Riddle of the Day

Daybreak Riddle Archive

You can either send your riddle guess to daybreak@hoinews.com or you can click below.

Don't forget to send your full name, mailing address and e-mail address.

THANKS for playing and THANKS for watching HOI 19 News DAYBREAK!!!

DO NOT MAIL RIDDLE GUESSES TO Gretchen & Mark. Mail them to daybreak@hoinews.com

But, you can e-mail Gretchen at gwirtz@week.com and Mark at mwelp@week.com... if you'd like to chat with them!

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship.

Shot - Tteaming

Answer: ?

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

War - Zoned

Answer: Ward - Zone

Monday, May 20, 2013

Pain - Nil

Answer: Pain-Nail

Friday, May 17, 2013

1989: Which character from the Emmy winner for Best Comedy of the '89-90 season was famous for witty responses when asked how he/she was doing, such as: "It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear"?

Answer: Norm from 'Cheers'

Thursday, May 16, 2013

1986: The last episode of this action show aired in December 1986 after contributing the phrase "I pity the fool" to the vernacular. What show are we talking about?

Answer: The A-Team

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

1984: The cop show classic "Hill Street Blues" won its 4th consecutive Emmy for Best Drama this year. Which character uttered the enduring phrase from the show, "Let's be careful out there"?

Answer: Sgt. Phil Esterhaus

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

1983: Which sitcom, the Emmy winner for Best Comedy of 1983, featured one of the characters saying in every episode: "Hi, I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl"?

Answer: Newhart

Monday, May 13, 2013

1980: The top rated show for this year often ended with one of the series regulars voicing a complaint that began with: "Did you ever wonder..." Which show was it?

Answer: 60 Minutes

Friday, May 10, 2013

You are on your way to visit your grandma, who lives at the end of the valley. It's her birthday, and you want to give her the cakes you've made. Between your house and her house, you have to cross 7 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, insists that you pay a troll toll. Before you cross their bridge, you have to give them half of your cakes that you're carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake. How many cakes do you have to leave home with to make sure you arrive at Grandma's with exactly 2 cakes?

Answer: 2 cakes

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Camp Daybreak's cook, Margaret Johnson, was just about to begin preparing the picnic lunch for all the campers. She already knew she needed to fill 55 bowls of the same size and capacity with the same amount of food. When she was done, she decided to read the guidelines for the picnic, just out of curiousity. The guidelines said: 1. Every camper gets their own bowl of soup. 2. Every two campers will get one bowl of spaghetti to share. 3. Every three campers will get one bowl of salad to share. 4. All campers are required to have their own helping of salad, spaghetti, and soup. After some rapid calculations, Margaret was able to figure out how many campers were going to the picnic. Can you?

Answer: 30 campers

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

An insurance salesman walks up to a house and knocks on the door. A woman answers, and he asks her how many children she has how old they are. She says I will give you a hint. If you multiply the three childrens' ages, you get 36. He says this is not enough information. So she gives him a 2nd hint. If you add up the children's ages, the sum is the number on the house next door. He goes next door and looks at the house number and says this is still not enough information. So she says she'll give him one last hint, which is that her oldest of the 3 plays piano. What are the ages of the 3 kids?

Answer: 2, 2, & 9

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Three brothers who live on a farm agree to buy new seeds. Adam and Ben go and get them while Charlie stays back to protect the fields. Ben bought 75 sacks of wheat in the market whereas Adam bought 45 sacks. At home, they split the sacks equally. Charlie had paid $1,400 for the wheat. How much dollars did Ben and Adam get of the sum, considering equal split of the sacks?

Answer: Ben $1,225 -- Adam $175

Monday, May 6, 2013

A merchant can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes into a carton for shipping. In one shipment, he sent a total of 96 boxes. If there are more large boxes than small boxes, how many cartons did he ship?

Answer: 11

Friday, May 3, 2013

Name this dessert: It's one of the most popular in the U.S. Its ingredients include butter, sugar, flour, and, of course, "morsels".

Answer: Chocolate Chip Cookies

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Name this dessert: This delicious dessert is often assembled with a soupy fruit bottom and baked with a pastry top. The pastry top can be piecrust-like or biscuit-like. Hot out of the oven, with a big scoop of ice cream, it's fantastic.

Answer: Cobbler

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Name this dessert: Hey, it's summertime and I've assembled all the ingredients for another delicious dessert. The things I need include sugar, cream and rock salt. There may be some elbow grease involved as well.

Answer: Ice Cream

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Name this dessert: This cake is very light and spongy, and is baked in a special cake pan. The interesting thing about this cake is that there are no egg yolks in the recipe.

Answer: Angel Food Cake

Monday, April 29, 2013

Name this dessert: I start with a layer of pudding or custard, then you add brownie or cake chunks, whipped cream and maybe raspberries or strawberries. I may also add some sherry or rum if it's for adults. I'll need a special glass bowl to really show off those layers, too.

Answer: Trifle

Friday, April 26, 2013

This Italian American sandwich is made from a long roll of Italian or French bread that is cut lengthwise and filled with various spices, meat and cheese. It is known by many names, but what is the Philadelphia name for the "submarine sandwich"?

Answer: Hoagie

Thursday, April 25, 2013

This American sandwich is messy but good! What kind of sandwich traditionally consists of ground beef, sweetened tomato sauce, and onions on a hamburger bun?

Answer: Sloppy Joe

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

This sandwich has an odd name, but usually is not made with meat from a pig. It is a traditional American favorite that is popular in fast food industries and served in high class restaurants. It usually consists of a thick, juicy ground beef patty, lettuce, tomatoes and sometimes cheese, sealed in between two thick buttered bread buns.

Answer: Hamburger

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

This sandwich is named after an American music celebrity! Name the sandwich made with peanut butter, bananas, and fried bacon on grilled bread?

Answer: The Elvis Sandwich

Monday, April 22, 2013

This open faced sandwich is not found in very many places outside its home state of Illinois. The Horseshoe sandwich is served with bread on the bottom, piled with french fries, hamburger meat or ham, and cheese sauce. Which city did the Horseshoe sandwich originate in?

Answer: Springfield, IL

Friday, April 19, 2013

Seven states have no personal income taxes at all on individuals. Name all 7 states.

Answer: Alaska, Washington, Nevada, Wyoming, South Dakota, Texas, Florida

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Which president started the practice of releasing his tax returns?

Answer: Richard Nixon

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Beatles' song "Taxman" was written by George Harrison in 1966. Its lyrics attack the high levels of progressive tax taken by the British Labour government of Harold Wilson. "Taxman" was released as the opening track on which album?

Answer: Revolver

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

What 11th century noblewoman rode through town, naked, to protest her own husband's tax increase on his tenants?

Answer: ?

Monday, April 15, 2013

The U.S. started taxing people on their income in 1862 to help pay for the Civil War. A person earning between $600 and $10,000 paid a yearly tax rate of how much?

Answer: 3%

Friday, April 12, 2013

CROSSWORD CLUES: Across-Field measures Down-Photo finish?