I have always enjoyed puzzles and riddles (not a fan of crosswords though), and I thought we could try to follow in Richard Wiseman’s footsteps and have some fun on our forum.
The following is a riddle my father told me when I was a kid. I didn’t know what the answer was and I’ve never met a person since then who got it right. The answer is obviously very simple.
Here it goes:
Once upon a time there lived a king who wanted to marry his only daughter to a smart man. He sent a message to the neighbouring kingdom where a king had two sons, announcing that which one of the two princes’s horse will make it last (!) to his castle, will marry his daughter. The two brothers got onto their horses, moving at impossibly slow speed, depressed and bitter, until they encountered an old man who asked them what was troubling them. They explained the situation to him after which the old man replied that there was no need for despair and told them something that made the two brother jump onto the horses and start sprinting towards the princess’s castle. What did the wise man tell the princes?
I have always enjoyed puzzles and riddles (not a fan of crosswords though), and I thought we could try to follow in Richard Wiseman’s footsteps and have some fun on our forum.
The following is a riddle my father told me when I was a kid. I didn’t know what the answer was and I’ve never met a person since then who got it right. The answer is obviously very simple.
Here it goes:
Once upon a time there lived a king who wanted to marry his only daughter to a smart man. He sent a message to the neighbouring kingdom where a king had two sons, announcing that which one of the two princes’s horse will make it last (!) to his castle, will marry his daughter. The two brothers got onto their horses, moving at impossibly slow speed, depressed and bitter, until they encountered an old man who asked them what was troubling them. They explained the situation to him after which the old man replied that there was no need for despair and told them something that made the two brother jump onto the horses and start sprinting towards the princess’s castle. What did the wise man tell the princes?
And obviously, the princess should have married the old wise man rather than either of the two princes who couldn’t figure it out for themselves.{old fuds rule.}
Did somebody say the king’s daughter was beautiful and intelligent?
Thanks, GdB. Very tricky, just use the color White for the text. I’d have never thought of that. Thanks again.
George, if you post any more riddles, suggest that the solvers enter their solutions in white so the rest of us don’t have to see the answer immediately.
I have a riddle that resembles a detective story. But I have to be present to answer people’s questions and since I won’t be around my computer today I will have to leave it for another day.
And, Stephan, what an obvious answer!!
