willhunt4coues Report post Posted March 12, 2009 "Test for Dementia" >> >> "It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test." >> >> Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the >>muscles. As we grow older, it's important to keep mentally alert. >>If you don't use it, you lose it! Below is a very private way to >>gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence. >> >> >> Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or >>not. The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you've >>made your answer. >> >> OK, relax, clear your mind and begin....... >> >> >> >> 1. What do you put in a toaster? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Answer: "bread." If you said "toast," give up now and do >>something else. Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, bread, go to >>Question 2. >> >> >> >> >> >> 2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows drink? >> >> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> >> <!--[endif]--> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Answer: Cows drink water. >> If you said "milk," don't attempt the next question. Your brain >>is over-stressed and may even overheat. Content yourself with >>reading a more appropriate literature such as Auto World. However, >>if you said "water", proceed to question 3. >> >> >> >> 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 green house made >>from? >> >> >> >> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> >> <!--[endif]--> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green >>bricks," why are you still reading these??? >> If you said "glass," go on to Question 4. >> >> >> >> >> 4. It's twenty years ago, and 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 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 can do so and >>the plane fatally crashes smack in the middle of "no man's land" >>between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you bury the >>survivors? East Germany, West Germany, or no man's land"? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> >> <!--[endif]--> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Answer: You don't bury survivors. >> >> >> >> If you said ANYTHING else, you're a dunce and you must stop. If >>you said, "You don't bury survivors", proceed to the next question. >> >> >> >> >> 5. 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? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> >> <!--[endif]--> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Answer: Oh, for crying out loud! >> >> >> >> Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!! >> >> >> Now pass this along to all your friends and pray they do better >>than you. >> >> >> PS: 95% of people fail most of these questions!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted March 14, 2009 I enjoy these! I actually did really well, but that's only because I have seen one like it before! Easy to see how the mind is led around. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
