In article <tjbme3d2uldisclakcdkvnbmeudo73r3mg@4ax.com>,
::darkshadows:: <bloody@mary.org> wrote:
> Tricky Questions:
>
>
>
> 1. How many 3-cent stamps in a dozen?
> a. 3
> b. 4
> c. 12
> d. 6
C. 12
>
> 2. You're the pilot of an airplane that travels from New York to
> Chicago - a distance of 800 miles. The ai.rplane travels at 200
> m.p.h. and makes one stop for 30 minutes. What is the pilot's name?
> a. There is information missing.
> b. You can't tell from the question.
> c. Both a & b.
> d. You can tell from the question.
d. The READER is the pilot.
>
> 3. Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
> a. Yes.
> b. No.
> c. Legality has nothing to do with it.
> d. It's legal, but unethical.
b. No. He's dead.
>
> 4. There are ten black and ten white stockings in a drawer. If you
> reach into the drawer in the dark, what is the least number of
> stockings you must take out before you are sure of a pair that
> matches?
> a. 1
> b. 2
> c. 3
> d. 4
Bad question. You can't be sure of either color in the dark. When do
you turn on the light, if ever?
If you are looking for just a pair, no matter what, then that is 2.
Wearing them in the dark will look like they match. If you can find
your shoes...
If you are looking to be guaranteed a matching pair, but with some left
over, then you must pull out 11, IF you then turn on the light to look
at what you have.
Don't bother. Get pantyhose.
>
> 5. A kangaroo is at the bottom of a 30-foot well. Each day he jumps
> up three feet and slips back two. At that rate, when will he reach
> the top?
> a. 27th day
> b. 28th day
> c. 29th day
> d. 30th day
A well has vertical walls. What is described won't work.
>
> 6. A rope ladder is hanging over the side of a ship. The ladder is 12
> feet long, and the rungs are one foot apart. The lowest rung is
> resting on the top of the ocean. The tide rises at the rate of four
> inches per hour. How long will it take before the first four rungs
> of the ladder are under water?
> a. 36 hours.
> b. 2 days.
> c. They will never be under water.
> d. 1 day.
C. The ship rises with the tide.
Would all be under water if the ship sinks, however.
>
> 7. Which would be worth more - a trunk full of nickels or a half a
> trunk full of dimes?
> a. Dimes.
> b. Nickels.
> c. Both are the same.
> d. None of the above.
c.
Unless the nickels were in an antique trunk worth thousands...
But I aint gonna lift it nohow!
>
> 8. A child playing on the beach had 6-1/6 sand piles in one place
> and 3-1/3 in another. If he put them together, how many sand piles
> would he have?
> a. 10
> b. 3-1/3
> c. 2-5/6
> d. None of the above.
D. He would have 1 big sand pile. Until the tide comes in.
>
> 9. It takes 4-1/2 hours for a jet to fly coast to coast. One plane
> leaves Los Angeles for New York at 4:40 P.M., while another plane
> leave New York for Los Angeles at 6:00 P.M. Which plane will be
> closer to New York when they pass each other?
> a. The LA bound plane.
> b. The NY bound plane.
> c. Neither would be closer.
> d. None of the above.
Bad question. Time zone referents weren't specified.
Anyway, I get airsick.
>
> 10. In the Hope family there are seven sisters and each sister has one
> brother. Including Mr. & Mrs. Hope, how many are in the family?
> a. 10
> b. 16
> c. 14
> d. None of the above.
a.
Each sister has the same brother.
>
> 11. If the Vice President of the United States should die, who would
> be President?
> a. The Speaker of the House.
> b. The Secretary of State.
> c. The President Pro Temp.
> d. The President.
D. Of course. But who would tell him what to do then?
>
> 12. How many times can you subtract 2 from the numeral 21?
> a. 10
> b. 10
> c. Unlimited
> d. None of the above.
I suspect that a and b shouldn't be the same answer.
Just to be ornery, I would say that the answer should be 1 time, but as
it is, the question appears to be asking for the answer 10. But then,
is a "numeral" the same as a number? ;-)
By strict definition, "21" is comprised of two "numerals", so if you
remove one of them, you can only do it once. GIVE IT BACK!
>
> 13. Would it be cheaper for you to take one friend to the movies
> twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?
> a. Two friends at the same time.
> b. One friend twice.
> c. It would cost the same.
> d. The former would be twice as expensive as the latter.
a.
People would forget to count the cost of their own selves here.
>
> 14. On a farm in Malaya is the world's most perfect plum tree. The
> main trunk has exactly 24 branches, each branch exactly 12 boughs,
> each bough exactly 6 twigs, and each twig bears one piece of fruit.
> How many apples on the tree?
> a. 42
> b. 1126
> c. 188
> d. None of the above.
D.
Usually, there aren't any apples on a plum tree.
By the way, apple trees don't grow in "Malaya". I don't know about
plums. Well, the trees, I mean.
>
> 15. When you take two apples from three apples, what do you have?
> a. 2
> b. 1
> c. 3
> d. None of the above.
a.
You take, you keep. After you pay for them, of course.
