When you were going to saint ives you met a man with 7 wives each wife had seven bags each bag had seven cats each cat had seven kittens how many were going to saint ives?

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This is a mix of two riddles. One approach is that you were going to St Ives and met this group maybe coming from there or going elsewhere so there was only one going to St Ives.

the other version has the question of how many legs are on / in a bus carrying 7 adults each having 7 bags each having 7 cats each having 7 kittens to which the answer is 10990

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well, the answer above may be right. but this riddle was in a book that i read, and i remember that the answer is 1.

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The answer is 1. You met them on the way to the bus but got on the bus alone. The bus and cats answer has always been 0. A bus does not have legs it has wheels.

The clue is in the category 'Brainteaser'. A statement designed to give the run-around, concealing a simple answer.

 

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