A riddle designed for children has left adults scratching their heads as they try to work out the closest time to midnight out of four options - but can you get it right?

This riddle might seem simple at first, but it's proved it's not as easy as you'd think. This kids' homework question has stumped adults as they try to work out the closest time to midnight ...

Going by that logic, the answer should be A, they said, since 11.55am is 12 hours and 5 minutes to midnight. 12.03am would be 23 hours and 57 minutes to midnight, and thus the furthest.

Large marine predators including great white sharks regularly spend time in the ocean's twilight and midnight zones, far beneath the depths at which they feed, in a discovery that has mystified ...