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[debbila]

I don't know what your helping hint means so it doesn't help.
Maybe something short and to the point?

Also it has to be something commonly known about the 3 things.

 

[bobkater]

It is historically known, characterizing all four (especially Genghis Khan), and should certainly ought to be known to members of this board (hence the "closer home' clue). I am surprised if it isn't, I expected it to be an easy riddle here. If necessary, a little googling.

Any more help would involve giving the answer, which I will, if not found soon.

 

[bobkater]

After allowing reasonable time, I give the answer. But you all disappoint me, I expected it to be easy for members of TCS.

Firstly, I got the 3 names from the thread
https://thecatsite.com/threads/sugg...ssing-their-distaste-for-cats-or-dogs.452155/

So, here is the answer:
All three (four, with the additional clue) were, of course, (infamous) military and political leaders or dictators, responsible for large scale wars. This similarity is obvious and unworthy of a riddle.

However, they were also infamous CAT HATERS (not surprisingly).

In particular, Genghis Khan, possibly the blood thirstiest butcher ever, who wiped out about 40M people, when besieging a Chinese city, is said to have demanded 1000 cats and 1000 pigeons, as ransom for going away.
Then, he set the animals on fire and released them to start fires in the city, and while its defenders were busy putting them out, he scaled the walls.

 

[debbila]

Nobody guessed it so you take another turn bobkater .

 

[Mia6]

Nobody guessed it so you take another turn bobkater .

i thought you guessed it?

 

[debbila]

Mia6 No, see bobkater 's last post.

 

[bobkater]

Well, debbila at least had a go and got the easy part of the answer.

So, here's another easy one, also involving a cat:
Jaguar
Caiman
Anaconda

 

[Boris Diamond]

South America?

 

[bobkater]

South America?

Excellent!
They are the three predators at the top of the food chain in the Amazon Forest in South America. So, the common point is their common habitat, and the following answers would have been acceptable: Amazon, Amazon Forest, Amazon River and South America.

You can now pose the next riddle.

 

[Boris Diamond]

Bureaus of non-elected officials
Red tape
Impersonal

 

[bobkater]

Bureaucracy?

 

[Boris Diamond]

Bureaucracy is correct!

 

[bobkater]

Ocicat
Savannah
Egyptian Maw

 

[Mia6]

Ocicat
Savannah
Egyptian Maw

breeds of cats who are hypoallergenic?

 

[bobkater]

breeds of cats who are hypoallergenic?

Ocicats are hypoallergenic, but by my Google check, Egyptian Maws aren't (even though short haired).

 

[Mia6]

Ocicat
Savannah
Egyptian Maw

different breeds of cats? they are all hybrids?

 

[bobkater]

Not all of them hybrids, the Egyptian Mau is a domestic cat originating in Ancient Egypt.

 

[debbila]

They are exotic?

 

[bobkater]

According to Collin’s dictionary,
“Something that is exotic is unusual and interesting, usually because it comes from or is related to a distant country.”

Now, the Egyptian Mau is a domestic cat since the ancient times, but it does have exotic good looks. So, it looks like a borderline case, or even correct, and I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt. The answer counts as correct.

Actually, the word I was looking for was "spotted", which all three are, whether exotic or not. Note also that some exotics have stripes instead of spots, but what matters is what these 3 have in common.

 

[debbila]

Black
Marathon
Speedway