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A simple test of the alertness of your brain! Try for yourself.
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> Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the
> muscles. As we grow older, it's important to keep mentally
> alert. If you don't use it, you lose it! Below is a very private
> way to gauge your loss or non-loss of brain power.
> Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or
> not. The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until
> you've made your answer.
> OK, relax, clear your mind and begin.
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> 1. What do you put in a toaster?
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> Answer: 'bread.' If you said 'toast,' give up now and do
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> Try not to hurt yourself. If you said bread, go to Question 2.
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> 2. Say 'silk' five times. Now spell 'silk.' What do cows drink?
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> Answer: Cows drink water. If you said 'milk,' don't attempt the
> next question. Your brain is over-stressed and may even
> overheat. Content yourself with reading a more appropriate
> literature such as Auto World. However, if you said 'water',
> proceed to question 3.
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> 3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is
> made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks
> and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green
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> Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said 'green
> bricks,' why are you still reading these???
> If you said 'glass,' go on to Question 4.
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> 4. It's twenty years ago, and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet
> over Germany (If you will recall, Germany at the time was
> politically divided into West Germany and East Germany .)
> Anyway, during the flight, two engines fail. The pilot,
> realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing,
> decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engine
> fails before he can do so and the plane fatally crashes smack in
> the middle of 'no man's land' between East Germany and West
> Germany . Where would you bury the survivors? East Germany ,
> West Germany , or no man's land'?
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> Answer: You don't bury survivors.
> If you said ANYTHING else, you're a dunce and you must stop. If
> you said, 'You don't bur survivors', proceed to the next question.
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> 5. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from
> London to Milford Haven in Wales . In London , 17 people get on
> the bus. In Reading , six people get off the bus and nine people
> get on. In Swindon, two people get off and four get on. In
> Cardiff , 11 people get off and 16 people get on. In Swansea ,
> three people get off and five people get on. In Carmathen, six
> people get off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven.
> What was the name of the bus driver?
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> Answer: Oh, for crying out loud!
> Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!!

[cricinfo]

good one!!