Student vs. Teacher: How common is your Common sense?
Deyanne Nesh, English teacher
vs.
Jerrin Hazard, senior
1. Does England have a 4th of July?
Nesh: No
Jerrin: No
Answer: Yes, every July has a 4th. Come on, guys!
Score: Nesh, 0 – Jerrin, 0
2. How many birthdays does the average person have?
Nesh: One
Jerrin: 65
Answer: One – everyone is born once. Nesh gets the first point!
Score: Nesh, 1 – Jerrin, 0
3. Some months have 31 days, but how many have 28?
Nesh: All
Jerrin: 2
Answer: Sorry Jerrin, all the months have 28 days, better catch up!
Score: Nesh, 2 – Jerrin, 0
4. Is it legal in California for a man to marry his widow’s sister?
Nesh: Yes
Jerrin: Yes
Answer: Well it won’t be legal anywhere, because a widow’s husband is dead. The score remains the same.
Score: Nesh, 2 – Jerrin, 0
5. Why can’t a man living in the U.S. be buried in Canada?
Nesh: Because he is living
Jerrin: He is living
Answer: A man can’t be buried if he is alive. Jerrin is on the scoreboard with a point!
Score: Nesh, 3 – Jerrin, 1
6. If you have only one match and you walked into a room with an oil burner, a kerosene lamp, and a wood burning stove, which one would you light first?
Nesh: Oil burner
Jerrin: Match
Answer: Sorry Nesh, in order to light the rest you must light the match first. Jerrin scores another point!
Score: Nesh, 3 – Jerrin, 2
7. A plane crashes on the border of Canada and the USA, 60 people die. Where do they bury the survivors?
Nesh: They don’t bury the survivors
Jerrin: They are survivors you can’t bury them.
Answer: Great! You don’t bury the survivors, you bury the dead – scores are both up by a point.
Score: Nesh, 4 – Jerrin, 3
8. What English word retains the same pronunciation even after you take away four of its five letters?
Nesh: Umm… S
Jerrin: D
Answer: Wrong guys! The word is “queue”, which sounds the same after you take out “ueue”. No one gets the point!
Score: Nesh, 4 – Jerrin, 3
