MediumLateral
"If a ship captain has 15 fish and the sea is full of sharks, how many fish does he have?"
Answer
15 — the fish are already on the ship
Explanation
The riddle implies the sharks will eat the fish, but the fish are on the ship — not in the sea. The captain still has all 15. A classic misdirection riddle.
This is a medium riddle in the Lateral Thinking category — Riddles that require thinking completely outside the box.
Tags:laterallogic
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