.:How about taking a quick quiz? Pay attention!:.

[01] What is 5 divided by 1/2 plus 3?

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

[03] Why are 1977 dollars worth more than 1976 dollars?

[04] What word in the English language does nearly everyone pronounce incorrectly?

[05] In the United States is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?

[06] How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

[07] Some months have 30 days, some months have 31 days; how many have 28?

[08] Which is correct - eight and eight IS fifteen or eight and eight ARE fifteen?

[09] 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:

[01] 13. 5 divided by .5 = 10 + 3 = 13

[02] Only one is not a nickel, because it is a 50 cent piece. The other is a nickel.

[03] Because $1977.00 is more than $1976.00.

[04] The word 'incorrectly'.

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

[06] There is no dirt in a hole.

[07] All the months.

[08] Neither. Eight and eight equals SIXTEEN.

[09] The rungs will never be covered because the boat rises with the tide.

[10] 9 family members total. 6 daughters, 1 brother and Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith.