[Vision2020] Time to Relax!
Dick Schmidt
dickschmidt@moscow.com
Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:27:50 -0700
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All,
Take a few minutes off from thinking about the poor choices we have to =
vote for this fall and take a little test! There are no prizes.
Dick Schmidt
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It is a set of quick-fire questions. They may look easy, but be warned - =
they are designed to trick you.=20
Write down your answers and then see how many you got right.=20
The time limit is three minutes.=20
1. What is the last thing you take off before going to bed at night?=20
2. What gets longer when it is cut at both ends?=20
3. What was the first name of King George VI of England?=20
4. What do you call a fly without wings?=20
5. How many squares are there on a standard chessboard?=20
6. How many seconds are there in a year?=20
7. A man throws a ball three feet, it stops, and then returns to his =
hand without touching anything. How come?=20
8. What was the largest island in the world before Australia was =
discovered?=20
9. Why can a policeman never open the door in his pajamas?=20
10. If 5 dogs kill 5 rats in 5 minutes, how long does it take 15 dogs to =
kill 15 rats?=20
Scroll Down for the Answers=20
Here are the answers.=20
1. Your feet off the floor.=20
2. A ditch.=20
3. Albert. (He deferred to Queen Victoria's wish that no future king be =
called Albert.)=20
4. A walk!=20
5. There are 204 squares of varying sizes on a regular 8x8 chessboard.=20
6. 12 - the second of Jan., the second of Feb., etc.=20
7. He throws it straight up.=20
8. Greenland. Australia is a continental landmass.=20
9. He does not have a door in his pajamas.=20
10. 5 minutes.=20
Your score:=20
Number Correct Rating=20
8 - 10 Very Strange Mind=20
6 - 7 Strange=20
3 - 5 Need Help=20
0 - 2 Beyond Saving
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<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Take a few minutes off from thinking =
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poor choices we have to vote for this fall and take a little test! =
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are no prizes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Dick Schmidt</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>It is a set of quick-fire questions. =
They may=20
look easy, but be warned - they are designed to trick you. <BR><BR>Write =
down=20
your answers and then see how many you got right. <BR><BR>The time limit =
is=20
three minutes. <BR><BR>1. What is the last thing you take off before =
going to=20
bed at night? <BR><BR>2. What gets longer when it is cut at both ends?=20
<BR><BR>3. What was the first name of King George VI of England? =
<BR><BR>4. What=20
do you call a fly without wings? <BR><BR>5. How many squares are there =
on a=20
standard chessboard? <BR><BR>6. How many seconds are there in a year? =
<BR><BR>7.=20
A man throws a ball three feet, it stops, and then returns to his hand =
without=20
touching anything. How come? <BR><BR>8. What was the largest island in =
the world=20
before Australia was discovered? <BR><BR>9. Why can a policeman never =
open the=20
door in his pajamas? <BR><BR>10. If 5 dogs kill 5 rats in 5 minutes, how =
long=20
does it take 15 dogs to kill 15 rats? <BR><BR><BR>Scroll Down for the =
Answers=20
<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Here are the =
answers.=20
<BR><BR>1. Your feet off the floor. <BR><BR>2. A ditch. <BR><BR>3. =
Albert. (He=20
deferred to Queen Victoria's wish that no future king be called Albert.) =
<BR><BR>4. A walk! <BR><BR>5. There are 204 squares of varying sizes on =
a=20
regular 8x8 chessboard. <BR><BR>6. 12 - the second of Jan., the second =
of Feb.,=20
etc. <BR><BR>7. He throws it straight up. <BR><BR>8. Greenland. =
Australia is a=20
continental landmass. <BR><BR>9. He does not have a door in his pajamas. =
<BR><BR>10. 5 minutes. <BR><BR>Your score: <BR><BR>Number Correct Rating =
<BR><BR>8 - 10 Very Strange Mind <BR><BR>6 - 7 Strange <BR><BR>3 - 5 =
Need Help=20
<BR><BR>0 - 2 Beyond Saving</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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