ANSWERS: 8
  • A question asked for amusement.
  • It's a rubber contraceptive used in sex.
  • 1) "1. a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper. 2. anything that puzzles." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) "1. A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun. 2. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma: "the conundrum, thus far unanswered, of achieving full employment without inflation" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)" American Heritage Dictionary Source and further information: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conundrum 2) "1. A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer. 1816, Jane Austen, Emma, Vol. 1, Ch. 2 “Why should I understand that, or anything else?” asked the girl. “Don’t bother my head by asking conundrums, I beg of you. Just let me discover myself in my own way.” 2. A difficult choice or decision that must be made." "Synonyms (diffcult question): brain-teaser, enigma, puzzle, riddle (difficult choice): dilemma, decoy, drawback, joke." Source and further information: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/conundrum Examples: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:conundrum http://www.businessballs.com/puzzles.htm
  • Another name for a riddle. It's also the name for a nine-letter word, which is 'jumbled up', and has to be re-arranged correctly, in a gameshow, called 'Countdown', shown on U.K. television. :-)
  • Ya know...Me either...
  • It's when you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
  • no one ever told me either
  • OK, say you have date with George Clooney and Brad Pitt calls up to ask you out for the same night --- THAT'S what a conundrum is.

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