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Title: What on earth is going on here?... Post by KenYonRuKu on Feb 5th, 2004, 1:57pm Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Donovan, Tom Jones, Rolling Stones, Elvis, Henry Mancini, Fleetwood Mac. What is going on here? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 5th, 2004, 7:46pm on 02/05/04 at 13:57:25, KenYonRuKu wrote:
Given the names of those rock bands, a LOT of drugs :-) |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by usdragonfly on Feb 6th, 2004, 1:55am really good music for one thing! ;) i think you need to put a little more of a hint or something cause i'm not getting anything! 8) |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by KenYonRuKu on Feb 6th, 2004, 1:30pm on 02/06/04 at 01:55:43, usdragonfly wrote:
Ok, sumimasen usdragonfly-san! Here is a clue for you: It involves a sport. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by usdragonfly on Feb 7th, 2004, 10:05am thanks for the clue but just outta curiousity , what does sumimasen mean? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Kazn on Feb 7th, 2004, 3:05pm Hmmm nine lines. Does it have anything to do with baseball? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by KenYonRuKu on Feb 8th, 2004, 10:41am usdragonfly: in this context, sumimasen means "i'm sorry" . Kazn: no, it isn't to do with baseball. One more clue: It is a sport that doesn't have a large following in the United States. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 8th, 2004, 6:27pm on 02/08/04 at 10:41:33, KenYonRuKu wrote:
I assume there is a following, but not much of one. How about: rugby soccer (we have pro teams, but most people don't care) cricket |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by KenYonRuKu on Feb 9th, 2004, 10:35am No, I am afraid it is none of those sports... ;) |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by usdragonfly on Feb 9th, 2004, 7:19pm can it be played indoors and outdoors? ??? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by KenYonRuKu on Feb 10th, 2004, 7:06pm Technically, yes, although professionally - as far as I am aware - it is never played al fresco. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 11th, 2004, 8:12am Ultimate Frisbee? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by KenYonRuKu on Feb 11th, 2004, 10:22am Another clue: [hide]Think about the names, what they could represent, and think about the repetitions, and what that could mean.[/hide] |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 11th, 2004, 11:16am Tag-team pong? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by KenYonRuKu on Feb 15th, 2004, 9:17am Ok, here's a gigantic clue: [hide]colours[/hide] |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 15th, 2004, 3:25pm Capture the flag? In the context of first person shooters like Quake and Unreal Tournament... red and blue... |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by KenYonRuKu on Feb 15th, 2004, 3:40pm Nope. It has nothing to do with computers, it is a bona fide, professional participation sport. Think about what colours could be associated with the musicians I listed. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Speaker on Feb 15th, 2004, 9:14pm Well, I would guess [hide] Othello or Go. Because of the colors Black and White. But they are not sports exactly. The only other colors I come up with are purple for Hendrix's "Purple Haze." But, nothing for Fleetwood Mac. [/hide] So, this is a real sport with sweating and exercise, not like darts or chess, right? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 15th, 2004, 10:35pm :: [hide]Hendrix was black, obviously, although Purple Haze does come to mind. Fleetwood Mac was a bunch of white guys, but their greatest hits album is green. Hmmm... I don't know...[/hide] :: |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by KenYonRuKu on Feb 16th, 2004, 10:25am Speaker: It isn't Othello or Go, or Darts or Chess. However, it is a sport that isn't really sweaty or very vigorous in terms of physical exertion. And you are on the right lines for Hendrix, but purple isn't the correct colour... John: The colours have nothing to do with the colour of the skin of the various musicians. Keep going though, you are getting close! |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by DeMark on Feb 27th, 2004, 12:31am Hmmm: [hide]Tom Jones:Black Betty or Green green grass of home. Elvis: Blue suede shoes? Rolling stones: Brown sugar or Paint it black? Donovan: Mellow Yellow Henry Mancini: Pink Panther (theme) Fleetwood Mac: Silver springs Hendrix: Red house These are all colours I could find. And now I'm totally confused. I'm not a sports' fan, U know.