5 puzzles

THE  BEST FIVE RIDDLES I HAVE SEEN IN AGES    ....THE ANSWERS ARE AT THE BOTTOM.  RIDDLE  #5 IS AMAZING.  IT SHARPENS YOUR BRAIN!!      The 5 riddles....     1. A murderer is condemned to death He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of  raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third  is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?       2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she  hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful  dinner together. How can this be?         3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?         4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?       5. This is an unusual paragraph.  I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out  what is so unusual about it.  It looks so ordinary and plain that you  would think nothing was wrong with it.  In fact, nothing is wrong with  it! It is highly unusual though.  Study it and think about it, but you  still may not find anything odd.  But if you work at it a bit, you might  find out. Try to do so without any coaching!       THE ANSWERS TO ALL  FIVE THE RIDDLES ARE BELOW:         1. The third room.  Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.  That one was easy, right?      2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry (shot; held under water; and hung).      3. Charcoal, as it is used in barbecuing.      4. Sure you can name three consecutive days, yesterday, today, and tomorrow!      5. The letter e, which is the most common letter used in the English language, does not appear even once in the paragraph.