Father-Time.
February 3rd, 2004, 08:38
Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles.
As we grow older, it's important 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 gage your loss or non-loss of intelligence.
So take the following test presented here and determine if you are losing
it or are still a MENSA candidate.
OK, relax, clear your mind and....... begin.
1. What do you put in a toaster?
The 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" seven 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 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.
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 heck are you still doing here
reading these questions????? If you said "glass", then go on to question four.
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"?
Answer: You don't, of course, bury survivors. If you said ANYTHING else,
you are a real idiot 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 1/60th 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, you are not a mental giant. 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. In London, 17 people get on the bus. I
At Reading terminus, 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. One pulls teh cord
and you do an emergency stop and one more gets off, you go on your route.
You then arrive at Milford Haven. What was the name of the bus driver?
Answer: Oh, for heaven sake! It was YOU, you dummy. Read the first line!!!
duh!
If you got them al right, then you may be considered for MENSA.
If you got any wrong, now be honest here, you are only kidding yourself.
by cheating, well you need to practice your brain skills.
Just to let you know, that 98.5% of people do in fact fail this test.
:wink: FT, not telling you which i got wrong :wink:
As we grow older, it's important 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 gage your loss or non-loss of intelligence.
So take the following test presented here and determine if you are losing
it or are still a MENSA candidate.
OK, relax, clear your mind and....... begin.
1. What do you put in a toaster?
The 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" seven 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 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.
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 heck are you still doing here
reading these questions????? If you said "glass", then go on to question four.
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"?
Answer: You don't, of course, bury survivors. If you said ANYTHING else,
you are a real idiot 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 1/60th 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, you are not a mental giant. 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. In London, 17 people get on the bus. I
At Reading terminus, 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. One pulls teh cord
and you do an emergency stop and one more gets off, you go on your route.
You then arrive at Milford Haven. What was the name of the bus driver?
Answer: Oh, for heaven sake! It was YOU, you dummy. Read the first line!!!
duh!
If you got them al right, then you may be considered for MENSA.
If you got any wrong, now be honest here, you are only kidding yourself.
by cheating, well you need to practice your brain skills.
Just to let you know, that 98.5% of people do in fact fail this test.
:wink: FT, not telling you which i got wrong :wink: