I received over 1,400 correct entries to my Manta Ray giveaway! That was a LOT! So, I guess the answer (A ARMY ANT) was pretty obvious, and maybe letting everyone see what everyone else answered made it REALLY easy but hey, I wasn’t interested in giving the SAT here :)
Extra smiles to the people who said “ANT MARY”! I’m from New England and we pronounce “aunt”, “ahhnt”, so I didn’t get the pun until several people pointed it out to me :) That was considered a correct answer as well.
The winners were (I have removed their host name to save them from spam):
Jessica jess7525@removed.com
kevin sgt.banana64@removed.com
Morgan FairyBlossom phoenix_starlight_dreamer@removed.com
Brooke bmhoese@removed.com
David Blueeyes davntam@removed.com
Kieran Stormcaller kstormcaller@removed.com
Ebony Midnight ebonymidnight@removed.com
scott fireman11@removed.com
Heather SkyRunner hcjohnson5412@removed.com
Michael rexblaze3@removed.com
Grace gracepoulos@removed.com
DANIEL pastdjmp@removed.com
Dazzlegreen girtalk78@removed.com
Matthew mathumatster16@removed.com
Congratulations on your new MANTA RAY! E-Mails have been sent to each of you with your code. If you haven’t gotten it, let me know. Check your spam folder! I tried not to use any words which would make the e-mail seem to be spam, but you never know.
I have ONE MORE CODE to give away! And I’m just going to put it right here in this post – the first one to redeem it, gets it. Since everyone was asking for a hard contest, this last ray will go out to a master puzzle solver indeed. Don’t ask for help or hints – this is meant to be hard (at least I’d find it so if I were trying to solve it). I also won’t know if someone guesses it and gets the ray unless someone tells me – so if you solve it and get the fish, let me know!
Good luck! If you think you’ve got it, head to http://www.wizard101.com/promo and enter it to see if you’ve won. The code is 20 letters and digits long.
The riddle was solved by Zitio (see comment below). Grats Zitio!
I am the beginning of all things. I can be found in hospitals, libraries and classrooms but never in orbit, underground or cafeterias (but booksellers know me well). I am the number of fingers on one hand, but not on two. If you know I hate thumbs, then you know how I count the fingers on two hands. I haven’t failed, but almost missed the grade. Now that you know I hate thumbs, how many fingers on my left hand? I like tollbooths, swallows, and willows but not minnows, toboggans or bosses. Pie are round, but six are square. I like coral, teal and pearl but hate tin, tan and brown. Six are still square. Why isn’t a woman an oman? How many hands, again? Why isn’t a man an an? How many feet again? I love quizzes, quarries and Qatar, but I hate tests, pits and Kuwait. Call me ‘sir’ as I make this letter on the chessboard. I play games so poorly that all I ever see are a pair of crying eyes.