Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Refrigerator Test

I found this blog-stalking this afternoon and had to share. How well did you score?

You will be asked four questions and you must rely on your common sense to answer them correctly. It is said approximately 90% of the professionals tested get all of the questions wrong. But many pre-school children got several correct answers. This supposedly means most professionals have the brains of a four year old. What do 'they' know.

Q1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

Correct Answer: 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.)

Q2. How do you put an elephant into a 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 through the repercussions of your actions.)

Q3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend, except one. Which animal does not attend?

Correct Answer: The elephant, since it is still in the refrigerator. (This tests your memory.) [I prefer to think it tests my patience.]

Even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your abilities.

Q4. There is a river you must cross, but it is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage it?

Correct Answer: You swim across. All of the crocodiles are attending the meeting! (This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes) [My common sense tells me that if you cross crocodile infested waters you don’t get to make any more mistakes.

HT: Larry (Ode 17)

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