A boy was in a car wreck and brought to the hospital. The doctor said, "I can't operate on this boy. He's my son", but the doctor was not the boy's father.
Explain.
Farkel
old riddles
by John Doe 65 Replies latest jw friends
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John Doe
The doctor was a woman.
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Farkel
A guy is on a road and comes to a fork in the road. There are two men standing at the fork. A sign says, "one of these roads will lead to death and the other one will lead to life, but you can't tell which is which. Both of those men know which of these roads leads to life, but one of them always lies and the other one always tells the truth. You may only ask one question to one of those men, but before you do, you won't know who is the liar and who isn't. If you ask the right question, you will know which road to take and live."
What was the right question to find the road to life?
Farkel
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Farkel
Here is a square of nine dots. The challenge is to take a pen and draw only one straight line that will connect all the dots. How do you do it?
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Farkel
Here is an equation. Assume the Roman Numerals were made with match sticks. You can only move ONE match stick to make the equation a valid one. How do you do it?
XXIII DIVIDED BY VII = II
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John Doe
"If you tell me that the left fork is the road to life, will the other guy say the same thing?"
If the answer is yes, you know you asked the liar and you should take the right fork.
If the answer is no, you have the truthful person and you should take the left fork.
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John Doe
Here is a square of nine dots. The challenge is to take a pen and draw only one straight line that will connect all the dots. How do you do it?
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Can't be done.
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John Doe
Heck, my answer to the forked road is wrong.
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Farkel
:Can't be done.
If you get a big enough pen, it certainly can.
(I didn't limit the size of the pen.) It was a lateral thinking puzzle.
Farkel
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John Doe
XXIII DIVIDED BY VII = II
Take a stick and lay it across the equal sign?