Can You Solve These Trick Questions for Fake Internet Prestige?

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The discussion revolves around sharing and solving trick questions, with participants posting riddles and engaging in playful banter about the answers. A notable riddle involves a doctor and a child, where the twist reveals that the doctor is the child's mother, challenging assumptions about gender roles. Other riddles include questions about the number of birds left in a tree after a hunter shoots one, and the names of Larry's children, emphasizing the importance of careful reading. Participants also explore the nuances of language with examples of sentences that are grammatically correct but may not make sense when spoken. The conversation maintains a light-hearted tone, with references to "fake internet prestige" as a reward for solving the riddles, and includes humorous exchanges about the nature of the questions and answers.
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Post any trick question and an answer in a spoiler. If someone solves it without looking at the spoiler, they win... um... nothing. There's only fake internet prestige :-p. Fake internet prestige is imaginary and pretty useless, but it makes some people feel good :biggrin:. I'll start.

A doctor and a kid are fishing. The kid is the doctor's son, but the doctor is not the kid's father.

What is the relation between them?

If I am not your father and you are my son, then I must be your mother. :woot:
 
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I certainly don't want to antagonise the politically correct culture and assume HER gender..I suspect it's his mother.
What is the spoiler tag?
What colour is the Sheriff's new black horse?
 
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nuuskur said:
What is the spoiler tag?
Click on the black bar that says "SPOILER: ANSWER".
nuuskur said:
What colour is the Sheriff's new black horse?
Unless you lied, it is black.
 
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nuuskur said:
I suspect it's his mother.
Correct! :biggrin:
nuuskur said:
What colour is the Sheriff's new black horse?
mfb said:
Unless you lied, it is black.
I second that. :approve:

Here's another one:

Larry is the father of Regis. Larry has 4 kids. The 1st kid is named 10. The 2nd kid is named 20. The 3rd kid is named 30. What's the name of the 4th kid?

Regis! :oldlaugh:
 
Psinter said:
Larry is the father of Regis. Larry has 4 kids. The 1st kid is named 10. The 2nd kid is named 20. The 3rd kid is named 30. What's the name of the 4th kid?

Well, if the answer is the obvious one, it would be more interesting I think if "Regis" was the surname for all of them. Then the fourth kid could be named 40 :smile:
 
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QuantumQuest said:
Well, if the answer is the obvious one, it would be more interesting I think if "Regis" was the surname for all of them. Then the fourth kid could be named 40 :smile:
Nope. :-p
 
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If ten birds are sitting in a tree and a hunter shoots one, how birds many are left in the tree?

None, because after one bird was shot, all the others flew off.
 
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In which year did Galileo appear before the Spanish Inquisition?

Being Italian he appeared before the Roman Inquisition.
 
Can you fill the blank space: 19=8, 6=3, 70=7, 8=5, 4=4, 60=5, 15=7, 16=?, 17=?

16=7 and 17=9, because the number of letters in the spelling "sixteen" is 7 and those of "seventeen" is 9.
 
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Wrichik Basu said:
Can you fill the blank space: 19=8, 6=3, 70=7, 8=5, 4=4, 60=5, 15=7, 16=?, 17=?
Technically, your answer is wrong.

Technically, my answer is one of an infinite number of correct answers:

*19=8,*6=3,*70=7,*8=5,*4=4,*60=5,*15=7,*16=?,*17=?
 
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There are simple, mundane sentences in the English language that can be correctly spoken but not written. Give an example.

There are three ways to spell the word 'to'.
 
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How do you call a black, african, operator of a plane?
Pilot! Of course! What? Now you are a racist and discriminate?
 
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Stavros Kiri said:
How do you call a black, african, operator of a plane?
Pilot! Of course! What? Now you are a racist and discriminate?
Hey! You broke the rules. :mad: You got to answer before you can ask.
 
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DaveC426913 said:
Hey! You broke the rules. :mad: You got to answer before you can ask.
Invisible rules allow invisible answers ...
I did! :nb)
#1 & #7 etc. , without looking at the spoiler ... Internet invisible prestige! ... :biggrin::wink::oldlaugh:
 
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Wrichik Basu said:
If ten birds are sitting in a tree and a hunter shoots one, how birds many are left in the tree?

None, because after one bird was shot, all the others flew off.
Aha! I know. No bird because they will fly away startled.

I couldn't get any of the others right.
 
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Stavros Kiri said:
Invisible rules allow invisible answers ...
Heh. Point conceded. I though the instructions were spelled out in the OP. They're not. :biggrin:
Mea culpa.
 
