Jack Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Test for Dementia Below are four (4) questions and a bonus question. 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 screw up next time. Now answer the second question, but don't take as much time as you took for the first question, OK? Second Question: If you overtake the last person, then you are...? (scroll down) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 arithmetic! 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. If you don't believe it, check it with a calculator! Today is definitely not your day, is it? Maybe you'll get the last question right.... ...Maybe. Fourth Question: Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Did you Answer Nunu? NO! Of course it isn't. Her name is Mary. Read the question again! Okay, now the bonus round: A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and! the purchase is done. Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does He indicate what he wants? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He just has to open his mouth and ask... It's really very simple.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person? Quite easily, ask Michael Schumaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 The following questions are tests used in management training programs. Most of the managers who took the tests failed. 1) How do you get a Giraffe into a fridge? ------------------------------ If you answered you don't know or it won't fit, you are wrong. The answer is ----- Open the door, put the Giraffe in, close the door. The above question is designed to test whether you over think problems. 2) How do you get an Elephant into the fridge? ------------------------------ If you answered "Open the door, put the Elephant in, close the door", you are wrong again. The correct answer is ----- Open the door, take the Giraffe out, put the Elephant in and close the door. The above question is designed to test your logic skills. 3) Lion King has an Animal Conference which all the jungle animals must attend. Which animal doesn't go? ------------------------------ Don't know??????? It's simple, the elephant doesn't go as it is still locked in the fridge. This question is designed to test your memory skills. 4) There is a huge river where all the crocodiles live. There are no bridges. How do you cross the river safely? ------------------------------ If you are thinking about building a bridge out of vines, or a raft out of bamboo, you haven't learned anything from this test. The answer is simple again, just Swim, all the Crocodiles are at the animal conference! The above question is designed to see if you can apply knowledge learned from the previous tests to solve a new problem. Steve :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Respiration is the name for: A Breathing B Sweating C Digesting D Suffocating E Thinking It's not meant to be funny but it is a real qusetion in the "Territorail Army Entrance Test" on Army Form E7573. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Since it is common knowledge that I am senile why do I have to take a test to prove it :?: :roll: :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanpart57 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person? Here's another answer: In motor racing it happens all the time, its called "lapping" and it makes you FIRST! Sorry to be such a pedant, its just my nature :lol: Cheers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I am not suggesting that this at all funny. It uses terminology that is not PC. But like it or not this country was at war & a book published at the time minces no words: "It is well to recall that about 1% of our adult population are mental defectives....while some 6% of adults may be labelled very dull. The need to eliminate the mental defectives in the Army and for the early discovery of the very dull, makes it highly desirable that recruits for the Army should be sifted as soon as possible." "The Human Factor in the Army" C.W.Valentine 1945 A final thought, even though different terminology is now used. Would todays figures be similar or higher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest matt Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 It depends on the area,take for example the area I live in where I would guess the mental defectives would be about 35% of the local population :shock: No I am not joking.... Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanpart57 Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 A lot of my mates (and the wife) think that owning and liking Military Vehicles qualifies me for mentally defective :!: Cheers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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