It's a flawed question. The rest are logical trick questions wherein the answers are indisputable on a logical level. It relies on a whole lot of dogma, generalization, and just plain inaccuracy. A disappointing ending to an otherwise brilliant quiz, imo.
Fun! The sort of fun I had as a kid (and that's a good thing). Children's books, comics and annuals used to have this sort of question. There must be material out there for more (please :-) ).
I said lunch, which is the more logically sound answer and was accepted (though it looks like maybe someone had to lobby for it a couple weeks ago as I scan the comments below this one).
It's surprisingly difficult to find a definitive answer to "which country has the most non-human apes", but it's probably Indonesia. Which in itself would be a little tricky, since people tend to think of great apes as you say, but gibbons are more numerous.
Not sure about the last one. Theologically, we may agree that nothing is greater than God or more evil than the devil, quibbles aside, but I don't think I can agree that rich people literally want nothing or that people literally have nothing. That makes no sense. Otherwise, fun quiz, and I'm eager to try some of these on kids that I know.
Agree. All of the others have some form of logic to them. It's just dogma, generalization, and outright inaccuracy. But it is clever on a gotcha level, I suppose. A disappointing end to an otherwise brilliant quiz.
I think the way the question is set, it would suggest exactly that: 'what percentage of soldiers "died" in the Civil War?'. The given answer would be correct if the question was, 'what percentage of soldiers "has died"'?
And if the question were "What city does Superman live in?" would you say "None," because superheroes are fictional? Or would you understand the actual point of the question?
For the one with the word becoming shorter, there are other words that work like shore and sorer that should be accepted.
I came up with lunch for something you can't eat before lunch, but both this and the written answer don't work if you've eaten either previously. It isn't specified that it must be on the same day.
Amusingly, I figured out the answer to the Moby Dick question correctly, but was trying to figure out the twist for a while.
The clue reads "What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?". It doesn't specify which two letters, or where in the word to add them. Both shore and sorer can become "shorter" when the appropriate two letters are added.
Got everythig but the cheese. I thought it must be some english phrase that I don't know.
I still don't understand the twist in the Moby Dick question though...
P.S.: I finally got it. Maybe don't write "Moby Dick" in quotes, for me it means that you actually ask about the title. Possibly because I'm a programmer...
P.P.S.: The question about the dictionary is wrong, most dictionaries don't even contain the word "incorrectly"
These are "trick" questions... the point is just to solve the riddle and figure out how they're trying to trick you. Actually quite a few of them are not true if you want to nitpick or be pedantic.
The quotation marks around Moby Dick are necessary for that question to work. If the question was asking how many words were in the novel then the quotes shouldn't be there.
Riddles like this often refer to words literally without the quotation marks (e.g. How many words in the English language? (3); What type of cheese is made backwards?). I mean, I prefer the form of the question with the quotation marks, but it would work without them as long as you didn't say "the novel Moby Dick" or typeset it as a title: "... in Moby Dick."
Many scientists consider humans to be apes, because they classify humans as animals. Those that believe in the creation account in the Bible believe that humans are set apart from the animals, and therefore are not animals nor apes. So, while I got the question right, because I was able to pick up on the "trick", I don't agree with it. Scientists classify humans as animals because it is yet another way they can make known their disdain for the idea of God and creation. For others, it is simply the only conclusion they come to because they refuse to believe in a creator. Putting it on the quiz like this as a trick question seems intentional as a jab toward Christians. Hopefully that wasn't the intention, but it comes across that way.
@ctleng76: Not all Christians are anti-science creationists, and scientists don't formulate theories to show disdain for theistic beliefs. I'm sorry you felt the question was a jab at your beliefs, but I highly doubt it was intended to offend. In any case, this website isn't here to cater to your personal worldview. I don't think classifying humans as apes is controversial for the vast majority of scientists, or to the quiz-taking public in general.
The nice thing about science is that it's true whether you believe it or not. Humans and chimpanzees are more closely related (in the direct, simple-to-understand sense that they have a more recent common ancestor) than are chimpanzees and orangutans; therefore if chimpanzees and orangutans are both apes, humans must be as well. These aren't arguments from "disdain"; they are facts--things which can be proved.
As an individual, you can certainly believe things that are contrary to reality; but the fact that flat earthers exist doesn't mean we have to strike our trivia quizzes of questions about the earth's circumference. The fact that (young-earth) creationists exist or that Bible literalists exist doesn't mean we have to ignore reality to accommodate.
