FACTUAL RIDDLES XXV

1. How did Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie get their names?

2. According to Digital Marketing.org, how much time does the average American spend on social media each day?

3. What are the only three words in English that have three consecutive dotted letters?

4. What do an ATM and a PIN have in common?

5. What is the only game in which the defense always has possession of the ball?

Answers:

1. From Frank Capra's film, It's a Wonderful Life. Bert was the cop and Ernie the taxi driver. 

2. 2 hours and 3 minutes

3. Fiji, Hijinks, Beijing*

4. A redundant letter - M in ATM (machine) and N in PIN (number)

5. Baseball

Note and Credit: 

3* [JA -To the best of my knowledge]

5: GAMES Magazine

     May/June, 1981

     David and Anne Griswold