4 questions

1. which of these propositions do you find the most believable? the least believable? a) that the earth is flat b) that every word in the christian bible is literally true c) that the british royal family are lizards from outer space d) that hillary clinton and nancy pelosi operate a worldwide child pornography and prostitution ring e) that marxism has any meaning in the 21st century 2. four people - a jamaican cleaning lady, an irish cleaning lady, an indonesian cleaning lady, and albert einstein - are stranded on a desert island in the pacific ocean. a boat rescues them, but as soon as they are safely on board, the island explodes and the debris sink into the deepest part of the ocean, leaving no evidence of the island’s existence. when the four are interrogated by scientists as to the nature and details of the island, they give four totally different accounts. whom do you think the scientists are most likely to believe? a) the jamaican cleaning lady b) the irish cleaning lady c) the indonesian cleaning lady d) albert einstein e) none of them 3. a plane carrying one hundred passengers and crew stops to refuel on a desert island in the southern pacific. the island has no inhabitants. during the stop, all of the crew and all but two of the passengers are stricken with a brain disease which renders them them incoherent and physically dysfunctional. only two passengers are unaffected. one of them must try to fly the plane back to civilization. the two passengers are hermann goering, who is an experienced pilot, and anne frank, who had never been on a plane in her life before this flight. which of them do you think should fly the plane? a) hermann goering b) anne frank 4. outside the all night cafe, al shoots and kills bob. al is standing over bob’s body with the smoking gun in his hand, and chuck comes along. chuck says to al , you shot bob. and al replies, what do you care? you never cared anything about bob when he was alive. and he is right - chuck never did care about bob when he was alive. chuck is a complete hypocrite. so the question is - is bob dead? a) yes b) no