I-Q Test
I. Q. Test
Subject: which category are you?
Scores: 0 to 1 correct = Complete Imbecile
2 correct = Borderline Idiot
3 correct = College Candidate
4 to 5 correct = Super Smart or Psychotic
6 correct = Obviously Dishonest
1.) There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Every day he takes the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building and go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and takes the stairs the rest of the way, unless it's raining, in which case he goes all the way up!
2.) A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, and the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives, the surgeon arrives, the surgeon says "I can't operate on this boy, he's my son!"
How can this be?
3.) A man is wearing all black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its lights off, but somehow manages to stop in time.
How did the driver see the man?
4.) Title : Manhole Covers "Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?
5.) Title : The Deadly Party "A man went to a party and drank some of the punch full of ice. He then left early.
Everyone else who stayed late at the party drank the same punch and subsequently all died of poisoning.
Why did the man not die?
6.) Title : The Man in the Bar "A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. Surprised, the man says... 'Thank you' and leaves the bar.
This puzzle has claims to be the best of the genre. It is simple in its statement, absolutely baffling and yet with a completely satisfying satisfying solution, Most people struggle very hard to solve this one, yet they like the answer when they hear it or have the satisfaction of of figuring it out.
