OK lateral thinkers. Try this one:
Someone's mother has 4 sons: North, West, and South. What is the name of the fourth son.
It could be ... Ooops.....Big Mistake....
But I think the answer is obvious. Think outside the dots.
What do you think.
Jay&Dee
Sam, parents were hoping for a girl!
ballast2 wrote:G'day JayDee. Tricky. As there is no question mark after the fourth son his name would be What. Cheers.
G'day JayDee. Tricky. As there is no question mark after the fourth son his name would be What. Cheers.
Yep. Agree.
Like the old Abbot & Costello baseball commentary - what, who etc.
LLD wrote:ballast2 wrote:G'day JayDee. Tricky. As there is no question mark after the fourth son his name would be What. Cheers. Yep. Agree.Like the old Abbot & Costello baseball commentary - what, who etc.
Hi Forumites,
My view is that the answer is in the question.
Let's analysis the Question
Q. ( ""Someone's mother has 4 sons: North, West, and South. What is the name of the fourth son."")
Someone's mother 4th son is called SOMEONE. Someone's has 3 brothers North, West, & South.
Yes it is a tricky Question.
Cheers
Of course I could be wrong in my guess.
G'day. What is the name of the fourth son is a statement. What is the name of the fourth son ? is a question so his name must be What.
Cheers.
Yes - if you had put a question mark after the What is... sentence, then the answer would be Someone. Someone's mother.....
A few picky people here...but then, it can be read both ways.
Have a good day everyone.
JayDee wrote:LLD wrote:ballast2 wrote:G'day JayDee. Tricky. As there is no question mark after the fourth son his name would be What. Cheers. Yep. Agree.Like the old Abbot & Costello baseball commentary - what, who etc. Hi Forumites,My view is that the answer is in the question.Let's analysis the QuestionQ. ( ""Someone's mother has 4 sons: North, West, and South. What is the name of the fourth son."")Someone's mother 4th son is called SOMEONE. Someone's has 3 brothers North, West, & South.Yes it is a tricky Question. CheersJay&DeeOf course I could be wrong in my guess.
My reckoning is that What is the fourth son.
Someone is a daughter, having 4 brothers North, West, South and What.
Relax-n wrote:JayDee wrote:LLD wrote:ballast2 wrote:G'day JayDee. Tricky. As there is no question mark after the fourth son his name would be What. Cheers. Yep. Agree.Like the old Abbot & Costello baseball commentary - what, who etc. Hi Forumites,My view is that the answer is in the question.Let's analysis the QuestionQ. ( ""Someone's mother has 4 sons: North, West, and South. What is the name of the fourth son."")Someone's mother 4th son is called SOMEONE. Someone's has 3 brothers North, West, & South.Yes it is a tricky Question. CheersJay&DeeOf course I could be wrong in my guess. My reckoning is that What is the fourth son.Someone is a daughter, having 4 brothers North, West, South and What.
I agree ....
OK lateral thinkers. Try this one:
Someone's mother has 4 sons: North, West, and South. What is the name of the fourth son.
It could be ... Ooops.....Big Mistake....
But I think the answer is obvious. Think outside the dots.
What do you think.
Jay&Dee
Cheers.
Sam, parents were hoping for a girl!
Yep. Agree.
Like the old Abbot & Costello baseball commentary - what, who etc.
Hi Forumites,
My view is that the answer is in the question.
Let's analysis the Question
Q. ( ""Someone's mother has 4 sons: North, West, and South. What is the name of the fourth son."")
Someone's mother 4th son is called SOMEONE. Someone's has 3 brothers North, West, & South.
Yes it is a tricky Question.
Cheers
Jay&Dee
Of course I could be wrong in my guess.
G'day. What is the name of the fourth son is a statement. What is the name of the fourth son ? is a question so his name must be What.
Cheers.
-- Edited by ballast2 on Wednesday 16th of October 2019 08:09:53 PM
Yes - if you had put a question mark after the What is... sentence, then the answer would be Someone. Someone's mother.....
A few picky people here...but then, it can be read both ways.
Have a good day everyone.
-- Edited by Nevd on Thursday 17th of October 2019 12:06:45 AM
My reckoning is that What is the fourth son.
Someone is a daughter, having 4 brothers North, West, South and What.
I agree ....