- Difficult question - Puzzling question - Riddle - Word riddle - A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic
resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which
the answer is or involves a pun. - A question to which only a conjectural answer can be
made.
- The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by
particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or
decree. - The official written answer of the pope upon a
question of canon law, or morals. - A counterpart.