Don't even try that in ""Malaya".
>
> 16. How close a relative would the sister-in law of your father's only
> brother be?
> a. Your aunt
> b. Your grandmother
> c. Your grandfather
> d. Your mother
d. Yo mamma!
>
> 17. A bus starts at the depot with six passengers. It proceeds a few
> blocks and stops. Two passengers get off and five get on. It
> continues a short distance and stops. Three get off and seven
> board. It stars again, continues, and stops and four get off and
> four get on. It proceeds on its route, stops, and five get on,
> three leave, then two more get on. On the next stop, 14 get on and
> no one gets off. How many stops did the bus make?
> a. 21
> b. 5
> c. 23
> d. 4
b.
>
> 18. Can you throw a golf ball with all your might and, without hitting
> a wall or other obstruction, have it stop and come right back to you?
> a. You can't
> b. You can
> c. Only if you can "doctor" the ball
> d. None of the above
b.
Throw uphill.
>
> 19. In which book of the Bible do you read about Abel slaying Cain?
> a. In Genesis
> b. In Deuteronomy
> c. In both Genesis and mentioned in Exodus
> d. It's not in the Bible
D.
Cain did the dirty deed.
>
> 20. Read the following sentence slowly once counting the number of
> F's.
> Final Files Are The Result Of Years Of Scientific Study With The
> Experience Of Years.
> How many did you find?
> a. 2
> b. 3
> c. 4
> d. 6
D.
>
> 21. How many cubic feet of earth are there in a hole 2 yards wide,
> 3 yards long, and 4 yards deep?
> a. 26 yards
> b. 72 yards
> c. 24 yards
> d. None
D.
THe question asks for feet not yards.
>
> 22. If you drop a steel ball into a bucket of water, at which
> temperature would it fall fastest?
> a. -50 C
> b. 20 F
> c. 32 C
> d. There would be no difference
This is a bad question. If it means the speed of the fall in the air,
then the answer would be d., no difference.
If the speed is measured in the water, then the answer would have to be
c. 32 C, because the other buckets would be frozen.
>
> 23. When somebody says, "I'll break every bone in your body", how many
> bones would he have to break?
> a. 50
> b. 200
> c. 500
> d. 1000
Who ME? b.
An infant has more.
>
> 24. How many punctuation marks are there in English grammar?
> a. 5
> b. 9
> c. 14
> d. 18
There are no punctuation marks in the words "English grammar".
[cheeky grin]
>
> 25. How well do you remember old movies? What character played by
> Boris Karloff brought him the greatest success?
> a. Frankenstein
> b. Dracula
> c. A scientist
> d. The monster
d.
Peter Boyle did it well in "Young Frankenstein".
>
> 26. The amount of water flowing into a tank doubles every minute. The
> tank is full in an hour. When was the tank half full?
> a. 15 minutes
> b. 10 minutes
> c. 29 minutes
> d. 59 minutes
No tanks, I'm not thirsty.
>
> 27. There are two 5-gallon containers. One has 4 gallons of red fluid
> and the other 4 gallons of blue. One gallon of the blue is poured
> into the red container, and then one gallon of the now mixed 4-red
> to 1-blue is poured back into the blue container. Is there more
> red in the blue or more blue in the red container
> a. Twice as much red in the blue
> b. Twice as much blue in the red
> c. 4/5 as much blue in the red
> d. Both will be even
It's all purple to me.
>
> 28. You've seen a map of Italy. In which direction does the toe of
> the boot face?
> a. East
> b. West
> c. North
> d. South
Mamma mia! It's south, and gonna kick the crap outa Sicily.
>
> 29. By what fractional part does four-fourths exceed three-fourths?
> a. 1/4
> b. 1/6
> c. 1/3
> d. 3/8
Sorry, I got fractioned. I know it, but I'll leave this one for someone
else.
Hint:
It's all relative.
That's all you get. I'm not going to answer even is asked. So there!
>
> 30. A sophisticated computer is fed this knotty problem.
> Between two clocks, one of which is broken and doesn't run at all
> while the other looses one second every 24 hours, which is more
> accurate?
> a. The slow clock is twice as accurate
> b. The broken clock is far more accurate
> c. Neither are ever accurate
> d. Both are equally accurate
Bad question.
We don't know how the computer is programed. But then, we are not
specifically asked for ITS answer, so it's a false lead.
The real answer is that the broken clock is accurate twice a day (think
about it), while the slow clock is never accurate.
But even that isn't completely true, as the slow clock will eventually
be accurate for a second, once in a very long while.
All this is if we assume these clocks measure only hours, minutes and
seconds, not also days, months and years.
The relative degree of accuracy PREFERENCE, in this case, depends on
opinion. What is more important to the reader, approximate accuracy
(the slow clock), or occasional complete accuracy (the broken clock)?
But we aren't asked for our preference.
>
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You usually provide the answers in your posts. You didn't with this
one, so I took it upon myself to help you out.
The answers just came to me, or didn't. I didn't "try".
I have never seen these questions before.
Donut
--
"Donut make your brown eyes blue..."
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