Giraffe Riddle Answer: Facebook Message Goes Viral

My friends have been getting into the viral mode with the Giraffe riddle on Facebook. I did not join the fun as the game looks like a scam.

Here is the message:

I have had to change my profile to a giraffe. I tried to answer a riddle and got it wrong . Try the great giraffe challenge! The deal is I give you a riddle. You get it right you get to keep your profile pic. You get it wrong and you change your profile pic to a Giraffe for the next 3 days. MESSAGE ME ONLY SO YOU DONT GIVE OUT THE ANSWER. Here is the riddle: 3:00 am, the doorbell rings and you wake up. Unexpected visitors, It’s your parents and they are there for breakfast. You have strawberry jam, honey, wine, bread and cheese. What is the first thing you open? Remember… message me only. If you get it right I’ll post your name here. If you get it wrong change your profile picture.

A little searching online will point to sites that labelled the Giraffe riddle message as a scam. One site says “The game was designed by hackers to gain unauthorized entry to users’ accounts by using images of giraffes with virus embedded on them. When you do it, Facebook automatically gives the hackers your user mail and password, malicious code embedded in the JPEG image giraffes.”

However, according to the Chicago Tribune, it is not a scam. There is no malicious link involved. It is just one of the fun things to do on Facebook with your friends. Will you answer the riddle?

Spoiler: Don’t read below if you don’t want to know the answer of the giraffe riddle.

So what do you open first if it’s 3 a.m. and you have strawberry jam, honey, wine, bread and cheese?

The answer is “your eyes”. You open your eyes first before you try to answer the door.

Update: Reports of the giraffe riddle being a hacking hoax are false.