3challengingIt’s ancient China and there are two emperors. As there can only be one emperor, they are about to go to war. They have all their armies and ships ready to fight. However, instead of fighting, they agree to decide the outcome with a philosophical battle where they will each have their best philosopher answer the question: What is the ultimate truth? The philosophers will privately present their answer to panel of judges, who will decide the winner. The first emperor tells his best philosopher the situation, and that he has three months to prepare his presentation. That philosopher doesn’t know the ultimate truth, but works as hard as he can on the problem for three months. Three months later, he still doesn’t know, but it's time to present, so he does his best. He introduces his idea and all the relevant background for three hours, and then finally says, “the ultimate truth is that something is.” He then goes out of the room, while the other philosopher gives his presentation. Three hours later, the first emperor goes to his philosopher, says, “we lost” and offers him a drink, which the philosopher knows is poison because he failed. The question is, what did the other philosopher say?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
1easyAlive without breath, As cold as death, Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
8challengingI am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?Show AnswerShare
17easyOn stormy sea, Between the eyes, Or under singing strings it lies. A workaround, ends where it starts, And spans the higher, drier parts.Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
12challengingI never was and am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all who live and breathe. What am I?Show AnswerShare
3easyNo matter where you are, I am there with you right now. Some people love me, some people hate me, and if you see me once, you’ll never see me again. What am I?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
15normalI have seas with no water, coasts with no sand, towns with no people, and mountains with no land. What am I?Show AnswerShare
