The Riddle That 80% of Kindergartners Got Right but Stumped Stanford Seniors-Fiction!

The Riddle That 80% of Kindergartners Got Right but Stumped Stanford SeniorsFiction!

Summary of eRumor:

A simple riddle with a simple answer that was allegedly reported on Paul Harvey…and that Kindergartners answered more correctly than university seniors.
 
 

The Truth:


The riddle has been around for a long time, but there is no evidence that research was ever conducted on the comparative answers of Kindergartners and Stanford University seniors.

There is also no evidence that this was reported on Paul Harvey.

The riddle:
 What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it,
The rich don’t need it, And if you eat it, you’ll die?

The answer to the riddle is “nothing.”
Nothing is greater than God.
Nothing is more evil than the Devil.
The poor have nothing.
The rich need nothing.
And if you eat nothing, you’ll die.

 

posted 02/05/04