Message-ID: <5142098.1075854627679.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 05:10:00 -0700 (PDT) From: eric.bass@enron.com To: david.baumbach@enron.com, o'neal.winfree@enron.com, michael.walters@enron.com, jody.crook@enron.com, bryan.hull@enron.com, daphneco64@bigplanet.com, lwbthemarine@bigplanet.com, jason.bass2@compaq.com, gary.lamphier@enron.com Subject: Fwd: Fw: Professional Quiz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Eric Bass X-To: David Baumbach, O'Neal D Winfree, Michael Walters, Jody Crook, Bryan Hull, daphneco64@bigplanet.com, lwbthemarine@bigplanet.com, Jason.Bass2@COMPAQ.com, Gary W Lamphier X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Eric_Bass_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: Bass-E X-FileName: ebass.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Eric Bass/HOU/ECT on 08/31/2000 12:08 PM --------------------------- "Brett Lawler" on 08/31/2000 03:34:13 AM To: a_diekman@hotmail.com, chris_a_regnier@yahoo.com, John9375@aol.com, CHMARGAU@aol.com, srhea@acm.org, Eric Bass/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Subject: Fwd: Fw: Professional Quiz >From: "Christine Lane" >To: "brett lawler" >Subject: Fw: Professional Quiz >Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:42:05 -0000 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Diane Zarembo >To: Micah Gartman ; Chris Lane ; Lauren >Lawler ; Chris Bell >; >Christy Kersh >Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 6:10 PM >Subject: Fw: Professional Quiz > > > > This has absolutely just made my day! Check it out---it's great! It was > > sent to me by a manager at St. Luke's Hospital that I work with. > > > > Diane Zarembo > > Harrison Personnel > > (713) 960-9906, ext. 112 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Daniel Davies" > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 8:27 AM > > Subject: Professional Quiz > > > > > > The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and tells whether you >are > > qualified to be a "professional". Scroll down for each answer. > > > > The questions are not that difficult. > > > > 1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The correct answer is: > > Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe and close the door. > > This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in > > an overly complicated way. > > > > 2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wrong Answer: > > Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the refrigerator. > > > > Correct Answer: > > Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant > > and close the door. This tests your ability to think through > > the repercussions of your actions. > > > > 3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals >attend > > except one. Which animal does not attend? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Correct Answer: > > The Elephant. The Elephant is in the refrigerator. This tests your > > memory. > > > > OK, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you > > still have one more chance to show your abilities. > > > > 4. There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited by crocodiles. >How > > do you manage to cross it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Correct Answer: > > You swim across. All the Crocodiles are attending the Animal > > Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes. > > > > According to Andersen Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the >professionals > > they tested got all questions wrong. > > > > But many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting >says > > this conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the > > brains of a four year old. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.