Language Riddles

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=249517" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="31800640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Message </b></FONT><B>   |     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Message"><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Language Riddles</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> This is a good small group task.  It helps the class to get to know each other and it allows for discussion of how we often can get caught in traps.  Good illustrator for perception.</div> <bR> <div> 1.     If you went to bed at 8:00PM, wound the clock and stet the alarm to get you up at 9:00AM, how many hours of sleep would this permit you to have?</div> <div> 2.     Do they have a 4th of July in England?</div> <div> 3.     How many birthdays does the average man have?</div> <div> 4.     Why can’t a man living in Winston-Salem, N.C. be buried west of the Mississippi?</div> <div> 5.     If you only had one match and entered a room in which there were a kerosene lamp, and oil heater, and a wood burning stove, which would you light first?</div> <div> 6.     Some months have 30 days, some have 31, but how many have 28?</div> <div> 7.     If a doctor gave you 3 pills and told you to take one every half hour, how long would they last you?</div> <div> 8.     How far can a dog run into the woods?</div> <div> 9.     What 8 words appear on every current denomination of U.S. coin?</div> <div> 10.     I have 2 U.S. coins which total 55 cents in value.  One is not a nickel. which are the 2 coins?</div> <div> 11.     A farmer had 17 sheep: all but nine died.  How many are left?</div> <div> 12.     Divide 30 by ½, add 10.  What is the answer?</div> <div> 13.     An archaeologist claims he had found some gold coins dated 46 B.C.. Do you think he did?  What is your reason for your answer?</div> <div> 14.     A woman gives a beggar 50 cents.  The woman is the beggar’s sister, but the beggar is not the woman’s brother.  Why not?</div> <div> 15.     How many of each species did Moses take aboard the ark?  </div> <div> 16.     Is it legal in Texas for a man to marry his widow’s sister?</div> <div> 17.     Can you name three consecutive days of the week without naming Sunday, Tuesday, or Friday?</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Answers:</b></div> <div> 1.     1 hour  (it’s a wind up clock)</div> <div> 2.     Yes</div> <div> 3.     1</div> <div> 4.     He’s living</div> <div> 5.     Match</div> <div> 6.     All</div> <div> 7.     1hr.</div> <div> 8.     ½ way</div> <div> 9.     "In God we Trust-United States of America"</div> <div> 10.     50 cent piece and a 5 cent piece  (one is a nickel and one is not)</div> <div> 11.     9</div> <div> 12.     30/1 + 2/1=60/1= 70</div> <div> 13.     No BC</div> <div> 14.     She’s sister</div> <div> 15.     It was Noah not Moses</div> <div> 16.     He’s dead</div> <div> 17.     Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>