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A riddle to ponder - CowInvader - 03-10-2004
My friend works at a theater and if they get riddles right they get free movie tickets. The one they have right now is "what two questions can a person never answer yes to?". The clue given is "it is not a yes or no question", which pretty much destroys all the answers we came up with so far. I'm not sure if we can assume that the person can't lie (i.e. "are you a gorilla?", someone who is lieing could answer yes) but I'd like to assume you can't. However if anyone has any guesses that aren't yes or no questions that could still be answered yes while lieing I'd still like to know. We already came up with Are you unable to answer "yes"?, "are you dead?", "are you asleep?", "do you not have a mother?", and "do you not have a father?"
But those are all yes or no questions (for the most part). Any ideas?
A riddle to ponder - yangman - 03-10-2004
"What is a three-letter word that does not begin with the letter Y."
A riddle to ponder - Nystul - 03-10-2004
This is a riddle with an infinite number of correct answers. How are you supposed to know which ones the author had in mind? I suppose they ought to be something witty and funny....
A riddle to ponder - Professor Frink - 03-10-2004
YZilla,Mar 10 2004, 02:08 PM Wrote:"What is a three-letter word that does not begin with the letter Y."aye!
A riddle to ponder - Artega - 03-10-2004
Some more riddles for your pleasure:
- Uncles and brothers have I none, but that man's father is my father's son. Who is he?
- The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user does not see it. What is it?
- What five-letter word does even the smartest of people pronounce wrong?
- At night they come without being fetched, and by day, they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
- I never was, am always to be, no one ever saw me, nor will ever see. What am I?
- What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place?
- There are but three words in the English language that end in -GRY. "Angry" and "hungry" are two of them. What is the third?
A riddle to ponder - Lord_Olf - 03-10-2004
Hail Artega,
in response to #4, I'd say "dreams"...
and #6 sounds like "e" to me...
Give me a a little time to consider the other ones (preferrably next morning, when I will be sober *g*).
Take care,
Lord_Olf
A riddle to ponder - Doc - 03-10-2004
Never answer yes to?
Did Adam have a belly button?
Did Eve have a belly button?
No. They were never born but created.
A riddle to ponder - jahcs - 03-10-2004
Spoiler
#1 That man: my son. That man's father: me
#3 Wrong
A riddle to ponder - Bun-Bun - 03-10-2004
Quote: The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user does not see it. What is it?
A coffin.
Quote:I never was, am always to be, no one ever saw me, nor will ever see. What am I?
Tomorrow?
A riddle to ponder - LochnarITB - 03-11-2004
Nystul,Mar 10 2004, 10:23 PM Wrote:This is a riddle with an infinite number of correct answers.
Come on now - that is a huge exaggeration! There are only 16900 possible combinations of letters (assuming we are using english). :lol:
A riddle to ponder - LochnarITB - 03-11-2004
Artega,Mar 10 2004, 10:56 PM Wrote:Some more riddles for your pleasure:- ?
- Uncles and brothers have I none, but that man's father is my father's son. Who is he?
- The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user does not see it. What is it?
- What five-letter word does even the smartest of people pronounce wrong?
- At night they come without being fetched, and by day, they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
- I never was, am always to be, no one ever saw me, nor will ever see. What am I?
- What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place?
- There are but three words in the English language that end in -GRY. "Angry" and "hungry" are two of them. What is the third?
- ?
- wrong
- stars
- the future
- letter e
- ?
A riddle to ponder - Sourskunk - 03-11-2004
Quote:- Uncles and brothers have I none, but that man's father is my father's son. Who is he?
"That man's father is"...me. He is my son.
Quote:- The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user does not see it. What is it?
The maker wants something, the buyer uses something, the user sees something, therefore the answer is...nothing.
Quote:What five-letter word does even the smartest of people pronounce wrong?
Good Question
Quote:I never was, am always to be, no one ever saw me, nor will ever see. What am I?
The future.
Quote:What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place?
I don't knowe.
Couldn't figure out the other two.
Edit: Ok, got a couple wrong, fun anyway :).
