Braingle: 'Guarded Queen' Riddle

Guarded Queen

Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.

Puzzle ID:	#28344
Fun:	(2.9)
Difficulty:	(2.88)
Category:	Riddle
Submitted By:	xsagirl
Corrected By:	xsagirl

I am a queen, beautiful and
Covered with a sweet fragrance,
Guarded by five guardsmen,
Two of them clean-shaven,
Two of them unshaven,
And the last one half-shaven.

What am I?

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Comments

Sunrose Jan 29, 2006	I enjoyed this teaser. I thought you wrote it nicely. Beautiful way to describe a rose. Clever. Fun and not to easy either. Hope to see more from you as well
xsagirl Jan 29, 2006	Thank you for your comment Sunrose. My dad told me the story of the rose when I was still a little girl. It still facinates me after so many years.
taurian Jan 29, 2006	Interesting observation.
wizofaus Jan 29, 2006	I guessed it must be rose (or something like it), but I can't imagine too many people would have observed one that closely!
WJSMama Jan 30, 2006	That was great. I can't wait to check it out, but all our roses are gone for the winter. I hope I still remember this when they come back.
choptlivva Jan 31, 2006	WJSMama....Maybe you'll get some for Valentine's Day!! That was a great teaser, xsagirl!! Funny thing is, I guessed a rose, but it was just a random guess... pure luck!! Good job!
xsagirl Jan 31, 2006	Thank you for your comment choptlivva. Glad you enjoyed it! WJSMama... I too hope someone gives you roses soon.
Brainy_1 Feb 01, 2006	Nice one! I also thought of rose. Very well written and explained. I never knew that!! Good job!!
Aceinator Feb 01, 2006	Wow, I was thinking a bee... or something
kimberlykay Feb 01, 2006	LOL...I thought bee as well, but I don't know why. The teaser was wonderfully written and the answer both interesting and informative.
xsagirl Feb 02, 2006	Thanks Brainy, Aceinator and kimberlykay! This was one of my first teasers and I'm glad everybody liked it so much! Thanks all!
teen_wiz Feb 05, 2006	That's really cool, xsa! Great job!
Katelin Feb 06, 2006	This was put together very nicely; excellent job! Keep it up!
sweetmama Feb 08, 2006	Fun and informative
paul726 Feb 11, 2006	I'll have to get my wife some roses for Valentine's Day, just to check this out. Very well done.
xsagirl Feb 11, 2006	Paul, I'm sure your wife will love the roses.
yesenia8rivera Feb 12, 2006	That was fun! I was close, I guessed a flower. Nice Teaser
thimblenoggin Feb 25, 2006	Well, I certainly learned something about roses today. Thanks.
vlerma Mar 01, 2006	I, too, figured it had to be a flower, however I did not know the interesting information you supplied about the rose. Not only a beautiful flower, but also a great song Well done Hope to see more.
jessjspieks Mar 01, 2006	What a wonderfully refreshing teaser. I absolutely loved it. Didn't get the answer but anyway. Very well written, and how great that it is something your father taught you from when you were little. Right to mfaves
bluehawk Mar 01, 2006	XSAGIRL has done it. Cheers to you.A rose is a beautiful flower.
bradon182001 Mar 01, 2006	I got it right away, but had to look at the answer to be sure I was correct.
speediebean Mar 01, 2006	Very fun and interesting, I had no idea that roses were put together that way!! Of course, I didn't have a CLUE as to what the answer was!
shawneeo Mar 01, 2006	I never knew that about roses, and I tend to be a "plant person"! I guessed "Bearded Iris", because some of the petals have the furry catapillar "beard" on them, but I don't know exactly how many do, don't, etc. Its nice to learn something new, thanks!
annie_hp_fan Mar 01, 2006	I had no idea a rose had these characteristics... ya definately learn something new every day! Thanks for the fun and insiteful teaser.
iteachkids Mar 01, 2006	FASCINATING facts ... thanks for a great lesson that will be fun to pass on!
iteachkids Mar 01, 2006	p.s. Happy Coming-Up-Birthday, xsagirl! Hope you get a buncharoses!!!
rachellanders Mar 01, 2006	That was a good one! I was actually thinking of a bee for a second there. Happy Birthday!!
xsagirl Mar 01, 2006	Thank you everybody for all the very nice comments. I'm glad you like the teaser so much. It is definately one of my favorites too! Wonderful day to all!
xsagirl Mar 01, 2006	Oh, and thank you for the birthday wishes as well. Yep, getting one year older again!
Krayd Mar 01, 2006	thats just something you would have to know. I liked it, very interesting.
americangirl06 Mar 01, 2006	I was thinking bee, too. The thing that threw me is that not all roses have a fragrance. Good one, though. Very beautiful writing.
