Beelzebub 
Feb 18, 2002
| There is no answer to this since no question was asked |
rose_rox  
Jun 13, 2002
| Beelzebub's comment is true. |
jack_the_ripper
Aug 26, 2003
| clever |
darthforman 
May 22, 2005
|  I can't believe that I didn't catch that.
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converse_chik
Oct 22, 2005
| this is like those, "railroad crossing whatch out for cars" spell that w/o any r's!! i feel so stupid!! |
Question_Mark 
Oct 27, 2005
| I wondered why there wasn't a ? |
tommy2
Oct 28, 2005
| there is no question though. |
bagogirl 
Nov 06, 2005
| that could have gone in the trick category and there should have been a question |
Q-Tpie010
Nov 07, 2005
| I didn't get it until i read the answer. But there isn't a question, so maybe you should reword it. I liked it though. |
paintballa944
Nov 12, 2005
| If the second sentence is a statement, then what is the answer answering?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! |
LindseyAnne34
Nov 22, 2005
| Funny, I liked it! |
stephiesd
Nov 25, 2005
| i just saw a verry similar riddle on a different site the other day. i think it ws talking about children, but i didn't get it then either.
i think i'm just really tired for getign up at 3 am to go to after-tahnksgiving sales. |
hidentreasure
Nov 28, 2005
| Good one.   |
mistressgia
Jan 10, 2006
| I was totally lost on this one...  |
mistressgia
Jan 10, 2006
| OH my! I just got it DUH!!!
Totally fun ( I hated it at first lol)teaser! rotflmao |
Brainy_1
Jan 22, 2006
| Thump. Ineed to pay more attention! Nice job!    |
jntrcs
Mar 15, 2006
| Hard until you read the hint then it's simple I liked it it's tricky. |
Vigo95
Mar 21, 2006
| HA HA !!! |
puppehs-rulez
Mar 26, 2006
| I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T LISTEN TO THE HINT!!! It was so obvious after I saw the answer... Stupid me... |
xdbtcp
Mar 28, 2006
| Didn't What play second base? |
jj_is_cool
Mar 29, 2006
| graet teeser, da answer didnt need to be ther, ther was no question |
spazzyjazzy93
Apr 05, 2006
| i agree with Beelzebub and everyone else that agreed with him/her |
bballer21
Apr 09, 2006
| people- the point of no ??? was that the mothers name is what, and if you just read it and dont pay attention to the puncuation first, it makes sense
just let it go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
kaya1293
Apr 14, 2006
|  i dont get it help |
bts072007
May 09, 2006
| It dont' really matter if it was a question or not! It's a brain teaser and thats what this site is for right? to submitt brain teasers! who cares if it wasn't a question, it got all of you didnt' it!? including me! |
(user deleted)
Jun 01, 2006
| Old and easy |
amygurl101
Jun 11, 2006
| i didnt get this 1 till i looked at the hint. i think i herd this 1 b4 though...its a good 1  |
shadow-x
Jul 07, 2006
| great i didnt get it |
pup_tonton
Jul 07, 2006
| when u said punctuation i thought it was calma bcause u 4got 2 put one after topsy. good and clevr |
junebug22
Jul 21, 2006
| Sad to say, but you got me on that one! This was a good one! |
galaxynova
Jul 27, 2006
| heard this one before - i was totally stumped the first time i heard it. the guy kept saying 'what was the mother's name' and i got so confused... |
Qrystal
Aug 09, 2006
| Doh!
I can't believe I didn't get it after the hint. I got it after I saw the answer though...! Heh.
Anyways, I don't support the above suggestions that this was not a real question or whatever. It's a trick, and it probably tricked those people, and they should just chuckle and get over it! |
DarkAllie32448
Sep 06, 2006
| haha. easy. but whats scary: its the GIRLS that have most the problems getting it!! C'mon, we're supposed to be the smart ones! lol!
♥*Allie |
tedger
Sep 29, 2006
| But there wasn't a real question so how can there be an answer? |
MalcolmReynolds
Nov 22, 2006
| I like that. |
shoto604
Dec 08, 2006
| very clever you got me there. |
redhead_babe15
Dec 28, 2006
| that was good, but there should have been some sort of question. I liked it! |
zombiesean
Feb 13, 2007
| I get it. Clever. |
coolcow35
Mar 16, 2007
| Great one!
