Skill Testing Questions ?!?

Sofa · 2002-09-21, 01:41 AM

Why do companies give out a prize only after a skill testing question has been answered? What if a person with below average IQ wins? Why isn't the winning (say, tab off of a 'build a BigMac contest') not good enough?

uni_boy50 · 2002-09-21, 03:16 AM

first there's a 1 in 1000 chance that you'll win. Auctally it's a lot less then that. What they do is they have a ton of most tab's, but only 100 or so of the others. They have the question because they don't want you to win, it would cost them. because of that, the odds of winning are amazingly low. mcdondalds had a scam with the monopoly for example, some security guard stole a bunch of stuff, so that proves how easy it could be to have no chance of winning.

U-Turn · 2002-09-24, 01:48 AM

Actually, I've heard that the reason for the silly test is that it turns a game of chance (read: gambling) into a game of skill (read: not gambling) for legal purposes.

eastontario · 2007-01-16, 07:19 PM

Here's a link to a javascript sample of skill testing question solving done via webpages that moves math testing towards perhaps surfing to FavoUrites and copying and pasting, clicking, and copying and pasting.
Different skills, but skills none the less. "Favorite organizing and remembering".

http://www.eastontario.com/promo/ski...ngQuestion.htm

Borgschulze · 2007-01-16, 08:25 PM

In Canada when you win money, we have skill testing questions so we don't have to pay Taxes on the money we won.

2002-09-21, 01:41 AM	#1
Sofa you - pee - dee Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: London, Ontario Age: 38 Posts: 3,202	Skill Testing Questions ?!? Why do companies give out a prize only after a skill testing question has been answered? What if a person with below average IQ wins? Why isn't the winning (say, tab off of a 'build a BigMac contest') not good enough? __________________ Happy Life Day

2002-09-21, 03:16 AM	#2
uni_boy50 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: vancouver Age: 24 Posts: 148	first there's a 1 in 1000 chance that you'll win. Auctally it's a lot less then that. What they do is they have a ton of most tab's, but only 100 or so of the others. They have the question because they don't want you to win, it would cost them. because of that, the odds of winning are amazingly low. mcdondalds had a scam with the monopoly for example, some security guard stole a bunch of stuff, so that proves how easy it could be to have no chance of winning. __________________ Your body is an insturement, not an orinament

2002-09-24, 01:48 AM	#3
U-Turn Small fish, small pond Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Antonio, Texas, USA Age: 54 Posts: 3,420	Actually, I've heard that the reason for the silly test is that it turns a game of chance (read: gambling) into a game of skill (read: not gambling) for legal purposes. __________________ Weep in the dojo... laugh on the battlefield. -- Dave Stockton

2007-01-16, 07:19 PM	#4
eastontario Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1	Skill Testing Question Solver Here's a link to a javascript sample of skill testing question solving done via webpages that moves math testing towards perhaps surfing to FavoUrites and copying and pasting, clicking, and copying and pasting. Different skills, but skills none the less. "Favorite organizing and remembering". http://www.eastontario.com/promo/ski...ngQuestion.htm

2007-01-16, 08:25 PM	#5
Borgschulze 2 Wheel Traitor Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 2,633	In Canada when you win money, we have skill testing questions so we don't have to pay Taxes on the money we won. __________________ deviantART Gravity is not the issue.

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