Brain Exercise

natasa812

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> >Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow
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> >saying; "If you don't use it, you will lose it" also applies to the
> >brain, so........ Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or
> >non-loss of intelligence. So take the following test presented here and
> determine if you are losing it or are still "with it."
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> > > > The answer is "bread." If you said "toast," then give up now and go do
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> > > > 2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows drink?
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> > > > Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," please do not attempt
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> > > > reading something more appropriate such as "Children's World." If
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> > > > 3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made
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> > > > Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks,"what the devil are you still doing here reading these questions?????
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> > > > 4. Twenty years ago, a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over Germany. If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into
West Germany and East Germany. Anyway, during the flight, TWO of the
engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is
also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately
the engine fails before he has time and the plane crashes smack in
the middle of "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany.
Where would you bury the survivors? East Germany or West Germany or
in "no man's land"?
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> > > > Answer: You don't, of course, bury survivors. If you said ANYTHING
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> > >from a plane crash. Your efforts would not be appreciated. If you
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> > > > 5. If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/2 of a degree every minute
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> > > > Answer: Thirty degrees. If you said anything other than
> > >"thirty degrees," you are to be congratulated on getting this far, but
> > >you are obviously out of your league. Turn your pencil in and exit
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> > > > 6. Without using a calculator -- You are driving a bus from London
> > >to Milford Haven in Wales. In London, 17 people get on the bus. In
> > >Reading, six people get off the bus and nine people get on. In
> > >Swindon, two people get off and four get on. In Cardiff, 11 people
> > >get off and 16 people get in. In Swansea, three people get off and
> > >five people get on. In Carmathen, six people get off and three get
> > >on. You then arrive at Milford Haven. What was the name of the bus
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> > > > Answer: Oh, for crying out loud! Don't you remember? It was YOU,
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> > > > Now pass this along to all your friends and remember to work that
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Arian Maverick

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I thought the one about the clock was a trick; I thought to myself, "Should they be talking about the hour hand, or the minute hand?"

*Turns pencil in and exits the room.*

Arian Maverick
 

LionKing

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i was sitting here this morning, and drinking coffee. I was doing pretty good on a couple of them... ha! But the last one is real eye opening... ha! I thought to myself the story doesn't give a name! Then I re read it... ha! I was driving the dang bus!!! Ha! Love it. V/r LionKing:D
 

piercethevale

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..No Problemo, but then I'm way too hip to these kind of exercises.
Back when I was in Jr. High School my Health Class teacher handed out a 6 page test on the last day of school.
All the guys in the class were schocked and perturbed at this act, as the very last day of school was always pretty much just a 'goof off' day. In all classes testing was completed the week before and each class you attended on the last day of school was usually spent watching a film or spent in some sort of fun class participation exercise... or the teacher was really lax and just let the kids roam about class and socialize...make dates/plans for the summer...etc.
So we were all quite irritated to find this test passed out to us...6 [or it may have been more] pages thick. On each page there must have been at least 15 questions and the very first item on this test said to read the entire test and every question before starting to answer any questions.
Well, I started to read the **** thing but realized that if I just started doing it I could be done a lot quicker and would get at least a few minutes of time free near the end of class.
This was the realiztion made by almost every boy in class as before too long almost all of us had picked up our pencils and started answering the questions...with the exception of just a few boys [this was an all male class].
The teacher sat at his desk, reading, and looking highly amused.
I and a number of the other guys worked furiously to complete this damned thing as fast as possible and show that ******* of a teacher that we could still get plenty of free time in before the end of class.
A few pathetic kids were still reading all the pages and had not yet even picked up their pencils.
The hour wore on. I would look up occaisionally to check on the other guys to see how everyone was holding up...and after awhile I noticed a couple of kids sitting there at their desks with their tests turned over [as was the what many a teacher would have you do after completing a test before the rest of the class] with their pencils placed in front of them...with damned smuggness all over their face!
Oh, that ticked me off. I always was a very good student and generally got placed in 'Acelerated Education' classes because of my high I.Q. [in the 130s'] and rarely anyone beat me taking a test in, either the time it took to complete it or, the grade it got.
The hour wore on some more. Almost the entire class was now working at a feverish pitch...determined to show that ******* teacher and catch up to those few guys who sat so smuggly at their desks with their tests completed!
The atmosphere in the class got very frantic at about the 45 minute mark as many of us were now realizing that this test was obviously designed to keep us busy the entire hour...Oh, that S.O.B. of a teacher!
Entering the last 10 minutes of class I neared the last question...I rattled off quickly as I could to the remaining questions just to get to the last question as quickly as possible...which read:
"Now that you've read the entire test as you were instructed to in question #1, turn your test over and place your pencil on your desk in front of you and read a book or amuse yourself but don't disturb the fools who didn't read as they were instructed to and are actually trying to do this unecessary test. Thank you!"
We were all most pi**ed off...and yet highly amused at being had!
Oh, that ******* of a health class teacher!
 
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