FACTUAL RIDDLES XXXVII
1. What is meant by a Hobson's choice?
2. About how many Pringles are in a standard can?
3. What element's name has only three letters?
4. What does the Biblical name "Israel" mean?
5. What country has the longest coastline in the world?
6. What month of the year is a stressonym?
7. The letters X and O are used to mean hugs and kisses, as at the end of a letter. Which is the hug and which is the kiss?
8. The last syllable of the name of certain state is the first syllable of the name of its capital city. What is the state and its capital?
Answers:
1. A "choice" of taking what is available or nothing at all
2. 80
3. Tin
4. One who struggles with God
5. Canada
6. August (The OED is an august reference - accent on the second syllable)
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