As well as by playing games and competeing in adventures to win keys and clues, the team of five challengers are also set riddles to answer by the Professor up in the Watch Tower.

Playing for a Key

Boyard choses a contestant who is then led by Jules up to the Watch Tower. If the contestant is playing for a key, the Professor gives the riddle, and then Jules starts the timer. If they can answer the riddle, they are given the key, and go to join their friends with the other key games. If they are unsuccessful, the Professor throws the key out of the window into the sea, and it is up to another player, also selected by Boyard, to go and swim for it.

Sometimes, if the team get their four keys quickly, they are given the chance to win a fifth or even sixth by playing another game. If they happen to win an extra keys, they may take them to the Professor who will exchange them for cannisters each containing an extra clue to the code word.

Playing for a Clue

The riddles which are used when playing for clues take on a different format. Three seperate descriptions of a word are given in the form of a riddle, and the answer to all three is the clue word. There is no penalty for not guessing the word correctly, however obviously it is useful for the team to win as many clues as possible.

Key Riddles from Series One

• From Show :
• "This deadly weapon isn't yours, it isn't hers or his. For it belongs to me you see, and this is who's it is."
• Answer: MINE

• From Show :
• "This famous detective has one for the road, you can work out his name, if you know it's a code."
• Answer: MORSE

• From Show :
• "The board is covered in triangles, and if I'm not mistaken, this ancient game, makes its name, from two different sorts of bacon."
• Answer: BACKGAMMON

• From Show :
• "This metal is so poisonous some people tried to ban it. The namesake of a Roman God, it also is a planet."
• Answer: MERCURY

• From Show :
• "If your throat contains a frog you are horse, you have no choice, and this working breed of dog, perfectly describes your voice."
• Answer: HUSKY

• From Show Four:
• "At night, they give light; on hills, daffodils."
• Answer: BULBS

• From Show Four:
• "This orange is often the colour of skin, and it's halfway between someone's chin and their shin."
• Answer: NAVEL

Clue Riddles from Series One

• From Show Four:
• "It's the bitter end of a cigarette";
• "A hot one would turn out just to be a banger";
• "You wouldn't want his life."
• Answer: DOG

Key Riddles from Series Two

• From Show One:
• "This is a popular summer time fruit that's known for its masses of pips. And it's also something you blow - not a flute - but a noise that you make with your lips."
• Answer: RASPBERRY

• From Show Two:
• "It's a swinging scene in a roundabout way, but it's not very good whatever they say."
• Answer: FAIR

• From Show Three:
• "This word can mean a boy in blue, but equally a metal too."
• Answer: COPPER

• From Show Five:
• "You can do it in Gloucester and also in Norwich. It's about as much fun as a helping of porridge. Alacatraz held a few who committed no crime, and it often flies by for it's very like time."
• Answer: BIRD

• From Show Six:
• "It flies with a grace that is worthy of note. It starts in the mouth and goes right down to the throat"
• Answer: SWALLOW

• From the Celebrity Special :
• "It's something you might give a girl, if you like her looks a lot. Without it, you would never know if you liked her looks or not."
• Answer: EYE

• From Show Eight:
• "It's got a red skin and it's firey within. On the end of a horse it makes a very good horse!"
• Answer: RADISH

• From Show Nine:
• "This punctuation mark is just a pair of little dots. But when it isn't working well you suffer from the trots."
• Answer: COLON

• From Show Ten:
• "Honeybees are no strangers to these, but they're also the name of a skin disease."
• Answer: HIVES

• From Show Eleven:
• "Commutes troop into it, crowded and smelly, and when they get home it's a name for the telly."
• Answer: TUBE

• From Show Twelve:
• "A tree or where a motorist parks. A place to swim, but beware of sharks!"
• Answer: BAY

• From Show Thirteen:
• "You can use it on your curly locks, and you'll find it at the end of a fox."
• Answer: BRUSH

• From Show Fourteen:
• "They help to keep you clean, they're nearly always square, but on the village green, it's best to have a pair."
• Answer: FLANNELS

• From Show Fifteen:
• "A coat of paint, a D.F.C., a fairy on a Christmas tree."
• Answer: LIFT

Clue Riddles from Series Two

• From Show One:
• "For some people this is all about hanging and flogging";
• "Every movement is important and should be studied";
• "It looks good on paper, but some of it is completely off the wall!"
• Answer: ART

• From Show Two:
• "Many students are incapable of writing a good essay in this";
• "The Queen often uses hers for official business";
• "All the challenges on Fort Boyard are governed by it."
• Answer: TIME

• From Show Three:
• "It's a point on the coast";
• "It's several inches high, but if you stand on it you can't see nearly as far as you could";
• "This is the sort of a mistress only a very young man would have"
• Answer: HEAD

• From Show Five:
• "This is part of your body you see very little of";
• "The manager of a rugby squad needs a full one for every game";
• -
• Answer: BACK

• From Show Six:
• "Women love having it, but men have it in many more different places";
• -
• -
• Answer: HAIR

• From the Celebrity Special:
• "It's a type of bag, but you can also get a string one";
• "This sort of feast might turn to be a blow-out";
• "This could be a runner, but in mexio you might see a..."
• Answer: BEAN

• From Show Eight:
• "You have one on each foot";
• "If you have one, you'll have fun. If you have two you'll have even more fun(!!!)";
• "Everyone saw David Beckham kick one during the World Cup"
• Answer: BALL

• From Show Nine:
• "It lives a long time and has an impressive trunk";
• "It's fruit is in a cup, but you can't eat it's apple";
• "It's often found in woods, and wood is always found in it."
• Answer: OAK

• From Show Ten:
• "It's something you get in carrots, but also a well-known fish";
• "It's found in veins, and many people have it on their hands";
• "Though top athletes strive for it, there's plenty in the reserves too."
• Answer: GOLD

• From Show Eleven:
• "Honesty is one, and so is thrift";
• "Grass is one too";
• -
• Answer: PLANT

• From Show Twelve:
• "It's kept in the cellar, but you don't have it with every meal";
• "The most common one is white, and it should be dry";
• "Roman soldiers were paid in it."
• Answer: SALT

• From Show Thirteen:
• "You usually get six at a time, and a bad one deserves to be punished";
• -
• -
• Answer: EGG

• From Show Fourteen:
• "Vincent was a famous one, and people still enjoy his torment-filled pictures";
• "In this sort of war, no one is shot, but many are cut and slashed";
• "If you have one on your head, you're in trouble!"
• Answer: PRICE

• From Show Fifteen:
• "Aircraft can't take off without this, but in a car it's usually free";
• "It's a way of moving goods from one place to another";
• "You can always take steps to avoid it."
• Answer: LIFT

Key Riddles from Series Three

• From Show One:
• "Your younger brother, cannot be, this berry bearing shurb or tree."
• Answer: ELDER

• From Show Three:
• "The urge to make money is quite a strong clue, for this is an urge and a currency too."
• Answer: YEN

Clue Riddles from Series Three

• From Show One:
• "You get a lot of children here who are really going places";
• "Boarders are only accepted when there's a place available, and many go straight to the top ";
• "There's more than one topless one in Brighton!"
• Answer: BUS

• From Show Three:
• "You get it from the butcher and although it isn't rump, it certainly covers everything";
• "A racing car has one but a mini is much more attractive";
• "A short one is actually higher!"
• Answer: SKIRT

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