RIDDLE: Sounds Familiar
Submitted by: Max E.
What English word is pronounced the same even after you remove four of its five letters
Previous Month’s Riddle: Tennis, Anyone?
Susan and Lisa decided to play tennis against each other. They bet $1 on each game they played. Susan won three bets and Lisa won $5. How many games did they play?
Solution: Eleven! Susan won 3 games, so Lisa lost $3. To get back to even, Lisa needed to win 3 games. She then won 5 more games to finish $5 ahead. Therefore, Lisa won 8 games and Susan won 3, for a total of 11 games.
Solved by: Morris Kabani, Lawrence Dwek, Daniel Esses, The Big Cheese, Marie Beda, The Shmulster, Michael Fallas, Evelyn G., Big Mike, and The Blum Family.
JUNIOR RIDDLE: A Numbers Game
Submitted by: Jeanne T.
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Previous Month’s Junior Riddle: Letter Mix
Rearrange the following letters to make one word: NOR DO WE
Solution: ONE WORD
Solved by: Norman H., Big Mike, Daniel Esses, Lisa Cohen, The Big Cheese, Jack Betesh, Michael Fallas, The Kohen Family, Marie Beda, Family Blum, and Ezra Z.