IQ test..
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From: the moral high ground
These was a passenger seated next to me on a long flight, who judging from his briefcase contents was a rocket scientist or something.
We had never met before, so naturally there wasn't much conversation.
I was minding my own business, looking out the window at the clouds.
I guess the guy was bored so he says to me, "Hey, do you want to play a game?"
I ignored him and continued looking out the window, humming quietly to myself.
This infuriated the guy, who irritably asked again, "Hey, you, do you want to play a game? I'll ask you a question, and if you get it wrong, you give me $5. Then, YOU ask ME a question, and if I can't answer it, I'll give YOU $5."
I thought about it and decided against it, seeing that the guy was obviously a very bright man.
I politely turned down his offer.
The guy tried a again. "Look, I'll ask you a question, and if you can't answer it, you give me $5. Then you ask ME a question, and if I can't answer it, I'll give you $50!"
Now, I’m not that smart academically, but I’m not totally stupid.
I accepted the offer. "Okay," the guy said, "what is the EXACT distance between the Earth and the Moon?"
Obviously not knowing the answer, I didn't stop to think about his question.
I took a $5 bill out of my pocket and handed it to him.
He happily accepted the bill and promptly said, "Okay, now it's your turn."
I thought about it for a few minutes and then asked, "All right, what goes up a mountain on three legs, but comes down on four?"
The bright glow quickly vanished from his face. He thought about this for a long time, taking out his notepad and making numerous calculations.
He gave up on his notepad and took out his laptop, using his Multimedia Encyclopedia.
After about an hour of this, me quietly watching the clouds go by the whole time, he FINALLY gave up.
He reluctantly handed me a $50 bill. I accepted it graciously, turning back to the window.
"Wait!" he shouted. "You can't do this to me! What's the answer?"
I looked at him and calmly put a $5 bill in his hand.
We had never met before, so naturally there wasn't much conversation.
I was minding my own business, looking out the window at the clouds.
I guess the guy was bored so he says to me, "Hey, do you want to play a game?"
I ignored him and continued looking out the window, humming quietly to myself.
This infuriated the guy, who irritably asked again, "Hey, you, do you want to play a game? I'll ask you a question, and if you get it wrong, you give me $5. Then, YOU ask ME a question, and if I can't answer it, I'll give YOU $5."
I thought about it and decided against it, seeing that the guy was obviously a very bright man.
I politely turned down his offer.
The guy tried a again. "Look, I'll ask you a question, and if you can't answer it, you give me $5. Then you ask ME a question, and if I can't answer it, I'll give you $50!"
Now, I’m not that smart academically, but I’m not totally stupid.
I accepted the offer. "Okay," the guy said, "what is the EXACT distance between the Earth and the Moon?"
Obviously not knowing the answer, I didn't stop to think about his question.
I took a $5 bill out of my pocket and handed it to him.
He happily accepted the bill and promptly said, "Okay, now it's your turn."
I thought about it for a few minutes and then asked, "All right, what goes up a mountain on three legs, but comes down on four?"
The bright glow quickly vanished from his face. He thought about this for a long time, taking out his notepad and making numerous calculations.
He gave up on his notepad and took out his laptop, using his Multimedia Encyclopedia.
After about an hour of this, me quietly watching the clouds go by the whole time, he FINALLY gave up.
He reluctantly handed me a $50 bill. I accepted it graciously, turning back to the window.
"Wait!" he shouted. "You can't do this to me! What's the answer?"
I looked at him and calmly put a $5 bill in his hand.
