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The oldest question for which there is credible documentation is:

Why do planets show retrograde motion in one part of their orbits?

The question was answered in cumulative succession by: Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johann Kepler, and ultimately Sir Isaac newton.

Another question that has great antiquity is found in the Book of Job (oldest book in The Bible):

Why do bad things happen to good people?

The oldest riddle was found in the excavated ruins of the library at Nineveh:

What has eight legs, two arms, two wings, and three heads? (a man on horse back with a falcon)

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