Quote: funkyw1 - 2010.06.18. 17:48:54

There is nothing wrong with this question. WHERE doesn't make sense.

How about this one CG ? : What is a molotov coctail? Note cocktail is spelled Wrong! also the answer given as correct is wrong! A molotov cocktail is a(n) "crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick" according to Google and Web definitions! Not an antitank weapon (though it may have been used that way) ! At the very least it is a(n) AMBIGUOUS question

What do Giant Panda's eat
1) Fish
2) Bamboo <-- Marked Correct
3) Grass
4) People

While the answer is correct, unfortunatly it is not the only possible correct answer, as Bamboo is in fact a Grass, to Grass would be a correct answer as well.

What's the point of complaining about a bad question when the Admins won't do anything about it?

This has been posted TWICE before, more than a month ago!

A brick weighs 2kg and half a brick, how much do 2 bricks weigh?


This is a nonsensical question!

The ocean has 5 layers, or zones, extending from the surface to the most extreme depths, starting at the surface which is the 3rd zone?
Bathypelagic Zone
Abyssopelagic Zone
Epipelagic Zone
Hadalpelagic Zone


Yeesh

Quote: Viridel - 2010.06.19. 03:02:58

wait........what?

I know you didn't write this Viridel.... but, was that an exact CnP quote?

Because I can see why you, and perhaps hundreds of others; would be confused.

How can something weigh a predetermined weight (represented here as 2kg)
plus half of it's own weight?

That's what many would call a.... paradoxical improbability!


or....better yet, CANNOT BE DONE.

Quote: Valkyrie - 2010.06.18. 13:27:06

The trouble with this question is that the possible answers are shapes not solids. Having said that, it should be elementary knowledge, as "The smallest possible surface for a given volume is a sphere." I learned that sentence in 8th or 9th grade.

Quote: Banned - 2010.06.19. 06:26:10

This is a simple mathematical question.
If x = 2kg + x/2 then 2x=?

x = 2gk + x/2 <=> 2x = 4kg + x <=> x=4kg

And thus two bricks weighs 8 kg.

And no, I didn't write the question. There is a less mathematical solution to the same problem, but I'll leave that to you.

Only a minor problem with this, what is "biggest"? is it "tallest" the giraffe or "heaviest" the elephant, so maybe giraffe should be replaced by an animal that's not taller than an elephant.


The question is bad English. So the question should be:
What do you call the process of reducing dead human bodies to their basic chemical compounds in the form of gases and bone fragments?



The biblical answer is a star, but what the star was it is the source of much debate both among Christian scholars and historians. One popular theory is that it was a comet, so I think this should not be among the possible answers.

Wow...no offense but....

That's a load of manure.

Here, let me break this down:

A = 2kg
B = (2kg) divided by 2 (which would be ONE)
C = A + B


So, what is 2 plus 1?
3?
Good...

Now, we have D
D = 2(C)

So what would D be kids?

6....not 8.

But, back to why I posted what I did before.

If a loaf of bread weighs 1lb and half a loaf of bread...
then a loaf of bread actually weighs 1.5 lbs...so then half a loaf of bread actually weighs .75 lb so...
then a loaf of bread actually weighs 2.25 lbs and half a loaf of bread weighs 1.125 lbs...so....
then a loaf of bread actually weighs 3.375 lbs and half a loaf of bread weighs 1.6875 lbs....


can we see a pattern here folks?

An item cannot weigh itself PLUS half of the weight of itself.

Because THEN the weight of itself would constantly change...and, so would half of it's own weight as well.

A paradox.

Quote: MartinBV - 2010.06.19. 10:55:19

I agree...the word "biggest" is misleading...because the African Elephant is the largest terrestrial animal.

So perhaps simply exchanging "Biggest" for "Largest" would suffice, that is; if the question is tossed out.
But, I doubt that it will, because "biggest" doesn't imply height..... it does imply mass.

Quote: MartinBV - 2010.06.19. 10:55:19

Actually, not only is this bad English, it also has TWO correct answers, and no, I am not including burial.

There is a device capable of generating sufficient heat and pressure to completely vaporize human bodies leaving only gas and bone fragments.

Japan has first hand knowledge to this fact.

This question is bad English. "united" is not the right word, "gather" would be usable, and Jewish should be spelled wit a capital "J"


Almost 10 months ago! Need I say more.

Quote: Banned - 2010.06.19. 11:00:37

Sorry but no: If half a loaf of bread weighs 1 lb + half a loaf, one loaf weighs 2 lb.
and if 1 brick weighs 2 kg and half a brick, then one brick weighs 4 kg.

It is not a paradox, both are a simple X=A + X/2 type of equation.

It is actually a common way of weighing items when using a tip scale. I have seen it done many times, lets say you want to weigh a huge quantity of grain, and all your weights combined weighs 5 kg, but the barrel you use to weigh grain in can handle over twice as much. You then weighs off 5kg of grain in some container, and place this among your weighs, so now one measure of grain is 10kg, or 5 kg and half a measure.

If you don't believe me, try it out.

I'm not sure if this helps in figuring it out, but try to think how much half a brick weights.


"A brick weighs 2kg and half a brick"
=> brick = ½ brick + 2kg

we can write this:

½ brick + ½ brick = ½ brick + 2 kg
½ brick = 2 kg
4 * (½ brick) = 8 kg

Quote: MartinBV - 2010.06.19. 10:25:23


Just because you know the answer doesn't make this right:

"A brick weighs 2kg and half a brick"

Listen BV - You complain when someone says Country instead of Nation. You flip shit when "there" is used instead of "that"... Yet you think THIS is proper English? If you're going to bitch and moan about every little thing, then don't come to the rescue of something that clearly has issues.

Quote: MartinBV - 2010.06.19. 10:55:19

Exactly my point. If you're going to justify something clearly messed up, then don't bitch about something as insignificant as the above.

What profession is Robin Williams famous for?
Writing
Singing
Acting
Swimming

This question should be changed to 'Which of these professions is Robin Williams famous for?" I am not sure if it holds true all over the world but in America at least he was famous fist for his comedy then his acting. Which is the case with a lot american comedians who later become movie stars.

"to" not "too"
"cloudy" not "clowdy"

But, my real gripe here is this:

More than one (CENSORED WORD THAT STARTS WITH AN "F") right answer in the choices.

If you can't see that...then perhaps you should look up the definition for each and every word in the entire question.

oh...and the extra "as" word needs to be left out as well.

I've just had this one:

The magician's apprentice in the movie "Fantasia" was?
George Clooney
Mickey Mouse
Brad Pitt
Anastasia

Well, eliminating 3 answers, I realized that it was Mickey Mouse.
The thing is that we don't know which "Fantasia" movie the author is writing about. There are at least 2 movies with the same title and they are:
- "Fantasia" (1940) by James Algar, Samuel Armstrong and others - Walt Disney studio animation,
- "Fantasia" (1993) I don't know the director - anime romance.
There is also "Fantasia 2000", another Disney's studio animation.

It should be one of the rules about the movies questions - not only the title, author should add a release year or at least director's name (I always put both in my questions and there is no chance of any mistake)

Aaaaah, and something about the brick question.
The correct answer is of course 8 kg. Maybe the question is not perfect English but I think that noone should have any problems with figuring out how to count it.