quiz time

[InsaneApache]

Question 1: How many of each species did Moses take on the arc?

Question 2: Some months have 30 days, some months have 31, but which has 28?

Question 3: You are in a house at night, you have an unlit fire, an oil lamp and a candle, but only one match. Which do you light first?

Question 4: Can a man marry his widows sister? (reason for answer needed)

Question 5: How many sides does a circle have?

Question 6: Which of these country's has the 4th of July?
Britain, Australia, America, Canada

Question 7: How far can a dog run into the woods?

Question 8: Why can a man living in Yorkshire not be buried west of Trent?

Question 9: How much soil is in a hole Measuring 2 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot?

Question 10: if you have two coins sum totaling 11 pence but one of the coins IS NOT a ten pence piece, what are the 2 coins (no old money or foriegn money allowed)

Question 11: Final question, you are in a square room, in each corner there are two monkeys, each monkeys is looking directly across at another monkey, how many monkeys could say they were looking at another monkey?

Question 12: A father and his son are taking a plane ride together, there is a storm and the plane crashes, the father is killed instantly and the son is rushed to hospital in a critical condition. As the son is about to have his operation the surgeon walks in looks at the boy and says "OH MY GOD THATS MY SON!!!" how is this possible?

have fun..I'm sure the folks here will get these, I'll post the answers Sunday.

[Somebody Else]

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1. 0. Noah took 2 of each though.
2. All 12
3. The match
4. No; He's dead.
5. 2 - Inside & outside
6. All of them; America celebrates it though.
7. Halfway
8. It would be somewhat unpleasant. Wait until he's dead.
9. None.
10. 10p and 1p. The 1p is NOT a 10p.
11. Monkeys can speak can they? 0.
12. Equal opportunities - mothers can be surgeons too.

Two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each catches one fish. Three fish are caught. Explain.

[King Henry V]

Question 13: How can somebody come up with such useless questions?

[Craterus]

Two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each catches one fish. Three fish are caught. Explain.

Did they use one son as bait?

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each catches one fish. Three fish are caught. Explain.

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Grandfather-father-son. Two fathers, two sons.

[Craterus]

Ohhh, that clears it up.

[Quid]

I am a man. If Larry's son is my son's father, what relationship am I to Larry ?

Complete this analogy with a five-letter word ending with 'H'. High is to low as sky is to ----H.

Completer this analogy with a seven-letter word ending with the letter 'T'. Potential is to actual as future is to ------T.

Quid

[Quietus]

I am a man. If Larry's son is my son's father, what relationship am I to Larry ?

Complete this analogy with a five-letter word ending with 'H'. High is to low as sky is to ----H.

Completer this analogy with a seven-letter word ending with the letter 'T'. Potential is to actual as future is to ------T.

Quid

- You are Larry's son.
- Ditch?
- Let me think of the third one....

Question #12: Surgeon is a woman.

[Big_John]

hmm, seems like the answers to the analogies would be 'earth' and 'present'. but as that seems to easy, i'm probably missing something.

edit: i'll contribute with an old one that everyone knows, i'm sure..

which weighs more, a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?

[Gawain of Orkeny]

1 1

2 all

3 match

4 no hes dead

5 2

6 all

7 until he knocks himself out.

8 You cant bury him hes alive.

9 none

10 dont know your money

11 8

[Craterus]

which weighs more, a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?

They're both the same. 1lb each.

[Big_John]

They're both the same. 1lb each.

nope.

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feathers are weighed in the avoirdupois system, in which a pound is equal to ~454 grams. gold is weighed in the troy (or apothecary) system, in which a pound is equal to ~373 grams. so a pound of feathers is more massive and would weigh more on any given scale. it's a bit of a trick though, certainly semantically, a pound is a pound, and one could argue that the question makes no mention of different weighing systems. however, i would counter that the onus is on the reader to raise those questions before answering.

[Quid]

hmm, seems like the answers to the analogies would be 'earth' and 'present'. but as that seems to easy, i'm probably missing something.

b]

You're not missing anything. The point of the analogies is, however, exactly that. It makes you think as if you were missing something and therefore waste valueble time before you can answer the following questions.

I probably ought to mention that the above were taken from a MENSA test where you only have around 30 sec per question. Well done Big_John !

Quid

[King Henry V]

Bog_John

[Quid]

Lol, I do apologise for this rather unfortunate slip of concentration. It has now been corrected.

Quid

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Question 1: How many of each species did Moses take on the arc?
None, Moses wasn't on the Ark

Question 2: Some months have 30 days, some months have 31, but which has 28?
All of them

Question 3: You are in a house at night, you have an unlit fire, an oil lamp and a candle, but only one match. Which do you light first?
The match?

