ANSWERS TO THE RIDDLES
The middle circle is white. It is between two other circles. The center circle is red. Einstein says, “Wisdom begins by calling things by their correct name.”
A match or another fire starter. The question doesn’t ask what was the first item on the list that was given.
The safest choice is none of the above. Sometimes there are better choices than the ones on the surface.
The Presidential answer is Franklin and Hamilton. This question is to help you determine if you run with the first answer because it is easy and obvious, and you don’t follow through to get all of the correct answers. The more correct answers you get, the more success.
The tallest mountain was Mt. Everest, it just hadn’t been discovered yet.
They were triplets.
You get 6 outs in every inning. 3 is a shoot-from-the-hip answer.
If you overtake second place, you are in second place. You can see it clearly if you use three coins. Sometimes it helps to “put mass on the concept” to solve the problems in business.
All months have 28 days.
There is no dirt in it; it’s a hole. Do mathematical issues cause you to go blank? We can help.
Bonus Question Answer: Start at the bottom left dot and draw a line up through the top left dot, but go above the puzzle so you can connect the middle top dot with the middle right dot, but go beyond the puzzle again, so you can connect all of the bottom dots stopping at the bottom left dot. Draw a diagonal line up to the right top dot. There you have it. You connected all nine dots with four straight lines without needing to lift your pen or retrace any of the lines. Sometimes you must “think outside the box”, and now you know where the phrase got its origin.