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Cognitive Miser Quiz<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

These are all questions that you have the information to answer. However, you will have a limited time to answer these. This is to illustrate how your brain works, not to test your knowledge. Do the best you can. Don’t answer “I don’t know.” Give it a guess.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

  1. Some months have 31 days, and some months have 30 days. How many months have 28 days?<\/li>
  2. Do they have the fourth of July in England?<\/li>
  3. How many of each kind of animals did Moses take on the the ark?<\/li>
  4. If a plane crashes on the border of Mexico and the United States, where will the survivors be buried? <\/li>
  5. If a rooster lays an egg on the peak of a roof, which direction (right or left) will the egg roll?<\/li>
  6. Which side of the chicken has the most feathers? <\/li>
  7. Can a California man legally marry his widow’s sister?<\/li>
  8. What four words appear on every US coin besides “In God We Trust?”<\/li>
  9. How many cubic feet of dirt are in a hole 1 foot deep, 3 feet long, and 2 feet wide?<\/li>
  10. Cincinnati is a big word. Can you spell it with one “i”?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    More info on the concept of the cognitive miser can be found here<\/a>. I also have to thank Dr. Tiffany Sia for this activity! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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