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Practical Intelligence Quiz, Part A

See if you can come up with the "correct answers" for the first section of this quiz.

  1. If you went to bed at 8 o'clock at night and set the spring-winding clock alarm to get up at 9 o'clock in the morning, how many hours sleep would this permit you to have before the alarm would go off?
  2. Do they have a 4th of July in England and Germany?
  3. How many birthdays does the average man or woman have these days?
  4. Why can't a man living in East Germany be buried in West Germany?
  5. If you had just one match, and if you entered a cold room in which there were a kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a wood burning stove; which one would you light first?
  6. Some months have 30 days, some have 31 days, how many months have 28 days?
  7. If a doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half hour, how long would they last you?

The answers for this quiz are as follows:


  1. If you went to bed at 8 o'clock at night and set the spring-winding clock alarm to get up at 9 o'clock in the morning, how many hours sleep would this permit you to have before the alarm would go off?
    One hour.

  2. Do they have a 4th of July in England and Germany?
    Every country using the Gregorian calendar has a 4th of July.

  3. How many birthdays does the average man or woman have these days?
    Just one, which is true for everyone.

  4. Why can't a man living in East Germany be buried in West Germany?
    Because burying a "living" man is simply not permitted!

  5. If you had just one match, and if you entered a cold room in which there were a kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a wood burning stove; which one would you light first?
    The match.

  6. Some months in the year have 30 days, some have 31 days, how many months have 28 days?
    All of them have 28 days.

  7. If a doctor gave you three pills and told you to take one every half hour, how long would they last you?
    One hour. You would take one, then 30 minutes later another one, and again 60 minutes later.

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