The Idiot Test adapted by Steffen Strayer sstrayer@aol.com Scoring: 21 Correct - Genius 1 Correct - !

bo"e #ormal 1$ Correct - #ormal % Correct - #incompoop & Correct - 'oron ( Correct - Idiot )uestions: 1. *o they ha"e a +th of ,uly in -ngland. 2. /o0 many birthdays does the a"erage man ha"e. (. Some months ha"e (1 days1 ho0 many ha"e 2%. +. ! 0oman gi"es a beggar $2 cents1 the 0oman is the beggar3s sister4 but the beggar is not the 0oman3s brother. /o0 come. $. 5hy can3t a man li"ing in the 6S! be buried in Canada. &. /o0 many outs are there in an inning. . Is it legal for a man in California to marry his 0ido03s sister. 5hy. %. T0o men play fi"e games of chec7ers. -ach man 0ins the same number of games. There are no ties. -8plain this. 9. *i"ide (2 by 1:2 and add 12. 5hat is the ans0er. 12. ! man builds a house rectangular in shape. !ll sides ha"e southern e8posure. ! big bear 0al7s by4 0hat color is the bear. 5hy. 11. If there are ( apples and you ta7e a0ay 24 ho0 many do you ha"e. 12. I ha"e t0o 6S coins totaling $$ cents. ;ne is not a nic7el. 5hat are the coins. 1(. If you ha"e only one match and you 0al7ed into a room 0here there 0as an oil burner4 a 7erosene lamp4 and a 0ood burning sto"e4 0hich one 0ould you light first. 1+. /o0 far can a dog run into the 0oods. 1$. ! doctor gi"es you three pills telling you to ta7e one e"ery half hour. /o0 long 0ould the pills last. 1&. ! farmer has 1 sheep4 and all but 9 die. /o0 many are left. 1 . /o0 many animals of each se8 did 'oses ta7e on the ar7. 1%. ! cler7 in the butcher shop is $3 1233 tall. 5hat does he 0eigh. 19. /o0 many t0o cent stamps are there in a do<en. 22. 5hat 0as the =resident3s name in 19$2.

!#S5->S: 1. yes ?they also ha"e a (rd of ,uly4 a 2nd of ,uly4 etc...@ 2. one a year (. all months ha"e ?at least@ 2% days +. the beggar is the 0oman3s sister $. because he is li"ing &. & ?( per side@ . no. the man 0ould be dead %. they are not playing each other 9. 2 ?(2 di"ided by .$ is &2@ 12. 0hite. ?the bear 0ould be a polar bear4 because the house must be at the north pole@ 11. 2 ?you Aust too7 2 apples@ 12. a fifty cent piece4 and a nic7el ?one is not a nic7el4 but the other one is@ 1(. light the match first 1+. half 0ay ?then he 0ould be running out@ 1$. one hour ?the first one4 a half hour later4 and another one more half hour@ 1&. 9 ?all but 9 die...@ 1 . none. 'oses 0as not on the ar7 1%. he 0eighs meat 19. 12 22. Bill Clinton