1) You can take away the whole and still have some left. You can take away some and still have the whole left. What is it? (SOLVED)
2) A man is six feet tall, is a clerk at a butcher shop, and wears size 11 shoes. What does he weigh? (SOLVED)
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3) What is the lowest trio of three consecutive odd composite numbers you can find?
(In other words, what three odd numbers in a row are not prime? For example, 3, 5, and 7 fits most of the requirements, except none of them are composite. All three numbers have to be composite.) (SOLVED)
4) Here’s something weird: According to high school essay standards, what is wrong (and will cause you to be marked off) with the following sentence?
He didn’t like the red cat.
5) What is the longest common word you can find that only uses one vowel? (The BEST answer is NOT strengths!)
6) What is the shortest word you can find that uses all of the vowels in alphabetical order (a, e, i, o, u)? (SOLVED)
7) In a mystical realm, only two rules are followed. The two rules are as follows: Angry and hungry both end in -gry. What is the third word that ends in -gry! (SOLVED)
Hint: Everybody uses the third word.
8) (Note: This is not a riddle.) What two words end in -shion? (SOLVED)
9) What single syllable word can be changed into three syllables by adding only one letter? (SOLVED)