-to be used the last day before a holiday or whenever you need a break/ laugh

The questions are read aloud - students write down their answers

(Handout a piece of paper for each student)

1. Is it true that some weeks have 6 days?

2. Is it possible to shoot a bird wearing red suspenders?

3. Is Egypt in Africa?

4. How many face cards are there in 2 decks of cards?

5. Write the number: Eleven thousand eleven hundred and eleven.

6. Is it allowed in Turkey that a man marries his widow’s sister?

7. 300 divided by ½ is 150. Is it true?

8. Is it true that every year has 365 days?

9. Imagine yourself being a person operating the lifts in the tower of Eifel. An old Russian
man and two 25-year-old Americans enter the lift and start arguing all the way up to the
first floor. Here one of the American men gets out. On the top floor a 30-year-
oldFrenchman enters and asks the two passengers to leave the elevator. If the Russian
person is 65 years old are you able to tell the age of the lift operator?

10. Is it true that 137 is almost the half of 274?

11. Can you call a rhomb a crooked square?

12. Rectangles are squares and squares are smaller than rectangles. True or false?

13. How many 8s are there from 1 – 100?

14. Has Donald Duck 3, 4, 5 or 6 fingers on each hand?

15. Is there a lack of hunger in China?

16. When a person speak Esperanto as a native speaker, can you name the country he is
from?

17. You are in your own room at the hospital. When the doctor enters the room the doctor
says: Oh, this is my son lying there. When you know for sure the doctor isn’t your father,
how can it then be explained?

18. If 11 students can eat 11 ice creams in eleven seconds, how long will it take nine
students to eat nine ice creams?
Answers:

1) every week has 6 days

2) yes

3) yes

4) 24

5) 12111

6) impossible

7) no

8) yes, at least

9) your own age

10) no

11) yes, you can

12) false

13) 20

14) 4

15) no

16) no

17) it is your mother

18) 11 seconds

Rating: (You may want to moderate the ratings and use other words for the different
categories. Just make sure no one is offended)!

0 mistakes: intelligent 1-2 mistakes: fairly intelligent 3-4 mistakes: a little behind

5-7 mistakes: intelligently your brain is like a cheese 8-9 mistakes: a retard

10 and more mistakes: brain dead!

PS. Don’t play this game if your students are too sensible!