e c k
d a l e b a r b a r a r a y m o n d g a r r a t y h o w a r d c o t t r e l l j a m e s g a
r d n e r b i l l d e n b r o u g h b o o t h a l a n p a n g b o r n j a c k t o r r e n c e!

[Jean]

well... they are all King characters

the only odd word I see among them is "booth"

unless the way Garraty is spelled points at something else

[Shannon]

Work it out Jean, I have my fingers crossed. It looks trickier than it actually is.

Hint one: One word.
Hint two: They are all King characters.
Hint three: I originally spelled Garraty wrong. Fixed now, thanks!

[Jean]

bears are thinking!

[mattgreenbean]

One word: confused

[Woofer]

I hate to seem dense (Har har), but what is the object of this riddle? Are we finding a word within the words? Wolves are puzzled.

[Shannon]

The answer is one word.

[mystima]

breakers?

[stroppygoblin]

The answer is:

CONGRATULATIONS!

Take the first letter of the name of the book associated with each character.

a r n o l d c u n n i n g h a m - Christine
r o b e r t d e i s e n h o f f - (the) Old Dude's Ticker
r i c h a r d d e e s - (the) Night Flyer
j e s si e b u r l i n g a m e - Gerald's Game
s t e l l a f l a n d e r s - (the) Reach
a l f i e z i m m e r - All that you love will be carried away
b i l l y h a l l e c k - Thinner
d a l e b a r b a r a - Under the Dome
r a y m o n d g a r r a t y - (the) Long Walk
h o w a r d c o t t r e l l - Autopsy Room Four
j a m e s g ar d n e r - (the) TommyKnockers
b i l l d e n b r o u g h - It
b o o t h - One for the Road
a l a n p a n g b o r n - Needful Things
j a c k t o r r e n c e! - (the) Shining

Cool quiz!! (what do I win? :P)

[Shannon]

Wow, that was fast. Great job!! Great, great job, I'm impressed!

[Ben Staad]

Great job to the game master and game player.


The answer is:

CONGRATULATIONS!

Take the first letter of the name of the book associated with each character.

a r n o l d c u n n i n g h a m - Christine
r o b e r t d e i s e n h o f f - (the) Old Dude's Ticker
r i c h a r d d e e s - (the) Night Flyer
j e s si e b u r l i n g a m e - Gerald's Game
s t e l l a f l a n d e r s - (the) Reach
a l f i e z i m m e r - All that you love will be carried away
b i l l y h a l l e c k - Thinner
d a l e b a r b a r a - Under the Dome
r a y m o n d g a r r a t y - (the) Long Walk
h o w a r d c o t t r e l l - Autopsy Room Four
j a m e s g ar d n e r - (the) TommyKnockers
b i l l d e n b r o u g h - It
b o o t h - One for the Road
a l a n p a n g b o r n - Needful Things
j a c k t o r r e n c e! - (the) Shining

Cool quiz!! (what do I win? :P)


Wow, that was fast. Great job!! Great, great job, I'm impressed!

[Jean]

I have an idea, will try it when I get home

goblin, thank you so much for putting spoiler tags around the answer!

[stroppygoblin]

I have an idea, will try it when I get home

goblin, thank you so much for putting spoiler tags around the answer!

No problem, seemed like the right thing to do :biggrin:

This has inspired me to post something similar - watch this space....

[stroppygoblin]

Post removed and started in a new thread to avoid cross posting.

[stroppygoblin]

Hmm, I should probably have started a new thread for this and not Hijacked Shannons :cool_002:

Would a moderator please move it?

[Jean]

goblin, just start another thread, it'll be quicker (bears don't have superpowers in this forum)

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Shannon: took some research

because bears sure didn't remember where all of those came from, and were especially mystified by Booth, which didn't seem to go anywhere! The word is Congratulations!, right?

awesome riddle! Goblin gets the big fat goblin goose!

[stroppygoblin]

goblin, just start another thread, it'll be quicker (bears don't have superpowers in this forum)

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Shannon: took some research

because bears sure didn't remember where all of those came from, and were especially mystified by Booth, which didn't seem to go anywhere! The word is Congratulations!, right?

awesome riddle! Goblin gets the big fat goblin goose!

Booth was tricky for me too - I orignally thought it was the name of the Old Con from "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" but that was Brooks. By then I had figured out it must be something starting with 'O' so I went looking...

[Jean]

bears just cheated and left that one (and, I am afraid, a couple of others) out: the word made sense without it

[stroppygoblin]

New Thread started because "Bears are always Right" - Foxes Glacier Mints
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOJGgCp4GqI

[Jean]

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear4bis.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bear4bis.gif.html)

can you please re-post this awesome link here (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?1985-BearrrRRRrrrs!)?

[Shannon]

Great job, both of you.

[Jean]

great puzzle!

[Woofer]

great puzzle!

Agreed! I have not read one of those - Stephen King works, that is, not riddles.

Sad wolf is sad.

[Jon]

Nice job, Riddlemaster.

[Shannon]

Thanks guys, I had the idea and fleshed it out, then played with how to show the riddle. Check out that Equation riddle by goblin, I don't get it.

[Jean]

you are not alone...