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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Below are 4 questions. Answer them instantly. You can't take your time.
Answer them immediately. No pencil or paper! OK? Let's find out just how
smart
and clever you really are. Ready? ... GO!!!
FIRST QUESTION: You are participating in a race. You overtake the second
person.
What position are you in?
ANSWER: If you answer 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 in the next question.
To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the
first
question. (You know you took too much time.)
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?!
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?
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?
LAST QUESTION: Mary's father has five daughters: Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono.
What
is
the name of the fifth daughter?
ANSWER: Nunu? Nana? Nene? NONO! Of course not. The fifth daughter's name is
Mary. Read the question again.
lets see how many you get right.....
i got the first and the last...the 3rd really confused me....but i worked out why in the end..
Below are 4 questions. Answer them instantly. You can't take your time.
Answer them immediately. No pencil or paper! OK? Let's find out just how
smart
and clever you really are. Ready? ... GO!!!
FIRST QUESTION: You are participating in a race. You overtake the second
person.
What position are you in?
ANSWER: If you answer 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 in the next question.
To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the
first
question. (You know you took too much time.)
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?!
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?
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?
LAST QUESTION: Mary's father has five daughters: Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono.
What
is
the name of the fifth daughter?
ANSWER: Nunu? Nana? Nene? NONO! Of course not. The fifth daughter's name is
Mary. Read the question again.
lets see how many you get right.....
i got the first and the last...the 3rd really confused me....but i worked out why in the end..
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Well, I did get them all but I am a professional nerd so I'm used to questions like this. I liked the race ones though...
Well, I did get them all but I am a professional nerd so I'm used to questions like this. I liked the race ones though...
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
BRONZE Member
Beginner
282 posts
Location: Beyond Time, South of Melbourne, Australia
Beginner
282 posts
Location: Beyond Time, South of Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
Still got me
Still got me
So much fire, so little body hair...
HCH No 2
216 posts
Location: Chester, Cheshire.
216 posts
Location: Chester, Cheshire.
Posted:
Errr, I got none of them.
It's just plain wrong, I am an intellectual for goodness sake....It was below me to try... and an assortment of other tired excuses too.
*sulks off to make some 'QuikBrain' powder*
Errr, I got none of them.
It's just plain wrong, I am an intellectual for goodness sake....It was below me to try... and an assortment of other tired excuses too.
*sulks off to make some 'QuikBrain' powder*
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2,905 posts
Location: San Diego California
2,905 posts
Location: San Diego California
Posted:
hehe another riddle thread hehe
well, it took me a minute but I got 3 right
I wont tell you how many the people I work with got right hehe
hehe another riddle thread hehe
well, it took me a minute but I got 3 right
I wont tell you how many the people I work with got right hehe
Some Jarhead last night: "this dumb a$$ thinks hes fireproof"
BRONZE Member
old hand
733 posts
Location: Bewildered state of nothingness, United Kingdom
old hand
733 posts
Location: Bewildered state of nothingness, United Kingdom
Posted:
Me am fick
I got none
*Stupid, stupid head, I'm sure your empty*
*Hears pea rolling around inside*
LOL
Taking it easy
Trippy
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Last night i met some pixies and we danced around a stone.
N.E.W.B. Agent #012
"I Got Soul"
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Me am fick
I got none
*Stupid, stupid head, I'm sure your empty*
*Hears pea rolling around inside*
LOL
Taking it easy
Trippy
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Last night i met some pixies and we danced around a stone.
N.E.W.B. Agent #012
"I Got Soul"
Non-Https Image Link
Trippie Hippie- Monty Dons secret love child
Fly like a mouse, run like a pillow, be the small book case.
"Last night i met some pixies and we danced around a stone".
Because dressing up is fun.
BRONZE Member
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
I got the first 2 right!
But the last one's completely confused me
Alice
I got the first 2 right!
But the last one's completely confused me
Alice
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
BRONZE Member
Pooh-Bah
2,211 posts
Location: London, Wales (UK)
Pooh-Bah
2,211 posts
Location: London, Wales (UK)
Posted:
I got 1 and 3 wrong even though I was trying to use my brain
I got 1 and 3 wrong even though I was trying to use my brain
Come faeries, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame.
