999_Springs's nearly impossible quiz: QUIZ NOW OVER

[999_Springs]

This is not much like anything that has ever been posted here, but I'll post it here and see what you think of it.

The quiz consists of 40 questions, nearly all multiple choice, but for two of the multiple choice questions the answer is not any of the given options.

Whoever wants to take part can either post their answers here or PM me if they don't want people stealing their answers. There might be a prize for the person with the most correct answers.

Note: anyone caught using Google/Wikipedia/any other internet website which may provide useful information may risk being dissected atom by atom.

999_Springs's nearly impossible quiz

1)
What is 1+1?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 11
d. 2

2)
What do cows drink (mostly)?
a. Goat's blood.
b. Beer.
c. Milk.
d. Water.

3)
When is a door not a door?
a. When it's a toothbrush.
b. When it's a tortoise.
c. When it's a... er... GRAPEFRUIT!
d. When it's a jar.

4)
What are carpets made out of?
a. Wood.
b. Consecutive/result clauses.
c. Chicken nuggets and paper.
d. Gas guzzlers and animals.

5)
What is the best accompaniment to sausages?
a. Ketchup.
b. Chips.
c. Cheese.
d. Lemonade.

6)
Har, har, 29403, your attempt to hijack the quiz didn't work. You left behind a typo. What is the plural of "fish"?
a. Fish
b. Fishs
c. Fishes
d. Fishi

7)
How many Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles are there in a tube?
a. 13.
b. 14.
c. 15.
d. 16.

8)
GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU.
What is it?
a. A misspelling of "potato".
b. A place name in South Wales.
c. The latest variant of Sudoku.
d. Nothing.

9)
Which number is the biggest?
a. 1.4
b. 1.7
c. 2.0
d. 2.3

10)
Which doesn't exist?
a. My sanity.
b. The letter F.
c. The purpose of this quiz.
d. The correct answer.

11)
Which exists?
a. Wikipedia article for the fraction obtained when 1 is divided by 3.
b. Wikipedia article for a safety net. (You know, the thing used to catch an acrobat.)
c. Wikipedia article for this.
d. Wikipedia article for that.

12)
a. Aluminium carbonate.
b. Half moon.
c. 56 kbps dial-up modem.
d. Purple carrots.

13)
a. Non-existence.
b. Integral of x tan x. (No silly made-up functions.)
c. sqrt(-1).
d. My boredom as I am writing this.

14)
a. Cars that run on liquid water.
b. Countries whose capital city is the country.
c. Orange text colour in WordPad.
d. Element 118.

15)
Which is the largest?
a. Three-elevenths.
b. Two-sevenths.
c. My house.
d. The temperature in degrees Celsius on 10/1/09 in London.

16)
Which is most likely?
a. N v1.5 will come out before October.
b. Tottenham will get relegated this season.
c. If you happen to fall into a two-metre-deep hole in the ground, there will be someone around who will help you out.
d. If I roll two fair six-sided dice, they end up down the back of the sofa.

17)
Sick sick sick sick sick sick sicks point sicks in base sicks-teen.
a. Town crier's bell.
b. Hacker.
c. Blowtorch.
d. Nitrous oxide.

18)
Erom Liam _ Swen Spam Segami Bew.
a. Gnippoh.
b. Gnipposh.
c. Gnippohs.
d. Gnipposch.

19)
As of two months ago I found a rolling-pin in my kitchen which I haven't seen since
a. 2001.
b. 2003.
c. 2005.
d. 2007.

20)
18, 14, 17, 16, 16, 18, ?
a. 14
b. 15
c. 16
d. 17

21)
Which is true?
a. I lost my sanity partly because I spent four weeks trying to find a manual solution to a Su-Doku puzzle rated 9.8.
b. I have had the kitchen redecorated recently.
c. Both.
d. Neither.

22)
a. Traffic lights are more annoying than insects.
b. Vista is worse than XP.
c. Both.
d. Neither.

