got this from an old reader's digest.. credit goes to a certain susan zivich.. who out-tilted whom at Guinevere's Annual Fair?
1. Four Camelot knights were involved in a joust
2. At Queen Guinevere's Annual Fair,
3. And old legends tell us a number of things
4. About the four knights who fought there:
5. Sir Richard was known to his friends as "the Brave"
6. And one of the knights was "the Bold."
7. One of the men taking part in the joust
8. Was the knight with the shield of gold.
9. Sir Paul beat the man with the emerald shield,
10. But lost to "the Stouthearted" knight.
11. The knight that the others had nicknamed "the Loyal'
12. Was the one with the shield of white.
13. The only contender Sir Steven defeated
14. Was the one with the burgundy shield.
15. Sir John was one of the four famous knights
16. Who jousted in King Arthur's field.
17. No two men won the same number of tilts
18. That were jousted between the four knights.
19. If each of the men met the other just once,
20. Can you guess who won each of the fights?
i solved this twice, two or three years in between, i guess.. i managed to forgot the correct answers after some time, so i solved it again. now you may try solving this, i might throw in a little prize for the first one to solve.. ;)
Sunday, April 3
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Hey, there. I see this riddle has been posted like 8 years ago. I'm hoping this post get's seen somehow, so this is just, really, a stab in the dark. I also came across it in an old Reader's Digest. Somehow I thought of it tonight, googled some of the words and found this page. I also forgot how I figured it out initially, but I just decided to get outof bed and just figure it out again. I just did, in under, about, 20 minutes, I think. Anyway, here's the answer...
Between the 4 knights there were 6 rounds, with each of the knights taking part in 3 of them, as each 'met the other just once'. If 'no two knights won the same number of tilts' then 1 knight must have lost all 3 his rounds, 1 knight won 1 round, 1 knight won 2 rounds and the last knight won all of his rounds. Another key to figuring out the riddle is to figure out each knight's name, title, colour and how many rounds each won.
Therefore, the answer is...
Sir Richard is 'The Brave', his colour is Burgandy and he lost all of his 3 rounds.
Sir Steven is 'The Bold', his colour is Emerald and he won 1 round out of 3.
Sir Paul is 'The Loyal', his colour is White and he won 2 out of 3 rounds
And the winner is...
Sir John, known as 'The Stout-Hearted', whose colour is Gold and he won all of his 3 rounds
Am I right? Please lemme know: abdulmugheeth@gmail.com
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