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(Message started by: Crickee on Jan 14^th, 2003, 8:58pm)

Title: A very, very, very simple test.....
Post by Crickee on Jan 14^th, 2003, 8:58pm

keke.....i post this up just for fun...bewarez of mind-tricked, okie??! :P And....pleaseeee, don't cheat.... ;)

> 1. What do you put in a toaster?
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> The answer is bread.
> If you said "toast", then give up now and go do
> something else. Try not to hurt yourself. If you
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> question 2.
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> 2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk". What do
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> Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk", please
> do not attempt the
> next question. Your brain is obviously overstressed
> and may even overheat. It may
> be that you need to content yourself with reading
> something more appropriate
> such as "Children's World". If you said, "water"
> then proceed to question three.
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> 3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue
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> black bricks, what is a greenhouse made from?
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> Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said
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> here reading these questions????? Dang..... If you said
> "glass", then go on to question four.
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> 4. Twenty years ago, a plane is ; flying at 20,000
> feet over Germany. If you will recall,
> Germany at the time was politically divided into
> West Germany and East Germany.
> Anyway, during the flight, TWO of the engines fail.
> The pilot, realizing that the last
> remaining engine is also failing, decides on a
> crash landing procedure. Unfortunately
> the engine fails before he has time and the plane
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> "no man's land" between East Germany and West
> Germany. Where would you bury
> the survivors - East Germany or West Germany or in
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> Answer: You don't, of course, bury survivors. If you
> said ANYTHING else,
> you are a real dunce and you must NEVER try to
> rescue anyone from a
> plane crash. Your efforts would not be appreciated.
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> "Don't bury the survivors" then proceed to the next
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> 5. If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60th of a
> degree every minute then how many degrees will the
> hour hand move in one hour?
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> Answer: One degree. If you said "360 degrees" or
> anything other than "one degree",
> you are to be congratulated on getting this far,
> but you are obviously out of your league.
> Turn your pencil in and exit the room. Everyone else
> proceed to the final question.
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> 6. Without using a calculator - You are driving a
> bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales.
> In London, 17 people get on the bus. In Reading,
> six people get off the bus and nine
> people get on. In Swindon, two people get off and
> four get on. In Cardiff, 11 people get off
> and 16 people get on. In Swansea, three people
> get off and five people get on. In Carmathen,
> six people get off and three get on. You then
> arrive at Milford Haven.
> What was the name of the bus driver?
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> And your answer is??? Oh, for heaven sake ... can you even count? Now tell me !!!

Title: Re: A very, very, very simple test.....
Post by BNC on Jan 15^th, 2003, 2:10am

Ahhh, you know, I like these type of questions for one reason -- usually they may boomerang to the asker.
Let's see now...

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> 1. What do you put in a toaster?

Speaking as an engineer, I put in a toaster heaters, thermostat, control gear (buttons, sliders), wrap it in a metal housing, making sure insulation in maintained, the throw in some plastic elements for the beauty, thus allowing the end-user to put in whatever he wants to heat -- be it bread, waffle, or a toast that went cold...
So, your answer is partial if anything

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> 2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk". What do
> cows drink?

As infants, they drink milk.
As adults, they drink water
When dead, they drink nothing.
Again -- yours is partial.

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> 3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue
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> house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is
> made from pink bricks and a black house is made from
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> black bricks, what is a greenhouse made from?

A greenhouse is made of a material that is transparent to the visible spectrum, but is opaque to IR radiation (yeah, usually glass, but some types of plastic may be used as well, and are much less expensive!). In addition, you would need some elements to hold it (say, steel, aluminum...). You will need some hardware items for the door.

Oh, well, I'm getting used to getting partial answers from you.

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> 4. Twenty years ago, a plane is ; flying at 20,000
> feet over Germany. If you will recall,
> Germany at the time was politically divided into
> West Germany and East Germany.
> Anyway, during the flight, TWO of the engines fail.
> The pilot, realizing that the last
> remaining engine is also failing, decides on a
> crash landing procedure. Unfortunately
> the engine fails before he has time and the plane
> crashes smack in the middle of
> "no man's land" between East Germany and West
> Germany. Where would you bury
> the survivors - East Germany or West Germany or in
> "no man's land"?

I do hope you are not responsible to the burial arrangements of plane-crash survivors!
As far as I'm concerned, plane crash survivors are usually buried, in due time, wherever they are at the time of death. Just because someone survived 20 years ago from a plane crash, shouldn't prohibit him from burial at a later time time when he dies!
And a (slightly) more serious note on this question: it is worded poorly. As worded, you may only choose "East Germany or West Germany or in "no man's land"? ", and non of them is right!

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> 5. If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60th of a
> degree every minute then how many degrees will the
> hour hand move in one hour?

In our world of reality -- impossible to tell. If you have a clock whose hour hand moves 1/60th of a degree per minute, it is broken. Sent it to be fixed. Or throw it away. While throwing, give it a spin, you you'll get multiple 360-degree rotation per minute.

And yes, I do realize it's a joke. But so are my answers LOL.

Title: Re: A very, very, very simple test.....
Post by towr on Jan 15^th, 2003, 2:29am

I don't agree with that last one..
If the hour-hand moves 1/60th of a degree every minute, it will, in any world, move 1 degree in 60 minutes. And 1 hour being defined as 60 minutes, I don't see any other possible answer than 1 degree. Anything else would require to break the premisse, and thus wouldn't be an answer to the question..
The state of the clock is irrelevant..

Title: Re: A very, very, very simple test.....
Post by BNC on Jan 15^th, 2003, 2:38am

on 01/15/03 at 02:29:19, towr wrote:

I stand corrected. <lowering head in shame>

Title: Re: A very, very, very simple test.....
Post by Macduff472y on Jan 17^th, 2003, 4:19am

The driver's name is my name,duh!!!
Or the name of hoever was reading the questions.