lazy-boy Mar 01, 2006	I got it but my Mom is a rose fannatic and she passed her knowledge on to me. GREAT JOB
feste Mar 01, 2006	I figured it was a flower, but couldn't figure out what kind. Tks for info on rose, very informative
sequoia-mom Mar 01, 2006	Well, you learnsomething new every day! Very interesting and enjoyable. Great job!
dodgerh8ter Mar 01, 2006	WOW! I had no idea. But I pulled a rose from my wifes garden and sure enough....
xsagirl Mar 01, 2006	dodgerh8ter --> glad you could see it for yourself ...
lorelle_b Mar 01, 2006	AMAZING TEASER! on a scale of one to ten i give it a solid 11. Great job, going in my faves, this is amazing--you must be a very observative person!
smileymia24 Mar 01, 2006	it took me a second to figure it out but i eventually came up with the answer and it was right!
patpat553 Mar 01, 2006	Oh my,I also guessed a bee. I think the queen part got some of us thinking that's what it was.lol. My fave flowers happen to be yellow roses,too. I learned something today!
precious1026 Mar 01, 2006	I don't know how much sense this Teaser makes, if any at all. The only thoughts I had reading this Teaser were Razors, or something sharp. Rose Leafs, clean shaven, or course, are still ambigy. I guess the Teaser was steel fun for those in the No.
precious1026 Mar 01, 2006	Oh, by the way Happy Birthday. And, I must apologize to the World of Men. You know, the Rose situation....
foreverfree Mar 01, 2006	arrrrrg i thought it was a pansy....seemed to remember some story kinda like that about a pansy...guess not...oh well cute teaser
free_bird Mar 01, 2006	I liked it. I guessed a queen from a chess board, I dont know why.
Lui312 Mar 01, 2006	I thought it was Cinderella. He he. Nice! Really good!
CharmedPop Mar 01, 2006	oh that was hard but fun... im sure not to many people knew that i that it had to do with a deck of cards....don't know why
azbee123 Mar 02, 2006	soooo cute!
beefdog33 Mar 04, 2006	Wow that was really cool nice job!!!
riddlelover Mar 05, 2006	Awsome!!! Very good, and educational, no? Keep 'em comin'!
TheEarthling Apr 19, 2006	Well, I was thinking of a flower, but only because of the fragrance clue. I had no idea where the guards came into it. Nice riddle!
GebbieRose Jun 11, 2006	Loved your informative teaser! Didn't know that about roses.
bradon182001 Dec 01, 2007	Loved this teaser. Great job.
mousechicks Mar 01, 2009	The purple rose is the symbol for Cystic Fibrosis. When a CF patient is taught to say thier disease they are taught to say 65 roses. The story goes a little boy(who didn't know he had Cystic Fibrosis) overheard his mother trying to raise money for research and when his mom got off the phone he told her "Mom I know what you are trying to do. You're trying to get money for 65 roses." Needless to say the mother broke down crying and said yes that's what I'm trying to do.
craniac Mar 01, 2009	I knew the answer had to be some kind of flower. I guessed a bearded iris, but knew that was wrong. Didn't know all the arcana about rose sepals.
doehead Mar 01, 2009	The answer is partially true. I raise pink rose bud bushes and they are do not have this characteristic.
auntiesis Mar 01, 2009	I did not even come close on this one. Very good teaser with information I never heard before. One of my faves. Loved it !
avonma Mar 01, 2009	I had decided it was a flower, but didn't know which one - I was thinking about an iris. But, this is a very interesting teaser. Thanks!
Provlear Mar 01, 2009	I dunno... how obscure does a factoid get before you shouldn't make a riddle about it? I mean, I can make a riddle about the stuff on my desk, and all that makes it is impossible to guess.
morpheus25 Mar 01, 2009	Pretty easy riddle. Good one, though!
UptheHill Mar 01, 2009
gaylewolf Mar 01, 2012	Interesting riddle, but I didn't know the answer! Thanks - I learned a few things!
Chobuck Mar 01, 2012	Just because you can make up something does not make it a teaser- more like a confuser. What is the point? To make yourself look clever...... not!
Chobuck Mar 01, 2012	Just because you can make up something does not make it a teaser- more like a confuser. What is the point? To make yourself look clever...... not!
eamon Mar 01, 2012	Kinda glad I gave up on this one quickly as I had no chance of ever figuring out this "riddle" on my own. It's borderline Random Useless Trivia to be honest - the kind of inside knowledge only specialty individuals are ever likely to know or care about. Perhaps keep this sort of entry under Trivia instead of a Brain Teaser?