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    Saw this somewhere else. Hopefully it's not a repost. Below are four (4) questions. 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!!! 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 mess up in the next question. To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question. 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?! You're not very good at this are you? 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? 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? Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth. Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again. Debbie

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    [HOMER] I am so smart, I am so smart, S-M-R-T, I mean S-M-A-R-T! [/HOMER] 4/4 correct ;P (although it was a close thing with the last one :-) -- Ian Darling "The moral of the story is that with a contrived example, you can prove anything." - Joel Spolsky

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      Saw this somewhere else. Hopefully it's not a repost. Below are four (4) questions. 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!!! 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 mess up in the next question. To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question. 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?! You're not very good at this are you? 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? 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? Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth. Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again. Debbie

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      I only got the last question correct. :) Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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        Saw this somewhere else. Hopefully it's not a repost. Below are four (4) questions. 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!!! 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 mess up in the next question. To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question. 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?! You're not very good at this are you? 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? 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? Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth. Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again. Debbie

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        The clever person reads the answers before starting ;-) Michael Snow is lying on the ground, and in the air the sleigh bells sound, The frosted patterned window panes, it's British summer time again. No, it's not, It's Christmas - Santa Claus in on the Dole (Spitting Image 1986)

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          Saw this somewhere else. Hopefully it's not a repost. Below are four (4) questions. 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!!! 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 mess up in the next question. To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question. 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?! You're not very good at this are you? 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? 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? Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth. Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again. Debbie

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          Getting three out of four wrong mean I should go to bed now? :-O There is a site that has something similar (yeah probably lots of sites ;) ) http://www.begent.freeserve.co.uk/intelquiz.htm[^] Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com

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            Well I got 50%. Second and fourth I got right. The answer to the first made me more careful on the second. The third was clever. The fourth one was easy because one of my favourite stories is "You are driving a bus with 10 passengers. At the first stop 5 get off, 6 get on...... What is the name of the driver?" --Colin Mackay--

            "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but perseverance." (H. Jackson Brown) Enumerators in .NET: See how to customise foreach loops with C#

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            Debs 0
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            That's made me feel much better. I only got 50% right. I'm glad I'm in good company. :) Debbie

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              Saw this somewhere else. Hopefully it's not a repost. Below are four (4) questions. 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!!! 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 mess up in the next question. To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question. 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?! You're not very good at this are you? 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? 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? Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth. Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again. Debbie

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              3/4 correct, although I could argue that one about over taking the last person. I answered ahead of them, as we could have been on a circular track and lapping them. Roger Allen - Sonork 100.10016 If your dead and reading this, then you have no life!

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              • D Debs 0

                Saw this somewhere else. Hopefully it's not a repost. Below are four (4) questions. 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!!! 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 mess up in the next question. To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question. 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?! You're not very good at this are you? 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? 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? Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth. Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again. Debbie

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                i'm near to say 4th reply is undefined why mary must be daughter? (the first search example http://www-ensps.u-strasbg.fr/annuaire/etudiants/12004/MARIA_ALPHONSE_JEAN_EMILE.jpg) t!

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                • W Weiye Chen

                  I only got the last question correct. :) Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                  Same here. :((


                  Five birds are sitting on a fence. Three of them decide to fly off. How many are left?

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                  • R Rocky Moore

                    Getting three out of four wrong mean I should go to bed now? :-O There is a site that has something similar (yeah probably lots of sites ;) ) http://www.begent.freeserve.co.uk/intelquiz.htm[^] Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com

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                    Rocky Moore wrote: _http://www.begent.freeserve.co.uk/intelquiz.htm\[^\]_ I answered 90 minutes for question #7, but the answer was 60 minutes. I suppose it depends on if you they are asking how long the pills last in your system versus how long the pills last in your hand/pill bottle/etc.


                    Five birds are sitting on a fence. Three of them decide to fly off. How many are left?

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                      i'm near to say 4th reply is undefined why mary must be daughter? (the first search example http://www-ensps.u-strasbg.fr/annuaire/etudiants/12004/MARIA_ALPHONSE_JEAN_EMILE.jpg) t!

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                      The question says: "Mary's father has five daughters", and then names four of the daughters. How can Mary not be the other daughter?

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                        The question says: "Mary's father has five daughters", and then names four of the daughters. How can Mary not be the other daughter?

