Gullibility Test
Not really a meme...just something I found from when I was in 6th grade while cleaning my closet. It was a 27 question activity...though, I'm not sure of some of the answers since I don't have an answer key and they never gave us one.
So, just for fun...I'll post the ones that I know the answers are correct on, so if anyone wants to do them, there's an answer key. ;p
If anyone wantsta do the ones that I haven't double-checked with an answer key, just ask...there are about 5 of those.
Dun hafta include explanations as to why you got the answer you did...but I find it's always fun to explain it. That part's optional.
Let's begin!
1. If you have a standard, old fashioned, wind-up clock and went to bed at 8:00 PM and set the alarm to ring at 9:00 AM, how many hours of sleep can you expect?
2. Do they have a 4th of July in England?
3. Why can't a man living in Winston-Salem, NC, be buried west of the Mississippi River?
4. How many birthdays does the average person have?
5. If you had only one match and entered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil lamp, and a wood-burning stove, which would you light first?
6. Some months have 30 days, some have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
7. How far can a dog run into the woods?
8. I have two United States coins in my pocket, and together they total 55 cents. One coin is not a nickel. What is the value of each coin?
9. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. how many did the farmer have left?
10. (Mentally) Divide 30 by a half and add 10. What is the answer?
11. Take two apples from three apples and what do you have?
12. An archaeologist claimed that he found some gold coins dated 46 BC. Do you think he did?
13. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents. The woman is the beggar's sister, but the beggar is not the woman's brother. how come?
14. How many animals of each species did moses take aboard the ark with him?
15. Is it legal in Massachusetts for a man to marry his widow's sister?
16. An electric locomotive is travelling north at the rate of 40 mph. It is being chased from the south by a wind blowing at 80 mph. Will the smoke from the locomotive be blown ahead of the train at the rate of 40 mph?
17. There is a ten-foot steel ladder attached to the side of a boat. The rungs on the ladder are exactly one foot apart with the bottom run resting exactly on the top of the water. If the tide rises at a rate of one foot every half hour, howl ong will it take to cover the first three rungs of the ladder?
18. You are completely blindfolded. Placed in front of you is a box of stockings, all the same size. 25 of the stockings are white; 25 are black. What is the minimum number of stockings that you must remove to be absolutely sure of a matching pair of stockings?
19. What four words appear on every U.S. coin beside "In God We Trust?"
20. You have a baseball. You throw it away from you as hard as you can. It does not hit anything, nor does anyone catch it, but it comes back to you. There are no strings or elastics involved. Why does the ball come back?
21. Are there more doorknobs on the right side of doors or on the left side of doors?
22. A small planeload of americans and Canadians flying over Canadian territory have a fatal accident. None of the remains can be identified. In which country, United States or Canada, will the survivors be buried?
So, just for fun...I'll post the ones that I know the answers are correct on, so if anyone wants to do them, there's an answer key. ;p
If anyone wantsta do the ones that I haven't double-checked with an answer key, just ask...there are about 5 of those.
Dun hafta include explanations as to why you got the answer you did...but I find it's always fun to explain it. That part's optional.
Let's begin!
1. If you have a standard, old fashioned, wind-up clock and went to bed at 8:00 PM and set the alarm to ring at 9:00 AM, how many hours of sleep can you expect?
2. Do they have a 4th of July in England?
3. Why can't a man living in Winston-Salem, NC, be buried west of the Mississippi River?
4. How many birthdays does the average person have?
5. If you had only one match and entered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil lamp, and a wood-burning stove, which would you light first?
6. Some months have 30 days, some have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?
7. How far can a dog run into the woods?
8. I have two United States coins in my pocket, and together they total 55 cents. One coin is not a nickel. What is the value of each coin?
9. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but 9 died. how many did the farmer have left?
10. (Mentally) Divide 30 by a half and add 10. What is the answer?
11. Take two apples from three apples and what do you have?
12. An archaeologist claimed that he found some gold coins dated 46 BC. Do you think he did?
13. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents. The woman is the beggar's sister, but the beggar is not the woman's brother. how come?
14. How many animals of each species did moses take aboard the ark with him?
15. Is it legal in Massachusetts for a man to marry his widow's sister?
16. An electric locomotive is travelling north at the rate of 40 mph. It is being chased from the south by a wind blowing at 80 mph. Will the smoke from the locomotive be blown ahead of the train at the rate of 40 mph?
17. There is a ten-foot steel ladder attached to the side of a boat. The rungs on the ladder are exactly one foot apart with the bottom run resting exactly on the top of the water. If the tide rises at a rate of one foot every half hour, howl ong will it take to cover the first three rungs of the ladder?
18. You are completely blindfolded. Placed in front of you is a box of stockings, all the same size. 25 of the stockings are white; 25 are black. What is the minimum number of stockings that you must remove to be absolutely sure of a matching pair of stockings?
19. What four words appear on every U.S. coin beside "In God We Trust?"
20. You have a baseball. You throw it away from you as hard as you can. It does not hit anything, nor does anyone catch it, but it comes back to you. There are no strings or elastics involved. Why does the ball come back?
21. Are there more doorknobs on the right side of doors or on the left side of doors?
22. A small planeload of americans and Canadians flying over Canadian territory have a fatal accident. None of the remains can be identified. In which country, United States or Canada, will the survivors be buried?