Riddle

How many times does the long hand of the clock pass the short hand between midnight one day and midnight the following day? As both hands are together at the starting time of midnight this does not count as a pass.

Choose an answer

A.22
B.24
C.20
D.21
Hint: It's a word with 0 letters, starting with "2".

Answer

21

Why this is the answer

The hands overlap roughly every 65 minutes rather than exactly every hour, giving fewer than 24 passes.

This riddle is filed under Time, Money, Music Riddles and rated Hard.