Some questions for the clever PHers
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Test for smart people!
Below are four questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately.
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 wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second! Try not to screw 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?
Third Question:
Very tricky maths
Note: This must be done in your head only. Do not use paper and pencil or a calculator.
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!
Fourth Question:
Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Answer: Nunu?
NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Check the question again
Okay, now the bonus round:
There is a mute person who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
Now if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?
He just has to open his mouth and ask.
Below are four questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately.
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 wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second! Try not to screw 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?
Third Question:
Very tricky maths
Note: This must be done in your head only. Do not use paper and pencil or a calculator.
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!
Fourth Question:
Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Answer: Nunu?
NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Check the question again
Okay, now the bonus round:
There is a mute person who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
Now if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?
He just has to open his mouth and ask.
pagey said:Course. You don't say that each of the three letters that spell words have to be in the order they appear in the three letter words!
Find a nine letter word where the first three letters spell a word and the second three letters spell a word and the last three letters spell a word
beano500 said:
Find a nine letter word where the first three letters spell a word and the second three letters spell a word and the last three letters spell a word
Typical!
You always get someone that tries to confuse the issue
Nevin said:
Beano
Nevin
Enion
Try a little
harder
red
act
ion
try dictionary.com all perfectly good words, as is redaction, so bollox to yer.
Indeed, what's the problem with redaction?
indeed there is no problem - the man is correct!
now why couldn't we get 'redaction' on staurday night 
maybe something to do with the
it took 8 of us 30 minutes to fathom out the word I was thinking of after a clue.
>> Edited by pagey on Monday 12th December 15:34
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