cipher@mmm.UUCP (Andre Guirard) (02/06/86)
From "net.jokes"... > >A few years ago a gentleman that I worked with handed out a copy of this test >to the software team, just to drive us nuts... I've typed the test in exactly >as I originally received it, with 23 questions, not 24 as indicated in the >header. I don't really know the origin of the test so if someone out there >is the author of the test please don't sue.... If you would like to send me >your answers I will gladly summarize the answers up, and post the correct >answers at a later date, along with the more humorous ones.... but because >this is net.jokes my joke first.... > > >/------------------------------- CUT HERE ---------------------------------/ > > EQUATION ANALYSIS TEST > >This test does not measure your intelligence, your fluence with words and >certianly NOT your mathematical ability. It will, however, give you some >gauge of your mental flexibility and creativity. In the three years since >we developed the test, we have found few people who could solve more than >half of the 24 questions on the first try. Many, however, reported getting >answeres long after the test had been set aside --- particularly at unexpected >moments when their minds were relaxed, and some reported solving all the >questions over a period of several days. Take this as your challenge. > >INSTRUCTIONS: Each equation below contains the initials of words that will >make it correct. For example: 26 - L. of the A. (Letters of the Alphabet) > >A. 7 = W. of the A.W. _______________________________________________________ > >B. 1001 = A.N. ______________________________________________________________ > >C. 12 = S. of the Z. ________________________________________________________ > >D. 54 = C. in a D. (wht the J.) _____________________________________________ > >E. 9 = P. in the S.S ________________________________________________________ > >F. 88 = P.K. ________________________________________________________________ > >G. 13 = S. on the A.F. ______________________________________________________ > >H. 18 = H on a G.C. _________________________________________________________ > >I. 32 = D.F. at which W.F. __________________________________________________ > >J. 90 = D. in a R.A. ________________________________________________________ > >K. 200 = D. for P.G. in M. __________________________________________________ > >L. 8 = S. on a S.S. _________________________________________________________ > >M. 3 = B.M. (S.H.T.R.) ______________________________________________________ > >N. 4 = Q. in a G. ___________________________________________________________ > >O. 24 = H. in a D. __________________________________________________________ > >P. 1 = W. on a U. ___________________________________________________________ > >Q. 5 = D. in a Z.C. _________________________________________________________ > >R. 57 = H.V. ________________________________________________________________ > >S. 11 = P. on a F.T. ________________________________________________________ > >T. 1000 = W. that a P. is W. ________________________________________________ > >U. 29 = D. in F. in a L.Y. __________________________________________________ > >V. 64 = S. on a C. __________________________________________________________ > >W. 40 = D. and N. of the G.F. _______________________________________________ > > >/-------------------------------- EOT --------------------------------------/ > (End of Test) > >- Eric L. Smith > !ctvax!trsvax!doc!wvlpdp!eric -- ===+=== Andre Guirard /@ @\ The eyes have it. /_____\ ihnp4!mmm!cipher ( @ @ ) Beanies ahoy! \ _ / `-'