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Redneck Engineering Exam

Jonco — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:12:15 +0000

1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10 pound possum.

2. Which of the following cars will rust out the quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard?
a) ’66 Ford Fairlane
b) ’69 Chevrolet Chevelle
c) ’64 Pontiac GTO

3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of shine per hour, how many car radiators are necessary to condense the product?

4. A pulpwood cutter has chain saw that operates at 2700 rpm. The density of the pine trees in a plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. The lot is 2.3 acres in size. The average tree diameter is 14 inches. How many Budweiser Tall-Boys will it take to cut the trees?

5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge of R-12 simultaneously, what would be the decrease in the ozone layer?

6. A front porch is constructed of 2×8 pine on 24-inch centers with a field rock foundation. The span is 8 feet and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is 1 inch rough sawn pine. When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed?

7. A man owns a house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. The man has 5 children. Can each of the children place a mobile home on the man’s land?

8. A 2-ton pulpwood truck is overloaded and proceeding down a steep grade on a secondary road at 45 mph. The brakes fail. Given the average traffic loading of secondary roads, how many people will swerve to avoid the truck before it crashes at the bottom of the mountain? For extra credit, how many of the vehicles that swerved will have mufflers and uncracked windshields?

9. A Coal Mine operates a NFPA Class 1, Division 2 Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift. A gas warning is issued at the beginning of 3rd shift.
How many cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during the shift?

10. How many generations will it take before cattle develop two legs shorter than the others because of grazing along a mountainside?

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Power of Observation Quiz

Jonco — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:27:45 +0000

Here’s a quiz to determine how observant you are of everyday things around you.

I got 20 out of 25 right.

Take the Quiz

Thanks Deadeye

How do you say it?

Jonco — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:45:12 +0000

What word is almost always pronounced incorrectly by radio announcers?

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Super Bowl 46 Ad Quiz

Jonco — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:47:45 +0000

Advertisers spent $3.5 million on each commercial during the broadcast of Super Bowl 46, hoping to make an impression on you. Was it money well spent? Take this quiz to see which commercial messages stuck to your brain. All you have to do is name the product based on a one-line clue. You’ll find answers after each clue in hidden text — highlight it with your mouse to make it visible.

Office workers sing the “Rocky” theme, followed by other employees (Hyundai)
King Elton John makes his subjects audition (Pepsi)
Vampires explode around a campfire (Audi)
A guy in a foot race starts early, then fires his own gun (“The Dictator”)
A cheetah gets out of its cage and attacks a man (Audi)
The guys who invented Words With Friends are on an airplane (Best Buy)
Polar bears watch the Super Bowl (Coke)
After the apocalypse, men eat Twinkies and wonder where Dave is (Chevy Silverado)
Two women paint slogans on another woman’s body (GoDaddy)
Troy Aikman throws a football that’s not made of pigskin (Bridgestone)
Aliens attack the earth with giant spinning balls (“Battleship”)
Parents buy a gift for their son for his graduation (Chevy Camaro)
A dog buries a cat (Doritos)
A boy really needs to pee (TaxAct.com)
A dog decides to lose weight after getting caught in the doggie door (VW)
A soccer player shows off his tattoos (David Beckham Underwear at H&M)
A car is involved in crazy stunts including sky diving, bungee jumping, and a flip (Chevy Sonic)
Samuel L. Jackson wears an eyepatch (“The Avengers”)
A hot woman dresses in black and tells men “give and you shall receive” (TeleFlora)
The smallest dog wins the race at a dog track (Skechers Go Run)
A man’s confidence talks over his shoulder (Cars.com)
Grandma’s in a wheelchair and the baby’s in a swing (Doritos)
Sexy Italian woman seduces a man on the street (Fiat Abarth)
Regis gives a truck driver a prize (Pepsi Max)
A couch with bikini models, a time traveling baby, and a putting green at the DMV (Toyota Camry)
John Stamos teases a woman, who ends up head butting him (Oikos Yogurt)
A woman outdoes Donald Trump, Deion Sanders, and Apollo Ohno (Century 21)
Jerry Seinfeld wants to be #1, but Jay Leno beats him (Acura NSX)
A man marries bacon and is told “you may now eat the bride” (Jack In The Box)
Matthew Broderick takes a day off a la Ferris Bueller (Honda CRV)
Boss has a heart attack in the car (Hyundai)
A man has a rescue dog named We Go (Bud Light)
A man dreams of racing a car, a Motley Crue concert, women in bikinis, and a giant sub (Kia Optima)
A man lives w/monkeys with the “Odd Couple” theme in the background (CareerBuilder.com)
People waiting in line break out into a huge street party because of a new smartphone with a pen (Samsung Galaxy Note)

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Test your news IQ

Jonco — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:34:32 +0000

This is a terrific and incredibly easy test. And it shows results in a number of ways. It clearly indicates that the majority of Americans don’t have a clue about what’s going on in the world. No wonder our politicians take such advantage of us. It’s astonishing that so many people got less than half right. These results say that 80% of the (voting) public doesn’t have a clue, and that’s pretty scary.

There are no tricks here – just a simple test to see if you are current on your information. This is quite good and the results are shocking.

I believe it was Winston Churchill who opined that ” . . . the biggest argument against democracy is a 5-minute conversation with the average voter . . .”

Test your knowledge with 11 questions, then be ready to shudder when you see how others did!

Test your news IQ – Pew Research Center

Song title pictograms

Jonco — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:15:54 +0000

What song titles do these graphic images represent?

Answers and a few more of these here

Thanks Deborah

Woogie’s Kitty Kwiz!

Jonco — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:47:44 +0000

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Quiz: Keeping the gray matter active

Jonco — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:24:48 +0000

1. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?

2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

5. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly?

6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?

7. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

8. What was the President’s Name in 1975?

9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in second place, what place would you be in now?

10. Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg are white” or “The yolk of the egg is white”?

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

Answers after the break…

Here are the answers

1. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?

Answer: Johnny of course

2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

Answer: Meat.

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mt. Everest; it just wasn’t discovered yet. [You're not very good at this are you?]

4. How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

Answer: There is no dirt in a hole.

5. What word in the English Language is always spelled incorrectly?

Answer: Incorrectly

6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?

Answer: Billy lives in the Southern Hemisphere

7. In California, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

Answer: You can’t take pictures with a wooden leg. You need a camera (or a cell phone) to take pictures.

8. What was the President’s Name in 1975?

Answer: Same as is it now – Barack Obama [Oh, come on ....]

9. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in second place, what place would you be in now?

Answer: You would be in second.. Well, you passed the person in second place, not first.

10. Which is correct to say, “The yolk of the egg are white” or “The yolk of the egg is white”?

Answer: Neither, the yolk of the egg is yellow [Duh]

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

Answer: One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big stack.

You can go back to sleep now ….

Thanks Gene

Alzheimers Test for Modern Seniors

Jonco — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:49:59 +0000

How fast can you guess these words?

1. F_ _K
2. PU_S_
3. S_X
4. P_N_S
5. BOO_S
6. _ _NDOM

Answers after the break

Answers:

1. FORK
2. PULSE
3. SIX
4. PANTS
5. BOOKS
6. RANDOM

You got all 6 wrong….didn’t you?

Don’t worry. You don’t have Alzheimer’s. You are just a pervert.

Thanks Gene

Akinator, the Genius

Jonco — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:07:11 +0000

He can guess your character.

Just answer his questions honestly.

I tried Mongo from Blazing Saddles and he got it about 15 questions.

Cute and fun.

Try to stump Akinator.

Thanks Janet B