23)
a. I found quite recently hidden behind some ceiling tiles a plank of wood dated 15/8/1999.
b. In the same place were two old banana skins and a pastry case.
c. Both.
d. Neither.

24)
a. I can't find my dictionary.
b. Ketchup shouldn't be refrigerated.
c. Both.
d. Neither.

25)
Ikea's beds are circular!
Their lightbulbs are completely flat!
Their toilet seats are of metal!
Their cups have holes in their bottoms!
Ikea can't spell accessories!
They think it's spelt with just one C!
Ikea also can't spell hand cream!
They thnk it ends in E-M-E!
a. The Entertainer
b. Hungarian Rhapsody
c. Crazy Frog ringtone
d. Prelude #1

26)
What do you get if you integrate cosec x with respect to x?
a. ln |cosec x - cot x| + c
b. ln |tan (x/2)| + c
c. Both
d. Neither

27)
What is the most important function of teachers?
a. Annoying students.
b. Being annoyed by students.
c. To provide protein.
d. Teaching.

28)
I have just
a. had mock exams.
b. won the lottery.
c. gone to the toilet.
d. had my front door replaced.

29)
How do you factorise 157519381?
a. With great difficulty.
b. By trial division.
c. You don't.
d. Chicken. Pie. Chicken pie. Chickenpie. Pie chicken. Chicken piechicken. etc. etc. etc...

30)
It seems that Race To A Billion is played on about how many different forums on the Internet?
a. Three.
b. Six.
c. Nine.
d. More than fifty.

31)
Which of these has not stolen an NReality *0th of mine?
a. poppinfresh.
b. Amdi.
c. joe1284.
d. eru_bahagon.

32)
Which number is the largest?
a. This question number.
b. The answer to question 40.
c. The percentage chance that a random person will be able to climb out of the hole mentioned in question 16 unaided.
d. The number of pencils I have.

33)
Coasteering is
a. a sport involving voluntarily throwing yourself off eight-metre-high cliffs into the sea.
b. something that Wikipedia should have an article on but doesn't.
c. both.
d. neither.

34)
BT Yahoo! Internet
a. annoyingly seems to automatically refresh every webpage after 3 minutes.
b. logs you out of forums after 15 minutes.
c. sometimes refuses to load pictures and deliberately leaves out the option to "Show Picture" when you right-click on them.
d. sometimes refuses to let you stop loading webpages which take ages to load and won't let you close the window.

35)
What colour do white socks become after contact with seawater for 20 minutes?
a. Green.
b. Brown.
c. Grey.
d. Purple.

36)
You have 30 minutes to move your car.
a. You have 5 minutes.
b. You have 10 minutes.
c. You have 30 minutes.
d. You have 45 minutes.

37)
In 1998 I got rid of a washing machine which originally cost £5, was really bad, and was also
a. triangular.
b. made of cardboard.
c. orange.
d. battery-powered.

38)
One of these statements is false. Which one?
a. 255 multiplied by 362 is 92310.
b. "waqf" is a word in the English language. (No, I don't know what it means either.)
c. The assassination of Duke Franz-Ferdinand was the trigger point of the start of the First World War.
d. It is impossible for a proton to travel at the speed of light.

39)
How old am I?
a. Fifteen.
b. Seventeen.
c. Eighteen.
d. Twenty.

40) Find the value of

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  |    |    |   xy dz dy dx
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Ha ha! No choices here, you'll have to work this one out yourself!!!

Leaderboard

1st: ToeFaceKiller: 18
2nd: UnknownKirbyMan: 15
=3rd: 29403: 14
=3rd: Kiki: 14
=5th: gr_8: 11
=5th: Tunco123: 11
. 7th: . Daikenkai: 14

[29403]

Look 999_springs. You've got to realise that some people don't do calculus instead of flushing your springs down the toilet. :)

Quiz Answers

1. D
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. D
15. B
16. B
17. B
18. D
19. C
20. A
21. C
22. C
23. C
24. B
25. Ikea's toilet seats are METAL! C
26. C
27. C
28. C
29. D
30. C
31. C
32. B
33. A
34. B
35. D
36. D
37. B
38. B
39. 4.
40. ∞

[999_Springs]

Your score is

14

out of 40.

