# Anyone want to try to solve this riddle?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-try-to-solve-this-riddle/601335>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 31, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-try-to-solve-this-riddle/601335 "2011-10-31T00:08:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-try-to-solve-this-riddle/601335/41 "2011-11-03T23:31:48Z")

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> [@copperwindow](#):
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> This is wrong, only some of the statements on this thread are wrong.

Well, all of _my_ statements in this thread are wrong!

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**Author:** ![copperwindow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-try-to-solve-this-riddle/601335/42 "2011-11-03T23:56:39Z")

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> [@Alan\_Smithee](#):
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> Well, all of _my_ statements in this thread are wrong!

You are wrong again. Only some of your statements in this thread are wrong (including this one. No paradox here, sorry).

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-try-to-solve-this-riddle/601335/43 "2011-12-11T04:42:06Z")

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I saw this on Reddit. [Here it the picture of the question](http://i.imgur.com/35px6.jpg).

If you do not want to look at the picture the question is:

\*If you choose an answer to this question at random, what is the chance you will be correct?

A) 25%  
B) 50%  
C) 60%  
D) 25%  
\*

Now, a 1:4 chance would be 25%. Except there are two answers that are 25% so therefore your chances are 50%.

But there is only one 50% answer on the test so your chances are 25% again.

I cannot decide if there is a correct answer or not. I am guessing there is not one to be had as it is phrased here but figured I’d check with the people with all the answers.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-try-to-solve-this-riddle/601335/44 "2011-12-11T04:47:28Z")

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There isn’t. There was a recent [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629683) on this question that you might be interested in.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-try-to-solve-this-riddle/601335/45 "2011-12-11T15:53:21Z")

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> [@ultrafilter](#):
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> There isn’t. There was a recent [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629683) on this question that you might be interested in.

Given that there was another thread so recently, I have merged the new one with the older one.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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