[net.puzzle] Equation Test

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....
>
>
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>                           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


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