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Adam, Ben and Cyril were born in 1309, 1310 and 1311 on the same road in old Jerusalem. They lived their whole life there, and all lived to be over 60. They also had a full active life. However, they never crossed paths with each other. Why should that be so?
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Adam was a Muslim, Ben was a Christian and Cyril was a Jew. Adam was born in 1309 of the Muslim calendar, Ben 1310 in the Christian calendar and Cyril 1311 in the Jewish calendar. Cyril was born over 3000 years before Ben, who in turn was born 619 years before Adam.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Would it not be more logical to say they were blind or something? You just said they never saw each other.
They could also be blind.. poorly worded!
If Ben was Christian he couldn't have been born 3,000 years before anyone, since Christianity isn't that old.
Fun teaser, though I thought the dates could have been addresses and the men stuck in a nearby prison or something. Good stuff!
Nice and easy
Couldn't 1309, 1310, 1311 be house numbers of the house each was born in, and it just happens they were born over 60 years apart from each other, so one dies before another is born?
Hey, even though you're the last person on the rankings, this is a pretty good teaser!
Sep 13, 2013
I love the concept but this is totally impossible. On the Hebrew calendar, the year 1311 was before the flood of Noah. Judaism did not exist, nor did any roads in Jerusalem.
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