# Is there a word for this type of brainteaser?

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**Created:** [January 21, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-this-type-of-brainteaser/996426 "2024-01-21T04:27:03Z")
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### Author: ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-for-this-type-of-brainteaser/996426/16 "2024-01-21T23:39:08Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Not really the same kind of puzzle, I don’t think, but it has in common that it misleads people with irrelevant numbers and irrelevant calculations

I once tried combining a word problem and a pun with ChatGPT:

> [@Can we have fun with AI chat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-fun-with-ai-chat/994386/20):
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> Q: A man and his son live 500 miles apart. The man starts driving East to meet his son at 60 miles per hour. At the same time the son starts driving West to meet his father at 80 miles per hour. At the meeting point their cars collide and the father is killed. The son is rushed to the hospital, but the surgeon says “I can’t operate on him, that’s my son!” At the time of the collision, how far had each traveled, and who was the surgeon? A: The answer to the riddle is that the surgeon is his mo…

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