Emma and Tom have four daughters. Each of their daughters has one brother. How many children do Emma and Tom have altogether?
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Answer: 5
The total number of children Emma and Tom have is five. They have four daughters, and each of these daughters shares one brother. Since all four daughters have the same one brother, that means there is only one son in the family, not four.
So, adding up the children:
4 daughters + 1 son = 5 children in total.
How do you spell “cow” in 13 letters?
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Answer: See O Double You
The answer “See O Double You” comes from spelling out the letters of the word COW using words instead of writing the letters themselves.
- “See” represents the letter C
- “O” is just the letter O
- “Double You” stands for the letter W
When you put it all together, “See O Double You” sounds exactly like C-O-W (COW) but is written out as words, making it 13 letters long. This riddle plays on the difference between spelling a word traditionally and phonetically describing each letter.
The lone ranger rode into town on Friday. He stayed for five days and left that Friday. How could this be?
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Answer: The Lone ranger has a horse named Friday
The trick to this riddle lies in the name Friday. It makes you think it’s referring to a day of the week, but in reality, Friday is the name of the Lone Ranger’s horse. He rode into town on his horse, Friday, stayed for five days, and then rode out on the same horse—so the statement remains true without any contradictions!
You have a barrel filled with water. What can you put inside it to make it weigh less?
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Answer: A hole
When you add a hole to the barrel, water will start to leak out. As the water drains, the barrel becomes lighter. This riddle plays on the idea that “adding” something (a hole) actually results in removing weight rather than increasing it.
What five-letter English word can be pronounced the same even with four of its letters removed?
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The answer is queue.
When you remove the last four letters (“ueue”), you are left with just “q,” which is still pronounced the same as the full word “queue.”