A simple test.

[LittleRedWagon5]

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a "professional."

ANSWERS will be posted in one day. The questions are NOT that difficult.

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. But it is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage it?

 

[BigBlue]

Ok, that's one of the oddest tests I've ever seen.....what are the correct answers supposed to be?

 

[Toru]

Ah yes, the Andersen Consulting (didn't they change their name though? Accenture?) Professional Quiz.

Let's see...

1) Open the fridge and place the giraffe in it. A true professional keeps things simple and does not triffle with details of reality.

2) Open the fridge, remove the giraffe and place the elephant in the fridge. Again, a professional does not think beyond the immediate, therefore "a fridge" must mean the last fridge they used.

3) The elephant in the fridge does not attend because it is still in the fridge. Professionals do not bother with pesky details of context or scope. You must assume that the events described in the questions occur in chronological order.

4) You swim across. Since all the crocodiles are at the aforementioned meeting, they will not be there to eat you. A true professional focuses on the core of the problem and is not distracted by superfluous problem factors, such as current or the swimming ability of the professional.

Still, it's cute.

 

[BigBlue]

Ah yes, the Andersen Consulting (didn't they change their name though? Accenture?) Professional Quiz.

Let's see...

1) Open the fridge and place the giraffe in it. A true professional keeps things simple and does not triffle with details of reality.

2) Open the fridge, remove the giraffe and place the elephant in the fridge. Again, a professional does not think beyond the immediate, therefore "a fridge" must mean the last fridge they used.

3) The elephant in the fridge does not attend because it is still in the fridge. Professionals do not bother with pesky details of context or scope. You must assume that the events described in the questions occur in chronological order.

4) You swim across. Since all the crocodiles are at the aforementioned meeting, they will not be there to eat you. A true professional focuses on the core of the problem and is not distracted by superfluous problem factors, such as current or the swimming ability of the professional.

Still, it's cute.

Hehe I'm thinking somebody has seen this test before! LittleRedWagon sent me the answers and that's pretty much word for word what it was.

 

[70]

Ok, well...I guess I'm not a "professional" because I cut the Giraffe up to fit it in the fridge...Then, waited for the giraffe to go bad, threw it out, then cut up the elephant to put it in the fridge.

I don't really like the Lion King, so I could careless who shows or doesn't and I'm not worried about the aligators because I swim like a rock. So, I'd walk across the bottom, underneath them.

And if any got too close, well, I guess I'd have some dinner meat for later and a new belt, or boots.

Ok, so I'm lost...

 

[Mazdaspeedgirl]

I cut the Giraffe up to fit it in the fridge...

DUDE!! That's exactly what I was thinking!!

i have a few of these thingys...I know some of you may have seen these before, but here goes the first one:

If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60th of a degree every
minute then how many degrees will the hour hand move in one hour?

 

[BigBlue]

Hehe I thought about the cutting up thing too...then thought to myself that I was rather psycho for thinking that! :O

Maybe it's too early in the morning for yours MSG, but as far as I can figure, it'll move 1 degree in an hour which is totally screwed up as it should actually actually move 30 degrees in one hour. Like I said, I'm not quite awake yet tho.

 

[Mazdaspeedgirl]

Hehe I thought about the cutting up thing too...then thought to myself that I was rather psycho for thinking that! :O

Maybe it's too early in the morning for yours MSG, but as far as I can figure, it'll move 1 degree in an hour which is totally screwed up as it should actually actually move 30 degrees in one hour. Like I said, I'm not quite awake yet tho.

How'd you figure 30degrees BB? curious... (k)

 

[BondoBob]

I was stumped by The Lion King thing...everyone knows that the show is sold out and impossible to get tickets for on Broadway.

Went to Les Miserables last night (finally). Great show.

 

[Mazdaspeedgirl]

I was stumped by The Lion King thing...everyone knows that the show is sold out and impossible to get tickets for on Broadway.

Went to Les Miserables last night (finally). Great show.

I've ALWAYs wanted to go see Les Mis...I was going to watch the movie they made of it, but was advised not to by a friend of mine who LOVES Les Mis. He said it's much better to experience it for the first time in the theatre.

 

[kenoka]

360 degrees in a circle divided by 12 (number of hours) = 30 degrees per hour. So the hour hand will move .5 degrees per minute.

 

[BigBlue]

I was stumped by The Lion King thing...everyone knows that the show is sold out and impossible to get tickets for on Broadway.

Went to Les Miserables last night (finally). Great show.

I went and saw Les Miserables last year and just loved it. It was actually a few weeks before I got my MP3 and I went all out. My gf at the time and I rolled up to the show in a limo...that was a cool night!


MSG, Kenoka has kindly pointed out my reasoning for the 30 degrees in 1 hour on a normal clock/watch anyhow. Now I figure your riddle was meant to be a trick as people when they say 60 would think minutes or something and the second hand would do 360 every minute but as far as I can tell, the hour hand in your riddle should only move 1 degree as I said. What's the answer supposed to be?

 

[Mazdaspeedgirl]

What's the answer supposed to be?

You got it right the first time, 60 degrees. Arguable? perhaps...I was given that one...well, let's try another:

Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from Anderson
to Muncie in Indiana.
In Anderson, 17 people get on the bus.
In Middletown, six people get off the bus and nine people get on.
In Yorktown, two people get off and four get on.
In Daleville, 11 people get off and 16 peopleget on.
In New Castle, three people get off and five people get on.
In Carmel, six people get off and three get on.
You then arrive at Muncie. What was the name of the bus driver?

 

[zulu]

That's easy, Zim.
After all I am driving the bus(even got the license to prove it).
But Why would ANYONE go to Muncie?

 

[BigBlue]

You got it right the first time, 60 degrees. Arguable? perhaps...I was given that one...well, let's try another:

Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from Anderson
to Muncie in Indiana.
In Anderson, 17 people get on the bus.
In Middletown, six people get off the bus and nine people get on.
In Yorktown, two people get off and four get on.
In Daleville, 11 people get off and 16 peopleget on.
In New Castle, three people get off and five people get on.
In Carmel, six people get off and three get on.
You then arrive at Muncie. What was the name of the bus driver?

Haha that's one of my favorites...I also like to ask instead of the name, the age of the bus driver as it's a number so it muddles people up even more!

 

[70]

I like:

A train leaves Moscow heading for Strasburg at 11:00 am traveling 30 mph. A train leaves Strasburg for Moscow at 11:30 am traveling at 45 mph.

Will the trains colide before the stewardess on flight 316 from Chicago to LA tell the dog in seat 14-b to put out the cigar he lit one hour into the flight??

Or, how many pancakes does it take wallpaper the outside of a dog house?