Exercise for your brain

[Spikesgirl]

Same friend, different e mail. This one was a hoot and it's especially fun to just ask these questions out of the blue.

Charlie

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!

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> 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 answer.

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> OK, relax, clear your mind and begin

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> 1. What do you put in a toaster?

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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>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.

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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 Ger many and East Germany .) Anyway, during the flight, TWO

>engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also

>failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engine

>fails 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? East Germany, West Germany, or no man's land"?

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> Answer: You don't bury survivors.

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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 g et 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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> PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!!

[JoeyandDavid]

i disagree with green house otherwise i scored a 100% LOL

they are classics... thanks Charlie

[zebra]

100% for me too!! Thanks Charlie.

[SCIROCCO]

UHH I got lost on the "SILK" LOL!

[hazelson]

I got 100% as well - but then I've seen it before lol.

[Shari2]

Got 100% percent, but then, I have done some similar ones and was paying more attention. Good one!

[btate]

I have never driven a bus in England before? I have only been the passenger. This has to be wrong!

At any rate, it was fun.