[/hide] Help! |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Speaker on Feb 27th, 2004, 12:35am I agree, this is confusing. I think we need to concentrate on the sport aspect. Afterall, how many sports are there.... Maybe it is Sumo. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by DeMark on Feb 27th, 2004, 12:43am Yeah, 'cos then it would be: [hide]Red-silver-red-silver-red-silver....red-silver-yellow-green-brown(or black)- blue-pink-silver. I don't know the rules of Sumo, but to me it seems too much of red-silver.[/hide]: |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by DeMark on Feb 27th, 2004, 11:28am What about the repetitions? I mean, there are so much Hendrix - Fleetwood Mac, and then the others... I don't understand. KenYonRuKu, where are U? We need help? At least I need it... ;) |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by usdragonfly on Feb 27th, 2004, 5:43pm :- :-[ thats it!! i give up!! this riddle has literally driven me to insanity!! i thought life had taken it all already but i was wrong...this riddle has definitly taken every bit of sanity i had left!! |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Cathos on Feb 27th, 2004, 7:54pm Could it be [hide] darts? I know that a dartboard has alternating colours, and the center colours are usually different from the outside, so maybe it's counting them down a row or column or something. I'm not exactly sure what colours are on most dartboards though. [/hide] |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 27th, 2004, 8:42pm on 02/27/04 at 00:31:16, DeMark wrote:
Purple Haze :P |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 27th, 2004, 8:43pm on 02/27/04 at 19:54:59, Cathos wrote:
Dart boards are usually black and white. Bullseye is red, with a yellow circle around it. I do not think this fits the riddle, however. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Cathos on Feb 27th, 2004, 9:09pm Oh... I just noticed that he said specifically that it wasn't darts in a previous post, sorry. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by DeMark on Feb 28th, 2004, 3:34am It's not Othello or Go or darts or chess or rugby or soccer or cricket or baseball... & I'm starting to get insane! I noticed that KenYonRuKU posts a riddle, answers a few times and then dissapears! What do the colours have to do with this sport? Why did you repeat Hendrix-Fleetwood Mac so many times? Is this sport played on terrain, in the water or on the ice? Give us a hint!!! |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by usdragonfly on Feb 28th, 2004, 8:17am ok, someone email this guy and tell him to quit driving people crazy and to give us an answer! |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by DeMark on Feb 28th, 2004, 10:01am I sent him a message. Let's pray he's going to read it... :P |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Speaker on Feb 29th, 2004, 4:22pm I still don't have an answer, but a dart board is black and white and red and green. I think it must be a sport involving two people or teams that alternate taking turns (this gives us the long repitition of Hendrix and Fleetwood Mac). No, I have no idea, ignore everything here, except for this part telling you to ignore everything (also ignore that last part about telling you not to ignore the part about ignoring). |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 29th, 2004, 5:16pm If Fleetwood Mac did not appear at the end I would say the names represented pitchers in a baseball game. But in baseball, once a player is swapped out, he cannot enter the game again. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Kazn on Feb 29th, 2004, 6:23pm If it's not darts, it could be [hide] archery [/hide] |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 29th, 2004, 9:04pm on 02/29/04 at 18:23:43, Kazn wrote:
How so? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by raven on Feb 29th, 2004, 9:44pm ::) :: [hide]add www-dot and away we go... billiardworld.com/snooker.html[/hide] :: |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by BNC on Mar 1st, 2004, 2:28am Just noticed it... I agree with Raven -- it gotta be [hide]Billiard[/hide]. (I actually used to play it quite a bit, although not professionally. The questiona is -- How can we math Handrix with [hide]Black[/hide]? Maybe "Black gold"? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by towr on Mar 1st, 2004, 3:12am ::[hide]I might be wrong, but snooker and billiard aren't the same thing afaik.. So I'll agree with raven on snooker, and disagree with BNC on billiard :P[/hide]:: |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by BNC on Mar 1st, 2004, 6:02am AFAIK, Billiard is the "general" name of many games, and snooker is a specific game. Hence, billiard and snooker are not different games. