How Smart Are YOU?

Brutuskend

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How Smart Are You?





Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's import ant that we keep mentally alert. The saying; "If you don't use it, you will lose it" also applies to the brain, so.......

Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence. So take the following test presented here and determine if you are losing it or are still "with it." The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you have made your own....OK, relax, clear your mind and....begin.




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1. What do you put in a toaster?







Answer is "bread." If you said "toast," then give up now and go do something else. Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, "bread," go to Question 2.





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











Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," please do not attempt the next question. Your brain is obviously over stressed 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 3.





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












Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks," what the devil are you still doing here reading these questions ?? If you said "glass," then go on to Question 4.




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 smackin 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" ?











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. If you said, "Don't bury the survivors" then proceed to the next question.



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











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.






6. Without using a calculator -- You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales. I n 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?














Answer: Oh, for crying out loud! Don't you remember?
It was YOU, you dummy.
 

Broohaha

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Jan 4, 2001
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aaaaaaaaah!!! i kept on the lookout for tricks and i didnt find them!!

great find brut....
 

iamme

Lifer
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hehehe, funny stuff.

i've heard most of them before, but the "silk" one got me :p
 

Yossarian

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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
5. If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60 of a degree every minute then how many degrees will the hour hand move in one hour?

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.

Wait, what? The hour hand moves 360/12=30 degrees per hour, 1/2 degree per minute.
 

Brutuskend

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Apr 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: PipBoy
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
5. If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60 of a degree every minute then how many degrees will the hour hand move in one hour?

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.

Wait, what? The hour hand moves 360/12=30 degrees per hour, 1/2 degree per minute.

No, that's the MINUTE hand.
 

DaveSimmons

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Aug 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: PipBoy

If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60 of a degree every minute
Wait, what? The hour hand moves 360/12=30 degrees per hour, 1/2 degree per minute.
Not every clock has to be a 12-hour clock, or a 24-hour clock for that matter. This happens to be a 360-hour clock for people who like long days :)

 

MustangSVT

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is it just me, or are you devoting just little too much time on ATOT?

and btw, im actually pretty stupid :D
 

Yossarian

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Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Originally posted by: PipBoy

If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60 of a degree every minute
Wait, what? The hour hand moves 360/12=30 degrees per hour, 1/2 degree per minute.
Not every clock has to be a 12-hour clock, or a 24-hour clock for that matter. This happens to be a 360-hour clock for people who like long days :)

That question doesn't even make sense as stated.
 

Kenny

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Two of them got me :(

The survivor one and the bus driver one. And no, I didn't bother re reading the bus driver one as I thought it was going to be a waste of my time.
 

DaveSimmons

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Originally posted by: PipBoy
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Originally posted by: PipBoy

If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60 of a degree every minute
Wait, what? The hour hand moves 360/12=30 degrees per hour, 1/2 degree per minute.
Not every clock has to be a 12-hour clock, or a 24-hour clock for that matter. This happens to be a 360-hour clock for people who like long days :)

That question doesn't even make sense as stated.
why not? the "hour hand" must simply complete one "step" every hour, but arc of that step relative to a complete revolution is not some natural law, even though most clocks divide one revolution into 12 or 24 steps to match an Earth day.

A week clock would use 168 steps for its hour hand, a lunar clock 672(?) steps, a year clock 8766 steps.
And a branteaser clock apparently has 360 steps :)
 

yoda291

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Originally posted by: PipBoy
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Originally posted by: PipBoy

If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60 of a degree every minute
Wait, what? The hour hand moves 360/12=30 degrees per hour, 1/2 degree per minute.
Not every clock has to be a 12-hour clock, or a 24-hour clock for that matter. This happens to be a 360-hour clock for people who like long days :)

That question doesn't even make sense as stated.

ok, let's break it down for y'all.

360 degrees in a circle
12 hours in a rotation.

ergo...360/12 tada!
 

Luagsch

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hehe, the busdriver one reminded me of "Die Hard with a Vengance": "a guy with seven wifes holding seven..." :)
 

MustangSVT

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god damn it.. i got all of them except for the last bus question..

btw lot of these questions were around like 15 years ago i think? :D

but the last answer i gave troubles me.. i said "dumb@ss" since he was going all over the place... but turns out it wa s me... arggggggggggggggggg