Critical Thinking Test

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The following quiz was created by Andersen Consulting Worldwide to test whether or not a person is "professional." (According to the firm, 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. They say this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a 4-year-old.)

I will post the correct answers to the questions on Sunday morning. (I freely admit that I scored 0.)

Hints:#1 tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated fashion; #2 tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your actions; #3 tests your memory; if you got the first three wrong, #4 tests whether you learn quickly from mistakes.

1)How do you put a giraffe in a refrigerator?

2)How do you put an elephant in a refrigerator?

3)The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend except one. Which animal does not attend?

4)There is a river you must cross, but it is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage it?

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Shoot straight & make big holes, regards, Richard at The Shottist's Center
 
1. dehydradeted small pieces.
2. You dont - they taste nasty.
3. Scar
4. Boat or bridge.

And I have worked with Anderson Consulting - smart people, for the most part, morons for the other.
 
1. open it!
2.remove giraffe!
3.Elephant (he is in the frig)!
4.the crocs are at the confrence go for it!

Strange tests call for strange answers!

Unforgiven
 
1. I don't; I can't. It doesn't fit.
2. I don't; I can't. It doesn't fit.
3. The jackels. They live in the forbidden place.
4. Boat, bridge or jumping across their noses.

This must be the other part.

Ledbetter
 
1) Ya can't, its being BBQ'd
2) Ya won't, its next up on the BBQ
3) Warthog...he was first on the BBQ
4) Dynamite the river

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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
 
Too easy

1. Open the door and put the giraffe inside.
2. Remove the giraffe and put the elephant inside
3. Elephant. He's in the fridge
4. Swim across. All the crocs are at the meeting or find a bridge


Humor answers
1. Butcher the giraffe
2. Eat all the giraffe meat. Then butcher the elephant
3. Actually two aren't attending because you ate the giraffe and butchered the elephant
4. All the crocs are in the meeting. For the ones that are straying, shoot em.

[edited for spelling errors. I can answer these silly questions but can't spell girafee :p]

[This message has been edited by ArmySon (edited September 14, 2000).]
 
#4 I would hire steve irwin to wrestle with the crocs, or FUD if steve is unavaliable.


This reminds me of a riddle from some foreign film. Something like

#5"If you say my name I will cease to exist what am I?"

And others I have heard.

#6 How many months have 28 days?

#7 How far can a dog run into the woods?

#8 A soldier has been captured by the enemy. He has been so brave that they offer to let him choose how he wants to be killed. They tell him, "If you tell a lie, you will be shot, and if you tell the truth, you will be hanged."
He can only make one statement. He makes the statement and goes free. What did he say?


#9 What word when you add additonal letters becomes smaller?

#10 A very disorganized camper had lost his lighter, and had only one match left. He wanted to light both his camping stoves (one a double burner, and one a single gas ring), his camping lamp, and his cigar.
Which did he light first?

#11 A man is stalking a bear that has attacked his camp. He reports later that naturally he went south. What color, therefore, was the bear?

#12 How the hell do we get ride of clinton/gore? :D



[This message has been edited by oberkommando (edited September 15, 2000).]
 
5. Silence
6. All of them
7. Half way
8. Everything I say is a lie.
9. Small
10. The match
11. White
12. Vote for "W"???
 
Laster, You a better man then me, but dont know about;
8 "Everything I say is a lie".

You would be shot for lieing about lieing.

Equivocation: a fallacy that occurs because some word or group of words is used either implicitly or explicityly it two different senses?

#12 Sam lives on the 18th floor of an apartment building. Every morning when he goes to work, he gets on the elevator, presses the ground button, and rides down. Every night when he comes home, if he is the only one in the elevator, he gets off at the sixth floor and walks up the rest of the way. He would prefer to ride the elevator. Why does he walk?

#13 "There was once a race horse that won great fame. What do you think was the horses name?" What was the name of the race horse?



[This message has been edited by oberkommando (edited September 15, 2000).]
 
8. I am lying. (I know it must be a statement that is paradoxical and therefore neither a lie or true) BTW I think that I would prefer shooting over hanging but it's not much of a choice.

12a. He is vertically challenged and can't reach the buttons above 6?
 
Laster, yeah that sounds good to me, I dont know the answer to the elvator.

#8 Answer is, I will post later.

I suppose some of us have jobs. Probably better to lie in that case, not that you would get shot. Why? Cause all the guns got banned :p

[This message has been edited by oberkommando (edited September 15, 2000).]
 
Originally posted by 45King:
1)How do you put a giraffe in a refrigerator?
--Open the door and put the giraffe in.

2)How do you put an elephant in a refrigerator?
--Remove the giraffe from the refrigerator and put the elehpant in.

3)The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend except one. Which animal does not attend?
--The elephant, because its in the refirgerator.

4)There is a river you must cross, but it is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage it?
--Cross in a boat. *duh* :D

doh! I cheated by reading everyone else's responses.. so my answer for #4 is wrong. ;)

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[This message has been edited by KaMaKaZe (edited September 15, 2000).]
 
1)Drink many many many pints of Guinness' and anything is possible!! I know cause my friend the Pink Elephant and I have see it!

2)He goes in himself after many many many pints of Guinness.

3)The Pink Elephant of course... he's with me drinking!

4)Flood the river with Guinness. Wait until the crocks are drunk and passed out then use them for stepping stones!

:P


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"Si vis Pacem Para Bellum"
 
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