Post by Chelsbot on Nov 6, 2009 22:00:18 GMT -5
It's time to compete for the Golden Power of Veto. Everyone is eligible to compete except for Jeff, who is cryogenically frozen for this round and James, who gave up the right to compete during last week's Veto competition.
Tonight's competition is called "Riddle Me Veto."
Below are 5 different puzzles. The solution to each puzzle is a riddle pertaining to your time in the Warzone house. After deciphering each puzzle, you will answer the riddles. Each riddle can be answered with one word or name.
You will need to send me the 5 riddles along with the 5 answers in one PM.
For each puzzle solution, you will earn 1 point. To receive the point, all words in the riddle must be spelled correctly. For each correct answer to a riddle, you will earn 1 point. This means that the maximum number of points is 10. In the event of a tie, it will come down to time of submission.
RIDDLE #1
A cryptogram is a phrase in code or cipher. Each letter has been substituted with a symbol. Here are some hints:
-Look for common letter combinations, like"TH"; and"SH";.
-Short words can sometimes be guessed, because there are not too many possibilities.
RIDDLE #2
In a tile letter puzzle, a phrase has been scrambled, with three characters on each tile. Here is an example:
Puzzle:
Solution:
Here is the puzzle for the riddle:
RIDDLE #3
A fallen phrase puzzle shows the spaces for a statement or phrase. The letters are directly below the column in which they will fit, but jumbled within the column.
RIDDLE #4
To solve this"double puzzle," unscramble each of the clue words. These are words or phrases relating to Big Brother Warzone. Then, you will use the corresponding numbers to make a phrase.
RIDDLE #5
The word search below contains a hidden message. The letters in the message will be hidden between the words in the word search. When you find all the words, the remaining letters will form a hidden message.
The words in the puzzle all relate to war. The definitions for these terms have been provided in the 20 clues below. The letters that are not used for the words make up the riddle.
CLUES
1. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
2. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence.
3. Mounted projectile-firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms.
4. A ground force unit composed of a headquarters and two or more companies or similar units.
5. A tactical unit of artillery, usually consisting of six guns together with the artillerymen, equipment, etc., required to operate them.
6. The ground on which a battle is fought.
7. A unified military strategy to integrate and combine armed forces for the military theatre of operations, including air, information, land, sea and space to achieve military goals.
8. A knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
9. A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces.
10. The act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy.
11. A military service under the Department of Transportation, which in peacetime enforces maritime laws, saves lives and property at sea, and maintains aids to navigation, and which in wartime may be placed under the Navy Department to augment the navy.
12. A fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle.
13. An open conflict of opposing ideas, forces, etc.
14. A fast, relatively small, warship armed mainly with 5-in. (13-cm) guns.
15. A weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
16. Soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
17. An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict.
18. A commissioned military officer.
19. The seizure and control of an area by military forces, esp. foreign territory.
20. A petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.
This competition is due tomorrow at 10 PM EST. If someone wins before the deadline, I will post results earlier. As a reminder, all you need to submit are the 5 riddles and the answer to each. You may only submit your answers once, so make sure you are satisfied with your answers before you submit.
Good luck, Houseguests. [/b]
Tonight's competition is called "Riddle Me Veto."
Below are 5 different puzzles. The solution to each puzzle is a riddle pertaining to your time in the Warzone house. After deciphering each puzzle, you will answer the riddles. Each riddle can be answered with one word or name.
You will need to send me the 5 riddles along with the 5 answers in one PM.
For each puzzle solution, you will earn 1 point. To receive the point, all words in the riddle must be spelled correctly. For each correct answer to a riddle, you will earn 1 point. This means that the maximum number of points is 10. In the event of a tie, it will come down to time of submission.
RIDDLE #1
A cryptogram is a phrase in code or cipher. Each letter has been substituted with a symbol. Here are some hints:
-Look for common letter combinations, like"TH"; and"SH";.
-Short words can sometimes be guessed, because there are not too many possibilities.
RIDDLE #2
In a tile letter puzzle, a phrase has been scrambled, with three characters on each tile. Here is an example:
Puzzle:
Solution:
Here is the puzzle for the riddle:
RIDDLE #3
A fallen phrase puzzle shows the spaces for a statement or phrase. The letters are directly below the column in which they will fit, but jumbled within the column.
RIDDLE #4
To solve this"double puzzle," unscramble each of the clue words. These are words or phrases relating to Big Brother Warzone. Then, you will use the corresponding numbers to make a phrase.
RIDDLE #5
The word search below contains a hidden message. The letters in the message will be hidden between the words in the word search. When you find all the words, the remaining letters will form a hidden message.
The words in the puzzle all relate to war. The definitions for these terms have been provided in the 20 clues below. The letters that are not used for the words make up the riddle.
CLUES
1. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
2. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence.
3. Mounted projectile-firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms.
4. A ground force unit composed of a headquarters and two or more companies or similar units.
5. A tactical unit of artillery, usually consisting of six guns together with the artillerymen, equipment, etc., required to operate them.
6. The ground on which a battle is fought.
7. A unified military strategy to integrate and combine armed forces for the military theatre of operations, including air, information, land, sea and space to achieve military goals.
8. A knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
9. A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces.
10. The act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy.
11. A military service under the Department of Transportation, which in peacetime enforces maritime laws, saves lives and property at sea, and maintains aids to navigation, and which in wartime may be placed under the Navy Department to augment the navy.
12. A fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle.
13. An open conflict of opposing ideas, forces, etc.
14. A fast, relatively small, warship armed mainly with 5-in. (13-cm) guns.
15. A weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
16. Soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
17. An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict.
18. A commissioned military officer.
19. The seizure and control of an area by military forces, esp. foreign territory.
20. A petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.
This competition is due tomorrow at 10 PM EST. If someone wins before the deadline, I will post results earlier. As a reminder, all you need to submit are the 5 riddles and the answer to each. You may only submit your answers once, so make sure you are satisfied with your answers before you submit.
Good luck, Houseguests. [/b]