“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Time for a mid-week test.
Today a selection of questions, some of them easy, some tricky, and one or two rather difficult.
So grab a cup of coffee and have a go.
As usual the answers are waaaaaay down below, but no cheating!
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Q. 1: What becomes wetter the more it dries?
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Q. 2: A red-house is made of red bricks, has a red wooden door and a red roof.
A yellow-house is made of yellow bricks, has a yellow wooden door and a yellow roof.
What is a green-house made of?
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Q. 3: There are six eggs in the basket.
Six people each take one of the eggs.
How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?
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Q. 4: Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?
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Q. 5: A New York city hairdresser recently said that he would rather cut the hair of three Canadians than one New Yorker. Why?
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Q. 6: There are six glasses in a row.
The first three are full of water, and the next three are empty.
By moving only one glass how can you make them alternate between full and empty?
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Q. 7: Three men in a cafe order a meal the total cost of which is $15.
They each contribute $5.
The waiter takes the money to the chef who recognizes the three as friends and asks the waiter to return $5 to the men.
The waiter is not only poor at mathematics but dishonest and instead of going to the trouble of splitting the $5 between the three he simply gives them $1 each and pockets the remaining $2 for himself.
Now, each of the men effectively paid $4, the total paid is therefore $12.
Add the $2 in the waiters pocket and this comes to $14.
….where has the other $1 gone from the original $15?
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Q. 8: How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?
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Q. 9: If:
2 3 = 10
7 2 = 63
6 5 = 66
8 4 = 96
9 7 = ??
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Q. 10: Name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday.
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Q. 11: Many shops have prices set just under a round figure, e.g. $9.99 instead of $10.00 or $99.95 instead of $100.00 . It is assumed that this is done because the price seems lower to the consumer. But this is not the reason the practice started. What was the original reason for this pricing method?
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Q. 12: How do you get from cold to warm in four steps, changing only one letter at a time?
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W A R M
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Q. 13: A snail creeps 10 feet up a wall during the daytime, then falls asleep.
It wakes up the next morning and discovers it slipped down 6 feet.
If this happens each day, how many days will it take to reach the top of a 22 foot wall?
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Q. 14: You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus.
An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Knowing that there can only be one passenger in your car, whom would you choose?
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ANSWERS:
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Q. 1: What becomes wetter the more it dries?
A. 1: A Towel
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Q. 2: A red-house is made of red bricks, has a red wooden door and a red roof.
A yellow-house is made of yellow bricks, has a yellow wooden door and a yellow roof.
What is a green-house made of?
A. 2: Glass
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Q. 3: There are six eggs in the basket.
Six people each take one of the eggs.
How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?
A. 3: The last person took the basket with the last egg still inside.
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Q. 4: Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?
A. 4: Round covers cannot be dropped or fall down a manhole, unlike square ones.
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Q. 5: A New York city hairdresser recently said that he would rather cut the hair of three Canadians than one New Yorker. Why?
A. 5: Because he would earn three times as much money!
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Q. 6: There are six glasses in a row. The first three are full of water, and the next three are empty.
By moving only one glass how can you make them alternate between full and empty?
A. 6: Pour the water from the 2nd glass into the 5th glass.
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Q. 7: Three men in a cafe order a meal the total cost of which is $15.
They each contribute $5.
The waiter takes the money to the chef who recognizes the three as friends and asks the waiter to return $5 to the men.
The waiter is not only poor at mathematics but dishonest and instead of going to the trouble of splitting the $5 between the three he simply gives them $1 each and pockets the remaining $2 for himself.
Now, each of the men effectively paid $4, the total paid is therefore $12. Add the $2 in the waiters pocket and this comes to $14.
….where has the other $1 gone from the original $15?
A. 7: The payments should equal the receipts.
It does not make sense to add what was paid by the men ($12) to what was received from that payment by the waiter ($2)
Although the initial bill was $15 dollars, one of the five dollar notes gets changed into five ones.
The total the three men ultimately paid is $12, as they get three ones back. So from the $12 the men paid, the owner receives $10 and the waiter receives the $2 difference. $15 – $3 = $10 + $2
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Q. 8: How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?
A. 8: The baby fell out of a ground floor window.
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Q. 9: If:
2 3 = 10
7 2 = 63
6 5 = 66
8 4 = 96
9 7 = ??
A. 9: f(n,m) = (n + m) * n
e.g. f(2,3) = (2 + 3) * 2 = 10
Hence, f(9,7) = (9 + 7) * 9 = 144
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Q. 10: Name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday.
A. 10: Yesterday, today and tomorrow
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Q. 11: Many shops have prices set just under a round figure, e.g. $9.99 instead of $10.00 or $99.95 instead of $100.00 . It is assumed that this is done because the price seems lower to the consumer. But this is not the reason the practice started. What was the original reason for this pricing method?
A. 11: The practice originated to ensure that the clerk had to open the till and give change for each transaction, thus recording the sale and preventing him from pocketing the bank notes.
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Q. 12: How do you get from cold to warm in four steps, changing only one letter at a time?
C O L D
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W A R M
A. 12:
C O L D
C O R D
W O R D
W O R M or W A R D
W A R M
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Q. 13: A snail creeps 10 feet up a wall during the daytime, then falls asleep.
It wakes up the next morning and discovers it slipped down 6 feet.
If this happens each day, how many days will it take to reach the top of a 22 foot wall?
A. 13: 4 days
Day 1: up to 10, down to 4
Day 2: up to 14, down to 8
Day 3: up to 18, down to 12
Day 4: up to 22 and done
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Q. 14: You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus
An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Knowing that there can only be one passenger in your car, whom would you choose?
A. 14: The old lady of course!
After helping the old lady into the car, you can give your keys to your friend, and wait with your perfect partner for the bus.
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