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.
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 and you take his place, you are second!
Try not to screw up in the next question.
To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question.
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 math! 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?
Scroll down for answer.
Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100.
Don't believe it? Check with your calculator!
Today is definitely not your day. Maybe you will get the last question right?
Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono.
What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Answer: Nunu?
NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again.
Okay, now the bonus round.
There is a mute person who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
Now if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of
sunglasses, how should he express himself?
He just has to open his mouth and ask, so simple.
9 comments:
I added the math in my head and got 5000. I wrote it out on paper - twice. I got 5000 both times. I got a calculator and added and got 4100. I am calling it a day. You and your new math, JM...
Hmmph.
This is one weird trick. I calculated this very carefully in my head and got 5000 but the calculator gave me 4100. Where did I go wrong? *sigh*
You add 100 by mistake in the final step instead of 10. Believe me, I struggled with the problem for a long time before working out where I'd gone wrong.
By the way, Joke Mail, is there any way I can email you? I have a good joke you might enjoy.
I just figured out where I went wrong before I read these comments. Glad to have that cleared up. Now, I can get some rest.
ok, you got me on all of them, but it is 1am!
and it is maths with an s!
(well it is over here and we gave you the bloody language!)
Glad to say I had no problem with any of those questions, although if the race you are running is on a lapped track anyone but the person in last place can overtake the person in last place... by lapping them.
I screwed up on all the running ones, although amazingly I got the maths one right. All the not-1,000 numbers add up to 100, not 1,000
Foot Eater - If you look in the "Jokes By Category" section in the side bar, you'll see a category that says "Submissions". You can put any jokes you'd like published on this site in the comments there.
Aww, C.K., we always say Math without an ess. The subject isn't plural; just the numbers being added. What else do we have wrong in our lingo that you so carefully imparted to us and we collectively misunderstood? I sm sure there must be bunches of mistakes. I went to London many, many years ago and couldn't understand what anyone was saying to me. It all had to be translated by my sister who lived there and who had acclimated to the region.
Just don't mention to him that you also don't pronounce the "h" in herbs...
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