- W B Yeats
SILVER Member
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
big and good and broken
7,330 posts
Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
i got #2 wrong - and i've seen this quiz before
its friday though so i don't care that i feel slow today.
i got #2 wrong - and i've seen this quiz before
its friday though so i don't care that i feel slow today.
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,737 posts
Location: London
2,737 posts
Location: London
Posted:
Sadly I got them all but I'd seen 2 before so cheated a bit.
Sadly I got them all but I'd seen 2 before so cheated a bit.
Small Lardy Person In Disguise
member
442 posts
Location: Rochester, NY, USA
442 posts
Location: Rochester, NY, USA
Posted:
I missed the 4100 one. Oops.
The overtaking last place it's right you can't. I thought about maybe lapping last. If you do, you're still in whatever place you were in before that.
I missed the 4100 one. Oops.
The overtaking last place it's right you can't. I thought about maybe lapping last. If you do, you're still in whatever place you were in before that.
FYI: I am not Pele. If you wish to reply to me and use a short version of my name, use: PWB.
English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England. - Homer Jay Simpson
member
15 posts
Location: Tampa-ish, floorida
15 posts
Location: Tampa-ish, floorida
Posted:
2nd D'oh!!!
in 1st and lapping the stragglers... (it is a possible correct answer...)
4100 (I'm a mathematics major :fawk: )
Mary
3/4.... not too shabby, but riddle me this, is a ball a sheet of paper?
I can prove it
2nd D'oh!!!
in 1st and lapping the stragglers... (it is a possible correct answer...)
4100 (I'm a mathematics major :fawk: )
Mary
3/4.... not too shabby, but riddle me this, is a ball a sheet of paper?
I can prove it
off-topic.net > *.*
member
442 posts
Location: Rochester, NY, USA
442 posts
Location: Rochester, NY, USA
Posted:
quote:But you don't overtake last. You just lap him. When you overtake a position you gain their position number. Overtake second place, makes you in second place.
Originally posted by Biomechanoid:
in 1st and lapping the stragglers... (it is a possible correct answer...)
FYI: I am not Pele. If you wish to reply to me and use a short version of my name, use: PWB.
English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England. - Homer Jay Simpson
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
Actually, according to the dictionary, lap means to overtake. Webster sez:
Main Entry: 2lap
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): lapped; lap·ping
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
...
6 a : to overtake and thereby lead or increase the lead over (another contestant) by a full circuit of a racecourse b : to complete the circuit of (a racecourse)
intransitive senses
...
So if you overtake the guy in last place you just lapped him. You could be in any number of position (not just first) that is a lap ahead. Don't you race trucks or somethin?
So I guess the answer to #2 is TECHNICALLY either it's impossible OR you don't know...
I love symantics.
Actually, according to the dictionary, lap means to overtake. Webster sez:
Main Entry: 2lap
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): lapped; lap·ping
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
...
6 a : to overtake and thereby lead or increase the lead over (another contestant) by a full circuit of a racecourse b : to complete the circuit of (a racecourse)
intransitive senses
...
So if you overtake the guy in last place you just lapped him. You could be in any number of position (not just first) that is a lap ahead. Don't you race trucks or somethin?
So I guess the answer to #2 is TECHNICALLY either it's impossible OR you don't know...
I love symantics.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
BRONZE Member
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
3,989 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
3,989 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posted:
Then Websters has not kept up to date with the sport usage of lap as it is now used by sportsmen and commentators...
(American dictionary...can't even spell aluminium )
To lap someone, you must be running a course more than once, and pass them on one of your consecutive laps, so you are at least one lap ahead.
Not mention the lap as in your upper thigh area when you site down.
Or the lap which is to drink something with your tongue.
Or the lap as in someone from Lapland
Or...
(Isn't English great!!!!!!!!)
PS did anyone get my three deliberate spelling mistakes?
Then Websters has not kept up to date with the sport usage of lap as it is now used by sportsmen and commentators...
(American dictionary...can't even spell aluminium )
To lap someone, you must be running a course more than once, and pass them on one of your consecutive laps, so you are at least one lap ahead.
Not mention the lap as in your upper thigh area when you site down.
Or the lap which is to drink something with your tongue.
Or the lap as in someone from Lapland
Or...
(Isn't English great!!!!!!!!)
PS did anyone get my three deliberate spelling mistakes?
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