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> It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test.
> Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As
> we grow older, it's important to keep mentally alert. If you don't use
> it, you lose it! Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or
> non-loss of intelligence.
> Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or not.
> The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you've made
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> OK, relax, clear your mind and begin.
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> 1. What do you put in a toaster?
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> Answer: "bread." If you said "toast," give up now and do something else.
> Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, bread, go to Question 2.
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> 2. Say " silk" five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows drink?
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> Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," don't attempt the next
> question. Your brain is over-stressed and may even overheat. Content
> yourself with reading a more appropriate literature such as Auto
> World. However, if you said "water", proceed to question 3.
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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 made from pink bricks and a black
> house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?
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> Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks,"
> why are you still reading these???
> If you said "glass," go on to Question 4.
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> 4. It's twenty years ago, and 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 G ermany.) Anyway, during the
> flight, two 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 can do so and the plane
> fatally crashes smack in the middle of "no man's land" between East
> Germany and West Germany . Where would you bury the survivors? East
> Germany , West Germany , or no man's land"?
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> Answer: You don't bury survivors.
> If you said ANYTHING else, you're a dunce and you must stop. If you
> said, "You don't bury survivors", proceed to the next question.
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> 5. 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 g et on. In Cardiff , 1 1 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 crying out loud!
> Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!!