Check Your Idiocy Level

> Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of
> the muscles. As we grow older, it's important that we
> keep mentally alert. The saying: "If you don't use it,
> you will lose it" also applies to the brain,
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> Below is a very private way to gage your loss or
> non-loss of intelligence. So take the following test
> presented here and determine if you are losing it or
> are still a MENSA candidate.
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> OK, relax, clear your mind and....... begin.
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> 1. What do you put in a toaster?
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> The answer is bread. If you said "toast", then give up
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> yourself. If you said, "bread", go to question 2.
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> 2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk". What do
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> Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk", please
> do not attempt the next question. Your brain is
> obviously overstressed and may even overheat. It may
> be that you need to content yourself with reading
> something more appropriate such as "Children's World".
> If you said, "water" then proceed to question three.
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> 3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue
> house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is
> made from pink bricks and a black house is made from
> black bricks, what is a greenhouse made from?
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> Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said
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> reading these questions????? If you said
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> 4. Twenty years ago, a plane is ; flying at 20,000 feet
> over Germany. If you will recall, Germany at the time
> was politically divided into West Germany and East
> Germany. Anyway, during the flight, TWO of the engines
> fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining
> engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing
> procedure. Unfortunately the engine fails before he
> has time and the plane crashes smack in the middle of
> "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany.
> Where would you bury the survivors - East Germany or
> West Germany or in "no man's land"?
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> Answer: You don't, of course, bury survivors. If you
> said ANYTHING else, you are a real idiot and you must
> NEVER try to rescue anyone from a plane crash. Your
> efforts would not be appreciated. ...... If you said,
> "Don't bury the survivors" then proceed to the next
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> 5. If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60th of a
> degree every minute then how many degrees will the
> hour hand move in one hour?
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> Answer: One degree. If you said "360 degrees" or
> anything other than "one degree", you are to be
> congratulated on getting this far, but you are
> obviously out of your league. Turn your pencil in and
> exit the room. Everyone else proceed to the final
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> 6. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus
> from London to Milford Haven in Wales. In London, 17
> people get on the bus. In Reading, six people get off
> the bus and nine people get on. In Swindon, two people
> get off and four get on. In Cardiff, 11 people get off
> and 16 people get on. In Swansea, three people get off
> and five people get on. In Carmathen, six people get
> off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford
> Haven. What was the name of the bus driver?
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> Answer: Oh, for heaven sake! It was YOU, you dummy.
> Read the first line!!!