conundrum

Thanks, Dr. Bill! I was wondering about that. I always loved the word, conundrum, and use it frequently, but always in the second context...never heard it applied to a riddle before, until I found this book ("The Boys' Own Book"...there's a "Girls'" version too). Thought they were just stretching the meanings a bit to be cute and more enticing with the various riddles...note charade as well.