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What is black and white, looks like a horse and has roller skates!?
A zebra! ... and I lied about the skates ...
 
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Why did the chicken cross the road?
I don't know but I'm sure it had fowl intentions.
 
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Where do you find a turtle with no legs?
right where you left it! ...
 
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What goes up and down the stairs without moving?

a carpet.
 
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Stavros Kiri said:
What is black and white, looks like a horse and has roller skates!?
A zebra! ... and I lied about the skates ...
Zebra!
 
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Psinter said:
Zebra!
Or a Zebra with skates ... or see spoiler ...
 
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Wrichik Basu said:
If ten birds are sitting in a tree and a hunter shoots one, how birds many are left in the tree?

None, because after one bird was shot, all the others flew off.
All of them.
The hunter left his gun at home, and took his camera this time.
 
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Father and son, father and son went fishing.
They all caught one fish each.
How many fish were caught?

Three - grandfather, father, son each caught one fish
 
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256bits said:
Father and son, father and son went fishing.
They all caught one fish each.
How many fish were caught?

Three - grandfather, father, son each caught one fish
3
 
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OK Here's another one.

BONUS. Worth 10 points.
If a person can run a mile in 4 minutes,
How long does it take 5 people to run a mile?
4 minutes

If you got that one correct, you can attempt this one.
MEGA BONUS: Triple your score.
Beware. An incorrect answer and you deduct triple score points.
If a man can dg a hole in 1 hour, how long does it take 10 men to dig a hole?
an hour -
 
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256bits said:
OK Here's another one.

BONUS. Worth 10 points.
If a person can run a mile in 4 minutes,
How long does it take 5 people to run a mile?
4min
256bits said:
If you got that one correct, you can attempt this one.
MEGA BONUS: Triple your score.
Beware. An incorrect answer and you deduct triple score points.
If a man can dg a hole in 1 hour, how long does it take 10 men to dig a hole?
It depends whether it's the same hole or different ... (and if they dig at the same rate or not) [Thus could be 6min or 1hr ... (?)]
 
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Stavros Kiri said:
4min

It depends whether it's the same hole or different ... (and if they dig at the same rate or not) [Thus could be 6min or 1hr ... (?)]
Jeez. I don't know if you now get the TRIPLE Bonus , or NEGATIVE Bonus .:confused: or both, if it all equals out with two answers.:biggrin:
 
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256bits said:
Jeez. I don't know if you now get the TRIPLE Bonus , or NEGATIVE Bonus .:confused: or both, if it all equals out with two answers.:biggrin:
Lol
Whatever you decide. You're the boss ...
[But since my reply covered the answer ... ...]
 
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DaveC426913 said:
There are simple, mundane sentences in the English language that can be correctly spoken but not written. Give an example.

Nice one. I will try to add a complementary question to that compliment: There are simple sentences in the English language that are sensible when written but not when spoken. Give an example.

How do you pronounce "Qwfwq"?
What is the name of the œ symbol?

(I feel like there might be a more compelling way to word the question, or that there might be more compelling examples.)
 
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Show that a grammatically correct sentence in English with the word "and" in it five times in succession, with no other words in between.

A signmaker is asked to make a sign for a bakery, with the phrase "Pies and Cakes" on the sign.
The signmaker asks the baker, "How much space should I leave between Pies and and and and and Cakes?
 
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Fewmet said:
There are simple sentences in the English language that are sensible when written but not when spoken. Give an example.

There are 10 kinds of people in the world,
those that understand binary and those that don't.
 
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BillTre said:
There are 10 kinds of people in the world,
those that understand binary and those that don't.
There are two kinds of people - those who are sometimes too kind and those who sometimes are kind too.
 
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AlexCaledin said:
There are two kinds of people - those who are sometimes too kind and those who sometimes are kind too.

There are two kinds of people, those who believe there are two kinds of people, and those who don't believe it.
 
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Add punctuation to make this make sense:
Bob, where Alice had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

Bob, where Alice had had "had," had had "had had." "Had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.
 
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Mark44 said:
Show that a grammatically correct sentence in English with the word "and" in it five times in succession, with no other words in between.

A signmaker is asked to make a sign for a bakery, with the phrase "Pies and Cakes" on the sign.
The signmaker asks the baker, "How much space should I leave between Pies and and and and and Cakes?

gmax137 said:
Add punctuation to make this make sense:
Bob, where Alice had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

Bob, where Alice had had "had," had had "had had." "Had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.
Ooh! 11! That's even better than my version, which only got up to 8 hads.
 

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