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"I Can Answer Anything"
Trick
Trick brain teasers appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.Trick
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?
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?
Hint
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For all the impossible questions, Jake simply wrote "I don't know", or gave an incorrect answer. Jake never said the answer had to be correct!Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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I kind of thought it was something like that. Good teaser.
I guessed that he never said he could answer correctly, so kind of got it. Good one.
Wow!
I love this one
I love this one
Oh goodness! I should have gotten that!
Great teaser!
Great teaser!
Thanks for the positive comments!
I thought about making a teaser like this, but I guess that slipped my mind. Great job though!
i lmost got it i said i mite be nothing cuz it was impsibble so his friend(poco) wouldnt no da answer
Why didn't I get that
idk i jus didnt read it idk buddy...
LOL! good one, keep it up
Once again you got me. Great job. Thanks for posting.
My hunch was he can ANSWER, but not CORRECTLY answer. Hmm. Close one, I guess.
Too easy
Heheh! I answered "He never said he could answer them CORRECTLY." Does that still count? Fun one!
Sure.
Lol that was good. I'm bad at stuff like this. I never catch it lolz. great teaser
Hahaa!! Like Yuffie, I thought it was "he answered them .. he was just wrong." I like this one!
this was awesome. I thought that he researched all of the answers. It works!
Great teaser, well done!
Heh. When I was a young kid, I used to say this all the time.
I thought he was going to answer every question with "in the world."
Not bad for a ten year old
Another one for the youngsters. Way too easy for adults.
jpaw--I really liked your answer best! By the way "Happy Birthday!" It's my birthday today also.
He never said he could answer the questions 'correctly'. Good one. Fairly easy, but still a great teaser.
Very Nice!!!
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."
Lol!!!! this was funny! I knew the answer but seriously. I need to tell my friends
you know he can just answer it wrong and say something like "potato".
heh, i also said "he never said he could answer them CORRECTLY"
DUH
Yeah, I said, he could answer them, but that didn't necessarily mean he was right. XD
I love it. brovo
I always thought I don't know was the answer to any question Looks like I'm right. Nice one
I love this.
Good teaser! Pretty easy though.
I used to tell riddles like this to my little brother all the time, and I tricked him every single time.
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.
coool brain hurteer muchhh!
So... it's a joke, is it not?
OF COURSE! Jake never said he could answer any questing CORRECTLY!
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.
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.
i get it, he said he could answer anything, NOT that he could answer it correctly. good teaser.
lol
he wrote: idkidkidkidkidkidkidkidkidkidkidk
I was thinking along the same lines as "megabreath".
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!
Didn't take but a minute to figure it out. Nice!
I was among those who came up with "he never said he'd answer them correctly".
I liked that teaser!! Thanks Superwolf! Have a great weekend - from snowy Michigan!
I got it right. Even a wrong answer is an answer.
Nice and easy. Gotta love it.
got answer when he said,"I can answer anything."I thought "hm.well so can I.
Very easy, got it right away
To LGM- since you refuse to visit the exterminator, do us all a favor and DISAPPEAR.
Go ahead and report this as offensive, I couldn't care less. I see you as a person that seeks attention, because you probably have no friends.
Go ahead and report this as offensive, I couldn't care less. I see you as a person that seeks attention, because you probably have no friends.
Mr GREEN IDIOT or SICK RABBIT or whatever you want to call your self. I've been reading on this site for a few weeks again and I want to inform you that for your well being as a stupid commentator you best leave before the EXTERMINATOR as doodles has suggested finds you. So do your thing and believe I will do mine. I guarantee I will be the soul survivor.
The trick category is almost always fun. Nice teaser. I have a feeling we're in for a long one today from you know who. Hopefully I'm wrong but I can feel the heat of his furiously typing little green finger. .... poke ...... Poke poke .....poke....
Play nice children. I like this teaser and found it quite easy.
You guys know that Little Green "Man" is a female right? (or so he/she claims). Apparently her older brother "BadBunny" was not the "Golden Child" but the Platinum one. So much so their parents recycled his name (Jay) and gave it to her (Jaye). She is slso enamored of him (and their "father") that she mimics his speech pattern exactly.
Given he told us he was in his 80s, that is a neat trick considering they likely have not lived in the same home for 55+ years.
