Yorick

Lorick: Riddles and Lore

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Think you can solve thrice-weekly riddles from mythology, folklore, history, and literature? Try this Lorick on for size:A tempestuous prince was misledby incestuous king, hast'ly wedthere's a ghost, and a play,and soliloquies fey...in the end, nearly everyone's dead! Hint: his father ghosted him. Answer: Hamlet! Get it? Lorick's host? Me, Yorick! Most soliloquized skull of all time! If you're ready to match wits with a skeletal skald who wields riddles ranging from Alice to Apollo, Homer to Herodotus, and from Rapunzel to Ragnarok - then listen! E'en subscribe! If you dare...

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Yorick

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Jan 18, 2026

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1030: Lorick #103, An infallible prophetess weaving 15.09.2025

Lorick #103, to confound and confusticate! An infallible prophetess weaving Prognoses that none are believing of horses and cities and a girl that's too pretty All ignored - and it's SO aggrieving!

1025: #102 solved; Week 034 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 14.09.2025

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #102: I'm a hero, by which I mean strong; I'm amazed! ...and confuse right from wrong. I killed a bull dead and was saved by a thread; and my list of debacles is long!

1021: Clue #102, I'm a hero, by which I mean strong 13.09.2025

Does Lorick #102 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm a hero, by which I mean strong; I'm amazed! ...and confuse right from wrong. I killed a bull dead and was saved by a thread; and my list of debacles is long! Hint: We Greek heroes have, let's just say ...a different sense of morality!

1020: #101 solved, and Lorick #102 I'm a hero, by which I mean strong 12.09.2025

Lorick #101: I'm a hero, by which I mean strong; I'm amazed! ...and confuse right from wrong. I killed a bull dead and was saved by a thread; and my list of debacles is long! But first, we solve #102 - here it is one last time: A projection of Hapsburgian will, a queen much maligned since bastille a rebel in fashion ignored, her compassion she was slandered, and libelled, and killed!

1011: Clue #101, A projection of Hapsburgian will 11.09.2025

Does Lorick #101 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A projection of Hapsburgian will, a queen much maligned since bastille a rebel in fashion ignored, her compassion she was slandered, and libelled, and killed! Hint: Her famous quip about pastry was invented.

1010: #100 solved, and Lorick #101 A projection of Hapsburgian will 10.09.2025

Lorick #100: A projection of Hapsburgian will, a queen much maligned since bastille a rebel in fashion ignored, her compassion she was slandered, and libelled, and killed! But first, we solve #101 - here it is one last time: I spun tales where so many had died as each night with a monster I lied Aladdin I used and Sinbad amused him for years till he made me his bride

1001: Clue #100, i spun tales where so many had died 09.09.2025

Does Lorick #100 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! i spun tales where so many had died as each night with a monster I lied alladdin I used and Sinbad amused him for years till he made me his bride Hint: one thousand nights? not enough... not quite

1000: Lorick #100, I spun tales where so many had died 08.09.2025

Lorick #100, to confound and confusticate! I spun tales where so many had died as each night with a monster I lied alladdin I used and Sinbad amused him for years till he made me his bride

0995: #99 solved; Week 033 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 07.09.2025

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #99: I knew him - his plays were the thing! the world was his stage, he the king Folk have lent him their ears for hundreds of years tales of power, desire, and... betraying

0991: Clue #99, I knew him - his plays were the thing 06.09.2025

Does Lorick #99 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I knew him - his plays were the thing! the world was his stage, he the king Folk have lent him their ears for hundreds of years tales of power, desire, and... betraying Hint: A spear by any other name would shake as sweetly.

0990: #98 solved, and Lorick #99 I knew him - his plays were the thing 05.09.2025

Lorick #99: I knew him - his plays were the thing! the world was his stage, he the king Folk have lent him their ears for hundreds of years tales of power, desire, and... betraying But first, we solve #98 - here it is one last time: I am found in and out of great prisons; in my field I'm a man of great vision! I'm a showman at heart, often trapped by my art I've gone to great depths to...

