This sentence attempts to express its author's delight at Josh the Superfluous's clever sentences, but does not quite manage to do so.

I'm just wondering why Harry Lorayne hasn't made a post here.


(Just kidding. Harry's great. Buy his books.)

^ Funniest post of the year!

sorry for the non self-referencing post . . .


Um . . . never mind.

It used to be that I couldn't spell narcissist. Now I are one! Hooray for me!

This is craziness.

(Vote Kras)

This post contains Jim Propp's S.R.A.T. (Self-Referential Aptitude Test). The solution to the puzzle is unique, and in some cases the knowledge that the solution is unique can actually give you a short-cut to finding the answer to a particular question, but it's possible to find the unique solution even without making use of the fact that the solution is unique.

Note from Jim Propp: I should mention that if you don't agree with me about the answer to #20, you will get a different solution to the puzzle than the one I had in mind. But I should also mention that if you don't agree with me about the answer to #20, you are just plain wrong.


1. The first question whose answer is B is question
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5


2. The only two consecutive questions with identical answers are questions
(A) 6 and 7
(B) 7 and 8
(C) 8 and 9
(D) 9 and 10
(E) 10 and 11


3. The number of questions with the answer E is
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4


4. The number of questions with the answer A is
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 8


5. The answer to this question is the same as the answer to question
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5


6. The answer to question 17 is
(A) C
(B) D
(C) E
(D) none of the above
(E) all of the above


7. Alphabetically, the answer to this question and the answer to the following question are
(A) 4 apart
(B) 3 apart
(C) 2 apart
(D) 1 apart
(E) the same


8. The number of questions whose answers are vowels is
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 8


9. The next question with the same answer as this one is question
(A) 10
(B) 11
(C) 12
(D) 13
(E) 14


10. The answer to question 16 is
(A) D
(B) A
(C) E
(D) B
(E) C


11. The number of questions preceding this one with the answer B is
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4


12. The number of questions whose answer is a consonant is
(A) an even number
(B) an odd number
(C) a perfect square
(D) a prime
(E) divisible by 5


13. The only odd-numbered problem with answer A is
(A) 9
(B) 11
(C) 13
(D) 15
(E) 17


14. The number of questions with answer D is
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 10


15. The answer to question 12 is
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E


16. The answer to question 10 is
(A) D
(B) C
(C) B
(D) A
(E) E


17. The answer to question 6 is
(A) C
(B) D
(C) E
(D) none of the above
(E) all of the above


18. The number of questions with answer A equals the number of questions with answer
(A) B
(B) C
(C) D
(D) E
(E) none of the above


19. The answer to this question is:
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E


20. Standardized test : intelligence :: barometer :
(A) temperature (only)
(B) wind-velocity (only)
(C) latitude (only)
(D) longitude (only)
(E) all of the above

This response to Scott Cram notes that #20 is very funny and thanks him for the post.

Please click on this link to return to this link to click on this link to....
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......rt=30#17

I was just about to write something but then I noticed that mirror and I think I would rather stare at myself for a while...

Dad bedded a bad, bad babe.

The first sentence in this post give the answer to the self-referential aptitude test in this same thread, on this same page.

Here comes a period.

Close - pretty good

Me. Myself and I, asked John and Josh replied...or so it seemed to me.

The entire purpose of this post is to make absolutely clear the entire purpose of this post.

I, myself, personally think.

I look like my reflection.

What does the inside of your nose smell like?

Feet.

This post does not exist

So says you, but I reference myself!