Easy questions people get wrong

[oneeye13]

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st johns and everyone says 1st for some reason, i dont understand how stupid these people are, does anyone have any questions like this that seem simple but for some reason people get them wrong?

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what is wrong with the girls at your school that you are going around asking 20 people this question?

[kem]

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Heres one that most people don't get right:
A guy on a deadline has to drive from his office to point B and back. All he knows is that he must average 60 mph for the entire trip to make it on time.
He didn't do so good getting there, in fact, he only averaged 30 mph. How fast must he drive on the return to make his deadline?

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hm, so he went 1/2 the distance in 1/2 the speed.. sounds like he needs a time machine because unless he travels infinitely fast he's not going to make it.

[SparkyDog]

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What are some questions that seem easy, but people seem to get wrong?

I have one that i have asked over 20 college students and none of them have gotten it right, If you are running a race that you have not been lapped in, and you pass the person in 2nd place, what place are you in? The only person that got this right is my mother lol

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Why couldn't you be lapping the 2nd place guy for a wider first place margin?

[theben]

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On our flag, is the top stripe red or white?


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I don't know the answer to this. (traffic light = red at top IIRC

[AngusThermopyle]

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what's the longest someone can serve as president of the US of A?


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I think it would be 12 years. If the president-elect dies on the day of his inauguration, then the VP would serve the 4 years in his place, then could be elected twice.

Right?


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Nope. 22nd Amendment says serving just 2 years of another's term counts as your first. So, in your scenario, the VP turned President could be elected to only one more term.

[flyty86]

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Heres one that most people don't get right:
A guy on a deadline has to drive from his office to point B and back. All he knows is that he must average 60 mph for the entire trip to make it on time.
He didn't do so good getting there, in fact, he only averaged 30 mph. How fast must he drive on the return to make his deadline?

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didnt the dude miss his deadline?

[wmonfor]

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I think it would be 12 years. If the president-elect dies on the day of his inauguration, then the VP would serve the 4 years in his place, then could be elected twice.

Right?


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22nd Amendment




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[theben]

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Is the answer 1st, or 2nd? I'm confused.

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both! thats why everybody gets this stupid thing wrong

[AngusThermopyle]

Start at point X.
Travel due south 100 miles.
Turn and travel east 100 miles.
Turn and travel north 100 miles.
You are back at X.

Where is X?

[-Skeme-]

This isn't the same type of question, but tons of people think that hair & nails continue growing after death.