Doctor and Boy Fishing

A doctor and a boy were fishing. The boy was the doctor’s son, but the doctor was not the boy’s father. Who was the doctor?




Similar Riddles

What is the relationship between these matchstick pictures below?

Matchsticks Relationship Riddle

Asked by Neha on 09 Jun 2026


If Japan and Panama decided to merge into a single country, probably people will name it Japanama.

Can you think of two more such country's unions that could produce similar names like Japanama by overlapping their three letters?

Asked by Neha on 08 Sep 2024

A man lives on the fifteenth floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator, or if it was raining that day, he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up five flights of stairs to his apartment. Can you explain why he does this?

Asked by Neha on 09 Apr 2024


We have four gears with below features=> Both Gear A and D has 60 teeth=> Gear B has 40 teeth=> Gear C has 20 teeth=> Every two minutes, Gear B makes 25 full turns.What is the relative speed of Gear A and Gear B?

Gear Rotation Riddle

Asked by Neha on 21 Aug 2021

John gave half of the apples he had plus one more to Jacob. He gave half of the remaining ones plus one more to James. Now, John was left with just one apple.

Can you find out how many did he have in the beginning?

Asked by Neha on 13 Nov 2024

How can you drop a raw egg from a height onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

Asked by Neha on 27 Jan 2021


What does this simple rebus mean?

What does this mean

Asked by Neha on 18 Jun 2023

Why is the longest human nose just 11 inches?

Asked by Neha on 17 Aug 2021

What brings you down but never up?

Asked by Neha on 22 Oct 2021


If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch a mouse?

Asked by Neha on 22 Mar 2022

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Gambling

In Canada, a mathematical puzzle must be solved in order to win the lottery to classify it as a “game of skill” not gambling.