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From: edg@micropro.UUCP (Ed Greenberg)
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Subject: Re: IDIOT TEST ***SPOILER***  Answers enclosed.  Hit 'n' to avoid.
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 15:25:29 EST
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Here are my answers for the above captioned test.  If you do not want
to read these, please hit 'n' now. No flames about reading this, you
got two warnings.

I mention three answers that I'm not sure of.  If you can confirm
these, or you have a better answer for any of them, I'd enjoy getting
mail from you.

 
 1. Do they have a Fouth of July in England?
	yes, one each year.
 2. How many birthdays does the average person have?
	one, the anniversary of which occurs each year.
 3. Some months have 31 days, some have 30. How many have 28?
	all of them.
 4. A woman gives a beggar $.50. The woman is the beggar's sister, but
    the beggar is not the woman's brother. Why is this?
	The beggar is a woman.
 5. Why can't a man living in Salem, N.C. be buried west of the
    Mississippi?
	Because he's not dead.
 6. How many outs are there in an inning?
	Six.  (I'm not sure if there's a trick to this one.)
 7. Is it legal in N.J. for a man to marry his widow's sister?
	It isn't legal for a dead man to marry anybody.
 8. Two men play 5 games of checkers. Each man wins the same number
    of games. There are no ties. Can you explain this?
	Each man played five games with a different opponent.
 9. Divide 30 by a half and add 10. What is the answer?
	70.  (Is there a trick to this one beyond catching the "divide?")
10. If you have 3 apples and you take away 2, how many apples
    do you have?
	Three.  The two you took and the one you had left.
11. I have 2 U.S. coins totaling $.55. One is not a nickle. What
    are the coins.
	The one that is not a nickel is a half dollar.  The other one
	  is the nickel.
12. If you walked into a room, and had only one match, and the room
    contained an oil burner, a kerosene lamp and a wood burning stove,
    what would you light first?
	The match.
13. How far can a dog run into the woods?
	Half way.  Then he runs out of the woods.
14. A doctor gives you 3 pills, telling you to take one every half
    hour. How long would the pills last?
	Assuming that you took the first while with the doctor, 
	  the last would be taken one hour later.  (There may be more
	  than this to this one.)
15. A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 die. How many does he have left? 
	Nine.
16. A clerk in a butcher shop is 6'6" tall. What does he weigh?
	Meat!
17. How may $.02 stamps are in a dozen?
	12
18. What was the president's name in 1940?
	Ronald Wilson Reagan.

How'd I do?
				-e

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