That is why it is very important to deprogram oneself from the brainwashing and dogma of religious cults. We are all here on this Earth together and no animal is more important than another. This lie that religion invented has caused so many environmental problems making humans the stupidest animal on Earth because only humans can get caught up in delusions of grandeur. It is important to know that humans could not exist without insects. We are neither more intelligent nor important than other ani mals and plants with whom we share our habitat Nature is God there is Divinity the Divine entity in nature there is no man or woman in the sky and no man ever spoke for Nature- there were only narcissists people followed and calledl prophets creatinh primitive personality cults which have destroyed our planet through rape and destruction of our natural habitat andwar
Humans being classified as apes does not contradict biblical teaching. Fact.
One can classify humans with apes and still follow biblical teaching. Fact.
Humans are more important than animals, however, because we are the ones with the technological abilities to change entire environments, alter climates, pollute the planet, destroy ecosystems, and drive species to extinction, or to save species, clean up our mess, and preserve and protect our planet.
And yes, humans could not survive without insects. Fact.
However, a good test to see whether humans are more important than other animals is this.
If you had a choice to save a total stranger from certain death, or save your beloved pet grasshopper from certain death, which would you pick?
Human DNA has been shown recently to be closer to 70 or 80 % identical to chimps, rather than 98% as previously thought.
Human DNA is also largely identical to that of other, non-ape species such as bananas.
Humans are still classified as apes though, as we are obviously in that category as opposed to fruits. So maybe don't put too much weight on that argument just yet.
Ah, but the question doesn't say that all widows know where their husbands are at all times, just that all women who know where their husbands are at all times are widows. It's like how all lions are cats, but not all cats are lions.
If the widow is religious, how can she be certain her husband is in heaven, hell, purgatory, reincarnated, or in some other afterlife depending on her religious beliefs?
But at the same time your logic implies the skeleton or ashes of the widow's husband is the exact same being as her husband. There is a difference between her husband and a skeleton of a dead person or ashes of her dead husband.
In which case, assuming she doesn't believe in any sort of an afterlife, she would know that he is, in fact, exactly nowhere at all times, which still fits the criteria.
The question isn't "Tell me the capital of Japan" it's "Can you guess the capital of Japan?" The answer to "Can you guess" is either yes or no. Either will be an acceptable answer.
Excellent quiz, loved the twists, but come on, who else has never head of Edam? I solved it like ages before I typed it but had just passed it off lmao
The question is not asking for the percentage of soldiers who died during the American civil war. It is just asking what percentage of the soldiers who fought in the American civil war are no longer alive. The civil war happened in the 19th century. Nobody born in the 19th century is still alive.
The one of apes, China doesn't even have a single ape. Indonesia, Brazil, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo do. You should fix that. Plus, if it were China why? Please explain.
Nothing is better than eternal happiness. But a ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore, a ham sandwich is better than eternal happiness.
(jk it’s actually a nice quiz and was quite riddling :))
I'm not sure about one of them, though. I always eat dinner before lunch. I eat dinner at around 6 pm, and then lunch at noon the next day.
I don't really understand the Civil War percentage question, even though it was easy to guess.
Does not work. Be real.
I came up with lunch for something you can't eat before lunch, but both this and the written answer don't work if you've eaten either previously. It isn't specified that it must be on the same day.
Amusingly, I figured out the answer to the Moby Dick question correctly, but was trying to figure out the twist for a while.
‘Short’ becomes ‘shorter’ when u add ‘-er’
I still don't understand the twist in the Moby Dick question though...
P.S.: I finally got it. Maybe don't write "Moby Dick" in quotes, for me it means that you actually ask about the title. Possibly because I'm a programmer...
P.P.S.: The question about the dictionary is wrong, most dictionaries don't even contain the word "incorrectly"
The quotation marks around Moby Dick are necessary for that question to work. If the question was asking how many words were in the novel then the quotes shouldn't be there.
As an individual, you can certainly believe things that are contrary to reality; but the fact that flat earthers exist doesn't mean we have to strike our trivia quizzes of questions about the earth's circumference. The fact that (young-earth) creationists exist or that Bible literalists exist doesn't mean we have to ignore reality to accommodate.
Humans are classified as apes. Fact.
Humans being classified as apes does not contradict biblical teaching. Fact.
One can classify humans with apes and still follow biblical teaching. Fact.
Humans are more important than animals, however, because we are the ones with the technological abilities to change entire environments, alter climates, pollute the planet, destroy ecosystems, and drive species to extinction, or to save species, clean up our mess, and preserve and protect our planet.
And yes, humans could not survive without insects. Fact.
However, a good test to see whether humans are more important than other animals is this.
If you had a choice to save a total stranger from certain death, or save your beloved pet grasshopper from certain death, which would you pick?
Human DNA has been shown recently to be closer to 70 or 80 % identical to chimps, rather than 98% as previously thought.
Human DNA is also largely identical to that of other, non-ape species such as bananas.
Humans are still classified as apes though, as we are obviously in that category as opposed to fruits. So maybe don't put too much weight on that argument just yet.
Nosy.
I have lost brain cells trying to figure these questions out