Problem Solving

Question 1

Can you describe an atom?

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Question 2

How do you weigh an elephant without using a scale?

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Question 3

How many balloons would fit in this room?

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Question 4

How many basketballs would fit in this room?

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Question 5

How many different ways can you get water from a lake at the foot of a mountain, up to the top of the mountain?

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Question 6

How many lightbulbs are in this building?

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Question 7

How would you cure world hunger?

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Question 8

How would you design a spice rack for a blind person?

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Question 9

How would you explain a database in three sentences to your eight year old nephew?

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Question 10

How would you get an elephant into a refrigerator?

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Question 11

How would you market table tennis balls if table tennis itself became obsolete? List many ways, then pick one and go into detail.

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Question 12

How would you move Mount Fuji?

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Question 13

How would you sell hot cocoa in Florida?

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Question 14

How would you sell me eggnog in Florida in the summer?

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Question 15

If Germans were the tallest people in the world, how would you prove it?

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Question 16

If I gave you $40,000 to start a business, what would you start?

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Question 17

If I put you in a sealed room with a phone that had no dial tone, how would you fix it?

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Question 18

If you had $2,000, how would you double it in 24 hours?

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Question 19

If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get out?

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Question 20

If you’re the CEO, what are the first three things you check about the business when you wake up?

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Question 21

Name 5 uses of a stapler without staple pins

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Question 22

Sell me this glass of water.

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Question 23

Tell me how you would determine how many house painters there are in the United States?

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Question 24

What are 5 uncommon uses of a brick, not including building, layering, or a paper-weight?

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Question 25

What are five uncommon uses of a brick, not including building, layering, or a paperweight?

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Question 26

What are the first three things you’d do on your first day at work here?

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Question 27

What do wood and alcohol have in common?

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Question 28

What would you do if you found a penguin in the freezer?

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Question 29

What would you do if you just inherit a pizzeria from your uncle?

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Question 30

What would you do when you have learned that your boat is out of oil?

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Question 31

Why do you think only a small percentage of the population makes over $150K?

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Question 32

You are in charge of 20 people. Organise them to figure out how many bicycles were sold in your area last year.

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Question 33

You need to check that your friend, James, has your correct phone number but you cannot ask him directly. You must write the question on a card which and give it to Heidi who will take the card to James and return the answer to you. What must you write on the card, besides the question, to ensure James can encode the message so that Heidi cannot read your phone number?

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Question 34

If an apple costs 20 cents, an orange costs 40 cents, and a grapefruit costs 60 cents, then how much is a pear?

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