[3129] in Humor
Consulting IQ Test
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Yevgeniya A. Nusinovich)
Thu Mar 16 19:57:39 2000
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:56:00 EST
From: "Yevgeniya A. Nusinovich" <ynusi@MIT.EDU>
>> The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and tells whether
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>> Scroll down for the answer. The questions are not that difficult.
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>> 1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
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>> The correct answer is:
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>> Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe and close the door.
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>> This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an
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>> 2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
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>> Wrong Answer :
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>> Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the refrigerator.
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>> Correct Answer :
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>> Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and
close the door.
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>> This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your
actions.
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>> 3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference, all the animals attend
except one. >> Which animal does not attend?
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>> Correct Answer :
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>> The Elephant (because he/she is in the refrigerator).
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>> This tests your memory.
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>> OK, even if you did not answer the first three questions,
>> correctly, you still have one more chance to show your
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>> 4. There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited by crocodiles.
>> How do you manage it?
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>> Correct Answer:
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>> You swim across.
>> All the Crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting!
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>> This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
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>> According to Andersen Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the
professionals they tested got all questions wrong.
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>> But many preschoolers got several correct answers. Andersen
>> Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that
>> most professionals have the brains of a four year old.
