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What came first into the world, the egg or the chicken? What did Birbal say?

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One fine day, an intellectual man came to the Abkar's court with the aim of testing Birbal's wittiness. In order to do this, he challenged Birbal to answer his question and hence prove that he was as intelligent and witty as he was said to be.

He asked Birbal, Do you want me to ask one difficult question or a hundred easy ones?
Since both Akbar and Birbal had had a tough day and were eager to leave, Birbal hastily told the intellectual to ask him a single difficult question.

Intellectual: OK. Tell me what came first into the world, the egg or the chicken?
Of course, the chicken, Birbal replied with a smile.
This time with a note of victory in his voice, the intellectual asked Birbal, How will you demonstrate that?
What did Birbal say?

posted Feb 19, 2016 by anonymous

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2 Answers

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Birbal said "You can ask only one question as per agreement" and he moved on

answer Feb 19, 2016 by Salil Agrawal
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Birbal said,"you are not allowed to ask another question as you agreed to ask only one difficult question".

answer Feb 21, 2016 by Aavishkar Kumar



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