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by DeMark on Mar 1st, 2004, 6:25am Isn't billiard a game? KenYonRuKu said that it's a sport... then we could say that chess is a sport too... but I don't get it. Isn't billiard played with a white ball? And what colour is Fleetwood Mac? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Speaker on Mar 1st, 2004, 4:45pm Am I just thick, I do not see (after reading the information on the site suggested by Raven) how the riddle can be answered in this way. Anybody care to elaborate, or give obtuse hints that might enlighten this humble dim one. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Kazn on Mar 1st, 2004, 5:46pm If any of you out there know the answer, please hint. What about tom jones what color is he? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by raven on Mar 1st, 2004, 8:47pm Okay, I can see there are still some questions about this riddle and my answer. Like most of my riddles, this one could have been refined a couple more times before being posted. But if you look closely you will see why “snooker” is the intended answer. The riddle has fifteen repetitions of Hendrix and Fleetwood Mac. That’s fifteen instances of the colors red and white (‘Red House’ since he stated it wasn’t ‘Purple Haze’ and ? ? ?, I think he might have been thinking about Jefferson Airplane’s ‘White Rabbit’ song title) Then he follows that with Donovan, Tom Jones, Rolling Stones, Elvis, Henry Mancini and Fleetwood Mac again. This last bit confused me almost as much as the many repetitions of Hendrix and Fleetwood Mac. But if you look at the colors involved, it has already been stated that: 1. Hendrix = ‘Red House’ = Red X 15 instances 2. Donovan = ‘Mellow Yellow’ = Yellow 3. Tom Jones = ‘Green Green Grass of Home’ = Green 4. Rolling Stones = ‘Brown Sugar’ = Brown 5. Elvis = ‘Blue Sued Shoes’ = Blue 6. Henry Mancini = ‘Pink Panther theme music’ = Pink 7. And who the h*** knows about Fleetwood Mac? = White, the Cue ball and Black, the seven ball. Now, I have never played nor do I know the rules of snooker, but if you read the rules of the game, or better yet, just look at the table layout, they have the ball colors and numbers all set up in front of you. From the rules: Point values for object balls: red-1 (there are 15), yellow-2, green-3, brown-4, blue-5, pink-6, black-7 I suspect that Fleetwood Mac ball is meant as the Cue ball placing the colored balls in the pockets, this analogy falls apart when we leave the red balls and move into the other colors of object balls. I also guess that Fleetwood Mac is the black ball at the end, or closing the game by sinking the Cue ball?! Also, when trying to understand the rules of the game, it looks like you don’t have to play all the red balls first, but maybe that is one variant to the game? Anyway, if someone comes up with a better answer, please post me forthwith or if 'KenYonRuKu' refutes my answer, I hope he will provide us with the correct and intended answer ;) |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by raven on Mar 1st, 2004, 8:51pm DeMark, I do have to question those same points. Is snooker a 'sport'? What color is Fleetwood Mac? :-/ Snooker may be considered a Gentleman's Sport I suppose... As far as Fleetwood Mac is concerned, I really don't feel like doing any more research on this riddle to try to justify the riddle itself ;) However, looking at all the rest of the evidence presented, I totally stick by my answer. For more details I guess we have to go to the source of the riddle... Peace, ~Raven |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by raven on Mar 1st, 2004, 9:00pm Maybe he could have used 'Procul Harum' instead of 'Fleetwood Mac' :P Okay, I'm off to make riddles... |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Speaker on Mar 1st, 2004, 9:18pm Well, Raven, your answer seems to give most of the elements a role to play. And maybe it is a certain version of snooker. But, my reading of the rules seems that the color should go something like: Red, yellow, red, green, red, brown, red, blue, red, pink, red, black, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, red. This is assuming that no shots are missed by the first person to shoot (for a total of 42 points). The colors can be shot in any order, as long as there are still reds on the table. Once all the reds are down, the colors need to be shot in the order: yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black. However, in this situation, the black ball is not sunk, it stays on the table until a foul occurs. If the opponent is allowed to play, then any colored balls that were put down are pulled back up. So, the color pattern would be completely random (or facsimile thereof). I just read the rules, so maybe I am misunderstanding. :P |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by