Who can answer this Riddle?
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New years eve 2008 obviously.
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The answer is New Years Eve but I have no idea how it is.
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yea, **** riddle tbh.
The day before a year will always be new years eve, thats the crux of the riddle mate.
The day before a year will always be new years eve, thats the crux of the riddle mate.
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I do get the answer to the riddle, 3 years ago was 2009, the day before it was 2009 was 31/12/08, however as riddles go it's pretty poorly worded and the answer is incredibly ambiguous.
Rather like that stupid one about the girl taking the elevator down the building but not all the way back up, the answer being that she's too short to reach the button, the answer could have been the button is broken or that she visits her granny on her way home or any other reasonable explanation.
They are riddles thought but by people who don't really understand the point of a riddle.
Rather like that stupid one about the girl taking the elevator down the building but not all the way back up, the answer being that she's too short to reach the button, the answer could have been the button is broken or that she visits her granny on her way home or any other reasonable explanation.
They are riddles thought but by people who don't really understand the point of a riddle.
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Then you miss the definition of a riddle
Riddle: A question intentionally phrased to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer.
But yes, I agree the best only have one answer.
One for you: What animal could never be heard urinating, and why?
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Your childish roll eyes just proves you don't really understand what I said.
My point was that a question with an ambiguous answer where any one can be correct is pointless and achieves nothing, take the riddle I mentioned regarding the elevator, none of the possibilities I mentioned is any less realistic than the supposed "correct" answer but because it isn't the one the write decided is correct, it is ignored.
A question should have one single logical answer, if you can reach multiple answers logically then technically none of them can be right or wrong.
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You miss the point, it's still a riddle. Just not one of the best.
That's not the best then, could be any animal which doesnt group into a "herd".
(i am aware that is not the 'correct' answer)
Any animal that isn't currently urinating.
a walrus, just because why not
I disagree, they are just stupid questions, why give someone a question with multiple answers but arbitrarily decide only one is correct?
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Wednesday was right then, what did I win?
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We'll have to agree to disagree
Half of the fun is guessing all the possible, but sadly wrong answers.
Edit: Great whopping clue, the animal is extinct.
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Exactly. An example of a riddle I heard years ago was quite good and had me going for ages. The question was...
"Cantona was sent off in the first half for Manchester United in a game of football, but scored in the second half...... How?"
It only really works as a spoken riddle as the actual question turns out to be...
"Cantona was sent off in the first half for Manchester United in a game of football, Butt scored in the second half."
So the answer was Nicky Butt and that it was a simple statement not a question. But it works as you can't come up with a realistic alternative answer
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