FIRST QUESTION:
YOU ARE A PARTICIPANT IN A RACE. YOU OVERTAKE
THE SECOND PERSON. WHAT POSITION ARE YOU IN?
NOW ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION,
BUT DON'T TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS
YOU TOOK FOR THE FIRST QUESTION, OK?
SECOND QUESTION:
IF YOU OVERTAKE THE LAST PERSON, THEN YOU ARE....?
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?
FOURTH QUESTION:
MARY'S FATHER HAS FIVE DAUGHTERS:
1. NANA, 2. NENE, 3. NINI, 4. NONO, AND ???
2. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIFTH DAUGHTER?
FINAL QUESTION:
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?
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OK...I think I have them all.
I will post them in ghost in case anybody else doesn't want to see them.
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Had to do it on a white space.
[span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]1. You would be in second place.[/span][br style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"][span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"] [/span][div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]
2. First ?
[/div] [div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"] [/div] [div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"] [/div][div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]3. 4100
[/div] [div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"] [/div][div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"] [/div][div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]4. Mary
[/div] [div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"] [/div] [div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"] [/div] [div style="color: rgb(208, 208, 208);"][span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]5. He asks.[/span]
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49er wrote:
FIRST QUESTION:
YOU ARE A PARTICIPANT IN A RACE. YOU OVERTAKE
THE SECOND PERSON. WHAT POSITION ARE YOU IN?
second
NOW ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION,
BUT DON'T TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS
YOU TOOK FOR THE FIRST QUESTION, OK?
SECOND QUESTION:
IF YOU OVERTAKE THE LAST PERSON, THEN YOU ARE....?
second to last
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?
4100
FOURTH QUESTION:
MARY'S FATHER HAS FIVE DAUGHTERS:
1. NANA, 2. NENE, 3. NINI, 4. NONO, AND ???
2. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIFTH DAUGHTER?
you answered this when you said marys father. her name is mary
FINAL QUESTION:
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 has a voice he would ask
[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#000000]Here are the answers in white font color....[/FONT]
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[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#ffffff]ANS #1 IF YOU OVERTAKE THE SECOND PERSON AND YOU TAKE HIS PLACE, YOU ARE IN SECOND PLACE![/FONT]
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[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#ffffff]ANS #2 HOW CAN YOU OVERTAKE THE LAST PERSON?? (YOUR ARE LAST!)[/FONT]
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[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#ffffff]ANS #3 4100...[/FONT]
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[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#ffffff]ANS #4 HER NAME IS MARY[/FONT]
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[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" color=#ffffff]ANS #5 HE OPENS HIS MOUTH AND ASKS FOR IT...[/FONT]
Hey....I take exception to answer #2. If the person who was in first place lapped the track, it's quite possible he could overtake the person in last place. (//forums/richedit/smileys/5.gif)
So if I got those answers wrong...what does it tell you about me?
LOL!!!
Isis wrote:
So if I got those answers wrong...what does it tell you about me?
It tells me that you're like me.....answering without fully comprehending the questions (I got them all wrong!)
Well....if I count my answer to #2 correct...and I think it's corrector ((//forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif) ) than theirs....then I got them all right.