Let's See How Smart You Are...

**Tiffany** · #1 (**permalink**) 09-28-2006, 06:34 PM

(Had to post this, all in good fun) :)

Test for Dementia

Below are four questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately . OK?

Let's find out just how clever you really are....
Ready? GO!!! (scroll down)

First Question:
You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
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Answer: If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!

Try not to screw upagain! Now answer the 2nd question, don't take as much time as you took for the 1st Question, OK?

Second Question:
If you overtake the last person, then you are...?
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Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person?

You're not very good at this, are you?

Third Question:
Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.

Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30. Add another 1000 . Now add 20 . Now add another 1000 Now add 10. What is the total?

Scroll down for answer.....

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Did you get 5000 ?

The correct answer is actually 4100.

If you don't believe it, check it with a calculator! Today is definitely not your day, is it? Maybe you'll get the last question right......Maybe

Fourth Question:

Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?

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Did you Answer Nunu?
NO! Of course it isn't.
Her name is Mary. Read the question again!

Okay, now the bonus round:

A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?

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He just has to open his mouth and ask...
It's really very simple.... Like you!

kgun · #2 (**permalink**) 09-28-2006, 10:04 PM

I was only wrong about Mary, but that was the most tricky so I am on my way ...

1.Two Indians sat on a train, the second indian was daughter of the first, but the first indian was not the father of the second. How is that possible? Answer in two seconds.

2. Two father's and two son's were hunting. Each of them had a gun, each of them hit an unique crow, but only three crows were killed. How is that possible? Answer in 5 seconds.

3. In a desert sat a man by the foot of a tree and cried. A cowboy passed by and asked why he cried. Can't you see the man hanging in the tree? They hung him.

How do you know him asked the cowboy?

His father is my fathers only son. How was the relationship between the two men?

Answer in 7 seconds.

4. Then some simple algebra. Find the error (line number?) in 15 seconds.

(a*a - a*a) = (a+a)*(a-a)

a*(a-a) = (a+a)*(a-a)

a = (a+a)

a = 2a

2 = 1

1 = 0

Q.E.D.

MuNKyonline · #3 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kgun

I was only wrong about Mary, but that was the most tricky so I am on my way ...

1.Two Indians sat on a train, the second indian was daughter of the first, but the first indian was not the father of the second. How is that possible? Answer in two seconds.

2. Two father's and two son's were hunting. Each of them had a gun, each of them hit an unique crow, but only three crows were killed. How is that possible? Answer in 5 seconds.

3. In a desert sat a man by the foot of a tree and cried. A cowboy passed by and asked why he cried. Can't you see the man hanging in the tree? They hung him.

How do you know him asked the cowboy?

His father is my fathers only son. How was the relationship between the two men?

Answer in 7 seconds.

4. Then some simple algebra. Find the error (line number?) in 15 seconds.

(a*a - a*a) = (a+a)*(a-a)

a*(a-a) = (a+a)*(a-a)

a = (a+a)

a = 2a

2 = 1

1 = 0

Q.E.D.

Is number 4 the 6th line?

Tubby · #4 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 06:50 AM

I must admit I do not relish riddles or puzzle that make me feel stupid. I far prefer riddle or puzzles that make other people look stupid. . call it a flaw or a quirk in my charsctor. . So

An irishman was in a taxi going to tha airport, he was heading back to Ireland. The driver broke the silence by asking. 'Do you like riddles?'
'Yes Sor' the Irishman answered " I surely do like the riddles"
O.K. said the Taxi driver, "brother and sister have I none. but this mans father is my fathers son . . Who am I?
The Irishman was totally stumped. "well sor I am stumped, that's far to clever for me"

The Taxi driver said - "its me" I have no brothers - sisters and I am my father son.
"bejeesus thats clever sir" said the Irishman.

When the Irishman Arrived in Ireland he decided to test his cousin with the same question.
So he asked "brother and sister have I none. but this mans father is my fathers son . . Who am I?
His cousin said. . " its you "

"No No", shouted the irishman "Its a riddle you fool . ." then added " Its The Taxi driver I met in Sydney . .

kgun · #5 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MuNKyonline

(a*a - a*a) = (a+a)*(a-a)

a*(a-a) = (a+a)*(a-a)

(a - a) = 0. You are not allowed to divide by 0. Any number divided by zero (n/0) is undefined. So the error take place when you divide by 0 and end up with this result:

a = (a+a)

a = 2a

2 = 1

1 = 0

Q.E.D.

