The Animal Conference
How well do you solve problems?
This brief quiz will help you gauge (and improve) your problem-solving ability. The questions seem simple, but think carefully before answering.
You might have encountered this before as a joke... but read and learn the key points of this so exercise.
1. How do you put a giraffe into the refrigerator?
2. How do you put an elephant into the refrigerator?
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. One animal is missing - which one?
4. You come to a river that is known to be inhabited by crocodiles.
How do you get across?
KEY:
1. Answer: Open the refrigerator, jam in the giraffe and close the door.
* Point: Do you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way?
2. Answer: Open the refrigeration, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant, and close the door. Did you remember to remove the giraffe?
* Point: This test is your ability to think through the repercussions of your actions.
3. Answer: The elephant is missing because it's still in the refrigerator!
* Point: How good is your memory and sense of continuity?
4. Answer: You can swim across safely. All the crocodiles are at the Lion King's animal conference.
* Point: How good is your ability to learn quickly from previous mistakes?
If you didn't fare well on this quiz, don't despair. About 90% of business professionals incorrectly answered all four questions. Children, on the other hand, usually answered them all correctly.
This brief quiz will help you gauge (and improve) your problem-solving ability. The questions seem simple, but think carefully before answering.
You might have encountered this before as a joke... but read and learn the key points of this so exercise.
1. How do you put a giraffe into the refrigerator?2. How do you put an elephant into the refrigerator?
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. One animal is missing - which one?
4. You come to a river that is known to be inhabited by crocodiles.
How do you get across?
KEY:
1. Answer: Open the refrigerator, jam in the giraffe and close the door.
* Point: Do you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way?
2. Answer: Open the refrigeration, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant, and close the door. Did you remember to remove the giraffe?
* Point: This test is your ability to think through the repercussions of your actions.
3. Answer: The elephant is missing because it's still in the refrigerator!
* Point: How good is your memory and sense of continuity?
4. Answer: You can swim across safely. All the crocodiles are at the Lion King's animal conference.
* Point: How good is your ability to learn quickly from previous mistakes?
If you didn't fare well on this quiz, don't despair. About 90% of business professionals incorrectly answered all four questions. Children, on the other hand, usually answered them all correctly.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 13:20 KJV
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