ANSWERS TO IDIOT TEST
KRONISH
Okay - here are the answers. If any of you don't agree
with them, well................
If anyone out there in net.land has more of these "moron"
quizzes, please post. I have gotten requests, but aside
from the one Eric posted (I already had that one), this is
it.
1. Do they have a Fourth of July in England?
Of course, but it's not Independence Day there.
2. How many birthdays does the average person have?
Only one (unless you're born again!)
3. Some months have 31 days, some have 30. How many have 28?
All
4. A woman gives a beggar $.50. The woman is the beggar's sister, but
the beggar is not the woman's brother. Why is this?
The beggar is the woman's sister
5. Why can't a man living in Salem, N.C. be buried west of the
Mississippi?
Because he's still alive in Salem, N.C.
6. How many outs are there in an inning?
6
7. Is it legal in N.J. for a man to marry his widow's sister?
Only if it's legal for a dead man to marry anyone
8. Two men play 5 games of checkers. Each man wins the same number
of games. There are no ties. Can you explain this?
The did not play each other
9. Divide 30 by a half and add 10. What is the answer?
70 (30/.5=60+10=70)
10. If you have 3 apples and you take away 2, how many apples
do you have?
YOU still have 3 apples. (NO quibbling on this
one)
11. I have 2 U.S. coins totaling $.55. One is not a nickle. What
are the coins.
One coin is a half-dollar, the OTHER is a nickle.
12. If you walked into a room, and had only one match, and the room
contained an oil burner, a kerosene lamp and a wood burning stove,
what would you light first?
The match of course!
13. How far can a dog run into the woods?
Only half way. Then he's on his way out.
14. A doctor gives you 3 pills, telling you to take one every half
hour. How long would the pills last?
One hour, if taken at 1/2 hour intervals, starting immediately
15. A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 die. How many does he have left?
9 live ones (plus 8 dead ones) (Draw your
own conclusions)
16. A clerk in a butcher shop is 6'6" tall. What does he weigh?
Usually meat.
17. How may $.02 stamps are in a dozen?
12
18. What was the president's name in 1940?
Ronald Wilson Reagan, same as it is now. (Does
anyone know if that was the name he was born with
or whether he adopted it for the movies?) At any
rate that was his name in 1940.
(really shouldn't accept Mr. President, but being a
kindly old soul, I will)
18 correct = genius
16 = above normal
14 = normal
10 = subnormal
8 = idiot
6 = nincompoop
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Daniel Jay Barrett
> Only if it's legal for a dead man to marry anyone
A variation on this question is: "Is it legal for a man to
be married to his widow's sister?" The answer is YES.
Here is how:
1) Man marries woman A.
2) Man and woman A are divorced.
3) Man marries woman B, who is woman A's sister.
4) Man dies.
Since woman A is woman B's sister, and Man was married to woman A,
AT ONE TIME, HE WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIDOW'S SISTER (A).
Now don't you feel elevated?
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Daniel J. Barrett
Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
KRONISH
> > Only if it's legal for a dead man to marry anyone
> > ==----===== Arden M. Kronish
>
>
> A variation on this question is: "Is it legal for a man to
> be married to his widow's sister?" The answer is YES.
>
> Here is how:
> 1) Man marries woman A.
> 2) Man and woman A are divorced.
> 3) Man marries woman B, who is woman A's sister.
> 4) Man dies.
>
> Since woman A is woman B's sister, and Man was married to woman A,
> AT ONE TIME, HE WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIDOW'S SISTER (A).
>
Reread the question. "To Marry", not "Be married to". A
small matter of semantics, but crucial to the answer.
Your way of wording the question is a horse of another
color.
> Now don't you feel elevated?
>
> --
> Daniel J. Barrett
> Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
> Johns Hopkins University
> Baltimore, MD 21218
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Laurah Limbrick
>> be married to his widow's sister?" The answer is YES.
>>
>> Here is how:
>> 1) Man marries woman A.
>> 2) Man and woman A are divorced.
>> 3) Man marries woman B, who is woman A's sister.
>> 4) Man dies.
>>
>> Since woman A is woman B's sister, and Man was married to woman A,
>> AT ONE TIME, HE WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIDOW'S SISTER (A).
>>
>>
>> --
>> Daniel J. Barrett
>> Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
>> Johns Hopkins University
>> Baltimore, MD 21218
But if the man and woman A are divorced, then she is a divorcee', and NOT
considered his widow when he dies. Therefore, he still has not married
his widow's sister.
Mark Rosenthal
>>> A variation on this question is: "Is it legal for a man to
>>> be married to his widow's sister?" The answer is YES.
>>>
>>> Here is how:
>>> 1) Man marries woman A.
>>> 2) Man and woman A are divorced.
>>> 3) Man marries woman B, who is woman A's sister.
>>> 4) Man dies.
>>>
>>> Since woman A is woman B's sister, and Man was married to woman A,
>>> AT ONE TIME, HE WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIDOW'S SISTER (A).
>>>
>
>considered his widow when he dies. Therefore, he still has not married
>his widow's sister.
Then try leaving out step 2. The question now reduces to: is bigamy legal?
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