Multiple choice general knowledge

A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son! " How can this be?

  1. The surgeon was step father

  2. The surgeon was step mother

  3. The surgeon was Mother

  4. The child looks similar as surgeon's child
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The surgeon is the boy's mother. This riddle challenges gender assumptions - the prompt refers to 'father' dying, leading many to assume the surgeon must be male, but mothers can be surgeons too.

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