-coolcow35 |
UnDeFeAtEd
Apr 24, 2007
| excuse me there was no question to answer for this riddle how were we supposed to know the question was what was the mothers name......so i say this is not very good sorry  |
kittycat3000
May 07, 2007
| I don't get |
savannahlz9
Nov 13, 2007
| really old and easy |
zeepuzzlemaster
Nov 25, 2007
| Old and already in many copyrighted books   |
yanksgirl
Mar 30, 2008
| there's no aswer to this
you were just stating the mom's name |
dowinka
Jun 20, 2008
| the hint gave it away |
SamAlNik
Nov 24, 2009
| not vey good i read one in a book and it was way better there isnt even an answer 2 it there was no question.. |
swimstar343
Dec 29, 2009
| YOU ARE NOT SUPPOST TO PUT A COMMA AFTER THE WORD TOPSY!!!
DUHHH!!!!! |
lukasiwicz
Mar 18, 2010
| Though I doped this out, I agree with those who pointed out that, since no qestion was really asked, this riddle had no answer. And kudos to the commenter who remembered that in the classic Bud Abbot/Lou Costello routine, "Who's on First," "What" was indeed the second-basseman. |
doehead
Mar 18, 2010
| I thought this was very easy. I've seen or heard many of these trick type quizes. But it makes you think for a couple of seconds, |
FatHead
Mar 18, 2010
| What? a strange name. |
bradon182001
Mar 18, 2010
| Groaner... |
IrishChick
Mar 18, 2010
| Of course, I agree with those who pointed out that there was no question to answer, but that was the trick. Our brains "assume" that the word What was making that statement into a question and we tend to ignore the punctuation because we are already working on the possible answer. I liked the teaser. |
patiencewithaP
Mar 18, 2010
| I agree with IrishChick...the brain is already trying to figure it out because of "what." I noticed right away that there was no question mark and then the answer hit me. Great teaser! |
auntiesis
Mar 18, 2010
| I needed the hint, shame on me. |
sunnybonghits
Mar 18, 2010
| I agree with everyone that said there was no question, so this riddle can have no answer. There are two statements presented - that's all. Where's the riddle? |
sunnybonghits
Mar 18, 2010
| Just to add, the "answer" could just as well have been Topsy. Why not? |
Elios
Mar 18, 2010
| With all the poor grammar floating around nowadays, I assumed the period was unintentional; I had to look at the hint to understand.
Interesting idea for a riddle, but I agree with the others: technically there is no question here. |
beyonce123
Mar 18, 2010
| same as the others: no question.
nice teaser, though |
kasiecom2
Mar 18, 2010
| How does reading the hint imply the answer, to have an answer,there has to be a question,since no question is asked, there can be no answer ?Braingle answer is thus illogical. |
crocodile
Mar 18, 2010
| I had already heard this one somewhere else. Kinda easy, considering Braingle is very strict about errors. Still fun! |
Flamey500
Mar 18, 2010
| I didn't get it at first, but I finally figured out. |
Fiasco
Mar 18, 2010
| I understand the official answer, but what about Spom? Think about it: Topsy is Spot backwards plus Y, so Mopsy would be Spom backwards plus Y. |
Phantom4
Mar 19, 2010
| As most have figured out, this is Not a trick and there really is no answer since there was no question. Only a statement of fact.
I think what this shows is most people today ignore punctuation if they even use it at all. And Braingle showed they're fallible by providing an answer where there is no question instead of an explanation. |
avonma
Mar 19, 2010
| Got it! |
Marijah
Jun 30, 2010
| hahah!! how cute is this??!! lol --> love it! |
cutieluck
Sep 28, 2010
| easssy.... : P |
thebrain789
Oct 11, 2010
| There's no answer because there is no question. Stop hurting our brains. |
GreenApples27
Mar 26, 2011
| I thought it was "she", because of the saying, "Who's she, the cat's mother?". I liked it. |
Babe
Mar 18, 2013
| Old and lame!  |
lukasiwicz
Mar 18, 2013
| Old, lame, easy, and given away by the fact that "What was the mother's name" is followed by a period rather than q |
lukasiwicz
Mar 18, 2013
| Old, easy,and fundamentally dishonest, since, as others have pointed out, no question has beeen asked to which the word "What" would be an snswer. |
HABS2933
Mar 18, 2013
| Beating a dead horse here, but I have to agree that since no question was asked there can be no answer. These were simply two statements. Yes it was a trick in that we were intended to think it was a question. Aside from that, my main complaint is again that with all the new materiel that is out there, the "Teaser o the Day" is instead an 8 year old dud (It befuddles me how it got a 3-star rating). |
cutebug
Mar 18, 2013
| All I can say is GIVE ME A BREAK. Old and worn out. |
gaylewolf
Mar 18, 2013
| Sorry, folks, but I must be in a different mood from most other people. It just made me laugh. Of course, each of you is correct - it was a silly trick. Have a great day!! |
thecatladycac
Mar 18, 2013
| I had decided that "A cat" must have been the mother's name, but I was wrong since her name was "What" even though there was no question asked!
and No, I didn't pay any attention as to the punctuation! (and I am a retired teacher!) |