Question 4: Can a man marry his widows sister? (reason for answer needed)
No, he's already dead if his wife is a widow

Question 5: How many sides does a circle have?
2 and inside and an outside

Question 6: Which of these country's has the 4th of July?
Britain, Australia, America, Canada
All of them

Question 7: How far can a dog run into the woods?
Halfway

Question 8: Why can a man living in Yorkshire not be buried west of Trent?
Cause he's alive...

Question 9: How much soil is in a hole Measuring 2 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot?
None

Question 10: if you have two coins sum totaling 11 pence but one of the coins IS NOT a ten pence piece, what are the 2 coins (no old money or foriegn money allowed)
a 1p and a 10p. One coin is NOT a 10p

Question 11: Final question, you are in a square room, in each corner there are two monkeys, each monkeys is looking directly across at another monkey, how many monkeys could say they were looking at another monkey?

None, monkey's can't speak human

Question 12: A father and his son are taking a plane ride together, there is a storm and the plane crashes, the father is killed instantly and the son is rushed to hospital in a critical condition. As the son is about to have his operation the surgeon walks in looks at the boy and says "OH MY GOD THATS MY SON!!!" how is this possible?

The surgeon is his mother

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I am a man. If Larry's son is my son's father, what relationship am I to Larry ?

Complete this analogy with a five-letter word ending with 'H'. High is to low as sky is to ----H.


Quid

Larry is your father
Earth

[InsaneApache]

I knew you guys would get them. Somebody Else and Evil Maniac From Mars got them all right...

I know it was easy, once you got the idea.

Thanks all

[King Henry V]

Question 7: How far can a dog run into the woods?
Halfway

[InsaneApache]

'cos then it's running 'out' of the woods...

[Betito]

Ok pay atttention to this:

Henry is a hunter, and he claims to have won over 100 trophies in his carreer
Larry says its actually less than that
Lenny says Henry has won At Least one thropy
Benny says Henry has won Exactly 100 trophies. no more, no less.

If only one affirmation is true, how many trophies has Henry won? (also mention who was right)

[InsaneApache]

Henry he shot Larry.....well I am a bit stoned

Everyone ignore this stupid post..I thank you all

[Big_John]

hmm, it's a bit confused. this is because there is some ambiguity in larry's statement. when he says "less than that", does he mean less than 100 (0-99) or less than "over 100" (0-100). if the former is the case, three men could be right:

-henry would be the only correct one if he's won >100 trophies (e.g. 200).

-larry would be the only correct one if henry won 0 or 2-99 trophies (e.g. 50).

-lenny cannot be correct. if henry won only one trophy, larry is also correct, failing the test (only one can be correct).

-benny would be the only correct one if henry won exactly 100 trophies.


if the latter (less than "over 100") is the case, either larry or henry could be right.

-henry would be the only correct one if he's won >100 trophies (e.g. 3000).

-larry would be the only correct one if henry won 0 or 2-99 trophies (e.g. 3).

-neither lenny nor benny can be correct. if either is correct, larry is also correct, which fails the test (only one can be correct).


so in either case, there are multiple correct solutions. perhaps i've missed something?

[Betito]

perhaps i've missed something?

No, actually it was my mistake... it was me the one who missed something(sorry about that, my bad!! )

Please check the edited post

[Big_John]

ok, then:

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i think henry has won 0 trophies (larry is right).

[InsaneApache]

ok here's an oldie...

If it takes two men one day to dig a hole...

How long would it take for one man to dig half a hole?



and a conundrum...

What is it that goes up a spout down and down a spout up?

[Brutus]

Ok pay atttention to this:

Henry is a hunter, and he claims to have won over 100 trophies in his carreer
Larry says its actually less than that
Lenny says Henry has won At Least one thropy
Benny says Henry has won Exactly 100 trophies. no more, no less.

If only one affirmation is true, how many trophies has Henry won? (also mention who was right)

Henry is right? Because if Lenny or Benny are right, so is Larry (at least one and exactly 100 being less then over 100 trophies), and if Larry is right, both Lenny or Benny could be right as well... Oh, wait, over 100 trophies is also at least one...

I give up.

[Somebody Else]

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An umbrella. Maybe a parasol too.

[Craterus]

ok here's an oldie...

If it takes two men one day to dig a hole...

How long would it take for one man to dig half a hole?

Depends on the size of the hole. You can't have half a hole anyway, it's hole or it isn't.

[Betito]

ok, then:

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i think henry has won 0 trophies (larry is right).

Right