Abstract

A stumper is a riddle whose solution is typically so elusive that it does not come to mind, at least initially – leaving the responder stumped. Stumpers work by eliciting a (typically visual) representation of the narrative, in which the solution is not to be found. In order to solve the stumper, the blocking representation must be changed, which does not happen to most respondents. I have collected all the riddles I know at this time that qualify, in my opinion, as stumpers. I have composed a few, and tested many. Whenever rates of correct solutions were available, they are included, giving a rough proxy for difficulty.

摘要

一个 stumper 是一个谜语，它的解决方案通常是如此难以捉摸，以至于它不会出现在脑海中，至少在最初 - 让响应者难倒。Stumps 通过引出叙述的（通常是视觉的）表示来工作，在这种表示中找不到解决方案。为了解决 stumper，必须更改阻塞表示，这在大多数受访者中不会发生。我已经收集了我目前所知道的所有谜语，在我看来，这些谜语符合 stumpers。我写了一些，并测试了很多。只要有正确解决方案的比率可用，它们就会被包括在内，从而粗略地代表难度。