riddles: 10 points.....?

Question

10 points to whoever can answer all of these correctly. good luck. you'll need it. And no looking up the answer.


1. Mom and Dad have four daughters, each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?



2. What has a mouth but can't chew?



3. What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?



4.If your sock drawer has 6 black socks, 4 brown socks, 8 white socks, and 2 tan socks, how many socks would you have to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair?




5.What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.




6.Continue the series: o t t f f s s _ _ _

i said No cheating.

Answer 1

#1- "7" because if each sister has "one brother," there is only one boy. If there was one boy for each girl, the family would have 10 people in it (mom, dad, 4 sisters and 4 brothers), but then each sister would have 4 brothers, not one.

#2- a river

#3- q / queue

#4- With riddles like this, the fastest way to an answer is usually to find the "key element." Mentioning the numbers of socks of each color is meant to mislead you. In reality, the key element is the total number of different colors. Imagine trying to get a matching pair out of a hundred different colors, and you'll understand this. There are four colors in this case, so taking out five socks guarantees that two will match. Look for the key element. the answer is "5"

#5- Startling, Starting, Staring, String, Sting, Sing, Sin, In, I

#6- e n t (first letters in numbers 1-10)

Answer 2

1. 7 people (mom, dad, 4 daughters, 1 brother.)
2. ?
3. ?
4. all of them or 5 socks!!
5. Startling, Starting, Staring, String, Sting, Sing, Sin, In, I
6. e, n, t

Answer 3

1. five 2. a river 4. 5 6. e n t

Answer 4

1. Seven
2. River
3. Queue
4. Five
5.?
6. e (8)

Answer 5

1. 7
2. river
3. Queue
4. 2
5. Startling
6. ent

Answer 6

1. 7
2. river
3. queue
4. 5
5. startling
6. e, n, t

Answer 7

seven
river
queue
five
startling starting staring string sting sing sin in i
ent

Answer 8

1. 7 family members: 4 sisters, 1 brother, 1 mom and 1 dad

2. the mouth of a jar

3. Queue

4. two, as long as you put them away in matching pairs during daylight

5. Startling, starting, staring, string, sing, sin, in, i

6. OTTFFSSENTETTFFSSENTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....

Answer 9

OMG these are all sooo easy!!

7

river

queue(q)

7

startling(starting, staring, string. sting, sing, sin, in, i)

e,n,t (eight, nine, ten)