Test for Dementia

[Waylander]

Standard tests for dementia include asking the subject common knowledge questions and personal questions they should know the answer to - like the names of their children etc.

I have children? You'de think someone would have told me.....

[jrandom]

or them.

come to think of it... no.

[SPman]

I know they're just pop psychology questions and in that vein ....

Damn your eyes PF! Rub it in, won't you, that my brain is as frazzled as a bamboo spring in a $20 Rolex!

[Beemer]

You impertinent little whippersnapper! I got the first one right and thought "yay, on a roll here!" but then got all except the last one wrong...

Maths was never my strong point, realised exactly what I'd done wrong when I had another look, but then I tried to pay full price for a "buy one, get one free" deal on cat food at the vet's last week...

Besides, I already knew I was on the downward slope to senility...

[NotaGoth]

shame.. I feel real dumb now.... lol

[placidfemme]

lol good to see I'm not the only one

*takes satisfaction in that*

I was so proud of myself when I read the nunu one... I thought... a - e - i - o - u yeah! lol but no...

[jrandom]

I was so proud of myself when I read the nunu one... I thought... a - e - i - o - u yeah! lol but no...

see, 'failing' the 'test' proves your normal. in your case, a very relative sense of normal, of course.

sniper is obviously just a psychopath or something.

[Sniper]

see, 'failing' the 'test' proves your normal. in your case, a very relative sense of normal, of course.

sniper is obviously just a psychopath or something.

Not quite, I can find you the phycopath test that is at home. I failed that one though. The voices in my head did give me the right answer so I guess I also cheated

[hXc]

I got 3 out of 5. Does that mean that I'm normented or something??

[yungatart]

I got them all right! Did you lot not read the questions?

[Wolf]

lol good to see I'm not the only one

*takes satisfaction in that*

I was so proud of myself when I read the nunu one... I thought... a - e - i - o - u yeah! lol but no...

I thought "simple, A, E, I, O, U, so... Hold on, it said Mary's father..."

Mind you, I do read a lot of brain teaser problems, riddles etc so I'm used to "gotchas"

It's like the "You are the driver of a train that leaves New York at..." one that bombards you with a lot of information then asks "what is the train driver's name?" The clue is in the first sentence, all the rest is smokescreen to make you drop the relevant info.

[Ixion]

see, 'failing' the 'test' proves your normal. in your case, a very relative sense of normal, of course.

sniper is obviously just a psychopath or something.

Thing with these is you KNOW there's a "catch" and the apparently obvious answer will be wrong. So I discount that and look for an 'alternative answer" Usually the trick is to VERY carefully read the question.

[Sniper]

Thing with these is you KNOW there's a "catch" and the apparently obvious answer will be wrong. So I discount that and look for an 'alternative answer" Usually the trick is to VERY carefully read the question.

What throws you out is the statement "answer as quickly as possible." It is an easy test

[Wolf]

What throws you out is the statement "answer as quickly as possible." It is an easy test

They make that statement because they know full well you will, as Ixion said, twig that there's a catch and look for the non-obvious answer if you spend more than two seconds on it.

[placidfemme]

*always sucks at these tests....*

why can't they ask questions like...

how many wheels on a motorbike?
Or which is faster... a red bike or a yellow bike?