For all Smart Pople

aspeck

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For Smart People Only<br />======================<br /><br />Below are four questions and a bonus question.<br />You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your time.<br />Answer all of them immediately. OK?<br /><br />Let's find out just how clever you really are.<br /><br />Ready? GO!!! <br /><br /><br />First Question:<br /><br />You are participating in a race.<br />You overtake the second person.<br />What position are you in?<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Scroll down<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Answer: If you answered that you are first,<br />you are absolutely wrong!<br />If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Try not to make a mistake in the next question. To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question.<br /><br />Second Question:<br /><br />If you overtake the last person, then you are...?<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Scroll down<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, you are wrong again.<br /><br />Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST person?<br /><br />You're not very good at this! Are you?<br /><br />Third Question:<br /><br />Very tricky math! Note: This must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.<br /><br />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?<br />.<br />Scroll down for answer.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Did you get 5000?<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />The correct answer is actually 4100.<br /><br />Don't believe it? Check with your calculator!<br /><br />Maybe you will get the last question right?<br /><br />Fourth Question:<br /><br />Mary's father has five daughters:<br />1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3.Nini, 4. Nono.<br />What is the name of the fifth daughter?<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Scroll down<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again.<br /><br />Okay, now the bonus round:<br /><br />There is a mute person who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth, he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.<br /><br />There is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Scroll down<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />Answer: He just has to open his mouth and ask, so simple.<br /><br /><br />So, how did you do, smarty-pants?
 

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Dang, those are good :D I only got the 2nd one right. Not sure why I didn't get the math one.
 

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(Throwing out the red challange flag)I am protesting the answer to Question number 2. Your standing in the race does not change. If you are in first place and you pass the person in last place you are still in first and the person in last is still in last place. Just as if the person in next to last place passes the person last place, their still in next to last place. In both instances they just go a lap up. Edit: BTW, foiled by the blind guy, I should have seen that one comming. :D :D
 

Kalian

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Lol, good one LT, I never thought about laps!<br /> For the record, I only got the math one right.
 

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I got #1 and the bonus one. #1 only because it was on another list here last week . . . <br /><br />The math one pisses me OFF. I was so sure, like five times, what a flippin' dumbarse.<br /><br />It's OK techno, this time I deserve it. Let her rip . . . :D
 

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LT, you can LAP the last person, but you cannot OVERTAKE THEM! Nice argument, though. ;) :p :D
 

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Ruling on the field stands! LT looses a time-out. :)
 

AzMeadMan

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I'm to embarassed to say. :eek: :mad: :eek: :mad: On to the next thread.
 

JB

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Excuse me, my humble pie is ready. :(
 

Limited-Time

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Rats, foiled again...... :confused: :mad: :mad: Damn if ya can't trust Under Dog who can ya trust.......
 

snapperbait

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"for all the smart people"... i'm not even gonna try then..... ;) <br /><br /><br />maybe i'm smarter than ya think?.... :p
 

FSHKPR

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i got 3 out of 5 number two and three tripped me up. and i agree number two is tricky
 

jtexas

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Missed one, the one about Nunu...I mean, Mary.
 

JB

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I should have known. I am not even a Pople, much less a smart one. :(
 

tcube

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I'll bet I've seen this test at least 10 times in the past 3 years and I ALWAYS screw up the math. I don't even want to talk about overtaking the last place person. :confused: :(
 
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