SIX RIDDLES 
Credit: Will Shortz
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
Nov. 1, 2009 - FILL IN THE BLANKS  (adapted)

1. What do a 20- ton aircraft carrier and the expression "Time will tell" have in common?
2. What do the losers in  jousting contests have in common with 24-hour periods?
3. What does communication by a non-landline phone have in common with stock brokers?
4. What does Little Miss Muffet have in common with the people of Northern Iraq?
5. What do a London Park and a follower of an East Indian religion have in common with a children's game?
6. What do both sides of an issue have in common with the writings of ancient Chinese rulers?

Answers:

1. Weight and sea - Wait and see
2. Dazed knights - Days and nights
3. By cell - Buy and sell
4. Curds and whey - Kurds and way
5. Hyde and Sikh - Hide and seek
6. Pros and cons - Prose and Khans