Cannot Keep Until Given
You cannot keep me until you have given me. What am I?
Your word.
One In China
I am one in China,
Two in Indonesia,
Three in the Philippines,
None in Japan.
What am I?
The letter ‘i’.
How Many Letters In the Alphabet
How many letters are there in the alphabet?
Hint: Not 26
11. The phrase “the alphabet” has 11 letters.
Word With All 26 Letters
What word contains all 26 letters?
Alphabet (unfortunately there aren’t any actual dictionary words with every letter in the alphabet, so this gimmicky, somewhat unsatisfying answer has to suffice).
All Things Devours
This thing all things devours,
Birds, beasts, trees, and flowers.
Gnaws iron bites steel,
Grinds hard stones to meal,
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down
Time. Iron, steel, stone and virtually any substance will be worn down given enough time.
(From J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit)
Loud Linda
Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations.
Which is more probable?
1) Linda is a bank teller.
2) Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement.
1) Linda is a bank teller.
Most people guess number two, but the probability of two events occurring together is always less than or equal to the probability of either one occurring alone. This problem is known as the Conjunction Fallacy.