Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Let's do it again!

reply to Fretful Porpentine:

Does “the Queen of England” mean the current queen, Elizabeth II? Yes

Does it mean all queens of England (i.e., none of them have this thing)? No

Does it mean something else (for example: Queen, the band from England)? No

Likewise, does “a horse in England likely has one” mean any random horse in England is likely to have this thing? Or that there is, most likely, at least one specific horse that has it? any random

Are horses in other countries also likely to have it? No

Is the fact that King Tut died young relevant? No Might he have acquired this thing if he had lived to be older? No

Is it something people or animals generally acquire? Acquire Something they are born with? No

Is it a functional piece of equipment?
Clothing?
A decorative item?
Living?
Bigger than a bread box?

reply to Aspidistra:

Is it a functional piece of equipment? Yes
Clothing? No
A decorative item? No
Living? No
Bigger than a bread box? No

addenda to the reply to Fretful_Porpentine:

Does it mean all queens of England (i.e., none of them have this thing)? While I was referring specifically to the current Queen of England when I composed the riddle, I am pretty sure a randomly chosen previous Queen of England would not have one.

Does it mean something else (for example: Queen, the band from England)? FWIW I am pretty sure any randomly selected member of the band Queen has one.

Are horses in other countries also likely to have it? Some horses outside of England may have it.

is it a body part (which would include hair and nails and anything else that grows from the body)?
Is it something that, once acquired, stays with the person/animal forever or can it be stored?
Is it something people choose to acquire?
Something that is generally given by another person/animal?
Something that just sort of happens?
If I wanted one, could I have one?
Would it cost me money?
Could I buy someone else’s off them?

reply to SurrenderDorothy:

is it a body part (which would include hair and nails and anything else that grows from the body)? No
Is it something that, once acquired, stays with the person/animal forever or can it be stored? Stored
Is it something people choose to acquire? Yes
Something that is generally given by another person/animal? Yes
Something that just sort of happens? No
If I wanted one, could I have one? Almost assuredly
Would it cost me money? Some
Could I buy someone else’s off them?
Yes

Random horsy lore is coming back to me …

Is it a tattoo?

ETA: no, this doesn’t fit with some of Dorothy’s answers … leaving it up anyway 'cos why not :wink:

No to tattoo

To reiterate…

Is it something that people would expect (if they own one) to use multiple times a year? Multiple times a week? Just once in their life?

Is there something specific about people or animals who have one of these, that makes it more likely for them to have one?

teply to Aspidistra:

Is it something that people would expect (if they own one) to use multiple times a year? Multiple times a week? Just once in their life? Could be any of these

Is there something specific about people or animals who have one of these, that makes it more likely for them to have one?
No. I mean the horse in England is more likely to have one than a USA horse. But the people and animals are varied.

Is it made of paper?

You know what - I’m just going to flat out ask what I’m thinking about. Is it a passport?

Also, I have something for the next puzzle…

You got it Aspidistra

Ramses got a passport in 1974. The Queen of England does not need one. Falcons get passports in some areas of the mid east. Horses are required to have them in England. Sorry not to have time to post links but they are all easy to find.

Wheee!

OK, here’s another. Not really sure how easy or hard this one will be.

When Anthony’s dad died, it nearly wrecked his career permanently. Why?

Is Anthony really Eric Trump?

I feel you have some future wishful thinking going on here…

(no)

Is Anthony a real person?
A specific fictional person?
Employed by his father?

The person whose career was nearly wrecked was:

  • Anthony ?
  • the father ?
  • someone else ?

Zyada:

Is Anthony a real person? YES
A specific fictional person? NO
Employed by his father? NO

Peter_Morris:

The person whose career was nearly wrecked was:

  • Anthony ? YES
  • the father ? NO
  • someone else ? NO