It would appear that many of you felt the last examination that was posted on this site was too easy to provide much of a challenge to your supposedly advanced intellects. We trust the following will prove more stimulating.
Advanced PlayaInfo Test
1.How many three-cent stamps in a dozen
a) 3
b) 4
c) 12
d) 6
2.You’re the pilot of an airplane that travels from New York to Chicago - a distance of 800 miles. The airplane travels at 200 miles per hour and makes one stop for thirty minutes. What is the pilot’s name?
a) There is insufficient information given
b) You can’t tell from the question
c) Both a & b
d) You can tell from the question
3.There are ten black and ten white socks in a drawer. If you reach into the drawer in the dark, what is the least number of socks you must take out of the drawer before you are sure of having a matched pair?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
4.A kangaroo is at the bottom of a 30-foot well. Each day he jumps up three feet and slips back two. At that rate, when will he reach the top?
a) 27th day
b) 28th day
c) 29th day
d) 30th day
5.Two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck, one duck between two ducks. What’s the minimum number of ducks?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7
6.A rope ladder is hanging over the side of a ship. The ladder is 12 feet long, and the rungs are 1 foot apart. The bottom rung is resting on the surface of the water. The tide rises at the rate of 4 inches per hour. How long will it take before the first four rungs of the ladder are under the water?
a) 36 hours
b) 9 hours
c) They will never be under the water
d) 1 day
7.A child playing on the beach had 6 1/6 sand piles in one place and 3 1/3 in another. If he put them together, how many sand piles would he have?
a) 10
b) 9 ½
c) 2 5/6
d) None of the above
8.It takes 4 ½ hours for a jet plane to fly from coast. One plane leaves Los Angeles for New York at 4:40 PM, while another leaves New York for Los Angeles at 6:00 PM. Which plane will be closer to New York when they pass each other?
a) The Los Angeles bound plane
b) The New York bound plane
c) Neither would be closer
d) None of the above
9.In the Hope family there are seven sisters and each sister has one brother. Including Mr. and Mrs. Hope, how many are in the family?
a) 10
b) 16
c) 14
d) None of the above
10.If the Vice-President of the United States should die while in office, who would be President?
a) The Speaker of the House
b) The Secretary of State
c) The President Pro Tem
d) The President
11.Would it be cheaper for you to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?
a) Two friends at the same time
b) One friend twice
c) It would cost the same
d) The former would be twice as expensive as the latter
12.On a farm in Malaya is the world’s most perfect and symmetrical plum tree. The main trunk has 24 branches, each branch has 12 boughs, each bow has 12 twigs, and each twig bears one piece of fruit. How many apples on the tree?
a) 42
b) 1126
c) 188
d) None of the above
13.When you take two apples from three apples, what do you have?
a) 2
b) 1
c) 3
d) None of the above
14.How close a relative would the sister-in-law of your father’s only brother be?
a) Your aunt
b) Your grandmother
c) Your grandfather
d) Your mother
15.A bus starts at the depot with six passengers. It proceeds a few blocks and stops. Two passengers get off and five get on. It continues a short distance and stops. Three get off and seven board. The bus gets under way again, drives a short distance and stops. Four passengers get off and four get on. It proceeds on its route, stops, and five get on, three leave, then two more get on. At the next stop, fourteen get on and no one gets off. How many stops did the bus make?
a) 21
b) 5
c) 23
d) 4
16.Can you throw a golf ball with all your might and, without hitting a wall or other obstruction, have it stop and come back to you?
a) You can’t
b) You can
c) Only if you “doctor” the ball
d) None of the above
17.In which book of the Bible do you read of Abel slaying Cain?
a) In Genesis
b) In Deuteronomy
c) In both Genesis and mentioned again in Exodus
d) None of the above
18.Read the following sentence slowly, once through, counting the number of F’s.
Final Files Are The Result Of Years Of Scientific Study With The Experience Of Years.
How many did you find?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 6
19.How many cubic yards of earth are there in a hole 2 yards wide, 3 yards long, and 4 yards deep?
a) 26 yards
b) 72 yards
c) 24 yards
d) None of the above
20.The amount of water flowing into a tank doubles every minute. The tank is full in one hour. When was the tank half full?
a) 15 minutes
b) 10 minutes
c) 29 minutes
d) 59 minutes
21.There are two five-gallon containers. One has four gallons of red fluid and the other four gallons of blue. One gallon of the blue is poured into the red container, and then one gallon of the now mixed 4-red to 1-blue is poured back into the blue container. Is there more red in the blue or more red in the blue container?
a) Twice as much red in the blue
b) Twice as much blue in the red
c) 4/5 as much blue in the red
d) Both will be the same
22.You’ve seen a map of Italy. In which direction does the toe of the boot face?
a) East
b) West
c) North
d) South
23.Between two clocks, one of which is broken and doesn’t run at all, while the other loses one second every 24 hours, which is more accurate?
a) The slow clock is twice as accurate
b) The broken clock is far more accurate
c) Neither is ever accurate
d) Both are equally accurate
FORUM FOOL NOTE: I'll enter the answers in a separate post later today. I had hoped to be able to put them on as a "link" so you could go directly there to see how you've done. Unfortunately, it would appear that isn't possible because of where I have them saved. Too bad, as it sort of takes some of the fun out of it, but I'm afraid my lack of computer expertise has defeated me once more. :o
