Quiz of the Day

This morning I received a fun quiz from one of my readers (Bill B.). You have to answer four simple questions. The only trick is that you have to answer as quickly as possible.

-----start email quiz----- Subject: How Smart Are You?

My apologies for the scroll downs, it's necessary so you don't peak at the answers. Enjoy!


This is only for "smart people"

Are you the weakest link? Below are four (4) questions. 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?




























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 mess up on the next question.


To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question.


Second Question: If you overtake the last person, then you are...?





















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 math! 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...















Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100. Don't believe it?

Check with your calculator!



Today is definitely not your day. Maybe you will get the last question right?


Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono.

What is the name of the fifth daughter?
























Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again.


---------end of email---------

I missed the first and last questions; and thought the quiz was fun. Of course, answering questions in a hurry is a bad idea as a general practice, it does lead to mistakes. I also noted that whoever made up the quiz screwed up on questions 1 and 2. There are situations where you can be in a race and overtake the second person without then being second. There are also situations where you can be in a race and overtake the last person. Hasn't the quiz writer ever heard of a race track? In long races, faster competitors lap their slower competitors...

I loved the last question.

 
 
Comments

Missed the 2nd!

Posted by: khobrah | 01/17/2004 - 09:04 AM

That math one stumped me for a surprising amount of time. I kept doing it over and over with the calculator, thinking something must be wrong with every calculator in the world. Then my brain turned back on. This was a good one! Usually those "trick questions to make people feel like idiots" quizzes don't work so well, but I missed every question!

I do feel like an idiot! Yay!!

Posted by: dowingba | 01/18/2004 - 05:50 PM

I don't understand the math one... it's just arithmetic. Which step do most people have trouble with?

Posted by: ThePyro | 01/19/2004 - 12:18 PM

First Question:
"If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong!"
Not absolutely right. If you were racing round a track, you could be overtaking the person who is second as a result of lapping them, in which case you are DEFINITELY first!

Second Question:
"If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong."
Again, not necessarily the case. I could be racing round a track again, and be in second place in a race with three people. If you overtake the person in last place as a result of lapping them, you am STILL second to last. You're also second, but that's beside the point.

Fourth Question:
"NO! Of course, not. Her name is Mary."
Not necessarily. The fifth daughter could be called anything. The father may have decided to call her NuNu to keep his idiotic pattern going, but he may not have. He may have called his fifth daughter, George, Clive, Kevin, or any traditional boys name he preferred as well. It's a free country. He can do what he likes in this respect. Just as he did when he named his son Mary. Cruel, but entirely possible.

Posted by: Paul Collingwood | 02/13/2004 - 07:24 AM
 
 
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