A couple of hard riddles for your brain.?

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1.What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
2.How many letters are in the alphabet ?
3.Paul’s height is six feet, he’s an assistant at a butcher’s shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
4.Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?
5.It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it?
6. 2 fathers and 2 sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish. So why do they bring home only 3 fishes?
7.What types of words are these: Madam, civic, eye, level.
8.When you have me, you feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you don’t have me. What am I?
9.A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do that?
10.You can hold it without using your hands or arms. What is it?

You must guess all of them for a Best Answer.
Here's a riddle for you:
As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven cats, each cat had seven kittens. How many were going to Saint Ives?

Only 1.
The man was going without his 7 wives,7 cats etc.
I saw the movie.
 
1. no idea
2. 26
3. meat
4. 5
5. no idea
6. because there was a father his son and his son (grandfather,father,son)
7. wierd
8. no idea
9. the horse's name was Friday
10. your breath
 
1.What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
queue (remaining 'q')

2.How many letters are in the alphabet ?
11

3.Paul’s height is six feet, he’s an assistant at a butcher’s shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
Meat

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

5.It is an insect, and the first part of its name is the name of another insect. What is it?
Beetle (bee)

6. 2 fathers and 2 sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish. So why do they bring home only 3 fishes?
The three men that went fishing were a grandpa, his son, and his grandson

7.What types of words are these: Madam, civic, eye, level.
They're all spelled the same forwards and backwards (Palindromes)

8.When you have me, you feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you don’t have me. What am I?
I'm not too sure, but I'm going to go with a secret

9.A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do that?
His horse was named Friday

10.You can hold it without using your hands or arms. What is it?
Your breath


Here's a riddle for you:
As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven cats, each cat had seven kittens. How many were going to Saint Ives?
 
neighbor
26 in the english alphabet
69 pounds
7 people
beetle
one let one go
random words
sadness
he didnt stay on consecutive days
a thought
let me know how i did?
 
just a thing bout the addition riddle.

it was only 1 that went to Saint Ives, but it wasn't the man you met it was you.

it says you were going to saint ives and you met the man. doesn't mean the man was going to saint ives too.
 
1. Queue
2. 11 letters
3. Meat
4. 7 people
5. Beetle
6. Its because there are only 3 members, one grandfather, one father, and his son. Grandfather is the father of father, so he is also a father. So there are two fathers. Father is the son of grandfather and the father also has 1 son, so there are 2 sons.

So really there are 3 members only.
7. They are palindromes; they read the same both ways.
8. A secret.
9. The name of his horse is Friday.
10. Your breath
 
1) queue (remove the last four letters and you are left with "q")

2) 11 (3 in the word "the" and 8 in the word "alphabet")

3) meat

4) 7 (mom, dad, 4 daughters and one son)

5) beetle

6) It was a grandfather, son and grandson

7) palindromes (read the same backwards as forwards)

8) a secret

9) Friday was his horse's name

10) your breath, or your temper
 
1# queue -remove last four letters then you've got 'Q'
2# 11 .. (the=3 + alphabet=8)
3# meat.
4# 7 people.
5# beetle.
6# There are only 3 people. -grandfather -father and -son.
-grandfather is the FATHER of -father and -father is the FATHER of -son. -father is the SON of -grandfather and -son is the SON of -father.
7# palindromes. they are spelt the same backwards and read the same? does that make sense?
8# a secret.
9# his horses name is Friday.
10# your breath.

(:
 
1# queue -remove last four letters then you've got 'Q'
2# 11 .. (the=3 + alphabet=8)
3# meat.
4# 7 people.
5# beetle.
6# There are only 3 people. -grandfather -father and -son.
-grandfather is the FATHER of -father and -father is the FATHER of -son. -father is the SON of -grandfather and -son is the SON of -father.
7# palindromes. they are spelt the same backwards and read the same? does that make sense?
8# a secret.
9# his horses name is Friday.
10# your breath.

(:
 
1# queue -remove last four letters then you've got 'Q'
2# 11 .. (the=3 + alphabet=8)
3# meat.
4# 7 people.
5# beetle.
6# There are only 3 people. -grandfather -father and -son.
-grandfather is the FATHER of -father and -father is the FATHER of -son. -father is the SON of -grandfather and -son is the SON of -father.
7# palindromes. they are spelt the same backwards and read the same? does that make sense?
8# a secret.
9# his horses name is Friday.
10# your breath.

(:
 
1# queue -remove last four letters then you've got 'Q'
2# 11 .. (the=3 + alphabet=8)
3# meat.
4# 7 people.
5# beetle.
6# There are only 3 people. -grandfather -father and -son.
-grandfather is the FATHER of -father and -father is the FATHER of -son. -father is the SON of -grandfather and -son is the SON of -father.
7# palindromes. they are spelt the same backwards and read the same? does that make sense?
8# a secret.
9# his horses name is Friday.
10# your breath.

(:
 
1# queue -remove last four letters then you've got 'Q'
2# 11 .. (the=3 + alphabet=8)
3# meat.
4# 7 people.
5# beetle.
6# There are only 3 people. -grandfather -father and -son.
-grandfather is the FATHER of -father and -father is the FATHER of -son. -father is the SON of -grandfather and -son is the SON of -father.
7# palindromes. they are spelt the same backwards and read the same? does that make sense?
8# a secret.
9# his horses name is Friday.
10# your breath.

(:
 
1# queue -remove last four letters then you've got 'Q'
2# 11 .. (the=3 + alphabet=8)
3# meat.
4# 7 people.
5# beetle.
6# There are only 3 people. -grandfather -father and -son.
-grandfather is the FATHER of -father and -father is the FATHER of -son. -father is the SON of -grandfather and -son is the SON of -father.
7# palindromes. they are spelt the same backwards and read the same? does that make sense?
8# a secret.
9# his horses name is Friday.
10# your breath.

(:
 
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