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> >Subject: Are you qualified to be a professional?
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> >The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and tells whether you
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> >1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
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> >The correct answer is:  Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and
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> >2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
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> >Wrong Answer:  Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the
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> >Correct Answer:  Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the
> >elephant, and close the door.  This tests your ability to think through
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> >3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference.  All the animals attend
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> >Correct Answer:  The Elephant.  The Elephant is in the refrigerator.
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> >your memory.  OK, even if you did not answer the first three questions,
> >correctly, you still have one more chance to show your abilities.
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> >4. There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited by crocodiles.
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> >Correct Answer:  You swim across.  All the Crocodiles are attending the
> >Animal
> >Meeting.  This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
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> >According to Andersen Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the
professionals
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correct
> >answers.  Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves the theory
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> >most professionals have the brains of a four year old.