New Semester Warm-Up

What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?

Answer explanation

Incorrectly.

A man takes his car to a hotel. Upon reaching the hotel, he is immediately declared bankrupt. Why?

Answer explanation

The man is playing Monopoly. He lands on a property with a hotel and doesn’t have enough money to pay the rent.

Which is it correct to say, “The yolk of the egg is white” or “The yolk of the egg are white?”

Answer explanation

Neither. Egg yolks are yellow.

Count the num­ber of times the let­ter F appears in the fol­low­ing sentence:

Fin­ished files are the result of years of sci­en­tific study com­bined with the experience of years.

Answer explanation

Six – Fin­ished Files are the result oF years oF sci­en­tiFic study combined with the experience oF years.

I’m as light as a feather yet an average person can’t hold me for more than one minute. What am I?

Answer explanation

Your breath.

A farmer has 17 sheep. All but nine die. How many sheep does he have left?

Answer explanation

Nine.

Ten candles stand burning in a dining room. A strong breeze blows in through an open window and extinguishes three. Assuming the wind doesn’t extinguish any more candles, how many candles are left in the end?

Answer explanation

Three.

The seven candles that stay lit will melt down completely. The only candles in the end are the three that are extinguished by the wind and therefore stay intact.

Which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?

Answer explanation

Neither. Both weigh a pound!

A man was walking in the rain in the middle of nowhere without a coat or an umbrella. He got soaked, but not a single hair on his head was wet. How can this be?

Answer explanation

He was bald.

A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode back out on Friday. How is this possible?

Answer explanation

The horse’s name was Friday.