one hard question

There was a student who wanted to be admitted to the University.

He was smart enough to get through the written test, a GED, and was to appear for the personal interview. Later, as the interview progressed, the interviewer found this boy to be bright since he could answer all the questions correctly. The interviewer got impatient and decided to corner the boy.

"Tell me your choice," said he to the boy, "What's your choice: I shall either ask you ten easy questions or ONE real difficult. Think well before you make up your mind."

The boy thought for a while and said, "My choice is ONE real difficult question."

"Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice!" said the man on the opposite side. Tell me: What comes first, Day or Night?"

The boy was jolted first but he waited for a while and said: "It's the DAY, sir."

"How???????" the interviewer shot back, smiling. ("At last, I got you!" he said to himself.)

"Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!"

The student was admitted to the University.

Smart kid.

Funny, old but funny. The interviewer should have just said you are wrong and be done witht he kid. In fact the kid was wrong.

CharlieD said:

Funny, old but funny. The interviewer should have just said you are wrong and be done witht he kid. In fact the kid was wrong.

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Why would you say he was wrong?
From the info given in the answer is correct, as long as you are speaking alphabetically.

The question perhaps should have been:

"Which comes first, Day or Night, giving your reason?"

Alphabetically, day is first, biblically, night is first, time wise, night is first. There may be a few more justifications either way.

Judging by time line, creation, Bible, Night comes first, there was night and then there was day.