Forum PUZZle

[cornettracing80]

Oedipus?

is this a song about a girls privates?

[Toxophilite]

Wonderful idea but not Oedipus I'm afraid. The person I'm looking for is not mythological, they definitely existed.

[drfc]

j r r tolkein

[Toxophilite]

Sorry not Tolkein.

OK I’ll give you a clue but from now on you have to explain the original riddle ‘fully’ and not just give the answer. If you name the correct person but with an inadequate explanation I will just say that your answer is wrong so as not to give the game away. So be careful if your not sure as you might help someone else.

Clue: “Stan’s wealthy uncle became one of these after taking something from Lydia” - McCartney et al

[Toxophilite]

Take a quantum leap between a Scot and a Frenchman and discover who has centre stage

Aye Klav Divs

[Darwin]

Had a guess at this yesterday and after Toxophilite had confirmed my answer he asked me to post my solution. So here is the PM I sent him plus his notes!


I think the answer is:

Emperor Tiberius


Thinking as follows:

Clue: centre-stage between me and acting advisor

Me =Toxophilite = Lover of Archery = Archer.

Further backed up with reference to 2000 GBP – a "Geoffrey Archer" in slang.

Clue: NX-01

NX-01 is the original Starship Enterprise Captained by Captain Archer – played by Scott Bakula. The Pilot episode was “Broken Bow” ("A damaged weapon starts the voyage to find me "?)


Clue: “Stan’s wealthy uncle became one of these after taking something from Lydia” - McCartney et al

Pink!!! Confirmed on next clue with link to audio of Lily the Pink. A song by The Scaffold. One of whose members was Mike McGear (real name Peter Michael McCartney – Younger brother of Paul McCartney).

Song was based on the "The Ballad Of Lydia Pinkham",

In “The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case” Stan has a "wealthy uncle" Ebeneezer. In the song…

"Well Ebeneezer thought he was Juilius Ceasar
And so they put him in a home
Where they give him medicinal compound
And now he's emperor of Rome!"


Clue: Aye Klav Divs

Popular pronunciation of “I Claudius”. Something to do with the Latin peculiarity of writing u’s as v’s?


Clue: Take a quantum leap between a Scot and a Frenchman and discover who has centre stage

Reference to “Quantum Leap” where Scot(t) Bakula played “Sam Beckett”.
(Spent a while off in historical Beckett land! As well as looking into Ziggy being the advisor! )

The Frenchman must refer to Jean-Luc Picard played by Patrick Stewart in "Star Trek: Next Generation". He also played Sejanus in the TV adaptation of “I Claudius”. A friend and confidant of Emperor Tiberius.

Therefore the advisor is Sejanus acted by Stewart?

Centre stage again refers to Star Trek. Who was "Centre Stage" between Archer & Picard? Archer was the first Captain and Picard was the third. The second, and "Centre Stage" between the two, was James T Kirk. Even more "Centre Stage" is his middle name “Tiberius”!!


This clue remains a mystery.

Clue: it’s reported the advisor to whom you seek was taken by alien family …..
yet both were in crisis according to "The Book of Crypts" Parts 1 and 2

Is this a reference to Sejanus in the Star Trek novel “The Captains' Honor” ?

"The Book of Crypts" : a series of AD&D scenarios?

I had great fun! Thank you!

Explanation from Toxophilite

The clue you didn't get was a reference to the drama (crisis) "I Claudius" which was based on two books by Robert Graves - "I Claudius" and the sequel (Part 2) "Claudius the God". Sejanus's low birth status was enhanced by being adopted into the Aelian (it's reported - sounds like)gens by Aelius Gallus.


I haven't, as of yet, got another riddle to follow. But I'm working on it.

If someone else has one ready to go and would like to step in please PM me.

Thanks again, Toxophilite. Good fun.

[Toxophilite]

Congratulations Darwin, Yes The Emperor Tiberius was the correct solution as explained.

[ChadH]

How have you not solved a pyramid riddle yet ?!?

[cornettracing80]

no kidding...whats the problem?

[drfc]

quick brainteaser

[drfc]

and another

[haggis]

edited to remove my solution in case someone else wanted to have a go... sorry

Excuse the shakey paths!!!

How's this drfc?

Haggis