raven on Mar 1st, 2004, 9:33pm Speaker, You probably are correct about the rules. I didn't spend much time with the rules. Honestly, I was tired of pounding my head against this riddle and it seemed others were too. So I spent a little time looking into 'sports' ( don't really get into sports ). This seemed like the best fit, followed far behind by 'Bull Fighting'. I don't know if this is a variant or if I'm missing something or what? But it does seem to have the elements and that's more than I can say about any of my other guesses. Maybe we'll never know... :'( |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Speaker on Mar 1st, 2004, 9:41pm Yeah, I think your answer is correct. When KenYonRuku comes back we can have a discussion, vent our spleens, work up a lather, give a talking to, blow our tops, ad nauseam. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by BNC on Mar 2nd, 2004, 6:13am When you play the game profecionally, you play with 15 red balls. You have to pocket the red ones first. After each red, you may pocket a color ball (whichever one you want). If the color ball is pocketed, it is re-placed on the table (the red balls remain off the table). Each color ball has a value. Optimal play is red-balck-red-black... until all reds are gone (black=7 points). Then, you continoue with the rest of the colors in order. The riddle describes an optimal game. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Speaker on Mar 2nd, 2004, 5:46pm Okay, I have never played, so sorry to KenYonRuku for any maligning. But, when I read the rules it seemed to mean that the colored balls stay down until the end of the shooter's turn (which ends when he fouls or misses), then the colored balls are brought back up and put on their spots. The second player then must sink a red, then a color alternating between. So, you mean that everytime the black ball is sunk it is immediately pulled back up and spotted? The player that sunk it then shoots a red and then shoots the black again. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by towr on Mar 3rd, 2004, 1:42am There are 15 reds, and 6 colored. So it would be hard to alternate between them if the colored ones weren't brought back. Because the colored balls would be depleted long before the reds. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by BNC on Mar 3rd, 2004, 1:43am on 03/02/04 at 17:46:38, Speaker wrote:
Yes, that's right. The red balls open the way to collect points by pocketing the color balls. If fact, if you'll ever get to watch the world championship, you'll see the players usually pocketing either black or pink after each red (unless it's impossible, which almost never happen with the really good ones). |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Speaker on Mar 3rd, 2004, 4:57pm Thanks BNC. I will have to find a game to watch someplace, not to common here in Tokyo. |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Beau on Mar 7th, 2004, 9:57am Off topic : Failure to spot the colored ball after you sink it results in 7 points to the other player(s). This is what makes the game so fun. Get my brother good and drunk and I can come away with a few hundred points in 'forgotten respots'. On topic : Bah, didn't he hint that this game is traditionally played outdoors? Anyone ever run across a Snooker table outside? |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by DeMark on Mar 7th, 2004, 10:55am Yeah! And what now? All over again? :-/ |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by raven on Mar 7th, 2004, 4:57pm on 02/10/04 at 19:06:11, KenYonRuKu wrote:
This hint suggests that it is traditionaly played indoors. :) |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by KenYonRuKu on Mar 29th, 2004, 3:08am Hello again everyone... Apologies for my disappearance - it was not intended for dramatic effect or to test your patience. the truth is i have started a new job and haven't had any time to come on this site. so, please accept my apologies. as for the riddle, yes, it is about snooker. more specifically, it is about a maximum break (or optimum game as BNC said). raven got the colours right - except that Fleetwood Mac is black (Black Magic Woman). Nice to see such a fiery debate, and again, i apologise for my absence. Good work by the way, KenYonRuKu |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Icarus on Mar 29th, 2004, 6:08pm Welcome back! I'm glad to hear your disappearence wasn't caused by something tragic. (Not too tragic, anyway! :P) |
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Title: Re: What on earth is going on here?... Post by Noke Lieu on Mar 29th, 2004, 10:58pm Absolutely- Now what about that english letter sequence one? ;) |
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