Riddles – January 2025

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RIDDLE: What Am I?

Submitted by: Leon G.

I was known to philosophers a thousand years ago.  I have numbers all in a line, and I can tell you if rain will turn to snow. What am I?

Last Month’s Riddle: Unique Number

The number 8,549,176,320 is a unique number. What is so special about it?

Solution: This is the only number that includes all the digits arranged in alphabetical order!

Solved by: Eli Bareket, Yehezkel Alfi,  Ralph Sutton, Jake Shalom, Al Gindi, Sammy Gabbay, Norman Esses, Aaron Vilinsky, Raymond Betesh, Perry Halawani,  Alice Sardar, David Maimon, Jacob Ayal, Richie Ayal, and The Shmulster.

JUNIOR RIDDLE:  Time to Chime

Submitted by: Leslie N.

A clock chimes 5 times in 4 seconds. How many times will it chime in 10 seconds?

Last Month’s Junior Riddle: Escape Plan

A man is trapped in a room with only two possible exits. Through the first door is a room with an enormous magnifying glass causing the blazing hot sun to instantly burn anything that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?

Solution: Leave through the first door at night when the sun is down.

Solved by: Yossi B., Isaac Ayal, Jake Shalom, Big Mike, Sammy Gabbay, Norman Esses, Solly Dahan, Aaron Vilinsky, Raymond Betesh,  Perry Halawani, Mayer Cohen, Chehebar Franco Family, David Maimon, The Big Cheese, and Jacob Ayal.