Created by Jim Propp, this is a logic classic, IMHO.
1. The first question whose answer is B is question
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5
2. The only two consecutive questions with identical answers are questions
A) 6 and 7 B) 7 and 8 C) 8 and 9 D) 9 and 10 E) 10 and 11
3. The number of questions with the answer E is
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 E) 4
4. The number of quesions with the answer A is
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8
5. The answer to this question is the same as the answer to question
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5
6. The answer to question 17 is
A) C B) D C) E D) none of the above E) all of the above
7. Alphabetically, the answer to this question and the answer to the following question are
A) 4 apart B) 3 apart C) 2 apart D) 1 apart E) the same
8. The number of questions whose answers are vowels is
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8
9. The next question with the same answer as this one is question
A) 10 B) 11 C) 12 D) 13 E) 14
10. The answer to question 16 is
A) D B) A C) E D) B E) C
11. The number of questions preceeding this one with the answer B is
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 E) 4
12. The number of questions whose answer is a consonant is
A) an even number B) an odd number C) a perfect square D) a prime E) divisible by 5
13. The only odd-numbered problem with answer A is
A) 9 B) 11 C) 13 D) 15 E) 17
14. The number of questions with answer D is
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9 E) 10
15. The answer to question 12 is
A) A B) B C) C D) D E) E
16. The answer to question 10 is
A) D B) C C) B D) A E) E
17. The answer to question 6 is
A) C B) D C) E D) none of the above E) all of the above
18. The number of questions with answer A equals the number of questions with answer
A) B B) C C) D D) E E) none of the above
19. The answer to this question is
A) A B) B C) C D) D E) E
20. Standardized test is to intelligence as barometer is to
A) temperature B) wind-velocity C) latitude D) longitude E) all of the above
(In reply to
Solution? by Jyqm)
I think the best answer to 20 is E which would beg this solution (and this time I double-checked it):
1:D (4 is first B)
2:A (6 & 7 are both D)
3:D (There are 3 E's)
4:B (There are 5 A's)
5:E (This question has the same answer as itself)
6:D (17 is B, none of the above)
7:D (8 is E, 1 apart from D)
8:E (8 Vowels - 5 A's & 3 E's)
9:D (13 is the next question with the same answer)
10:A (16 is D)
11:B (Only 1 B precedes this)
12:A (even # of consonants - 12)
13:D (15 is the only odd problem with answer A)
14:B (There are 7 D's)
15:A (12 is A)
16:D (10 is A)
17:B (6 is D)
18:A (there are 5 A's and 5 B's)
19:B (19 is B)
20:E (The author implies that there is no more correlation between intelligence and Standardized tests as there is between a barometer and all of these things which a barometer does not measure. I am guessing that someone is resentful about their SAT scores, what do you think?)
Edited on January 17, 2006, 10:25 pm
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Posted by Eric
on 2006-01-17 21:49:00 |
re: Solution?
