Becs Babble

The ramblings of a teacher to her friends and family.

Saturday, August 20, 2005

A Riddle for you to solve

Solve this riddle.

It's more powerful than God.
It's more evil than the Devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
If you eat it you will die


Believe it or not, 70% of elementary school children quizzed solved the riddle, and only 17% of college age people figured it out. Good luck.











The answer is NOTHING –

NOTHING is more powerful than God.
NOTHING is more evil than the Devil.
The poor have NOTHING.
The rich need NOTHING
If you eat NOTHING you will die.





"Heaven forbid! That would be the greatest misfortune of all! To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! Do not wish me such an evil." Elizabeth Bennet, Pride & Prejudice

2 Comments:

  • At 9:08 AM, Blogger Julie said…

    Laughed out loud at the quote.

    I actually knew that one! I was so going to gloat that I know the answer in the comments, but then you posted the answer. :)

    Hey, do you start school today??

     
  • At 4:31 PM, Blogger Becs said…

    Wednesday the kids come but I have been at school every day (expect weekends which are a no-no in inner city Saginaw) since last Monday getting ready.

    Yeah, I thought post the answer now and save myself from posting it later. I don't like to be in suspense. I knew the answear too but thought it was too simple at first so I over analyzed in the end.

     

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