A riddle to ponder - Sourskunk - 03-11-2004
Isn't not asking a yes or no question going to guarantee you can't answer yes to it?
Q. What time is it?
A. Yes
It doesn't quite make sense.
A riddle to ponder - Kartoffelsalat - 03-11-2004
CowInvader,Mar 10 2004, 04:32 PM Wrote:"what two questions can a person never answer yes to?". The clue given is "it is not a yes or no question", which pretty much destroys all the answers we came up with so far. How about "what is your favorite color?"
There's actually a lot it could be if it has to make sense.
Quote:"What is a three-letter word that does not begin with the letter Y."There's two of them in that question, and a whole lot overall.
A riddle to ponder - Nystul - 03-11-2004
Come on now - that is a huge exaggeration! There are only 16900 possible combinations of letters (assuming we are using english).
Hmmm, you are adding some sort of restriction here, as there really are infinite combinations of letters using proper English. I'm almost certain I could come up with more than 16900 correct answers to this riddle. But I really don't feel like counting them all to find out!
A riddle to ponder - --Pete - 03-11-2004
Hi,
"what two questions can a person never answer yes to?". The clue given is "it is not a yes or no question"
If it is not a "yes or no" question, then one can never answer "yes" and make sense. If it is not necessary to make sense, then any answer is possible ("mu" anyone?).
So, any question along the lines of "What day of the week is it?" or "What's your name?" would fit the bill.
I'm not sure if we can assume that the person can't lie
If the person can lie, then the person can answer "yes" to any question, especially if "yes" is a nonsense answer.
I don't think you've got a riddle here. But as a spur for discussion it seems better than "What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles?" ;)
--Pete
A riddle to ponder - LochnarITB - 03-11-2004
Nystul,Mar 11 2004, 02:29 AM Wrote:Come on now - that is a huge exaggeration! There are only 16900 possible combinations of letters (assuming we are using english).:lol: :lol:
Hmmm, you are adding some sort of restriction here, as there really are infinite combinations of letters using proper English. I'm almost certain I could come up with more than 16900 correct answers to this riddle. But I really don't feel like counting them all to find out!
This is what I was looking at:
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"What is a three-letter word that does not begin with the letter Y."
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This is a riddle with an infinite number of correct answers. How are you supposed to know which ones the author had in mind? I suppose they ought to be something witty and funny....
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QUOTE (YZilla @ Mar 10 2004, 02:08 PM)
"What is a three-letter word that does not begin with the letter Y."
aye!
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So, I was reading "What is a three-letter word...." as a riddle rather than an answer to the first. Thus the restriction of three letters minus y for the first which equals 16900 combinations, most being nonsense.
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A riddle to ponder - AtomicKitKat - 03-11-2004
I didn't scroll any further down than the questions, so I'll see if I can answer these from memory:
1) My son.
2) Coffin.
3) Wrong.
4)Don't remember.
5) Tomorrow.
6) The letter E.
7) Forgot.
A riddle to ponder - Occhidiangela - 03-11-2004
Quote:1. Uncles and brothers have I none, but that man's father is my father's son. Who is he?
2. The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user does not see it. What is it?
3. What five-letter word does even the smartest of people pronounce wrong?
4. At night they come without being fetched, and by day, they are lost without being stolen. What are they?
5. I never was, am always to be, no one ever saw me, nor will ever see. What am I?
6. What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every place?
7. There are but three words in the English language that end in -GRY. "Angry" and "hungry" are two of them. What is the third?
1. Son. Speaker is father.
2. Coffin
3. wrong
4. Shadows or stars, not sure of the allusion
5. Tomorrow
6. The Letter "E"
7. Buggry (HeeHee, I am still thinking about that one)
Tell me how I did, I don't want to peak.
Occhi
A riddle to ponder - --Pete - 03-11-2004
Hi,
For 4, I think stars. Shadows are most pronounced when there is the most light.
Five can be any word for "future", including future, next week, etc.
Seven is just plain wrong. Not the answer, the question. Snopes does its usual great job of torpedoing it http://www.snopes.com/language/puzzlers/gry.asp ;)
--Pete