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3825-87867

(1,436 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 09:14 PM Tuesday

It is to laugh - Pop Quiz!

Problem-Solving

This test does not measure your intelligence, your fluency with words
and certainly not your mathematical ability. It will, however, give you
a guage of your mental flexibility and creativity. Few people by
themselves can solve more than half on their first try. Only a group can
arrive at most of the solutions. It's easy to play--each quotation below
contains the initials of words that will make it correct. Find the
missing words.

1. 26 = L. of the A.
2. 7= W. of the A. W.
3. 1001 = A. N.
4. 12 = S. of the Z.
5. 54 = C. in a D. (With the J.)
6. 9 = P. in the S.S.
7. 88 = P.K.
8. 13 = S. on the A.F.
9. 32 = D.F. at which W.F.
10. 18 = H. on a G.C.
11. 90 = D. in a R.A.
12. 8 = S. on a S.S.
13. 3 = B.M. (S.H.T.R.!)
14. 4 = Q. in a G.
15. 24 = H. in a D.
16. 57 = H.V.
17. 11 = P. on a F.T.
18. 1000 = W. that a P. is W.
19. 29 = D. in F. in a L.Y.

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It is to laugh - Pop Quiz! (Original Post) 3825-87867 Tuesday OP
Eight out of 19. Not too good. rsdsharp Tuesday #1
Not too bad, either! Marthe48 Wednesday #8
I need an example. It makes no sense to me as is and... littlemissmartypants Tuesday #2
26L. of A. rsdsharp Tuesday #4
18 of 19 but I probably spent too much time on it fargone Tuesday #3
I bet this is wrong Marthe48 Wednesday #10
Not the one I had. fargone Wednesday #11
I got the 8 easy ones !!!! Karadeniz Tuesday #5
What do the numbers have to do with it? Collimator Tuesday #6
16 of 19 Marthe48 Wednesday #7
A few more Marthe48 Wednesday #9

Marthe48

(20,907 posts)
8. Not too bad, either!
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 08:17 AM
Wednesday

At first, I was thinking what the heck?! Then I figured the first one out, and the rest started coming to mind.

littlemissmartypants

(28,219 posts)
2. I need an example. It makes no sense to me as is and...
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 10:50 PM
Tuesday

I know I'm not an idiot.

First of all, nothing is in quotes.

My brain shut down with the presence of that inconsistency. Put quotes around something and maybe my OCD force field will dematerialize so I can try one.



3825-87867 I like your posts. But right now, I'm sleepy. So, I'm going to bookmark this and see you tomorrow.

Nite!




❤️ pants

fargone

(386 posts)
11. Not the one I had.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:14 AM
Wednesday

This might not survive careful scrutiny. The jelly alone is probably more than 54 calories. The creative thinking, though, is brilliant

Collimator

(1,930 posts)
6. What do the numbers have to do with it?
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 11:36 PM
Tuesday

I am completely non-plussed. And I am not stupid, so-so in my math skills* but generally very creative. I guess that I must be a lonely, rigid-minded bitch because I don't even understand the question and honestly, I'm a little pissed. . . But hey, being non-plussed and pissed at least allows me to use an alliteration, which I always enjoy.


*Attended 125% of my college statistics classes and took three times longer than everyone else in the class to finish the exam, but I got my frickin' A.

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