Braingle: 'Over Fifty In My Kingdom' Riddle

Over Fifty In My Kingdom

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

Puzzle ID:	#21887
Fun:	(3.03)
Difficulty:	(1.5)
Category:	Riddle
Submitted By:	spookboy0
Corrected By:	bookworm91

There are over fifty members in my family;
Yet none quarrel. We all live merrily.

Four leaders have we, all with a bride;
Each has a son who has great pride.

We also have servants who make funny gestures;
But they are hardly used, as they often pester.

The peasants are at the bottom of the line;
Although they outnumber us, they haven't a right mind.

What are we?

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Look in the third stanza for a homonym.
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Comments

smurfy Mar 29, 2005	Great Job! I loved the riddle!
elyse Mar 29, 2005	Brilliant!
psychedelictoad Mar 29, 2005	Awesome!
froggygg Mar 29, 2005	Now, that was really creative. Enjoyed it.
HughJazz510 Mar 29, 2005	Way two easy. Your wrong actually in a game of war the cards do quarrel with each other.
(user deleted) Mar 29, 2005	i dont get it!
katiebeth123 Mar 29, 2005	ok own up who ate all the cookies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iamthedude54321 Mar 30, 2005	I loved it! Fun and hard. Very creative too. Everything that I think a good teaser is.
TehIgnored Mar 30, 2005	Very nice....i had it by the second stanza....but it was very poetic and enjoyable.
zombiefreak Mar 31, 2005	u SMART PEOPLE that was hard
lilmamie69 Apr 03, 2005	I got it right but it was a very good teaser and I enjoyed it.
icequeen05 Apr 09, 2005	one of the few that i actually liked... good job!! i never thought of it that way before!
MixedMind Apr 13, 2005	Nice. A lot of fun.
Ozymandias Aug 31, 2005	Nice job!
paul726 Apr 10, 2006	Nicely done, Spooky!
Demiga Aug 19, 2007	Cleverly done!
Zarahemla05 Aug 26, 2008	Great teaser! I enjoyed it. Thanks!
Felinegirl Aug 26, 2008	This place reads minds cause i thought i made that up whilst tellin mi cusin i guess great minds think alike lol rofl
bradon182001 Aug 26, 2008	I likesd this one, even though I got it right off (after the first two lines actually). Thanks for posting.
zxyggrhyn Aug 26, 2008	Nice one! ((Not another card riddle? Shihsh~~))
mrschmooshies Aug 26, 2008	Got it at the title. Too many card-related daily teasers lately!
doehead Aug 26, 2008	2 EZ
om123 Aug 26, 2008	this was stupid.. why dont the numbers have a right mind? and what makes the jacks the children?
rowly75 Aug 26, 2008	Where do you get 54 cards in a standard deck? Surely a standard deck is 4 suits (Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, Clubs) with Ace through to King in each suit (A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K) giving 13 cards in each suit. 4 x 13 is 52. What are the other 2 cards? Good riddle though.
DarkMessiah Aug 26, 2008	really creative
kauphi1976 Aug 26, 2008	That was pretty cool ! and yeaah i got a riddle. rowly - The other 2 cards are the Jokers which are not often used
mrschmooshies Aug 26, 2008	I feel like I should respond here to rowly75: "We also have servants who make funny gestures; But they are hardly used, as they often pester." It may be a regional thing, but the "Jesters" referred to in the explanation are known as Jokers to most Americans. 52 cards + 2 jokers = 54. Most people don't use Jokers, so they are "hardly used."
composer Aug 26, 2008	Fifty-TWO cards in a standard deck. If some companies make decks with two jokers, some with one, and some with none, the jokers can hardly be considered "standard" members of the deck...
UptheHill Aug 26, 2008
Zongetsu Aug 26, 2008	One of the few teasers I actually got correct.
gambiteero Aug 27, 2008	this was a poor teaser. the jacks are not the sons of the king and queen. jacks are actually the servants!!! the jacks used to be called knaves (who are servants) but it was changed, due to confusion between the kings and knaves (K and Kn) do the research!
auntiesis Sep 07, 2008	Took me a bit, but I got it.
Babe Aug 26, 2011	I got it! I got it! Oh my gosh! I don't know how I guessed, but I did. Love all of them I can figure out. Great Quiz!
gaylewolf Aug 26, 2011	I got this one very easily. Well written - thanks! Have a great weekend, PA & CT
doehead Aug 26, 2011	AROB HAGD GiMI & AS
rockstar1009 Aug 26, 2011	First glance had me thinking the US with its 50 states + additional territories, but Senators, governors etc. didn't fit the clues. Got it on my second read through, though. Fun & not-too-difficult. Thanks! Have great weekends all!
mrschmooshies Aug 26, 2011	Got it as soon as I saw the fifty. Sorry, but there are just way too many riddles about a deck of cards.
TallTimber Aug 26, 2011	Pretty easy, but fun. Every time I actually get one, I congratulate myself.
auntiesis Aug 26, 2011	Still cute, but easy.
HABS2933 Aug 26, 2011	I agree, it was too easy.
jcann Aug 26, 2011	I thought it was fun and got it right away. I think a lot of people are too picky on what should be a fun site. Sorry I'm so dumb, but , Doehead--what does AROB mean? I see you use it quite a bit.
braingle100 Aug 26, 2011	Not another playing card riddle....
Kronos Aug 26, 2011	Easy peasy. Thanks for the teaser. Had fun.
mjai10 Aug 28, 2011	very very good teaser.. love it!!