0981: Clue #98, I am found in and out of great prisons 04.09.2025

Does Lorick #98 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I am found in and out of great prisons; in my field I'm a man of great vision! I'm a showman at heart, often trapped by my art I've gone to great depths to be risen! Hint: I'm not mad, though my racket includes a straitjacket

0980: #97 solved, and Lorick #98 I am found in and out of great prisons 03.09.2025

Lorick #97: I am found in and out of great prisons; in my field I'm a man of great vision! I'm a showman at heart, often trapped by my art I've gone to great depths to be risen! But first, we solve #98 - here it is one last time: A poet, a prophet, a charmer, A lover, a seeker, a mourner; This musical king the Sirens outsings, but in love's affairs--none is forlorner! ...

0971: Clue #97, A poet, a prophet, a charmer 02.09.2025

Does Lorick #97 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A poet, a prophet, a charmer, A lover, a seeker, a mourner; This musical king the Sirens outsings, but in love's affairs--none is forlorner! Hint: He found love in a hopeless place... and put it back.

0970: Lorick #97, A poet, a prophet, a charmer 01.09.2025

Lorick #97, to confound and confusticate! A poet, a prophet, a charmer, A lover, a seeker, a mourner; This musical king the Sirens outsings, but in love's affairs--none is forlorner!

0965: #96 solved; Week 032 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 31.08.2025

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #96: In the woods I am king of the free! A fine home for fine fellows - and me. The green holds my heart, my maid has her part, and the King - not the Prince - is my liege!

0961: Clue #96, In the woods I am king of the free 30.08.2025

Does Lorick #96 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! In the woods I am king of the free! A fine home for fine fellows - and me. The green holds my heart, my maid has her part, and the King - not the Prince - is my liege! Hint: I'm known for my progressive policies on the subject of wealth redistribution

0960: #95 solved, and Lorick #96 In the woods I am king of the free 29.08.2025

Lorick #95: In the woods I am king of the free! A fine home for fine fellows - and me. The green holds my heart, my maid has her part, and the King - not the Prince - is my liege! But first, we solve #96 - here it is one last time: The last of a long line of kings (ignoring brief following flings!) Scorned by rebel baristas; judged for my Queen fashionista; killed by libel, and debt, and... new th...

0951: Clue #95, The last of a long line of kings 28.08.2025

Does Lorick #95 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! The last of a long line of kings (ignoring brief following flings!) Scorned by rebel baristas; judged for my Queen fashionista; killed by libel, and debt, and... new things Hint: My murder was mercifully modern...

0950: #94 solved, and Lorick #95 The last of a long line of kings 27.08.2025

Lorick #94: The last of a long line of kings (ignoring brief following flings!) Scorned by rebel baristas; judged for my Queen fashionista; killed by libel, and debt, and... new things But first, we solve #95 - here it is one last time: A postulate: seeing's believing! My faith is entirely Damascene! once faithless, myself... but still - count me twelfth! A martyr, I died... for evangeling!

0941: Clue #94, A postulate: seeing's believing 26.08.2025

Does Lorick #94 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A postulate: seeing's believing! My faith is entirely Damascene! once faithless, myself... but still - count me twelfth! A martyr, I died... for evangeling! Hint: For me, scales are occlusions that, once removed, clear confusions.

0940: Lorick #94, A postulate: seeing's believing 25.08.2025

Lorick #94, to confound and confusticate! A postulate: seeing's believing! My faith is entirely Damascene! once faithless, myself... but still - count me twelfth! A martyr, I died... for evangeling!

0935: #93 solved; Week 031 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 24.08.2025

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #93: A high flier, don't tell me I'm not - and why worry that things will get hot? Fortunes wax and they wane; what's that warning refrain? Oops! I'm dropping, falling into the wat-

0931: Clue #93, A high flier, don't tell me I'm not 23.08.2025

Does Lorick #93 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A high flier, don't tell me I'm not - and why worry that things will get hot? Fortunes wax and they wane; what's that warning refrain? Oops! I'm dropping, falling into the wat- Hint: I'm an icon of youthful exuberance - and my fate is sooo unfair!

0930: #92 solved, and Lorick #93 A high flier, don't tell me I'm not 22.08.2025

Lorick #92: A high flier, don't tell me I'm not - and why worry that things will get hot? Fortunes wax and they wane; what's that warning refrain? Oops! I'm dropping, falling into the wat- But first, we solve #93 - here it is one last time: A life unexamined? A waste! To question all things is my taste For my feared elocution you prescribe execution?? Fine. Western thinking, on min...

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