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Puzzle – What Question?

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There is this question I could ask you that has a definite correct answer – either yes or no – but it is logically impossible for you to give the correct answer. You might know what the correct answer is, but you cannot give it. Anybody other than you might possibly be able to give the correct answer, but you cannot! Can you figure out what question I could have in mind?

What is the question?

What is the question?

Solution: Suppose I ask you: “Is ‘no’ your answer to this question?

If you answer yes, then you are affirming that ‘no’ is your answer to the question, which is of course wrong. If you answer ‘no’, then you are denying that ‘no’ is your answer, although ‘no’ was your answer. It is therefore impossible for you to answer the question correctly even though the question does have a correct answer: Either you answer ‘no’ or you don’t. If you do, then ‘yes’ is the correct answer; if you don’t, then ‘no’ is the correct answer, but in neither case can you give the correct answer.


Last Updated : 23 Feb, 2023
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