Easy Quiz I

"Easy Quiz I"

1. What is 5 divided by 1/2 plus 3?

2. I have two coins making 55 cents but one is
not a nickel. How can that be?

3. Why are 1977 dollars worth more than 1976
dollars?

4. What word in the English language does
nearly everyone pronounce incorrectly?

5. In the United States is it legal for a man to
marry his widow's sister?

6. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures
two feet by three feet by four feet?

7. Some months have 30 days, some months
have 31 days; how many have 28?

8. Which is correct - eight and eight IS fifteen or
eight and eight ARE fifteen?

9. A 10 foot rope ladder hangs over the side of
a boat with the bottom rung at the surface of the
water. There is one foot between rungs and the
tide goes up at the rate of 6 inches per hour. How
long until three rungs are covered?

10. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six daughters and
each daughter has one brother. How many
people in the family?

"Answers To Easy Quiz I"

1. 13. 5 divided by .5 = 10 + 3 = 13

2. Only one is not a nickel, because it is a 50
cent piece. The other is a nickel.

3. Because $1977.00 is more than $1976.00.

4. The word 'incorrectly'.

5. No. If he has a widow, then the man is dead
and cannot marry anyone.

6. There is no dirt in a hole.

7. All the months.

8. Neither. Eight and eight equals SIXTEEN.

9. The rungs will never be covered because the
boat rises with the tide

10. 9 family members total. 6 daughters, 1
brother, Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith.
Received on Mon Jan 24 07:58:46 2005