[29403]

Do I get a prize?

[999_Springs]

Hmm, what I think I will do is leave this quiz open for a fortnight from your response, and whoever gets the highest mark will get a prize.

And your attempt to hijack question 6 of my quiz didn't work. In fact, it [sarcasm]inspired[/sarcasm] me to change the question altogether based on your edit. [very slight sarcasm]However, I don't think you'll need to change your answer.[/sarcasm]

[gr_8]

don't close this yet, i'll get you my answers soon (i.e. not today)

[UnknownKirbyMan]

Quiz Answers

1.D
2.D
3.D
4.D
5.B
6.A
7.B
8.B
9.D
10.C
11.A
12.B
13.D
14.A
15.D
16.D
17.D
18.C
19.A
20.A
21.C
22.B
23.C
24.C
25.D
26.D
27.D
28.C
29.C
30.D
31.C
32.B
33.C
34.C
35.B
36.A
37.C
38.C
39.B
40...... 2!

How long is a fortnight?

[Kiki]

I just sent you my quiz answers in a pm. That was fun.

[大見解]

I'm thinking....... is this...... maybe...... some of my answers may be >_>

answers

1.C
2.A
3.D
4.D
5.A
6.A
7.C
8.A
9.A
10.C
11.D
12.CCCCCCCCC!!! 56KBPS!!!
13.D
14.B
15.C
16.D
17.B
18.C - heh.
19.C
20.A
21.A
22.C
23.D
24.D
25.C
26.D
27.C
28.C
29.D
30.D
31.B
32.A
33.C
34.B
35.B
36.A
37.C - ORANGE!
38.B - waqf?
39.B - you know integrals.........INTEGRALS
40.23. I remember your sig =3 (or was it 31? nah)

Oh yes, a fortnight is 2 weeks. (14 days, if you didn't know that)

And tell me why this was on a sudoku forum. >:/

[999_Springs]

Ok, there are some things that I will have to clear up.

Firstly, each question only has one answer. In the case of multiple answers, the first one will be marked and the rest ignored, like is the case in exams.

Secondly, you can only submit your answers once.

Thirdly, the questions for 12, 13, and 14 should be "Which exists?" I should have made that clear.

Fourthly, with regard to question 31, as NReality's scoreboard has kind of been mucked up recently and it is not known what actually constitutes a proper *0th if everyone resubmits their scores at the same time, I'll alter the question to "Which of these has not stolen an NReality *0th of mine before NReality was down?"

Fifthly, for those who don't know what a "fortnight" is, the deadline is March 21st, 20:59 GMT. That should be clear enough. (That's a fortnight from 29403's response.)

And tell me why this was on a sudoku forum.

You have been charged with using Google or a similar site to help you with answering my quiz. Don't say I didn't warn you. Your score will have a dot next to it, which will have the same meaning and effect as a dot on the NReality highscore scoreboards. Also, the forces between molecules in your body are now weakening...

Anyway, GROWL! You have found the only other forum on the Internet which I have an account on! GRRRR!

Leaderboard moved to first post.

[gr_8]

sent answers via PM

[ToeFaceKiller]

WELL.

1. D
2. D
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. A
9. A
10. B
11. D
12. D
13. D
14. B
15. B
16. D
17. C
18. D
19. B
20. A
21. A
22. D
23. A
24. D
25. B
26. D
27. B
28. A
29. A
30. C
31. A
32. C
33. A
34. D
35. B
36. C
37. A
38. B
39. B
40. Mathew Perry

[UnknownKirbyMan]

Blast you TFK!

Why did you have to do better than me?!

[大見解]

And tell me why this was on a sudoku forum.

You have been charged with using Google or a similar site to help you with answering my quiz. Don't say I didn't warn you. Your score will have a dot next to it, which will have the same meaning and effect as a dot on the NReality highscore scoreboards. Also, the forces between molecules in your body are now weakening...

