Riddle #9
May 27th, 2006 at 6:12 pm (hard, riddle)
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.
Answer: [Roman Numerals]
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connar said,
May 27, 2006 at 6:24 pm
roman numerals… i’ve seen this before, i didn’t get it on my own, haha…
Brian said,
May 28, 2006 at 8:15 am
oo! tricky! I was very confused… haha
Philly Phil said,
August 26, 2006 at 3:18 pm
damn! good one! i didnt get it
Will said,
August 29, 2006 at 7:08 pm
Heh, I understood that it was roman numerals, C N M X, i thought they wanted an actual number, I was thinking back to gradeschool, fie!
erikpurne said,
May 15, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Erm… I feel really stupid, but could someone spell this one out for me? I still don’t get it.
The great Minds said,
October 29, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Roman Numerals is the answer