Lateral Thinking · Ages 10–12
Riddle #106
"I was born in 1955 and I died in 1935, at the age of 25." How can that sentence be true?
You solved this one before
Open-ended riddle: think it through, then reveal the answer.
Answer: 1955 and 1935 are hospital room numbers, not years — he was born in Room 1955 and, many years later, died in Room 1935, at age 25.
Nothing says those four-digit numbers have to be dates.