Anyway, GROWL! You have found the only other forum on the Internet which I have an account on! GRRRR!

Heh, read the first post wrong. I thought you were allowed to use google/wiki/etc. Oopz. ah well. =3

[gr_8]

do i get a prize for scoring the least? :)

[Tunco]

Here are my answers:

Answers:

1)B
2)D
3)A
4)A
5)A
6)B
7)D
8)A
9)D
10)A
11)C
12)C
13)D
14)B
15)C
16)D
17)D
18)D
19)C
20)C
21)C
22)B
23)B
24)A
25)C
26)D
27)D
28)A
29)A
30)D
31)D
32)D
33)D
34)C
35)B
36)B
37)D
38)B
39)A
40)A code that you have in your sig.

[999_Springs]

8 days to go. I'll give you some information about the prize.

Whoever gets the most answers correct before the deadline, legitimately, will be sent a PM containing the following:
1) A large wad of cash.
2) The answers to the quiz, WITH EXPLANATIONS.
3) Sneak previews of episodes #4 and #5 of my RTaB comic. (#3 is coming out on the 22nd.)
4) Some details of future plans and quizzes and stuff that will come out later.
5) Loads of other random thingamajigs.

There are no other prizes.

In the event of a tie, I will post some tie-breaker questions with the usual rules.

Leaderboard moved to first post.

[Tunco]

Look at this game:(I finished it in 2 moths!!)

http://www.addictinggames.com/theimpossiblequiz.html

[999_Springs]

Ah, yes. The impossible quiz. I completed it last year. It's not too difficult if you have a good memory (like me) and can find a bunch of walkthroughs on the Internet. The Impossible Quiz 2 has come out, and it's much harder than the first one because of the increased number of questions which change every time.

Anyway, the deadline is in 2 and a half hours.

[Edit: The deadline has been reached. I will give out prizes and stuff as soon as I can.]

[999_Springs]

What is this thing doing halfway down page 3 of these forums!?

Sorry for the delay - I was stuck with horrible homework for most of the last week, but I will give out the prize as soon as I can. Probably in 1-3 days.

In the meantime, I will give feedback on a few of the questions and how you answered.

Question 1

DUH. This is supposed to be the easiest question of all, seeing as it's the first question. And yet some of you still got that wrong. It's not 11, nor is it a window, nor is it a trick question. One and one make TWO.

Question 9

Ha, ha, I caught you all out. This is one of the two questions where the answer isn't one of the options. It's the question number, 9.

Question 20

Do any of you even think about how the sequence goes, or do you all just guess!? And why did almost all of you guess 14? Consider alternate terms in the sequence, and it should be really obvious here.

Question 26

Don't get fooled by the integral in the middle of the image in Calcy's sig. There is more than one way to integrate cosec x. The answer is C. (Wait... do any of you actually do calculus!?)

Question 30

Uh, the answer is A. This forum, dond.co.uk/forums, and, er, "BigJon's PC Games" forum. Except that the first of these is in hibernation as 29403 seems to have shut it down completely, and the other two are inaccessible to guest viewers *GROWL* (WHY!!??!?) so you can't be sure whether they exist anymore or not. I don't think there are any others.

Question 38

This is the other one of the questions where the answer isn't one of the options. I caught you all out here. All four statements are TRUE. The false one was "One of these statements is false" written in the question!

Question 39

Right, I need to make things clear. Just because I have been doing calculus properly for 2 years does not make me ridiculously old, or ridiculously young. I am not 17, or 20, or 4. I am 15 years old. The fact that I have been doing calculus for so long is completely irrelevant. (Actually, do ANY of you do calculus whatsoever!?)

[999_Springs]

The prize has been sent. ToeFaceKiller, how do you like it!?

[ToeFaceKiller]

Ah, sorry, I forgot to reply to you. The prize is awesome! xD Surely the best thing I've won over the internet. I especially like where you got your name from 0_o