FORUM FUN FEATURE!! Tough Test 5

**Bumper** · 07-30-2004

Tough Test 5

1. A block of wood in the form of a cuboid 4" X 8" X 14" has all its six faces painted pink. If the wooden block is cut into 448 cubes of 1" X 1" X 1", how many of these would have pink paint on them?

2. Who is Columbia’s most famous bean picker?

3. There are three playing cards face-up on the table. A diamond is on the left of a spade. An eight is on the right of a king. A ten is on the left of a heart. A heart is on the left of a spade. From left to right, what are the three playing cards?

4. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

5. An inventor offered a new artillery piece to the army for consideration. He declared that once loaded it would fire sixty shots at the rate of a shot a minute. The military put it to the test and found that it fired sixty shots in an hour, but rejected it, “As it did not fulfil the promised level of performance.”

“Absurd,” said the gun’s inventor, “for you have shown it clearly does all that we claimed it would do.”

“Nothing of the sort,” said the evaluation committee. “It has failed.”

Who is correct, the inventor or the appraisers?

6. Take the letters ERGRO. Put three letters in front of it, and the same three letters behind it, in the same order, to form a common English word.

7. Sun Seekers brought a big box of his favourite cerveza to a PlayaInfo get together for his chums to share. Cuffedlinks took one third, Lil G took one quarter, Critter took one fifth, and Tex took one sixth. That left six beers as McKinzie’s share. How many Dos Equis Ambar were there altogether?

8. What river is the city of Baton Rouge on?

9. Bumper has lived one fourth of his life as a boy, one fifth as a youth, one third as a man and has spent 13years as a senior citizen. How old is he?

10. What segment of an Iron Man competition is staged second?

**sctx** · 07-30-2004

Sorry Bump, ?#7 is a trick question because SCTX don't drink beer unless it's the national beer of Texas... but they don't sell Shiner Bock in Playa :p... besides, McKinzie would scam way more than just six

Lulu · 07-30-2004

2. Juan Valdez
4. Footsteps
6.UNDergroUND
8. Mississippi
10. bike

can't... think... anymore...

**sctx** · 07-30-2004

I still want Lulu's avatar

**Bumper** · 07-30-2004

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Originally Posted by sctx

Sorry Bump, ?#7 is a trick question because SCTX don't drink beer unless it's the national beer of Texas... but they don't sell Shiner Bock in Playa :p... besides, McKinzie would scam way more than just six

Error corrected. Check the edit. Somebody has to uphold the family honour.

**Bumper** · 07-30-2004

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Originally Posted by sctx

I still want Lulu's avatar

I want Lulu's baby!!

Lulu · 07-30-2004

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Originally Posted by Bumper

I want Lulu's baby!!

Aw, Bump, you say the nicest things...

(wink wink)

Lulu · 07-30-2004

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Originally Posted by sctx

I still want Lulu's avatar

Literally or figuratively?

**sctx** · 07-30-2004

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Originally Posted by Bumper

Error corrected. Check the edit. Somebody has to uphold the family honour.

But now your assuming Lil G would LET Cuffed take a 1/3 , which is more than her 1/4..... I just can't see that happening

**Bumper** · 07-30-2004

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Originally Posted by sctx

But now your assuming Lil G would LET Cuffed take a 1/3 , which is more than her 1/4..... I just can't see that happening

Okay, okay, okay!! Sheesh!! I never thought trying to personalize question #7 would cause this unparagoned portion of susitation over such an eviserated imponderability. Would you believe before I re-wrote the puppy it was about candy bars and featured such notable characters as John, Alice, Bill, Henry, Linda and Frank. Maybe I should have left boring enough alone. That's what I get for using my poetic license. Everybody's a critic!! Mutter, mutter, mutter...

But the real question, Scotty, - and you're obviously attempting to avoid the issue - is do you have even the vaguest notion of the solution to the question? Eh?...huh?...howzat?...Aha, smart guy!!

mckinzie · 07-30-2004

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Originally Posted by sctx

Sorry Bump, ?#7 is a trick question because SCTX don't drink beer unless it's the national beer of Texas... but they don't sell Shiner Bock in Playa :p... besides, McKinzie would scam way more than just six

Ok Scott that was below the belt man.
Besides I never stolen anything in my life.

I don't think my sister(Captain with the Sheriffs Dept) would apreciate that.

Nerak936 · 07-30-2004

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Originally Posted by mckinzie

Ok Scott that was below the belt man.
Besides I never stolen anything in my life.

