Morning Distribution for Friday, January 22, 2021

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Morning Distribution]( Friday, January 22, 2021 Your daily briefing from FiveThirtyEight --------------------------------------------------------------- The Morning Story [riddler_4x3_default]( [Can You Skillfully Ski The Slopes?]( By [Zach Wissner-Gross]( Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite-size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow-puzzle movement. Submit a correct answer for either, and you may get a shoutout in the next column. Please wait until Monday to publicly share your answers! If you need a hint or have a favorite puzzle collecting dust in your attic, [find me on Twitter](. Riddler Express From Ernie Cohen comes a scintillating stumper of a survey: You’re reviewing some of the survey data that was randomly collected from the residents of Riddler City. As you’ll [recall]( the city is quite large. Ten randomly selected residents were asked how many people (including them) lived in their household. As it so happened, their answers were 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: The Biden Presidency Begins]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.