Answer of Riddle ‘Someone’s Mother Has 4 Sons’ Explained

The catch in this riddle is that the second sentence is not a question. It doesn’t ask ‘What is the name of the fourth son’ because it doesn’t have a question mark. Instead, the sentence is a statement and confirms that ‘What’ the name of the fourth son is. Unsurprisingly, a lot of people have had strong debates about this particular riddle. Some of them thought that the fourth child’s name is ‘Someone’, while others said it’s ‘West’ since the other children are called ‘North, South, and East. Since someone’s mother has four sons, North, West, and South, the name of the fourth son is someone. The correct answer is ‘someone’. The question is a common riddle based on the mathematical topic called ‘sequences’. Thus, it calls that one neglects the use of logic as English requires.

Someone’s mother has four sons; three are named North, East, and West. What’s the name of the fourth son?

Read the question carefully “Can u guess the name of the fourth son?” The answer seeker is looking for a YES or NO, not the name of the fourth son. Don’t let these questions fool you, you are smarter than this.

The very first line states, “Someone’s mother has… ” and so on. From this, one can ascertain that the name of the fourth child is “someone”.

However, if one looks at the names of the other children (North, East, West), it seems very likely that the name of the fourth child is “South”, which is in keeping with the pattern (the cardinal directions).

And finally, the way the question is phrased, it seems that no matter what the name of the fourth son is, the answer to the question can only be ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

Since someone’s mother has four sons, North, West, and South, the name of the fourth son is someone. The correct answer is ‘someone‘. The question is a common riddle based on the mathematical topic called ‘sequences’.

Someone’s mother has four sons

You might remember the last “viral” riddle that circulated on Facebook, Your Parents are at the Door. If you got the answer wrong, you had to post an embarrassing photo of yourself, and then post the riddle yourself. Well, now we have a new one flying around. It’s not particularly new, the riddle has been around for quite some time and has a few variations of the wording.

Here is the most common phrasing of the riddle that I found being shared.

Someone’s mother has four sons. North, South, and East. What is the name of the fourth son? Private message me the name of the fourth son. If you lose, you have to repost.

The obvious answer would be the name of the fourth son is West. Right? Well, you would be incredibly wrong and suffering the social media consequences. Another popular answer is that the name of the poor forgotten son is actually named, Someone. Although a solid guess, it is still incorrect.

Let’s take a peek at that punctuation in the riddle itself. Yes, for once, we can go on decent punctuation in the social media world. The line we need to focus on is,

What is the name of the fourth son?

Notice that the line does not contain a question mark? That line is a statement, and also the answer to our little social media riddle. It actually states the name of the fourth son, and therefore contains the answer. I know I spoiled it for you, but I just want to make the world a better place and have what my father calls a “teaching moment”. Go forth and conquer your riddles, and let us all know if you have a better answer!

Additionally, I’m not sure whether this is a mistake or not, but in the middle sentence (What is the name of the last son.) a full stop is used instead of a question mark. This would mean that the son’s name is ‘What’, unlikely as it seems.

Therefore the answer is: Yes, I can guess the name of the fourth son, and the most likely names are either Someone South or What.

Someone is the right answer. Some of you are saying that what can also be the answer. But what I think is the way the question is framed in the first sentence itself makes it obvious.

Explanation:

1. In the description of the question, it is written as someone’s mom means the name of a person.
2. Someone is a person whose mother has a total of 4 sons.
3. The names of three sons out of four sons are already disclosed in the question that is South, West, and North.
4. Generally, people will first think that it should be the name of the fourth direction i.e. East.
5. But it is very important to look into the details which are already available and should always read a question carefully or two to three times to understand what is being asked and what to be answered.
6. It is mentioned in the question itself that the name of the fourth son is Someone.

Let’s replace someone with any random name say, Donald. Now the question would be Donald’s mother has four sons North, east, and west. ( Now the fourth son obviously is Donald.)

This first sentence rules out the possibility of having the fourth one as What despite not being followed by a question mark. Let me know what you people think now :D…

Someone’s mother has four sons, three are named North, East, and West. What’s the name of the fourth son?

Conclusion:

Since someone’s mother has four sons, North, West, and South, the name of the fourth son is someone.

The correct answer is ‘someone’. The question is a common riddle based on the mathematical topic called ‘sequences’. Thus, it calls that one neglects the use of logic as English requires. Since someone’s mother has four sons, North, West, and South, the name of the fourth son is someone. The correct answer is ‘someone’. The question is a common riddle based on the mathematical topic called ‘sequences’. Thus, it calls that one neglects the use of logic as English requires.

There can be 3 answers:-

1. Someone
2. West
3. What

Explanation:

Let’s see the sentence first:-

“Someone’s mother has four sons north-south and east what is the fourth son’s name”

Let’s break bit by bit =>

1. Someone’s mother has four sons => By this sentence, we can see Someone is a kid whose mother has four sons which are north, south, east, and someone.
2. north-south and east =>We know there are four directions north, south, east, and west so, the west can be the name of the fourth son.
3. what is the fourth son’s name =>This sentence says that what is the name of the fourth son? So, the names of all four sons will be north, south, east, and what.

This is just a riddle with three answers. If we see it from a logical purpose then the answer will be west because it follows a sequence.

The word ‘What’ is the name of the fourth son.

Explanation:

• ‘Someone’s mother has four sons. North, South, and East. What is the name of the fourth son.‘ is a brain teaser.

• A brain teaser is a cryptic sentence or phrase or a statement that needs to be solved. It needs an unconventional way of thinking, keen observation and often has more than one answer based on one’s perspective.

• If we see here, the given data says that Someone’s mother has 4 sons, telling North, South, and East as the names of the three of them. And here comes the teaser ‘What is the name of the fourth son.’  

• Generally, as per human psychology, the brain immediately takes one to the question land as soon as the word ‘what’ is displayed. If we observer carefully, the sentence didn’t end with a question mark, making it a statement.

• So, one possibility is the word ‘What’ can be the name of the fourth son. In another case, the word ‘Someone’ can also be the answer.

It’s the riddle everyone wants to know the answer to, but can YOU solve it?

“Someone’s mother has four sons” is how one of the latest viral riddles starts. The answer that seems obvious turns out to be wrong. And the correct answer can elude even the best brains. So, it’s no wonder why the “Someone’s mother” riddle has become so popular on social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp—and why everyone is clamoring to know the answer.

Read on for a detailed explanation of how to arrive at that answer. 

The “Someone’s mother riddle”

The entire riddle goes like this: Someone’s mother has four sons: North, West, and South. What is the name of the fourth son?

If your instinct is to blurt out, “EAST!“ you aren’t alone. This is the mistake most people make because we’re so conditioned to associate the four cardinal directions with each other. And, of course, the riddle is purposely set up to deceive us this way.

But to answer someone’s mother’s riddle correctly, we have to forgo that pattern of thinking. It helps to read the question again, more slowly. Let’s start with the very first word: Someone. Someone could be anyone, really. So, let’s pick someone to stand in for someone. I’ll call him Theodore.

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