Test for Dementia

It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test. Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's important to keep mentally alert. If you don't use it, you lose it. Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence. There are only 5 questions, so don't get all excited and confused yet. Get a pen or pencil and write down your answers so you can see how well you are doing. Take the test presented here to determine if you're losing it or not. The answers are at the bottom. OK, relax, clear your mind and begin.

1. What do you put in a toaster?

2. say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows drink?

3. If a red house is made from red bricks, and a blue house is made from blue bricks, and a pink house is made from pink bricks, and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?

4. It's twenty years ago and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over Germany (if you recall Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany) Anyway, during the flight, TWO engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engine fails before he can do so and the plane fatally crashes smack in the middle of "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you bury the survivors? East Germany, West Germany or no man's land?

5. Without using a calculator - you are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales. In London, 17 people get on the bus. In Reading, six people get off the bus and nine get on. in Swindon, two get off and four get on. In Cardiff, 11 get off and 16 get on. In Swansea, three get off and five get on. In Carmathen, six get off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven. What was the name of the bus driver?

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1. Answer: "bread" . If you said "toast" maybe you should give up now and do something else. Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, bread, go to question 2.

2. Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," maybe you shouldn't even attempt to answer the next question. Your brain is apparently over-stressed and may even overheat. Content yourself with reading more appropriate literature such as Auto World. However, if you said "water" proceed to question 3.

3. Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks" why are you still reading these??? If you said glass go on to 4.

4. Answer: You don't bury survivors

If you said anything else, you're in real bad shape and for your own sake you must stop. If you said you don't bury survivors, proceed to the next question.

5. Answer: Oh for crying out loud!

Don't you remember your own name? Or have you forgotten it was you driving the bus!!


Now pass this along to all your friends and pray they do better than you. PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!!