Braingle: '"I Can Answer Anything"' Brain Teaser

"I Can Answer Anything"

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Puzzle ID:	#43424
Fun:	(2.98)
Difficulty:	(1.12)
Category:	Trick
Submitted By:	Superwolf26

Jake and his friend Paco had very famous challenge sessions at their school. One would suggest something they could do, and the other would prove it wrong somehow.

One day, Jake surprised Paco by stating: "I can answer any question in the world."

Sure that he would win the challenge, Paco accepted the task of proving it wrong. He wrote up a test full of impossible questions. After a while, Jake returned the test. Paco unbelievably lost the challenge and told Jake he could indeed answer any question. How did Jake win?

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Comments

kp52 Oct 25, 2008	I kind of thought it was something like that. Good teaser.
megabreath Oct 26, 2008	I guessed that he never said he could answer correctly, so kind of got it. Good one.
al111 Oct 26, 2008	Wow! I love this one
getoffursausage Oct 26, 2008	Oh goodness! I should have gotten that! Great teaser!
Superwolf26 Oct 28, 2008	Thanks for the positive comments!
annvie9 Oct 28, 2008	I thought about making a teaser like this, but I guess that slipped my mind. Great job though!
kingofda808 Oct 29, 2008	i lmost got it i said i mite be nothing cuz it was impsibble so his friend(poco) wouldnt no da answer
glowtmickey Oct 29, 2008	Why didn't I get that
kingofda808 Oct 30, 2008	idk i jus didnt read it idk buddy...
happyhak Nov 01, 2008	LOL! good one, keep it up
bradon182001 Nov 02, 2008	Once again you got me. Great job. Thanks for posting.
Hanban Nov 07, 2008	My hunch was he can ANSWER, but not CORRECTLY answer. Hmm. Close one, I guess.
HarryPutter Nov 11, 2008	Too easy
Yuffie Nov 11, 2008	Heheh! I answered "He never said he could answer them CORRECTLY." Does that still count? Fun one!
Superwolf26 Nov 11, 2008	Sure.
srpwuzhere Nov 11, 2008	Lol that was good. I'm bad at stuff like this. I never catch it lolz. great teaser
Elios Nov 12, 2008	Hahaa!! Like Yuffie, I thought it was "he answered them .. he was just wrong." I like this one!
aranara89 Jan 12, 2009	this was awesome. I thought that he researched all of the answers. It works!
Nerine Jan 12, 2009	Great teaser, well done!
fanatizzare Jan 22, 2009	Heh. When I was a young kid, I used to say this all the time.
jpaw Feb 11, 2009	I thought he was going to answer every question with "in the world."
builder Feb 11, 2009	Not bad for a ten year old
doehead Feb 11, 2009	Another one for the youngsters. Way too easy for adults.
FatHead Feb 11, 2009
jcann Feb 11, 2009	jpaw--I really liked your answer best! By the way "Happy Birthday!" It's my birthday today also.
auntiesis Feb 11, 2009	He never said he could answer the questions 'correctly'. Good one. Fairly easy, but still a great teaser.
UptheHill Feb 11, 2009	Very Nice!!!
feste Feb 11, 2009	This reminds me of the trick question: "If it took 2 men a day and a half to dig a hole and a half, how long would it take one man to dig half a hole."
cwjakesteel Feb 11, 2009	Lol!!!! this was funny! I knew the answer but seriously. I need to tell my friends
Deedee123 Feb 11, 2009	you know he can just answer it wrong and say something like "potato".
dreamndesire Feb 11, 2009	heh, i also said "he never said he could answer them CORRECTLY"
zaya Feb 19, 2009	DUH
Kiyoko Mar 05, 2009	Yeah, I said, he could answer them, but that didn't necessarily mean he was right. XD
kubesh Mar 24, 2009	I love it. brovo
thisisme91 Apr 02, 2009	I always thought I don't know was the answer to any question Looks like I'm right. Nice one
Life_Sucks Apr 04, 2009	I love this.
GreenApples27 May 19, 2009	Good teaser! Pretty easy though.
ShelbyElizabeth Jun 15, 2009	I used to tell riddles like this to my little brother all the time, and I tricked him every single time.
mathisnice Aug 07, 2009	I just thought it was that he didn't necessarily answer him correctly. Same thing. Good teaser! It's nice to be able to get one, for once.
skuxdux Sep 02, 2009	coool brain hurteer muchhh!
Wittykittymi Oct 20, 2009	So... it's a joke, is it not?
Frada8D Nov 21, 2009	OF COURSE! Jake never said he could answer any questing CORRECTLY!
spinnercat Dec 17, 2009	you're not answering the question if you say "i don't know". All you doing is passing back information about yourself. It's like answering "2+2" with "i like cheese", something that's not an answer but relieves your of the obligation to answer.
Superwolf26 Dec 24, 2009	If I said "I'm not going to answer that" it would still be an answer. An answer is a reply to a query. Anything can be an answer to a question if you feel like that's the right one.
mir77 Jan 24, 2010	i get it, he said he could answer anything, NOT that he could answer it correctly. good teaser.
PaintballMan Feb 03, 2011	lol
Benjiboo Nov 18, 2011	he wrote: idkidkidkidkidkidkidkidkidkidkidk
jaycr Feb 11, 2012	I was thinking along the same lines as "megabreath".
Babe Feb 11, 2012	That was very easy, but I like easy and it was a pretty good one. Didn't take but a minute to figure it out. Nice!
HABS2933 Feb 11, 2012	I was among those who came up with "he never said he'd answer them correctly".
gaylewolf Feb 11, 2012	I liked that teaser!! Thanks Superwolf! Have a great weekend - from snowy Michigan!
JudyAWS Feb 11, 2012	I got it right. Even a wrong answer is an answer.
auntiesis Feb 11, 2012	Nice and easy. Gotta love it.