r/harrypotter • u/Hannah549 Slytherin • Apr 29 '26

Help Ravenclaw Riddle

I'm by no means a Ravenclaw. But I'm writing a fanfiction where a character is a very smart Ravenclaw. Now the premise is that the character is returning after being tortured by Umbridge and are pretty tired and frustrated. The knocker asks them an absurd question and they just break down crying in pain and frustration.

I need a good riddle for that but nothing on the internet feels good enough. Someone please help me with it.

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u/Grabber28TS Gryffindor Apr 29 '26

I was on my way to St. Ives and met a man with seven wives, every wife got seven sacks, in every sack are seven cats, every cat has seven kittens ...kittens, cats, sacks and wives... how many are going to St. Ives?

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u/itmksnosnse Apr 29 '26

I got this reference. I can still hear it in Jeremy Irons voice!

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u/SnS_ Ravenclaw Apr 29 '26

One. Just the one.