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Wed, Sep 5, 07 at 8:39
| Subject: Test for Dementia Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 07:02:34 -0500
> > > > >Below are four ( 4 ) questions and a bonus question. You have to answer >them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately. >OK? > > >Let's find out just how clever you really are.... > > > >Ready? GO!!! (scroll dow n) > > > > > > > > > >First Question: > >Y ou 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 absolutely wrong! >If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second! > >Try not to screw up next time. Now answer the second question, but don't >take as much time as you took for the first question, OK? > >Second Question: >I f you overtake the last person, then you are...? (scroll down) > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > >Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong >again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST person? > > >You're not very good at this, are you? > > > > >Third Question: >V ery tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only . Do NOT >use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it. > > > >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? > > >Scroll down for answer.... > > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >Did you get 5000 ? > >The correct answer is actually 4100. > > >If you don't believe it, check it with a calculator! Today is definitely >not your day, is it? Maybe you'll get the last question right... Maybe. > > >Fourth Question: > >Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What >is the name of the fifth daughter? > > > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Did you Answer Nunu? NO! Of course it isn't. >Her name is Mary. Read the question again! > > >Okay, now the bonus round: > >A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating >the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the >shopkeeper and the purchase is done. >Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of >sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants? > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ > > > > >He just has to open his mouth and ask... >It's really very simple. > |
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| It took me three times to pass the "New Math" class if you are old enough to remember that. Foghorn |
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| and you are crazier than a loon if you think I will admit going 0 for 5. |
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- Posted by athenainwi z4b/5 WI (My Page) on Wed, Sep 5, 07 at 17:38
| Oh dear, I did horribly on that. I think it's because I did well on the SAT that I got way too used to how they ask the questions. |
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| I would hope that the good thing about having dementia is that one wouldn't know one has it... but it seems that ain't neccesarily so. The knowing part would suck donkeys! |
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- Posted by meredith_e 7B Piedmont NC (My Page) on Sat, Sep 8, 07 at 17:27
| Wow, this was really cool! Psychologically, I think it's probably an example of "Mental Set," eg - give subjects a math equation to solve and they will solve the next one the same way, even though there was an easier method that they just didn't see. Cool! |
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| I missed the arithmetic question and the second to last in the race. Got the other two and the bonus question correct. Is that 60%? Did I pass? |
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- Posted by meredith_e 7B Piedmont NC (My Page) on Sat, Sep 15, 07 at 17:21
| Smarter than an Oxonian, but maybe you knew that already :) |
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