Friday, May 2, 2008

The Giraffe test

Subject: The Giraffe test

How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

Stop and think about it and decide on your answer before you scroll down.


The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door. This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.



2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?

Wrong Answer.

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.


3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals
Attend .... Except one. Which animal does not attend?

Correct Answer : The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there.? This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.


4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and You do not have a boat. How do you manage it?


Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of a four-year-old.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

1. giraffes does not fit in a refrigerator if you do not kill it and make it into small pieces first. omitting that means you do not have a realistic view of reality.
2. No where in the question is it stated it is the same refrigerator, still a elephant doesnt fit in a refrigerator without killing it.
3: Both the giraffe and elephant is dead.
Also, the question does not say that the conference is after the first two questions, it might as well be before that happened.
also, there is more than one giraffe and elephant in the world.
4. the question say it "is used" not "was used" by crocodiles implying there is in fact crocodiles there at the timeframe for your travel.
Correct answer would differ depending on size of river, and how populated by crocodiles it is etc

Unknown said...

ur jus tmadd u didnt get the questions right