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wat walks on 4 legs at dawn, 2 legs at noon, and 3 at dusk

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RobertCheeseIIII wrote:

wat walks on 4 legs at dawn, 2 legs at noon, and 3 at dusk

A person: baby, adult, old person with a walking stick. Great riddle, a real classic!

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this is a Harvard riddle "I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee, and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champagne bubble. If you squeeze me, I'll pop but if you'll look at me, you'll pop. Can you guess the riddle?"

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No

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RobertCheeseIIII wrote:

wat walks on 4 legs at dawn, 2 legs at noon, and 3 at dusk

a human

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What can you catch but never throw?

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cold

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RobertCheeseIIII wrote:

this is a Harvard riddle "I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee, and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champagne bubble. If you squeeze me, I'll pop but if you'll look at me, you'll pop. Can you guess the riddle?"

No

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What gets bigger when more is taken away from it?

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Space

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Glory_Be_To_Him26 wrote:

Space

Close, but not what I was thinking of.

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hole

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NextGenZenith wrote:

hole

Correct!

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RobertCheeseIIII wrote:

this is a Harvard riddle "I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee, and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champagne bubble. If you squeeze me, I'll pop but if you'll look at me, you'll pop. Can you guess the riddle?"


i don’t know

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RobertCheeseIIII wrote:

this is a Harvard riddle "I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee, and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champagne bubble. If you squeeze me, I'll pop but if you'll look at me, you'll pop. Can you guess the riddle?"

The answer is no

However if the answer is no then we answered it but if it is yes then we did not

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solve this

Boolos, who described it as the most difficult logic puzzle ever devised.  The challenge involves identifying three gods—TrueFalse, and Random—by asking only three yes-or-no questions

  • True always tells the truth. 

  • False always lies.

  • Random answers randomly, truthfully or falsely, based on a coin flip. 

The gods respond in their own language using "da" and "ja", but you do not know which word means "yes" and which means "no." You must determine the identity of each god using exactly three questions, each directed to one god. 

Key Elements of the Puzzle:

  • You can ask follow-up questions based on previous answers.

  • The solution relies on logical constructs like "if and only if" to ensure reliable information regardless of the unknown meaning of "da" and "ja."

  • The first step is to identify a god who is not Random (i.e., either True or False), using a carefully constructed question involving the logical biconditional. 

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As I was walking to St. Ives I met a man with 7 wives, each wife has 7 kids, each kid has 7 dog, each dog has 7 cats, each cat has 7 mittens. How many people were going to St. Ives

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I am a forest with no trees, river with no water, city with no buildings, what am I?

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The ground

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