fun critical thinking test

[peoplesuck]

http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/teach/for442/quizzes/q1003.htm

i only got 69% :/

Spoiler

the one about running in a forest was really cool t think about, i didnt understand till after i got it wrong

 

[Yellow]

Those were fun to read. I remember doing just about every one of those riddles growing up. Only, we didn't get multiple choices.

Edit: They need to update Clinton in #15 to Obama.

 

[peoplesuck]

yeah it kinda ruins it, still fun though

 

[Happy]

That southern exposure question was one of the easiest. Not sure why they made such a big deal of it.

 

[Brontosaurie]

"inning"? waaat

 

[Happy]

Some baseball thing. Fuck baseball, cricket ftw.

 

[Jennywocky]

Those were fun to read. I remember doing just about every one of those riddles growing up. Only, we didn't get multiple choices.

Edit: They need to update Clinton in #15 to Obama.

Yeah, I noticed that too.

.... but the multiple choices make them too easy.

The huge majority, I could do without the answers, but like you I've seen many of them at some point in the past.

(For some reason, I've always really liked #12: "I have two U.S. coins totaling 55 cents. One is not a nickel. What are the coins?")

 

[Seteleechete]

I am trying to do these questions without looking at the choices, but man. First I looked up cricket innings(instead of baseball) and after that I have no wish to look up Californian marriage law. XD.

 

[Jennywocky]

I am trying to do these questions without looking at the choices, but man. First I looked up cricket innings(instead of baseball) and after that I have no wish to look up Californian marriage law. XD.

Don't forget bear biology and US history.

 

[Seteleechete]

I just got to the bear question and I am very happy I have high self-esteem... doesn't seem to help me solving this one though >.>

 

[Jennywocky]

I just got to the bear question and I am very happy I have high self-esteem... doesn't seem to help me solving this one though >.>

You do know you don't need to look up any of those questions, aside from maybe the greenhouse one (right)?

I don't want your brain to explode.

Spoiler

Where MUST the house located, based on the description? This should end up revealing what color the bear must be.

 

[Seteleechete]

Doing this reminds me why I dislike riddles... if there are more than 1 potentially(as in could theoretically match the description, but is not the answer sought) possible answer, it annoys me.

 

[YOLOisonlyprinciple]

i got 92%

2 questions i feel were wrongly worded/lacked information; these were the ones i got <<wrong>>:
1. factor responsible for the "rise" in carbon dioxide
so 'rise' should be in comparison to earlier times, so natural causes of CO2 should be excluded

2. the tangent circle question
i only remembered the definition of a tangent line, and i just thought of 3 collinear circles
so i was like yea they will be all on a same line easy..
but if i search on google the theorems require you to assume that the circles are non collinear


-> the cube question was pretty good tho, if the choices werent given i wouldve answered 21,
but the options got me thinking to the correct answer..

 

[YOLOisonlyprinciple]

Doing this reminds me why I dislike riddles... if there are more than 1 potentially(as in could theoretically match the description, but is not the answer sought) possible answer, it annoys me.

there is not more than 1 theoretical possibility to the bear question...
it is a basic knowledge of the habitat where your house would be

 

[Seteleechete]

If the question doesn't for example specifically specify that a "house" has a roof 4 walls and a floor I will not assume that. Does all sides count the floor/roof anyway? otherwise it could be located on the equator. Does the entire side have to be exposed south or part of it? the question does not specify.

Though this "riddle" is not quiet as bad as some others. Take a typical one "what goes round and round and never stops" hmm maybe the earth around the sun? or maybe the natural water cycle? the answer "clock" is usually what people look for but that doesn't mean I won't get lots of other answers that are also "technically" correct and assume one of them is the intended answer.

 

[entpink]

Oh man I got 52%. I felt stupid after reading the explanation for #16

 

[emmabobary]

69%

 

[emmabobary]

If the question doesn't for example specifically specify that a "house" has a roof 4 walls and a floor I will not assume that. Does all sides count the floor/roof anyway? otherwise it could be located on the equator. Does the entire side have to be exposed south or part of it? the question does not specify.

Though this "riddle" is not quiet as bad as some others. Take a typical one "what goes round and round and never stops" hmm maybe the earth around the sun? or maybe the natural water cycle? the answer "clock" is usually what people look for but that doesn't mean I won't get lots of other answers that are also "technically" correct and assume one of them is the intended answer.

You're not wrong, but neither right. The test gives you few options you have to work with, that's what makes it fun.


(I see this everywhere lately: people trying to fit the world to their size, and not backwards which is how it should be)

You're so POSMO

 

[Sixup]

Got 69%. The one that asked about tree density in 4x4 vs 8x8 is BS, one answer was "True or False". Which is true, as the answer must be either true or false.