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'''Conundrum''' may refer to:

* A riddle, whose answer is or involves a pun or unexpected twist, in particular ** Riddle joke, a riddle that constitutes a set-up to the humorous punch line of a joke * A logical postulation that evades resolution, an intricate and difficult problem.

== Literature == * ''Conundrum'' (Lyons novel), a 1994 ''Doctor Who'' novel by Steve Lyons * ''Conundrum'' (Dragonlance novel), a 2001 Dragonlance fantasy novel by Jeff Crook * ''Conundrum'', a memoir written by Jan Morris * Conundrum Press (disambiguation), two book publishing companies in North America * ''Conundrum'', a supervillain who appeared in the ''Spider-Man'' comic books

== Other fields == * "Conundrum" (song), an instrumental song by Jethro Tull on their album ''Bursting Out'' * "Conundrum" (''Dallas''), the two-hour series finale of primetime soap opera ''Dallas'' * "Conundrum" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), a 1992 fifth-season episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' * The Conundrum, a mountain unicycle made by Surly Bikes * Conundrum, an NSA code word for Chrononaut Frank B. Parker in the television series ''Seven Days'' * HMS Conundrum, the unofficial name of floating drums used to lay undersea oil pipelines between England and France during World War II

==See also== * Hidden faces, the perception or recognition of faces in something essentially different * Mechanical puzzle, a puzzle presented as a set of mechanically interlinked pieces ** Disentanglement puzzle, a type of mechanical puzzle that involves disentangling one piece or set of pieces

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