Happy(s) and a Quiz!

[sid]

First of all, a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the lovably warped wraith816 !!

For everyone else, and, yes, okay, wraith816  too, I suppose, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

On to the Quiz:

(This is titled "Quiz for Professionals", and according to Andersen Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong.  But many preschoolers got several correct answers, which conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four year-old.)

Scroll down for the answers.  There are four questions.

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




















The correct answer is: 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. How do you put an elephant into the refrigerator?














Wrong answer: Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the door.

Correct answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.

This tests your ability to think throught the repercussions of your actions.






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

















Correct answer: The Elephant.  The Elephant is in the refrigerator.

This tests your memory.






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

















Correct answer: You swim across.  All the Crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. 

:-D

Comments

[lolmac]

The test is, of course, rigged -- since, for example, you're expected to assume that the fridge is large enough for a giraffe (requiring a disassociation from reality), but for the next question, you're not allowed to assume that the fridge is large enough for both a giraffe and an elephant -- which is, in fact, no more unlikely than the first assumption.

Likewise, in the last two questions, an arbitrary shift is made between animals as sole exemplars (the elephant) and animals in the aggregate (the crocodiles).

More to the point, in most tests, adults have been trained not to assume that what applies in one question will have relevance to the next: which is where the real trick occurs in this one -- the assumption of data persistence.

However, most events in life are rigged. The real skill is being able to spot how the tests are being rigged and accomodate it.

(BTW, the putative source for this is mythical, but it doesn't make the test any less of a fun teaser.)

[sid]

(You mean Andersen Consulting had nothing to do with it? Oh, man! I've been deceived!)

Life is a test, and it's definitely rigged.

And when I find out who's responsible....

*glares impotently importantly*