I don't think my sister(Captain with the Sheriffs Dept) would apreciate that.

Go get 'im, Kinz! <img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_9_133.gif' alt='Club Me' border=0></a>

Watch out, Scott!! <img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15_1_63.gif' alt='Peeking Over Fence' border=0></a>

mckinzie · 07-30-2004

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Originally Posted by Nerak936

Go get 'im, Kinz! <img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_9_133.gif' alt='Club Me' border=0></a>

Watch out, Scott!! <img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15_1_63.gif' alt='Peeking Over Fence' border=0></a>

He's alright in my book Karen.
You just gotta straighten him out every once in awhile

**denisea** · 07-31-2004

1) 304
2) Juan Valdez
3) 10 Diamond, King Heart, 8 Spade
4) Birthdays
5) Appraisers. Just because it shot 60 shots/hour doesn't necessarily mean each shot was at a rate of 1 shot/minute.
6) UND (UNDergroUND)
7) 120
8) Mississippi
9) 63
10) Bike

**Bumper** · 07-31-2004

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Originally Posted by denisea

1) 304
2) Juan Valdez
3) 10 Diamond, King Heart, 8 Spade
4) Birthdays
5) Appraisers. Just because it shot 60 shots/hour doesn't necessarily mean each shot was at a rate of 1 shot/minute.
6) UND (UNDergroUND)
7) 120
8) Mississippi
9) 63
10) Bike

O-o-o-o-o!! Close, D. 8 out of 10, maybe 9. I'll have to see your arithmetic on #9, perhaps mine is wrong, goodness knows my math skills are certainly suspect. I'll post my answers this PM after my golf game, where shaky math skills can be a positive thing, rather than a negative. (Shout 4, shoot 7, write 5)

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Bumper Class Clown Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 9,113	FORUM FUN FEATURE!! Tough Test 5 Tough Test 5 1. A block of wood in the form of a cuboid 4" X 8" X 14" has all its six faces painted pink. If the wooden block is cut into 448 cubes of 1" X 1" X 1", how many of these would have pink paint on them? 2. Who is Columbia’s most famous bean picker? 3. There are three playing cards face-up on the table. A diamond is on the left of a spade. An eight is on the right of a king. A ten is on the left of a heart. A heart is on the left of a spade. From left to right, what are the three playing cards? 4. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? 5. An inventor offered a new artillery piece to the army for consideration. He declared that once loaded it would fire sixty shots at the rate of a shot a minute. The military put it to the test and found that it fired sixty shots in an hour, but rejected it, “As it did not fulfil the promised level of performance.” “Absurd,” said the gun’s inventor, “for you have shown it clearly does all that we claimed it would do.” “Nothing of the sort,” said the evaluation committee. “It has failed.” Who is correct, the inventor or the appraisers? 6. Take the letters ERGRO. Put three letters in front of it, and the same three letters behind it, in the same order, to form a common English word. 7. Sun Seekers brought a big box of his favourite cerveza to a PlayaInfo get together for his chums to share. Cuffedlinks took one third, Lil G took one quarter, Critter took one fifth, and Tex took one sixth. That left six beers as McKinzie’s share. How many Dos Equis Ambar were there altogether? 8. What river is the city of Baton Rouge on? 9. Bumper has lived one fourth of his life as a boy, one fifth as a youth, one third as a man and has spent 13years as a senior citizen. How old is he? 10. What segment of an Iron Man competition is staged second? Last edited by Bumper : 07-30-2004 at 06:19 PM. Reason: Change name from sctx to Lil G

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sctx Fan of confusion Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Body in San Marcos Tx....Tankah in my mind Posts: 26,048	Sorry Bump, ?#7 is a trick question because SCTX don't drink beer unless it's the national beer of Texas... but they don't sell Shiner Bock in Playa :p... besides, McKinzie would scam way more than just six

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Lulu añejo Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South of Houston, TX Posts: 2,049	2. Juan Valdez 4. Footsteps 6.UNDergroUND 8. Mississippi 10. bike can't... think... anymore...

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sctx Fan of confusion Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Body in San Marcos Tx....Tankah in my mind Posts: 26,048	I still want Lulu's avatar

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denisea Forum Goddess Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: On the road to ruins... Posts: 7,025	1) 304 2) Juan Valdez 3) 10 Diamond, King Heart, 8 Spade 4) Birthdays 5) Appraisers. Just because it shot 60 shots/hour doesn't necessarily mean each shot was at a rate of 1 shot/minute. 6) UND (UNDergroUND) 7) 120 8) Mississippi 9) 63 10) Bike

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