RIDDLE: Name Game
Submitted by: Ezra W.
There is a woman in a boat. On a lake wearing a coat. If you want to know her name, it’s in the riddle I just wrote. What is the woman’s name.
Last Month’s Riddle: The Missing Dollar
Three friends check into a hotel room that costs $30. They each contribute $10. Later, the hotel manager realizes there was a mistake -the room should have only cost $25. The manager gives $5 to the bellboy and asks him to return it to the guests. The bellboy, however, decides to keep $2 for himself and gives $1 back to each guest. Now, each guest has paid $9 (totaling $27) and the bellboy has $2, making a total of $29. What happened to the missing dollar?
Solution: The answer lies in how the problem is framed. The guests didn’t pay $27; they paid $25 for the room and $2 to the bellboy. There is no missing dollar – it’s just a matter of how the numbers are presented.
Solved by: Greg Kaplan, The Blum Family, The Shmulster, Big Mike, Jacob Cohen, Lisa G., and Marc Tawil.
JUNIOR RIDDLE: Shared Ownership
Submitted by: Barbra H.
What belongs to you, but everyone else uses more than you?
Last Month’s Junior Riddle: Common Cents
In my hand, I have two coins that are newly minted. Together, they total 30 cents. One isn’t a nickel. What are the coins?
Solution: A quarter and a nickel!
Solved by: Emanuel Katnov, Orly Mamrout, Family Blum, Jacob Cohen, Hindy W., Big Mike, Alan Dwek, and Raphael Katnov.