Riddle

If John has 60 chocolates and he eats two-thirds of them, what does he have now?

Choose an answer

A.20 chocolates left
B.40 chocolates eaten
C.A stomachache
D.John has diabetes! The question was, "What does he have now?", NOT, "How many chocolates does he have now?".
Hint: It's a 19-word phrase with 79 letters, starting with "J".

Answer

John has diabetes! The question was, "What does he have now?", NOT, "How many chocolates does he have now?".

Why this is the answer

The riddle is a trick question: it asks what John 'has' rather than how many chocolates remain, so the real answer is a health consequence like diabetes.

This riddle is filed under Dirty, Family Riddles and rated Medium.