Explain this KQ6 riddle...
Ronald Calderon
Can someone please explain this King's Quest 6 riddle, I already
know the answer to it but it doesn't make sense though...
here's the riddle:
My first is foremost legally, my second circles outwardly,
my third leads all to victory, my fourth ends twice a nominee.
My whole is this gate's only key.
the answer: love
does that make sense to you? I can't seem to make the
connection between riddle and answer. Oh I got through the gate
and all, but I'm still confused by this riddle. Can anyone here
explain this weird riddle?
Ron
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Regina Brophy
L is the first letter in "legally"; O circles; V first letter of
"victory"; two e's in "nominee";
Peter Pelka
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> Can someone please explain this King's Quest 6 riddle, I already
>know the answer to it but it doesn't make sense though...
>
>here's the riddle:
>
> My first is foremost legally, my second circles outwardly,
>my third leads all to victory, my fourth ends twice a nominee.
>My whole is this gate's only key.
>
>the answer: love
>
> does that make sense to you? I can't seem to make the
>connection between riddle and answer. Oh I got through the gate
>and all, but I'm still confused by this riddle. Can anyone here
>explain this weird riddle?
>
>
>Ron
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Yes it is a strange riddle, but the first letters of the words: Legally,
Outwardly, Victory and Ends spell the answer: LOVE, so I guess this is
the only connection, other than that I think it is supposed to make no
sense whatsoever (it's supposed to be unanswerable).
Pete.
Lord Soth
>here's the riddle:
> My first is foremost legally, my second circles outwardly,
>my third leads all to victory, my fourth ends twice a nominee.
>My whole is this gate's only key.
>the answer: love
> does that make sense to you? I can't seem to make the
>connection between riddle and answer. Oh I got through the gate
>and all, but I'm still confused by this riddle. Can anyone here
>explain this weird riddle?
Sure it makes sense. The letter 'l' is the foremost letter of the
word 'legally.' The second letter, 'o' circles outwardly from its
center. The third letter, 'v' leads to the word victory, because it's
the first letter. 'e', the fourth letter, appears at the end of the
word 'nominee' twice. Combined, they form the word 'love', which is
the answer to the gate's riddle.
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My first is foremost *l*egally, my second circles *o*utwardly,
my third leads all to *v*ictory, my fourth ends twice a
nomine*e*.
My whole is this gate's only key.
*l*o*v*e*
an32...@anon.petit.fi
> Can someone please explain this King's Quest 6 riddle, I already
>know the answer to it but it doesn't make sense though...
>here's the riddle:
> My first is foremost legally, my second circles outwardly,
>my third leads all to victory, my fourth ends twice a nominee.
>My whole is this gate's only key.
>the answer: love
> does that make sense to you? I can't seem to make the
>connection between riddle and answer. Oh I got through the gate
>and all, but I'm still confused by this riddle. Can anyone here
>explain this weird riddle?
>Ron
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>--The Riddle refers to the letters in the word love....legally for "l" circles outwardly for "o" "v" leads to victory and
the "e" ends the word "nominee" twice...
Life is what happens to you while you are busy making plans..
dannym...@gmail.com
-Love is "L"egally defined by marriage
-Love, when shared, circles "O"utwardly to others around the source
-Love for someone or something will lead a person to a more profound "V"ictory than any other reason such as avarice, malice, power, etc.
-Love between two people usually ends with procreation, therefore twice ending with a nomin"EE" to continue on the lineage.
I loved this game when I was a kid. I know this post is over 20 years old, but I've read the simplified versions of this answer all over the internet yet I've never seen anyone try to explain it, but I could be wrong; it has happened before.