Braingle: ''The Hardest Riddle Ever' Event' Brain Teaser

'The Hardest Riddle Ever' Event

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Puzzle ID:	#47735
Fun:	(2.71)
Difficulty:	(3)
Category:	Mystery
Submitted By:	jtolley

This past weekend, Dr. Riddler invited a group of friends to a party of puzzles and games. During the night, Dr. Riddler presented a "special riddle" to his guests. Whoever figured it out fastest would win a great prize!

The six guests who attended were Calvin Peterson, Florence Oak, David Gardner, Lester Page, Joel Pastor, and Veronica Andrews. After a lavish dinner and a few more hours of puzzle fun, Dr. Riddler began to announce the name of the person who figured out the "special riddle:"

"OK now everyone...!"
"The winner of..."
"'The Hardest Riddle Ever' Event..."

But before the good doctor could congratulate the winner, a loud noise from outside interrupted him. However, everyone knew who had won.

Who won and how do you know?

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crocodile Aug 12, 2010	IM DA FIRST WAHOO!!!
BeanSC Aug 12, 2010	Nice one!
thebrain789 Aug 13, 2010	I thought the "OK" was "Oak" something.
Marple Aug 15, 2010	Very difficult but loved it!
lunarrainbow Aug 20, 2010	I totally thought everyone was the winner. "Ok now, everyone, the winner..."
scallio Sep 20, 2010	I must be either dense or tired because I don't get this at all. It was clear that the introduction spelled ONE, TWO, THREE, but how can we tell that the winner will be Florence based on the assumption that the next line of the announcement will be FOUR? How does the number four automatically mean Florence? Does Florence mean 4 in another language? My guess was to pick Joel or Mr. Page because their names had 4 letters. I hope you guys won't be making me feel like a complete idiot when you point out something entirely obvious!
scallio Sep 20, 2010	Drat... I get it now! Florence Oak Ultimate Riddler spells out FOUR! OMG! Slow brain tonight. Thanks for posting!
Camillee Oct 03, 2010	Hmmmm... I took a while to understand this one
No_Eyed_Fsh Nov 27, 2010	Awww... got it completely wrong. I thought that the 'loud noise from outside' was someone shouting out FLORENCE OAK!!' Then everyone would know who won it.
logicgenius Dec 31, 2010	EVERYONE knew who won? Those are some pretty observant people.
summer868 Jan 02, 2011	that was cool! i guessed oak thinkin OaK= Ok ....lol
morlolet Feb 11, 2011	Good one. I wouldn't have ever figured it out in a million years Although I disagree with some parts.
MoMiJa Apr 07, 2011	i would have never thought of that
Darkmagician92 Apr 09, 2011	what i thought was:- The Hardest Riddle Ever Event is THREE (all initial letters), so guy 3, i.e. david gardner
s75morse Apr 16, 2011	I knew it had something to do with the capital letters and I went with Oak only because the first letters of the phrase "The Hardest Riddle Ever Event spells the word "T-H-R-E-E" and "Oak" was the only name with 3 letters.
orange768768 Apr 21, 2011	i thought the OK had to do with oak but yeah nice riddle!
kittygirl19 May 29, 2011	What did Ms. Oak win?
rockingDeb Jun 15, 2011	gr8....i got it ri888888888;;;;;bt i interpreted it n a wrng way::: OK==OAK
kitty-cat Aug 09, 2012	Yeah...no one really pays attention to the first letters of stuff... I got the ok thing too. Like he could be saying: Oak! Hey, now, everyone, etc. I don't think this is in the right category though... Language would be better.
ursulanq Nov 20, 2012	I saw the 1, 2 , 3 part but I didn't really figure out what it meant.