Silliness Need your help solving a Riddle!

CommanderROR · 07-09-2009, 08:46 AM

Hi everybody,

I come to you today asking for help with a Riddle. The capital R ist intentional since this one is really hard to figure out. With the combined might of mobileread the chances might be marginally better, so I'm asking you all for your help.

The Riddle is as follows:

What does a man take along onto that famous solitary island trip?
Two things are given, a pocket knife and a pocket fan (one of these battery driven ones).

The third item is:

1) nothing to make fire
2) no lamp, radio or hanky
3) no toothbrush
4) no batteries
5) no shaving mirror

It is:

1) Something that reminds him of home (Germany, Muensterland (Muenster) is where he lives, he was born in Ibbenbueren and works in Hamburg)

2) it's size is roughly the same as the other two items.

This is a radio quiz which has been running for a while without anybody being able to figure it out. The man in question is called Holger Wemhoff and the radio station is Klassikradio.

I've tried to find an answer, but so far in vain, maybe you can point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

krisk · 07-09-2009, 01:05 PM

a wurst like a landjaeger

dreams · 07-09-2009, 01:37 PM

I have no idea, but how about a wild guess??

A mp3 player with classical music .. Franz Schubert, ninth symphony, etc..

http://www.mucke-und-mehr.de/magint/wemhoff.htm

Quote:

Aber gut, ein Versuch: Mein absoluter Gottvater der Musik ist Franz Schubert. Dürfte es nur ein Stück Musik geben, was ich auf die berühmte Insel mitnehmen dürfte, wäre es seine letzte, die neunte Sinfonie, mit dem Beinamen "Die Grosse", hier ist der Name wirklich Programm. Außerdem muss Giacomo Puccinis "Tosca" mit oder seine "Turandot" und dann das erste Klavierkonzert von Johannes Brahms, am besten mit Clifford Curzon oder Nelson Freire.

Sparrow · 07-09-2009, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CommanderROR

...What does a man take along onto that famous solitary island trip?
Two things are given, a pocket knife and a pocket fan (one of these battery driven ones).

The third item is:

1) nothing to make fire
2) no lamp, radio or hanky
3) no toothbrush
4) no batteries
5) no shaving mirror

Isn't that a bit weird - a battery driven fan, but no batteries?

Maybe he's bringing something to make it into something useful.

The fan could become a wind powered gyrocopter, so he can escape when the wind picks up. So his other item is a bundle of string to construct a harness with!!

(It reminds him of home because that's where he brought it.)

CommanderROR · 07-09-2009, 02:56 PM

@dreams

Several people already tried that answer, but sadly it's wrong.
Good work on the research though...

dreams · 07-09-2009, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CommanderROR

It is:

1) Something that reminds him of home (Germany, Muensterland (Muenster) is where he lives, he was born in Ibbenbueren and works in Hamburg)

2) it's size is roughly the same as the other two items.

Thanks.

OK to remind him of home.... The famous cheese

Sparrow · 07-09-2009, 03:18 PM

He wears glasses, so he'll need a spectacle case.

It reminds him of home, because Muenster is full of spectacles!

rebarnmom · 07-09-2009, 03:47 PM

a harmonica (just a wild guess)

CommanderROR · 07-09-2009, 04:07 PM

The harmonica is out, somebody already tried that one sadly...

I like the spectacle case, but I'm not so sure about the "reminds him of home" bit...

RickyMaveety · 07-09-2009, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Isn't that a bit weird - a battery driven fan, but no batteries?

Maybe he's bringing something to make it into something useful.

The fan could become a wind powered gyrocopter, so he can escape when the wind picks up. So his other item is a bundle of string to construct a harness with!!

(It reminds him of home because that's where he brought it.)

That was my thought .... a battery driven fan but no batteries?? The guy on the island has got some serious problems! I would have taken on of those kinetic energy powered fans, and a flashlight powered the same way. Bugger the riddle.

Then again, maybe he brought a little bit of dope to smoke so he won't feel so bad about not bringing batteries, kinetically or solar powered devices and something to read.

Catire · 07-09-2009, 05:13 PM

A pocket knife/pocket fan sized picture of Muensterland

Moejoe · 07-09-2009, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catire

A pocket knife/pocket fan sized picture of Muensterland

My suggestions:

A chinese finger puzzle

A packet of tic-tacs

A packet of wrigley's chewing gum (spearmint)

A small tobacco tin with a picture of Munsterland on the front

A picture of Herman Munster

vivaldirules · 07-09-2009, 09:44 PM

A small solar panel? Although a picture of Herman Munster is a good second choice.

Who are you? · 07-10-2009, 07:07 AM

If you're going to an uninhabited island you have to take a book. Maybe it's a bible to reference the monastery past of Münster?

CommanderROR · 07-10-2009, 07:36 AM

Thanks for all the input so far.

At this rate somebody is bound to come up with the right answer sooner or later...

07-09-2009, 08:46 AM	#1
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	Need your help solving a Riddle! Hi everybody, I come to you today asking for help with a Riddle. The capital R ist intentional since this one is really hard to figure out. With the combined might of mobileread the chances might be marginally better, so I'm asking you all for your help. The Riddle is as follows: What does a man take along onto that famous solitary island trip? Two things are given, a pocket knife and a pocket fan (one of these battery driven ones). The third item is: 1) nothing to make fire 2) no lamp, radio or hanky 3) no toothbrush 4) no batteries 5) no shaving mirror It is: 1) Something that reminds him of home (Germany, Muensterland (Muenster) is where he lives, he was born in Ibbenbueren and works in Hamburg) 2) it's size is roughly the same as the other two items. This is a radio quiz which has been running for a while without anybody being able to figure it out. The man in question is called Holger Wemhoff and the radio station is Klassikradio. I've tried to find an answer, but so far in vain, maybe you can point me in the right direction. Thanks.

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krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	a wurst like a landjaeger

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07-09-2009, 03:18 PM	#7
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	He wears glasses, so he'll need a spectacle case. It reminds him of home, because Muenster is full of spectacles!

07-09-2009, 03:47 PM	#8
rebarnmom Wizard Posts: 1,289 Karma: 4525055 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: rural Illinois, USA Device: Sony PRS-700 (traded in), Sony PRS-650	a harmonica (just a wild guess)

07-09-2009, 04:07 PM	#9
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	The harmonica is out, somebody already tried that one sadly... I like the spectacle case, but I'm not so sure about the "reminds him of home" bit...

07-09-2009, 05:13 PM	#11
Catire Lord of the Universe Posts: 670 Karma: 737849 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Maturin , Venezuela Device: Sony Reader PRS-505 / PSP	A pocket knife/pocket fan sized picture of Muensterland

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vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	A small solar panel? Although a picture of Herman Munster is a good second choice.

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Who are you? Groupie Posts: 184 Karma: 300001 Join Date: May 2009 Device: 505	If you're going to an uninhabited island you have to take a book. Maybe it's a bible to reference the monastery past of Münster?

07-10-2009, 07:36 AM	#15
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	Thanks for all the input so far. At this rate somebody is bound to come up with the right answer sooner or later...

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