Hi Lifelong Learners, ARE you smart enough to answer all 6 questions from Poundstone's
"Are you Smart Enough to Work at Google?" Most people can not answer 3 correctly. All
of these questions are used in interviews by top companies like Microsoft, Google and
Amazon. So good luck! You have been warned.
You get on a ski lift at the bottom of the mountain and take it all the way to
the top. What proportion of the lifts chairs do you pass on the way up? The answer
All of them. At the begining you past the chair directly behind you on the cable and just
before you exit you pass the chair directly infront that is now on it way back down the
mountain.
Are you ready to continue? Why are manhole covers round? The Answer:
Because a round man hole covers cannot fall down the open hole.
Lets move on, we are starting to get more difficult now.
What is next in this series: SSS, SCC, C, SC?
The Answer: SSSS. This series is actually the alphabet in code. Capital A = SSS becasue
it has 3 Straight lines, B = SCC becasue it has 1 straight line and 2 curves. C = C because
it has 1 curve and D = SC becasue it has 1 curve and 1 straight line. The next one is
SSSS becasue E has 4 straight lines These are getting ticky now.
Here is a series of numbers: What row of numbers comes next?
The answer, 312211. To understand this puzzle you need to say the numbers out loud. The
first line has 11 so the 2nd line becomes double 1. Spoken aloud the 2nd line has 2
ones, so the 3rd line is 21. Spoken aloud the 3rd line has 1 2 and 1 1 which becomes
the 4th line and the final line has 312211 which becomes the answer.
2nd last question now. Your in a car with a helium balloon tied to
the floor. The windows are closed. When you start to accerlate what happens to the balloon?
Does it more forward, backwards to stay still? The answer: Forward. Helium ballons float
becasuse helium is lighter than air. When you accelerate the air is pushed backwards
in the same way that you body is. This means that the ballon will go forward. the opporsite
happens when you break, the ballon will move backwards!
And the last and most difficult question. You are shrunk to the height of coin and thrown
in a empty blender. The blades will start moving in 60 seconds. How do you escape?
The answer: Jump! If you have ever played with rockets you may
know that 2 rockets strapped together do not go higher than a single rocket becasue while
you have doubled the power, you have doubled the weight. By the same principle if you were
shrunk but your power and weight remained in the same proportion then the height you
can jump would remain the same - thus you could jump out.
Do you manage to answer 3 or more correctly? Post below!
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