Actually, come to think of it, that is kind of sick and twisted, that they are so closely linked no one on here can tell the differ-nee between the three of them.
We should stop picking on him/her/them/it. I mean think about how hard it must be having so many people living inside your head..... I feel bad for him/her/them/it. He/she/they/it must be very lonely Amidst |all the noise.
Ok ... OK ....
You got me.
Nailed .... "ice-cold" ...
I'm a multi-personality, delusional, paranoid schizo .....
loner ... with no friends .....
and nothing to do but harass all of you on Braingle.
And the suggestions that we (:lol take all this over to one of the Forums won't work either. We (:lol tried that and nobody of consequence (editors, Jake, etc.) paid any attention.
_________________________
Now .... that we (:lol have all that out of the way ... let's get back to the facts.
The last two published (several days ago) Teasers have received ..........
(wait for it) .................
ZERO comments.
And I'll make a wager (anybody interested?) ....
That the NEXT FIVE accepted teasers will do no better than three comments average.
If I lose I'll tell ALL of you what REALLY happened to Dad and Jay.
Jaylene
You got me.
Nailed .... "ice-cold" ...
I'm a multi-personality, delusional, paranoid schizo .....
loner ... with no friends .....
and nothing to do but harass all of you on Braingle.
And the suggestions that we (:lol take all this over to one of the Forums won't work either. We (:lol tried that and nobody of consequence (editors, Jake, etc.) paid any attention.
_________________________
Now .... that we (:lol have all that out of the way ... let's get back to the facts.
The last two published (several days ago) Teasers have received ..........
(wait for it) .................
ZERO comments.
And I'll make a wager (anybody interested?) ....
That the NEXT FIVE accepted teasers will do no better than three comments average.
If I lose I'll tell ALL of you what REALLY happened to Dad and Jay.
Jaylene
Hey "Jaye" what happened to the agreement you made not only with me but with at least one (and I think two) other users?
You told me that you would refrain from commenting for a month and then made the same agreement with someone else about a week later.
My month of peace has not ended yet and given you remade the agreement a week later- we should be enjoying at least 2 more LGM/BB/BB02/BB03 (I think he was your "cousin" if I recall) free weeks.
Nice to see you are a man of your word.
You renigging on an agreement loses any respect I had for you at all. To me the bigget offences one can inflict on another is going back on his word and having no regard for my time.
You told me that you would refrain from commenting for a month and then made the same agreement with someone else about a week later.
My month of peace has not ended yet and given you remade the agreement a week later- we should be enjoying at least 2 more LGM/BB/BB02/BB03 (I think he was your "cousin" if I recall) free weeks.
Nice to see you are a man of your word.
You renigging on an agreement loses any respect I had for you at all. To me the bigget offences one can inflict on another is going back on his word and having no regard for my time.
habs, he already did.
I think the comments should be on the riddles, not the other commenters. Now I begin to understand why there is a click-on option to report a comment as offensive. There are 470 guests on the site right now, this is the riddle of the day, they're here to enjoy our mutual creativity, not mean-spirited comments.
Oh, good teaser.
Oh, good teaser.
I guess I am the only one to comment in 2018. Where has everyone gone? How can we get them back? I enjoy this site so very much and it would be a shame to see it cancelled. Come on back you people who have left, and also tell a friend and let's get it back on track.
Issue 4 of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic used a variation on this riddle.
I knew the answer the moment I read "I can answer all questions"
It's good though, It made me smile
It's good though, It made me smile
Babe- I still connect and read the daily teaser, but I don't comment because they are all old repeat teasers that I have seen too many times. Have a wonderful day.
Good teaser!
Babe I'm here but have commented previously.
Holy crap, I agree with cutebug
Holy crap, I agree with cutebug
Fun and easy teaser - got it right away.
Good one
Look at all the comments on this in 2018! Terrific.
I hope all the people reviewing the Daily Teaser also stop by the web site to view the Most Recent teasers. There are new puzzles trickling in that don't necessarily show up in the Daily feed.
I found this puzzle a bit too transparent. It was fun and worthy, but will not stand out.
I hope all the people reviewing the Daily Teaser also stop by the web site to view the Most Recent teasers. There are new puzzles trickling in that don't necessarily show up in the Daily feed.
I found this puzzle a bit too transparent. It was fun and worthy, but will not stand out.
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