A treasure map hides the path to gold, but it also leads to an empty chest. If you follow the route it suggests, yet end up with nothing, what kind of map is it?
Category: Brain · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Think about the purpose of misdirection.
Answer
A misleading map
Explanation
The riddle describes a map designed to mislead, hence a 'decoy map' is the correct answer.
This is a expert brain riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is A misleading map.
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