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I do not believe that most people considered the possibility of a cat/elephant/whatever, either. As I speculated before, it probably has to do with the nature of assumptions we are likely to make. And we are likely correct in that regard. Logical puzzles are considered tricky because they...

Those are rather interesting statistics! Yes, you cannot really determine the answer. :wink: I concur. If I understand correctly, mathematical research is built on axioms and definitions that are quite precisely defined, or previous research/context related to the topic is concretely...

Ah, but given the infinite possibilities of interpretations, all with possible different answers, only (C) can be considered valid. Assuming one answers "Yes" to the original question, there still exists a scenario when that answer does not hold. So for answering the question, one should...

I agree. The definition of any parameter is entirely the choice of the person who interprets the question. As I did not know Japan's legal definition (and lacked the time to look it up, sorry!), just to be sure, I also had added the possibility of an imaginary country which makes its marriage...

Perhaps you are correct legally for some specific country/location. But what if one views marriage as they did for the robots in Japan (or maybe there is an imaginary country with those laws)? Hence the constructivism. The question never bounded the solution to be strictly adhering legal terms...

Come over to the computer science side. We have cookies. :wink: Enough derailing though, apologies. I already brought up the point that the question does not impose the constraint of realism. Still, being realistic (and not necessarily legal, because I don't know the law involved), there have...

Haha. As an aspiring computer scientist and programmer, I will have to take laziness as a compliment. (http://threevirtues.com/) :smile: I simply mentioned that as a side note. Assuming them to be people is -not- a part of the question. What about them hypothetically being robots as I proposed...

That assumption never commented on the status of Jack and George, both of whom may be (or for the sake of this argument, are) persons. So the question is still valid and has to do with the given beings. Only that Anne may be a cat. On a side note, given the choices of (a) Yes (b) No and (c)...

@Psinter brings up great points. I do not intend to derail, but I actually sent micromass a message right after I voted for this question, as it made me realize how certain discussions with him had influenced my thoughts as a constructivist, long ago. In any case, I will only present two of...

Nice one, @ProfuselyQuarky! St. Bartholomew Hospital (or St. Bart Hospital), located in London. The fictional boy is Bart Simpson who is famed for being rather rebellious. The detective show refers to BBC's Sherlock which portrays his "jump to death" from the same building. I must admit...

That would be red Leicestershire cheese, I presume, meaning that the park is the nearby racing circuit, Mallory Park. But I wonder what exactly the last hint implies. Assuming that's what @wolram had in mind, I will leave it for someone to try further, for I have to resume studying for exams...

Well done, @collinsmark! :partytime: And great efforts by the rest as well! I don't believe I need to add any further explanation regarding the LOTR reference, as you explained it quite well. I love the fact that hobbit is now considered an actual word in the English dictionary, thanks to...

Sorry! I didn't imagine this would be very hard. I have a feeling that the answer (to the second riddle at least) will be very obvious once someone finds out! :smile: Also, looking at your recent guesses, you seem to be deviating. From what you guys have already discovered, the following are...

Although not the right answer, the type of the lake is correct. The lake itself is not very famous. Let me add another hint: The two diminutive peace-loving adventurers. The story is famous enough to have an impact on the English dictionary.

Not quite, for there are certain features in your previous guesses that are absolutely correct. My suggestion would be to keep those in mind for now and attempt to resolve the second part of the riddle, which should narrow down the search space a lot :smile: