# Riddle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle/449271>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 14, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle/449271 "2008-05-14T12:59:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle/449271/1 "2008-05-14T12:59:39Z")

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(In truth I simply forgot who it was. It is an old riddle.)

“I am one of six to eight.”

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle/449271/2 "2008-05-14T13:23:21Z")

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I am going to guess one of the wives of Henry the Eighth, who married six times. Anne Boleyn was the first to come to mind, but without more information, I don’t know that we can rule out the others.

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**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle/449271/3 "2008-05-14T13:38:40Z")

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Catherine of Aragon was his first wife, so I’m guessing it’s her.

Catherine/Katherine? I’m not sure.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle/449271/4 "2008-05-14T14:13:03Z")

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Exactly, I simply forgot her name. Catherine of Aragon it is.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle/449271/5 "2008-05-14T14:28:34Z")

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Nice. I hadn’t considered the aspect of _1 of_ implying _the first of_ - to help give us a definitive answer.

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**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle/449271/6 "2008-05-14T14:33:34Z")

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We’re like poster children for teamwork, we are.