Lateral Thinking Quiz

[chav-ER-garry-dough]

Didnt the Russians follow a different calendarat the time of the Oct rev..so technically it was in November...or have I remembered that wrong????

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

New High School Exit Exam, you only need 4 correct out of 10 questions to pass.


2) Which country makes Panama hats?

3) From which animal do we get cat gut?

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

2) Ecuador
3) Sheep
4) Got a feeling it's New Zealand.

 

[FuZzY]

New High School Exit Exam, you only need 4 correct out of 10 questions to pass.


1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last? 116 years
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur

 

[Llewellyn Dowd]

I've got quite a few more of these if people are interested. Here's one;
A man has two children. one of them is a boy, what's the probability that the other one is a girl?
(taken from an MoD officer training test)

If one of them is a boy, then the other one can only be a girl, otherwise the statement would have to read, they're both boys.

 

[burning blue soul]

New High School Exit Exam, you only need 4 correct out of 10 questions to pass.


2) Which country makes Panama hats?

3) From which animal do we get cat gut?

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

2) Ecuador
3) Sheep
4) Got a feeling it's New Zealand.

correct, you are through to the next round!<br /><br />-- Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:15 pm --<br /><br />

New High School Exit Exam, you only need 4 correct out of 10 questions to pass.


1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last? 116 years
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur

well done Fuz, you have passed this one!

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

i got a few of them but was late to see this!

#2... has the number got something to do with prime numbers and division?

 

[FuZzY]

2)The number 8549176320 has no particularly interesting mathematical properties (that I know of), yet, it has a unique method of construction. What is it?

It's got every number in that are used (0 - 9), but is arranged that way to bamboozle everyone?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

i got a few of them but was late to see this!

#2... has the number got something to do with prime numbers and division?

The answer's been up here. The numbers are arranged in alphabetical order.

 

[rons got the blues]

New High School Exit Exam, you only need 4 correct out of 10 questions to pass.


1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

3) From which animal do we get cat gut?

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the
October Revolution

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named
after what animal?

7) What was King George VI's first name?

8) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?


10) What is the color of the black box in a
commercial airplane?


Remember, you need only 4 correct answers to pass.
Check your answers below.

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last ? 116 years

2) Which country makes Panama hats ? Ecuador

3) From which animal do we get cat gut ? Sheep and Horses

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution ? November

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of ? Squirrel fur

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal ? Dogs

7) What was King George VI's first name ? Albert

8) What colour is a purple finch ? Crimson

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from ? New Zealand

10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial airplane ? Orange

 

[BulgarianPride]

i got a few of them but was late to see this!

#2... has the number got something to do with prime numbers and division?

The answer's been up here. The numbers are arranged in alphabetical order.

This is such a stupid question.
answer is effnossttz?

But so is 8459167230. Only difference is lowest goes first. If you are given effnossttz you can "construct" 4 different numbers so it is not a unique way of "constructing" this number.