A tough riddle...
Eighty percent of Kindergartners solved this riddle, but only 5% of Stanford graduates figured it out!
Can you answer the following question?
What word...
1. has seven letters...
2. Preceded God...
3. Greater than God...
4. More Evil than the devil...
5. All poor people have it...
6. Wealthy people need it...
7. If you eat it, - you will die!
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Did you figure it out?
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Try hard before looking at the answers - - - Did you get it yet??
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- - - - Give up?
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The Answer is:
NOTHING!
NOTHING has 7 letters
NOTHING preceded God
NOTHING is greater than God
NOTHING is more Evil than the devil
All poor people have NOTHING
Wealthy people need NOTHING
If you eat NOTHING, you will die
Don't feel bad - I have to admit that I couldn't solve it either and had to look at the answers.
posted by Aaisha at 6:39 pm
9 Comments:
omg tahts really clever!!
7:14 pm
i said nothing, when it came to whats bigger than god. but never thought that it would be the ans.
9:36 am
ha ha ha...i echo maliha.
4:21 pm
I feel dumb =(
6:29 pm
i spent about 5 min just thinking about it. couldnt get it. then i asked anika. she got it in 2 seconds, just like that. weird huh?
3:34 am
I'm glad I'm in league with the Stanford grads. rather than the kindies ;D
5:26 pm
!!!Well, I'll be!!!
!!!I'm stumped!!!
7:50 pm
Wow, anika got it in e seconds! the stats are rite then! Younger kids can get it so much easier. Us oldies like to make things complex - not a good idea.
4:21 pm
oi peachy, koi gela?
9:15 pm
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