Magnificent Seven
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Eight and five, last name and given,
We are one six six six even;
The first in cow, the last in oxen
Three in damsel, three in vixen.
Question: What are we called?
HintOne of five, I the only one,
One in cat, two in mitten,
Two are odd, five are even
Seven in all, one in seven.
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Answer
ROMAN NUMERALS.
Explanation of the riddle:
The last name has eight letters (NUMERALS) while the first or given name has five (ROMAN).
Using each of the numerals once gives MDCLXVI, which is 1,666.
C ( which is found in Cow) is first of the seven in the alphabet while X ( which is found in oXen) is last.
Three of seven are found in DaMseL. Three are also found in VIXen.
Explanation of the hint:
I is the only one of five vowels among the seven Roman numerals.
C is found in Cat, M and I in MItten.
I and V are odd numbers. The rest are even numbers.
There are seven Roman numerals. One of them is found in seVen (the V).
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Comments
Codammanus
Mar 04, 2003
| Griphook, you have the power! Great Teaser. Thank you for stretching my brain. |
keddy
Mar 16, 2003
| Wow. What degree of difficulty but lovely. |
(user deleted)
Mar 25, 2003
| Raise the roof. The style made the difference. |
icehaven
Apr 07, 2003
| One word. Amazing. And it's indeed amazing, griphook. |
electronjohn 
Apr 10, 2003
| Outstanding! And by the numbers to boot. |
griphook 
Apr 23, 2003
| Thank you electronjohn. I have been a fan of your teasers for a long time. Do we get some more soonest? |
JessicaG 
May 08, 2003
| Very Very Good. True supuriority in riddle production |
griphook
May 15, 2003
| thanks a lot jessicaG |
luckyduckie
May 18, 2003
| This was really good! |
griphook
May 19, 2003
| thanks luckyduckie. appreciate it. |
dakini
Jun 19, 2003
| Were you taking genius pills when you submited that one? Some would consider that cheating. Great teaser!  |
(user deleted)
Jun 23, 2003
| magnifico sir/madam |
taniapereira99
Jul 25, 2003
| Great one! I'm slowly TRYING to get a hang of your teasers! Haven't solved one yet! I won't give up! |
griphook
Jul 28, 2003
| thanks to everyone. appreciate it. |
beanie89
Aug 12, 2003
| Get em comin griphook!!
I'll get one eventually! |
griphook
Aug 12, 2003
| thanks beanie89 |
jacintan
Aug 19, 2003
| MAD! |
griphook
Sep 19, 2003
| thanks jacintan. i think i am. smile |
spoiledbrat
Sep 26, 2003
| I haven't solved one, yet, but someday ill get there! Great, and keep em comin
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nik4494
Sep 26, 2003
| goodness gracious |
griphook
Oct 04, 2003
| thanks |
mzpuddn
Oct 30, 2003
| This is my first day to this website, I hope I can solve some of you headaches  (lol) in the near future. Your good!
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griphook
Oct 31, 2003
| welcome to Braingle and thanks |
Katelin
Nov 30, 2003
| This is one of the most wonderful and terrific teasers I've read! I've read some of your others, and they're always good. GREAT job and keep it up! |
griphook
Dec 31, 2003
| thanks,, many thanks  |
(user deleted)
Jan 07, 2004
| AMEN AMEN AMEN |
bbngk
Jan 29, 2004
| magnificent teaser one of your best of the best  |
Palsha
Feb 13, 2004
| Wow, another good one! I read some of your old teasers and I think that they are very unique and fun to ponder upon, post some more! |
griphook
Feb 13, 2004
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Nite_Owl
Feb 16, 2004
| One of the best riddles I've ever seen and quite difficult. Very clever, griphook! |
sockpuppet_frien
Feb 17, 2004
| i was just wondering if u would like to come do some of my homework for me because u are obviously a freakin' genius! |
griphook
Feb 18, 2004
| many thanks. will be glad to help |
MasterMind90
Feb 21, 2004
| Looks like your famous! Can I have your autograpagh? Great Brain teaser, i'm still trying to lower my smile!   I'll get there one of these dayz!! |
griphook
Feb 22, 2004
| thanks |
Mastermind90
Feb 22, 2004
| No problem. Give us another teaser!  |
(user deleted)
Mar 26, 2004
| WOW!!!!!!! you come up with alot of them. soem are really hard. this one i couldn;t figure out.  maybe i'll get the next one. |
griphook
Mar 26, 2004
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spookboy0
Apr 09, 2004
| dude. that teaser was pure genius. im not that smart to actually think of a riidle like that. keep it up. |
griphook
Apr 09, 2004
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thanks |
billybob_thorton
Apr 09, 2004
| yet another stumper from griphook-keep it up! |
griphook
Apr 11, 2004
| thanks billybob |
rashad
Jul 04, 2004
| Nice work but with the hint i found it out it mad it easy |
(user deleted)
Aug 09, 2004
| A ten not a seven. |
schatzy228
Aug 28, 2005
| AWSOME i cant find the words  ,,,,i know this is an old one, but i just found it and am very happy i did,,,so now i must list it as number 1 in my favorites,,,THANK YOU! |
griphook
Jan 09, 2006
| thanks |
mitzimesser
Jan 24, 2006
| I was truly impressed. Excellent riddle. |
mitzimesser
Jan 24, 2006
| I was truly impressed. Excellent riddle. |
griphook
Jan 24, 2006
| thanks... have fun |
teen_wiz
Feb 18, 2006
| WOW . Difficult, but it proves the writer's intelligence. Good job! |
griphook
Feb 18, 2006
| thanks |
king_leonard
Mar 24, 2006
| OMG I ACTUALLY GOT TAT ONE AND TAT IDS PROBLY THE HARDEST ONE I EVER GOT LOL!!!
GR8 TEASER |
griphook
Mar 26, 2006
| congrats then |
yanks434
Jun 14, 2006
| whoa  that was hard i was amazed to see the answer |
leinad88
Oct 26, 2006
| I got it (after about 15 minutes and 10 times reading it)
The second and third lines are what finally gave it away, I got C from cow, and then VIX from vixen, after that everything fell into place.
I'm so proud of myself, I solved the hardest riddle available
P.S. This definately deserves to be the hardest. |
griphook
Nov 03, 2006
| magnificent |
misternee985
Nov 30, 2006
| If an answer to a riddle has an explanation three times longer than the riddle itself... don't bother with it. |
griphook
Dec 02, 2006
| No need for explanations for some geniuses of your kind... lol |
Pojuer
Jun 28, 2007
| nice! |
ocdaws
Jul 17, 2007
| Fantastic! |
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