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Question: Is there actually an answer for the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"

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Chosen answer: There is no real answer. It is intended to be left unknown. See http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_266.html for The Straight Dope's answer.

Guy

Answer: At the time the movie was being made there wasn't one but today, the riddle officially has an answer. "Because Poe wrote on both of them."

Continuity mistake: The Walrus has rips on two of the fingers of his gloves he wears, but when he picks up the cigar from the beach, there are no rips on his gloves.

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Other mistake: After listening to the flowers sing, Alice is standing and talking to them. Although Alice is moving her head and arms around, her shadow stays still.

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Alice grows really huge in the forest, the mushroom pieces should be very very small in comparison to her, yet they are quite big. Because when we later see Alice lick the mushroom and become her normal height, the mushroom pieces are small. (00:36:30)

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Continuity mistake: When the Walrus talks to the oysters underwater, the number and position of oysters changes throughout the scene. (00:16:20 - 00:17:30)

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Continuity mistake: When the Queen of Hearts spots the tree of roses dripping with red paint, on the floor by the tree is a can of paint. The can disappears when the Queen rips the tree out of the ground. (00:58:20)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: After the Mad Hatter has finished filling the pocket watch with food, the watch starts flipping about and going mad and as it spins and flips, you can see the face of the watch has disappeared. (00:47:15)

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Alice in Wonderland mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Alice shrinks after being huge in the forest, you can see both pieces of mushroom in her hands, untouched, although she has taken a bite out of both pieces. (00:36:40)

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Alice in Wonderland mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Alice returns to the caterpillar and he says "keep your temper" he is coloured opposite to how he normally looks, with a dark blue front and light blue back. (00:34:15)

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Continuity mistake: The Walrus leads 12 oysters to the 'restaurant', yet after he eats them all, there are over 20 oyster shells. (00:17:40 - 00:19:15)

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Continuity mistake: When the Walrus is talking to the oysters, the mother oyster turns to look at her calendar. In a wide shot the calendar has five rows of days, yet in the closeup there are six rows. (00:16:40)

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Continuity mistake: When Alice is up in the tree she is making a daisy-chain and her lap is empty. In a closeup though, daisies appear on her lap. (00:02:20)

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