Dementia Test


It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test. 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 intelligence.
> >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
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> >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 something else.
> >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.
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> >Your brain is over-stressed and may even overheat. Content yourself with
> >reading a more appropriate literature such as Auto World.
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> >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 house made from?
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> >Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks," why
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> >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 engines are also
> >failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engines
> >fail 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? In East Germany, West Germany, or in "no man's
> >land"?
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> >Answer: You don't bury survivors.
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> >If you said ANYTHING else, you're a dunce and you must stop.
> >If you said, "You don't bury survivors", proceed to the next question.
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> >OK...PAY ATTENTION NOW
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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!!
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> >Now pass this along to all your friends and pray they do better than you.
> >PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!!
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