What are the three lies that the people told the king?
1. One is, "Yesterday, I killed a big lion with my kick." Another is, "I have a talking dog." The other is, "You promised me a bag of gold."
2. They are "Yesterday, I killed a big lion with my kick," "I have a talking dog," and "You promised me a bag of gold."
3. They told lies to the king,
"Yesterday, I killed a big lion with my kick," " I have a talking dog," and "You promised me a bag of gold."
4. They said to the king, "Yesterday, I killed a big lion with my kick,"
"I have a talking dog," and "You promised me a bag of gold."
5. "Yesterday, I killed a big lion with my kick," " I have a talking dog," and "You promised me a bag of gold."
[Would you check the answers? Which ones can we use as answers to the question? Thank you.]
They're all okay as you word them. You do need a colon in #2: "They are:..." You are inviting the reader to read a list of lies in this sentence.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/colon.htm
The three lies that the people told the king are:
1. "Yesterday, I killed a big lion with my kick."
2. "I have a talking dog."
3. "You promised me a bag of gold."
To get the answer, you can either refer to the original statement or consolidate the information from multiple statements. In this case, you can see that all the given responses mention the same three lies, so it can be concluded that these are the three lies that the people told the king.