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Tribesmen of Gor book # 10

All of these puzzles on this page are from the Tribesmen of Gor, book # 10. They were provided by lyri and I thank her for providing them to you for your enjoyment and for the challenges in trying to get them onto a page. As you might guess, next month will be Slave Girl of Gor, book # 11.

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  ACROSS

1 The desert
4 Slave girls are truly this
7 This is not a light thing
9 Thentis is famed for flocks of these
10 This side of the nomad's tent is reserved for possessions
13 This is almost constant, and hot in the Tahari
14 Slaves fear to do this
15 Type of pit in the Tahari
17 Men in the Tahari do this as little as possible
18 Famed for red salt
19 Beware a silent one of these
21 These fear the strong
22 Men of the desert do not fight on this
24 Length from elbow to tip of middle finger
25 Adorn a dancing girl’s ankle
29 This has "won" on Earth
31 Destroying a source of this is an inconceivable crime
32 This is approximately one and a quarter inches

DOWN

2 There is little of this for men on earth
3 A light diversion device was contained in this
4 There is not actually one of these for this type of dance
5 Trading commodity
6 Variation of kaissa played in the Tahari
8 Goreans do not do this with slaves
9 Tarl went in search of this
11 This is more real than the law
12 Where the salt mines are located
15 Vassal tribe of the Kavars
16 Hour before noon
18 Squarish scarf, folded over into a triangle
20 This type of slave is despised by slave girls
23 A specific type of use for a slave would make her this type of girl
24 A boy who discovered something unusual
26 This does not purchase a girl lenience
27 sand-colored insect
28 With water, a way of locating an oases or water in the Desert
30 Type of companions

 

 

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Kryptoquizzes

Instructions: Decipher the code by substituting a letter of the alphabet for each letter in the coded message.


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

JBW WVPEP QHK AOWWAP VGNP SGE WVP UPY GS PHEWV; WVPF SPHEPR WG AOKWPY, SGE 
WVPF UODVW VPHE HYLOPYW REBUK.



A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

SFO BLATZFGU JVX NAJGRZQGI...ZU J OFPJV, SFO GVUGLBLZUZVK RSJR J DZRJI PJV, 
OZRSFGR TFPBLFPZUA, UZPBIM OZUSAU RF FOV UGTS J QJVRJURZT, XAIZTZFGU 
TLAJRGLA, SFO GVUGLBLZUZVK RSJR SA OZUSAU ZV RSA QGII JVX KIFLZFGU SAJR FQ 
SZU NIFFX RF FDALOSAIP, XADFGL, XFPZVJRA JVX PJURAL SAL.


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


GBU ABYWBMVBS RABB KCGBU, VLBN SBYTABS, RCHZLV RCA, YCHZLV FUS ABQTYLBS 
VLBTA RBGFQB YQFPBY.


A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

WAJ FIQTJ YV E VIJJ PYDEX QC WAJ FIQTJ YU E PYDEX PAY VJJRC AJICJRV WY HJ 
WAJ JZOER YV E DEX.  WAJ FIQTJ YU E CRELJ UQIR QC WAJ FIQTJ YU WAJ UQIR PAY 
SXYPC WAEW XY YWAJI QC WAJ JZOER YV AJICJRV.



A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ETC KGZTJ G RZQYEDP; ETC NEJCJ GT CTCXP.


 

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IN EACH OF THE LISTS BELOW, DETERMINE WHICH APPEARED IN THE BOOK, AND WHICH 
APPEARED ONLY IN THE PUZZLE MAKER'S IMAGINATION

FIND THE OASIS'S LISTED IN THE BOOK:

Oasis of Nine Wells
Oasis of the Red Salt
Oasis of Dawns Break
Oasis of the Stones of Silver
Oasis of the Fighting Kailla
Oasis of the Two Scimitars
Oasis of the Eastern Wind
Oasis of the Sand Sleen
Oasis of the Desert Storm
Oasis of the Battle of Red Rock
Oasis of the Brine Pit
Oasis of the Flapping Tent
Oasis of the Four Palms


FIND THE TRIBE NAMES OF THE TAHARI:

Kavars                  Atari
Ta`Kara                 Keshina
Burkah                  Bakahs
Kor                     Leilani
Char                    Kahuna
Kashani                 Aretei
Lemuri                  Tashid
Oasaruni                Luraz
Raviri                  Feelini
Ti                      Faranti
Zever                   Arani
Tituni                  Tajuks

 

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TRIVIA:

Trivia Questions:
1)  Human beings do this differently in a technological society than in a 
    nontechnological society.

2)  After long centuries, man on Earth had finally created this.

3)  Name the five terms for slave chains given in the book, and how they 
    differ from each other.

4)  "May your water bags never be empty. May you always have water" is a 
     common expression of parting in the Tahari.  It is accompanied by what?

5)  Men of the Tahari would eat with only one hand.  What is the reason 
    given?

6)  What is an ornately barred, low-ceilinged cage called?

7)  This is not wasted at an oases.

8)  These are enough to convince a man of Thentis or Ar that the roof of his 
    mouth and his tongue were being torn out of his head.

9)  The city of Tor and the Tahari share this in common

10)  This makes men of the Tahari brothers

11)  Chronometers on Gor differ from Earth in what way?

12)  This thrills a woman.

13)  This is taken under torture.

14)  How did the Taharic alphabet differ from the common Gorean alphabet?

15)  These are not permitted at Klima.  Why?

16)  These traits are said to make the best slaves.

17)  In the Tahari, this would make you a guest of someone

18)  What was the Silk War?  Why was it called this?

19)  What is a zad?

20)  Can you name eight creatures that live in the brine of the Klima Salt 
     Mine?

21)  Men will seek this, though they may not always see it.

22)  This marks a slave even more than a brand or collar.

 

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LOGIC PROBLEM:

When Tarl entered the Tahari he travelled to four places, (okay, really, he travelled to more than four, but for the sake of the puzzle it's four). In each place he found a different item. Discover from the clues the order in which he travelled to each place, and what he found there.

1) Nine Wells was the second place Tarl visited.

2) He visited the Kasbah of the Salt Ubar immediately after obtaining Vella.

3) The first place Tarl visited was neither The Oasis of the Two Scimitars, nor the place where he obtained the ring.

4) He found the Steel Tower immediately before he found salt.

5) The third place he visited was either Klima or the place where he found Vella.

 

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If you just can’t stand to wait for the answers they are HERE

 

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