An intelligence quiz of sorts

theeye · #1 05-21-2002, 07:06 PM

The following 'quiz' was just emailed to me by my dear friend crankybeer, who ought to be taking care of herself and her newborn son instead of sending out emails but who has never been known to worry about what she ought to be doing.

I'm going to re-format it a bit for your convenience.

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you
whether you are qualified to be a professional. (The questions are NOT that difficult.)

Here, all together in one place, are the four questions you should answer:

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. It is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage to cross the river?

I will leave you to chew on these questions and will come back with the answers later on.

Discuss.

kurt_messick · #2 05-21-2002, 07:12 PM

1. Delegate.

2. Delegate.

3. How should I know? My secretary handles the RSVP part.

4. Teleconference.

Why won't anyone hire me??

magenta321 · #3 05-21-2002, 07:37 PM

Gee, for the first two, I thought "hire someone to kill them, then hire someone else to take a chainsaw to their bodies, and put their pieces in the fridge". Gross questions, btw.

I didn't know who didn't come. For some reason, I thought the Hyena didn't come, but I'm not sure.

For the last one, I thought I'd have my employees have a contest to see who could make it across and represent me. As a reward, I'd offer a cash prize to anyone who managed to do it.

Then I read Kurt's answers, and realized he's more professional than I.

vonboob · #4 05-21-2002, 07:54 PM

In spirit of Dilbert? Nah.

1. Make sure the research is tax-deductible.

2. Research together with no.1, claim tax deduction separately.

3. We had lunch...

4. Send a rep as a decoy first.

hypotenuse · #5 05-21-2002, 08:16 PM

1. Bend him til he fits.

2. Buy a bigger frig.

3. Everyone attends but the Lion King. He's hosting.

4. Cross via the bridge.

theeye · #6 05-21-2002, 09:17 PM

**** SPOILER ALERT! ****

If you want to mull over the questions some more, then ignore this post.

Here is the complete email as crankybeer sent it to me:

Quote:

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a professional. (The questions are NOT that difficult.)

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 questions tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.)

How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the refrigerator door.

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.)

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

There is a river you must cross. It is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage to cross the river?

Correct answer: You swim across. All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Conference. (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.

Send this out to frustrate all your smart friends.

Please do not kill me.

**pluckyduck** · #7 05-21-2002, 09:59 PM

Andrea
who was busy hacking large animals into small pieces and building a bridge over a river

kurt_messick · #8 05-21-2002, 10:01 PM

I stick with my own answers.

To think any other would imperil my finely-honed sense of delegation.

vonboob · #9 05-22-2002, 01:20 PM

You mean there are approved procedures in place already and I didn't get the memo? Heads are going to roll!

**drmomentum**[$] · #10 05-22-2002, 03:46 PM

I was doing well until the third question, to which I have the correct answer.

Both the elephant and the giraffe do not attend. The elephant is in the fridge and the giraffe is dead. You broke its neck to fit it in the fridge, and then it suffocated. Not sure whether it asphyxiated or died from shock first. This question actually measures your ability to judge the consequences of your actions.

The last question gave incorrect information. If the crocks are at the conference, then they are not inhabiting the river. This question measures your ability to overcome incorrect information given to you by management.

-JP

theeye · #11 05-22-2002, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by drmomentum
I was doing well until the third question, to which I have the correct answer.

Both the elephant and the giraffe do not attend. The elephant is in the fridge and the giraffe is dead. You broke its neck to fit it in the fridge, and then it suffocated. Not sure whether it asphyxiated or died from shock first. This question actually measures your ability to judge the consequences of your actions.

The last question gave incorrect information. If the crocks are at the conference, then they are not inhabiting the river. This question measures your ability to overcome incorrect information given to you by management.

-JP

You're hired.