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What do you mean why? It’s popcorn for your brain.
About Riddle Me This
How it started
In 2016, I created Riddle Me This as a Christmas calendar for someone special and thought “why not post this on Instagram…”. Now a newsletter, Riddle Me This has grown over the years and I return to writing riddles and sharing them with riddlers and cinephiles every December.
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FAQs
Do you write the riddles yourself? (the most frequently asked question in the history of Riddle Me This)
Paula: Yes, I do. It’s the writing part, I enjoy the most. Writing a rhyme like a limerick, that has a specific metrum (that I try to stick to as much as I can) is fun in general but adding the challenge of a riddle means, that I have to find a balance between giving hints but not revealing too much. In a way writing a riddle is a lot like trying to solve one, it’s sometimes excruciating to find the words, the rhymes, the hints, but it’s oh so rewarding when it finally clicks.
How do you choose the films?
Paula: This is an increasingly tough thing to do, because I want to keep a good mix of older films and recent ones. For one edition of Riddle Me This, I dodged that bullet by doing the entire season about TV shows. I also try to pick films that are not too niche, so that most riddlers have a chance to solve the riddle aka guess the film right.
How did Riddle Me This come about?
Paula: I created Riddle Me This as a Christmas calendar in 2016. This was a physical calendar, so I wrote all the riddles before Dec 1st. I thought “why not post this on Instagram…” and did so. People enjoyed it, so I returned to writing riddles the next year. In 2020 I took a break from writing riddles and drew cards from a spoof tarot deck I created called The Spiritual Kitchen Sink. But it’s been riddles ever since. So this year it’s Season 7.
