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Stuff that if you get caught doing in the library instead of your homework, will only get you a detention (vs. off the computers for good)
Riddles, links, and random trivia.
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Riddles
Why can't you take a picture of a Indian woman with hair curlers?
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What English word can have 4 of its 5 letters removed and still retain its original pronunciation?
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How can a woman living in New Jersey, legally marry 3 men, without ever getting a divorce, be widowed, or becoming legally separated?
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You are in the Amazon, looking for a tribe of men who always tell the truth. However, a short walk away is the tribe of men who always lie. You come to a fork in the path and are unsure where to go when a native-looking man walks out. What is the one question you could ask this man, no matter whether he is a truth-teller or a liar, and be lead to the tribe of the truth-tellers?(Both tribes speak English)
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A man walks into a bar and orders a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at the man, but does NOT fire the gun. The man thanks the bartender and walks out, feeling better. What's going on?
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I am more powerful than God, I am more evil than the devil, the poor have me, the rich need me, and if you eat me, you die. What am I?
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At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. "Have you noticed," said the man the blue suit, "that although our suits have colors corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?" Mr. Red looked at the other two and said, "You're absolutely correct." What color suit is each man wearing?
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1. There are 5 houses in five different colors.
2. In each house lives a person with a different nationality.
3. These five owners drink a certain drink, smoke a certain band of cigar and keep a certain pet.
4. no owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar nor drink the same drink.
THE QUESTION IS - WHO OWNS THE FISH?
The Britt lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the left of the white house.
The green house owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Paul Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the house right in centre drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.
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The man who invented it doesn't want it, The man who bought it doesn't need it, The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?
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Once there was a guy who liked to get high. He did this all the time, and it became his life. Soon other people started watching him do this, liked it, and began to pay money just to see him do this. One day four policemen came to one of his "shows" to watch him get high. They applauded him when he did, and had no reason to arrest him. In a few minutes though, he, very suddenly, stopped getting high, and everyone was sad. What's going on?
(ANSWERS AT BOTTOM, NO CHEATING)
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Links
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/bookreportnow/ Everything you need to write a great book report, from finding a book to making the final project look nice.
SparkTop
One of the best education communities designed for tweens and teens. Lots of activities that stimulate and get your creative juices flowing.
http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/default.asp
A total start-to-finish guide for making stellar research projects.
http://www.gomath.com/
a great math site. searchable, with both algebra and geometry help, quizzes and games, and email help within 24 hours.
http://www.funbrain.com
A great all-around educational site. Fun games, all with a little education thrown in, mostly around math. Play tons of great games and learn at the same time!
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Random Trivia
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words. The Graveyard Shift
In Victorian times, there was an intense fear of being buried alive, so when someone died, a small hole was dug from the casket to the surface, then a string was tied around the dead persons finger which was then attached to a small but loud bell that was hung on the surface of the grave, so then if someone was buried alive, they could ring the bell and whomever was on duty would go and dig them up. Someone was on the clock 24 hours a day- hence the grave yard shift.
The first VCR, or video cassette recorder, was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano.
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Riddle Answers (NO CHEATING!!)
You can't take a picture with hair curlers, you need a camera!
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Queue, or aitch!
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The woman is a minister and marries the men to other women!
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"Which way leads to your tribe?" If the man is a truth-teller, then he will truthfully point you in the direction you want to go, if he is a liar, he will point you away from his tribe of liars and to the tribe of truth-tellers.
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I am Nothing!!
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Since none of the men are wearing the color of suit that corresponds to their names, and Mr. Red was replying to the man in the blue suit, it had to be Mr. Green to whom he replied. We then know that Mr.Green is wearing a blue suit. Therefore, Mr. Red is wearing a green suit and Mr. Blue is wearing a red suit.
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The German!
1st house 2nd house 3rd house 4th house 5th house
Norwegian Dane Brit German Swede
Yellow Blue Red Green White
Dunhill Blend Pallmall Prince Bluemaster
Water Tea Milk Coffee Beer
Cats Horses Birds Fish Dogs
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A coffin!
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The guy is an acrobat! He 'gets high' by, literally, getting high. He worked at a circus, the police were in the audience, being an acrobat is not illegal, and suddenly, he fell, and, stopped 'getting high' since he was now on the ground.
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