Friday, October 27, 2006

Test For Smart People

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a professional. Scroll down for each answer. The questions are NOT that difficult. Answers at the bottom.

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

2. How do you put an elephant into 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 used by alligators and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?

Answers

1. Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.

2. Did you say, 'Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?' Wrong Answer. Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.

3. The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory.

4. You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the alligators are attending the animal meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four-year-old.