What Question

[gness]

can never be answered with...."No"

[Peaspeculiars]

Can you hear me?

[jim360]

Is the answer to this question "No"?

[jim360]

Can you hear me?

[anneasquith]

no.

[Frank97]

You could be lip reading!

[knittynora]

What does Y-E-S spell?

[Peaspeculiars]

only twigged when you said 'it's close to my heart' gness :-)

[gness]

It's actually....Can you hear......MrG often answered No to Can you hear me......☺

[Psybbo]

Are you still alive?

[gness]

I am, Psyb....even after this awful riddle....☺

[anneasquith]

well at least mr, G wasn't a ' yes ' man .

[Gizmonster]

I agree with Frank97 - "Can you hear me", is not a viable answer, as you could be reading their lips .... so. you can answer that question with, "no".

[grasscarp]

Are you conscious?

[gness]

If you are deaf and lip reading...you may know what's been said...but how can you be hearing?....☺

[Gizmonster]

I think, "are you alive"

or ....

"are you awake", are better options :)

[gness]

I'll mull over.....are you alive....but not....are you awake.....MrG often answered No to that too......☺

[Gizmonster]

The person lip reading need not necessarily be deaf, but could still have the ability to read lips.
The person asking the question, "can you hear me", could be asking someone in a noisy environment. The person to whom the question is directed, may not have heard the question, due to the high noise levels, but could have read their lips, in which case they can answer the question with, "no".
Sorry, I don't care what the book says .... but it just doesn't work >.

[weecalf]

what is the opposite of no ?

[grasscarp]

On Saturday I got to my daughters with my 5 year old grandson. They were not at home. He opened the letterbox and called "are you at home? Say yes if you are and no if you're not". ....

[gness]

Two people.....neither was Giz...were in a locked, soundproof, pitch dark and otherwise empty room......what question asked by Ed could John, who was blind, never answer with "No".