Is number 4 the 6th line?

The person that dear ask will get wise.

In higher math, n/0 = infinity by definition.

It is like this equation:

x*x+1=0

This equation has no real solution, but it has a complex. Complex numbers are much used by engineers. Sine and cosine waves are often expressed by using complex numbers.

Complex numbers are also much used as examples in object oriented programming.

Overloading or generics are used to define addition, subtraction etc. by complex numbers.

Then you can use the same function on real and complex numbers.

Example:
add (a + b)

That function is by overloading defined wheter a, b is a real or complex number. You can define it on any object where addition is defined (meaningdul), like adding (is it concatenating in Enlgish?) strings.

Tubby · #6 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 10:42 AM

Hm-mm. I have my own belief system, (like lots of other people) one of the founding principles of my philosophy of life can be expressed

(0+0) = +

Of course this has nothing to do with absolutely anything, I just felt like writing it. Because maths totally confuses me, not that I do not understand it, just that it treats items, numbers as equal. I am just unable to fully grasp than any two things can be equal and have no difference (even if it is just in location)

When I am confronted with something like.
"(a*a - a*a) = (a+a)*(a-a)

a*(a-a) = (a+a)*(a-a)

(a - a) = 0. You are not allowed to divide by 0. Any number divided by zero (n/0) is undefined. So the error take place when you divide by 0 and end up with this result:

a = (a+a)

a = 2a

2 = 1

1 = 0

Q.E.D.

Is number 4 the 6th line? "

Everything looks wrong. I think numbers might well be against my religion. . all numbers are wrong . .
especially if you can only prove them right with more numbers. .

My father was a mathematician and he never understood that in a horse race with four horses where only one could win. only one would win, he always divided the 100% chance among the 4 horses.

Maths is crazy. .

O.K. you can get back on topic (whatever it was)

P.S. Yes I have seen a psychiatrist

PPS. I do not believe in "Infinity" I just cannot get my head around it . . My whole world can only be finite. . .

kgun · #7 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 10:44 AM

Here is a new one.

A farmer should carry a heyball (correct spelling?) a sheep and a wolf over a river in a boat that only took one animal or the heyball at a time.

Problem.
1. The wolf eats the sheep.
2. The sheep eats the hey.

How was he able to carry all 3 over the river?

kgun · #8 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tubby

My father was a mathematician and he never understood that in a horse race with four horses where only one could win. only one would win, he always divided the 100% chance among the 4 horses.

Maths is crazy. .

O.K. you can get back on topic (whatever it was)

P.S. Yes I have seen a psychiatrist

And I have seen horse races where 3 horses win at the same time.

a psychiatrist is another word for a head schrimper.

a lawyer is another word for a cirle squarer. The joy of pi.

Tubby · #9 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 11:03 AM

Kgun; Quote
"Problem.
1. The wolf eats the sheep.
2. The sheep eats the hey.

How was he able to carry all 3 over the river?"

Yes, I have no problems at all with problems like this one . . (My IQ is 142) but when it comes to maths and 'concepts' like infinity, I can actually get dizzy trying to comprehend it.

What odds did the losing horse have Kgun, and I bet the bookies were a bit frantic trying to work out who to pay. . .

kgun · #10 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 11:08 AM

I do not discuss odds, especially on horseracing, with a man from Australia :-)

Tubby · #11 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 11:13 AM

Kgun.
I do respect you.

I can honestly tell you that I did consider making the Irish Joke I posted earlier into a Norwegian Joke. . . But I though 'once' (refering to bookshop joke another thread) was enough.

kgun · #12 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 11:16 AM

Leave it to ctabUK :-)

Tubby · #13 (**permalink**) 09-29-2006, 11:28 AM

YES. . TELL ME ABOUT IT!. the pair of you antagonise each other something awful. Both of you need to bite the bullet sometimes and leave the offending post to slide gracefully ignored into the backlog. I like both you and CT, It sometimes hurts me to find you fighting like wild cats in the middle of a thread. . (I am a sensitive guy)

But do not expect CT to ever back down. . that not his nature, that what make him CT. . .