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Thread ID: 90137	2008-05-24 07:01:00	Dementia Test	bevy121 (117)	PC World Chat

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672117	2008-05-24 07:01:00	Test for Dementia 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!!! 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 absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person, you take his place, so 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 one, OK ? 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? . . You're not very good at this, are you? :) Third Question: Very 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? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . . 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? . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . . . . . . . . . . It's really very simple . . . . . He just has to open his mouth and ask!	bevy121 (117)
672118	2008-05-24 12:51:00	I can't believe that arithmatic one. Even after reading the answer and checking with a calculator, I tried adding up again in my head and STILL got 5000! :(	Greg (193)
672119	2008-05-24 13:34:00	I can't believe that arithmatic one. Even after reading the answer and checking with a calculator, I tried adding up again in my head and STILL got 5000! :( Yeah haha. The trick is that the double digits only add up to 100, not 1000. Counting in thousands has tricked you into think it also added up to 1000.	trinsic (6945)
672120	2008-05-24 14:28:00	Yeah haha. The trick is that the double digits only add up to 100, not 1000. Counting in thousands has tricked you into think it also added up to 1000. Bah. I hate my mind being fooled like that! Even so... I try it again and yet again I get 5000 in my head! Thx anyway. [Edit] aaaahhhhh, nowwwww I see it! Thx again!	Greg (193)
672121	2008-05-24 22:46:00	Because I'd heard them all before, no dementia here. (heard them all in my head before that is)	sal (67)
672122	2008-05-24 22:51:00	...........but did I pass or fail? If I pass, am I then demented or is that just if I fail? I'm so-o-o confused. Wait! Was the test a TEST too? Confusion should NOT be a test. I got it! Weren't there actually five questions? I mean...if you count the bonus round then there's five..but if you don't then you have only four and they you cannot ask the bonus question. I think I passed...	SurferJoe46 (51)
672123	2008-05-25 04:45:00	My 14 year old did all those and got them all write, I got them all wrong:-(	Bantu (52)
672124	2008-05-25 05:09:00	My 14 year old did all those and got them all write, ( <edit: I redacted myself>	SurferJoe46 (51)
672125	2008-05-25 06:06:00	Oh mannn!!! Surely I am not demented, will blame it on the three glasses of wine!!!	lakewoodlady (103)
672126	2008-05-25 06:08:00	Don't you just hate 14 year olds!	lakewoodlady (103)
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