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                        Does the sentence "Mary's father has five daughters" excludes that Mary's father has also sons?


                        Le temps se perd, "Si" n'existe pas Tous les remords n'y changeront rien Le temps se perd, "Si" n'existe pas Donc à présent le choix reste mien

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                          Does the sentence "Mary's father has five daughters" excludes that Mary's father has also sons?


                          Le temps se perd, "Si" n'existe pas Tous les remords n'y changeront rien Le temps se perd, "Si" n'existe pas Donc à présent le choix reste mien

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                          Colin Angus Mackay
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                          True, and Mary could be a boy - But this is highly unlikely because Mary is a female name in English unlike French or Spanish where Maria can be applied to a male also (e.g. Jose Maria Aznar - The male president of Spain) --Colin Mackay--

                          "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but perseverance." (H. Jackson Brown) Enumerators in .NET: See how to customise foreach loops with C#

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                            3/4 correct, although I could argue that one about over taking the last person. I answered ahead of them, as we could have been on a circular track and lapping them. Roger Allen - Sonork 100.10016 If your dead and reading this, then you have no life!

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                            Roger Allen wrote: I answered ahead of them, as we could have been on a circular track and lapping them. Same here - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!" My Photos[^] nsms@spyf.dk <- Spam Collecting ;)

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                            • C Colin Angus Mackay

                              True, and Mary could be a boy - But this is highly unlikely because Mary is a female name in English unlike French or Spanish where Maria can be applied to a male also (e.g. Jose Maria Aznar - The male president of Spain) --Colin Mackay--

                              "In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength but perseverance." (H. Jackson Brown) Enumerators in .NET: See how to customise foreach loops with C#

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                              Who said the father was english? :-D (yes, I'm splitting hairs :)) Marie/Maria is very rarely used as a name for a boy, unless it's a composed name, as Jean-Marie/Jose Maria.


                              Le temps se perd, "Si" n'existe pas Tous les remords n'y changeront rien Le temps se perd, "Si" n'existe pas Donc à présent le choix reste mien

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                                Saw this somewhere else. Hopefully it's not a repost. Below are four (4) questions. 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!!! 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 mess up in the next question. To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question. 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?! You're not very good at this are you? 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? 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? Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth. Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again. Debbie

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                                >> Q: You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in? >> A: If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second! Wrong. If the race is run on a standard running track (which is circular) and you have been overlapped by the second person, you retain your original position once you overtake him. >>Q: If you overtake the last person, then you are...? >>A: Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST person?! Again, if you overtake the last person by overlapping him, you retain your current position. ;P ;P ;P ;P

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                                  crikey. I should be digging ditches, not programming computers. :-O regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                                  Paul Watson wrote: I should be digging ditches, not programming computers. Yeah, no sh*t. Not only did I get the answers wrong but I actually admired how well the whole thing was put together to trick us, the "unclever" ones. Here's to us: :beer: Regards, Alvaro


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                                    Saw this somewhere else. Hopefully it's not a repost. Below are four (4) questions. 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!!! 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 mess up in the next question. To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question. 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?! You're not very good at this are you? 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? 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? Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth. Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again. Debbie

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                                    At least I got the math question right :-O


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                                    • T Tibor Blazko

                                      i'm near to say 4th reply is undefined why mary must be daughter? (the first search example http://www-ensps.u-strasbg.fr/annuaire/etudiants/12004/MARIA_ALPHONSE_JEAN_EMILE.jpg) t!

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                                      While Maria can be a male name, Mary ain't. The closest female version is "Marie" in quite some central european languages.


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                                        Saw this somewhere else. Hopefully it's not a repost. Below are four (4) questions. 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!!! 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 mess up in the next question. To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question. 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?! You're not very good at this are you? 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? 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? Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth. Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again. Debbie

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                                        Debs wrote: NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again. ROTFL BTW, I answered only one question. :-O
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                                          3/4 correct, although I could argue that one about over taking the last person. I answered ahead of them, as we could have been on a circular track and lapping them. Roger Allen - Sonork 100.10016 If your dead and reading this, then you have no life!

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                                          lol, 3/4 here. i thought that question was arguable too. todo.... :: insert inspirational text here ::

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