Mental Test
>Mensa Test
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> >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, clears your mind and....... begin.
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> >1. What do you put in a toaster?
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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
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> >Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. 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 dunce 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
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> >Answer: One degree. If you said "360 degrees" or
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> >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!!!
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Phylosophers have only interpreted world in different ways. The point is, however, to change it. Karl Marx
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