{"id":1183,"date":"2017-01-19T06:57:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T06:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathwise.net\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2017-01-19T06:57:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T06:57:57","slug":"genius-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mathwise.net\/?p=1183","title":{"rendered":"Genius Test"},"content":{"rendered":"
Genius Test<\/div>\n

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1. If you went to bed at 8:00 at night and set the alarm for 9:00 in the morning, how many hours would you sleep?<\/span><\/div>\n
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2. Do they have a fourth of July in England?<\/span><\/div>\n
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3. Why can’t a man living in Winston Salem, N.C., be buried west of the Mississippi River?<\/span><\/div>\n
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4. How many birthdays does an average man have? Woman?<\/span><\/div>\n
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5. If you had one match and entered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would you light first?<\/span><\/div>\n
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6. Some months have 30 days, some have 31 days, how many have 28 days?<\/span><\/div>\n
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7. If a doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half hour, how long would they last?<\/span><\/div>\n
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8. A man builds a house with four sides to it, and it is rectangular in shape. Each side had a southern exposure. What color is the bear that comes wandering by?<\/span><\/div>\n
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9. How far can a dog run into the woods?<\/span><\/div>\n
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10. What is the minimum number of active players on a baseball field during any part of an inning?<\/span><\/div>\n
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11. What four words appear on every denomination of the U.S. coin?<\/span><\/div>\n
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12. I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which have a total value of 55 cents. One of these coins is not a nickel. Please bear this in mind. What are the coins?<\/span><\/div>\n
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13. A farmer had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many did he have left?<\/span><\/div>\n
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14. Divide 30 by 1\/2 and add 10. What is the answer?<\/span><\/div>\n
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15. Two men were playing checkers. They played 5 complete games and each one won the same number of games. How can you explain this?<\/span><\/div>\n
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16. You take two apples from three apples.\u00a0 What do you have?<\/span><\/div>\n
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17. An archeologist claims that he found some gold coins dated 46 B.C. Do you think he did? Why?<\/span><\/div>\n
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18. A woman gives a beggar 50 cents. The woman is the beggar’s sister, but the beggar is not the woman’s brother. How come?<\/span><\/div>\n
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19. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the Ark with him?<\/span><\/div>\n
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20. Is it legal in New Mexico for a man to marry his widow’s sister?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Answers to Genius Test:<\/span><\/div>\n
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1. ONE HOUR – A clock without AM\/PM indicators would ring the alarm in 1 hour<\/span><\/div>\n
2. Fourth – lower case, f = date, not holiday.<\/span><\/div>\n
3. The man is living, not dead.<\/span><\/div>\n
4. 1, 1, birthdate<\/u>.<\/span><\/div>\n
5. The match.<\/span><\/div>\n
6. All months.<\/span><\/div>\n
7. ONE HOUR – 1:00, 1:30, 2:00<\/span><\/div>\n
8. White – A polar bear – North Pole<\/span><\/div>\n
9. 1\/2 way, then he’s running out.<\/span><\/div>\n
10. 10 – 6<\/span><\/div>\n
11. In God We Trust or United States of America<\/span><\/div>\n
12. 50 cents, 5 cents. The 50 cents is not a nickel.<\/span><\/div>\n
13. 9<\/span><\/div>\n
14. 70<\/span><\/div>\n
15. They were not playing each other<\/span><\/div>\n
16. 2 apples = You took 2<\/span><\/div>\n
17. No. How could it be dated? They would not know.<\/span><\/div>\n
18. The beggar is the woman’s sister.<\/span><\/div>\n
19. None – Noah<\/span><\/div>\n
20. No, he’s dead.<\/span><\/div>\n
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