First Question:
You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
Answer: If you answered that you are first, then you are
absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!
Second Question:
If you overtake the last person, then you are...?
Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person?
Third Question:
Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100 If you don't believe it, check it with a calculator!
2006-07-20 14:47:49 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Fourth Question:
Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini,4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Did you Answer Nunu?
NO! Of course it isn't. Her name is Mary. Read the question again!
Okay, now the bonus round:
A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.
Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?
He just has to open his mouth and ask...It's really very simple.... Like you!
LOL!!!!
lotza luv,
lily
2006-07-20 14:54:38 · update #1
sorry about the fourth q, i ran outta room. this was just a little bit of fun, next time i wont add the answers. to all you who got a giggle, good for you!
=)
2006-07-20 14:58:17 · update #2
ok i get the first two, but please explain why every time no matter what i still get 5000, when doing it in my head,
2006-07-20 14:55:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not entirely sure how this is a question. However, I did find a statement I could answer.
"Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person?"
I can do this very well. If I am in last (which I probably would be), and by some miracle advance my position by one place, I have in fact overtaken the last person. The person I had just passed is now last, and thus can be referred to as the "last person." Therefore, I overtook the "last person."
However, I could never be overtaking the last person, because they are not last yet at the time of the statement being made.
2006-07-20 21:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by Glenn S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha! I am brilliant! YOU are not.
For your second question, you CAN overtake the last person! You can LAP the field!!! (Obviously, you've never been a very fast runner). Happens all the time in an indoor track distance race. And the correct answer is ... indeterminant! Because you could be anyone but the last person! There's no way to know how many people have lapped the field!!!
Ha!!!
Not so smart now, are ya?!
Ha!
2006-07-20 22:00:06 · answer #3 · answered by robabard 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, if you are racing 'round a track, you could be in the lead, and over take the last person. You would still be in the lead.... THAT's how you overtake the last person.
Did anybody else think of this...?
2006-07-20 21:57:27 · answer #4 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, that third question really suprised me! That was really cool! By the way, to all of you that wern't paying attention, there was 4 questions. 1.What position are you in? 2.If you overtake the last person, then you are...? 3.What is the total? 4. Did you get 5000? DUH!!!
2006-07-20 21:53:00 · answer #5 · answered by Nichole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got them all right, but you shouldn't have put the answers in.
Anyway, I like the fact that you asked how smart we were with four questions but only gave us three.
2006-07-20 21:53:10 · answer #6 · answered by MrMonkIsMyIdol 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually got them all right!
I had already heard of the last one, but I really had to think about the first two.
2006-07-20 21:51:04 · answer #7 · answered by Green-Eyed Gal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
second question:answer;In a race if you overtake the last person,all you have done is "lap" them.You remain in whatever place you were in when you passed/lapped them.
2006-07-20 21:57:48 · answer #8 · answered by scott m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so upset was hoping for a chance to show my worth but you have gone and put the answer up how can i now show i got them all right ;-)
2006-07-20 21:53:57 · answer #9 · answered by jetshadow25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good questions (but I still got all of them right).
2006-07-20 21:52:27 · answer #10 · answered by TopSpin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good questions, but if I wasn't so sleepy then I would have gotten them all right :)
2006-07-20 22:07:30 · answer #11 · answered by ~*~*~*Jenny Anne~*~*~* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