Post by Judge Sam on Jul 12, 2009 23:38:06 GMT -5
This game is pretty fun. It's really simple. I show you this picture:
And you tell me which person makes a $110,000 a year salary. I give you clues along the way.
Each round you eliminate one person from contention, and then in the last round when three people remain, you pick who you think has the $110K salary.
If you would like to play yourself, just read these clues and mentally eliminate one person from the game after each round. Then at the end choose who you think has the highest salary!
ROUND ONE: None, the first round the players have to decide on appearance alone.
ROUND TWO: Three facts about the remaining seven players.
CAMDEN: Lives with his long-time partner but has no children. Enjoys the arts and live music. Regards his creativity and attitude as his best assets.
NICOLA: Lives with her fiancee. Her #1 passion in life is diamonds. Also enjoys shooting and hockey.
DAVID: Lives with his wife of many years, and is a grandfather several times over. Likes the countryside because of its smell. Both he and his wife are highly physically fit.
ROSE: A widow whose husband passed on a few years ago. Enjoys gardening and also painting, which she is very good at. Is an active member of several neighborhood committees.
ELSIE: Has been married for over thirty years and has three grown-up children. Has an awkward phobia of cats. Her husband is often away on business.
RACHEL: Divorced with no children. Enjoys public speaking and has done so on many occasions. Will happily admit she knows "less than nothing" about any kind of pop music.
MARK: Lives in lodgings with friends of similar occupation. Has no regular girlfriend although is popular with women. Suffers from extreme claustrophobia in public elevators.
RUSSELL: Married fairly late in life and has two children in their early teens. Enjoys swimming, boating, and the outdoors. However, finds living in the city refreshing because there is so much life there.
ROUND THREE: Six wage-earners left now. The facts in this round focus on travel.
ROSE: Although she occasionally holidays, she prefers to stay close to home. Rarely leaves the town she lives in and has strong roots tied to her local community.
CAMDEN: Visits Paris on a quarterly basis. Camden also regularly makes short trips to San Francisco and back. He and his partner usually have an annual two-week holiday abroad.
DAVID: Has rarely been abroad since leaving the military decades ago. A holiday for him typically involves his wife and him visiting family, although they have on occasions gone on trips on their own.
MARK: Once or twice a year, likes to visit "party" destinations with lots of big-name dance clubs. Usually holidays with a large group of male friends.
RACHEL: Travels locally a great deal, but rarely goes further afield. When she does go abroad, it is typically planned a long time in advance.
RUSSELL: Makes occasional trips within America. He also enjoys sailing and takes his family on at least one sailing trip every year.
ELSIE: Rarely gets the chance to leave home for more than a few days at a time. When she and her husband do travel, they enjoy fine food and luxury hotels.
NICOLA: Usually takes several short holidays each year with her boyfriend. Often goes on trips with others in her work environment. Enjoys discovering new exotic locations.
ROUND FOUR: Five wage-earners left now. We learn something of the wage earners' school days.
NICOLA: Regarded as popular rather than scholastically outstanding, her best asset was always judged to be her people skills rather than any great academic talent. She lists her favorite subject as music and her best one as maths.
RUSSELL: A high achiever at both school and college, he was regarded early on as something of a geek and somewhat oversensitive. In college he overcame this and became a popular student, sitting on the student council for a year.
CAMDEN: Was known as an intelligent and popular, but sometimes lazy, student. Several of his teachers wondered if he could apply himself sufficiently to fulfil his potential. He showed a strong preference for the artistic disciplines and hated maths.
MARK: While popular with the other kids in school, he had the reputation of being a troublemaker. His grades were regularly below average and some of his teachers felt that he could do better if he applied himself more. He rarely took part in sporting or social activities.
DAVID: Growing up in the state education system at a time when one barely existed, most of his education was paid for by the military who invested in order to put him through college. As a boy, he was known as a fairly quiet child but excelled in some physical sports.
ELSIE: Had a reputation for being an impatient child among her teachers. Did not adapt easily to academic learning and was disappointed in her exam results. Made the decision to enter employment early rather than go to college, an unconventional decision for a girl at the time.
RACHEL: Regarded as "talent" by her teachers, but barely noticed by her peers, she was an extremely shy child and an awkward teenager. She hated sports but enjoyed history and literature. After gaining excellent grades at school, she went on to complete her study at a top-ranked college.
ROSE: Known as a child with a fairly forceful personality, she has an excellent academic record from more than one college and/or technical institution. Intelligent, generally well-liked and able to force a point through, she was active in student politics and student affairs. She was the editor of a student magazine for a year.
ROUND FIVE: Four wage-earners left now. The same specific questions are applied to each wage earner.
Those questions are:
1) Has the wage-earner ever bought a car worth over $20,000?
2) Does the wage-earner own, or jointly own, a property with a garden?
3) Does the wage-earner regularly read the financial news?
4) Does the wage-earner regularly shop on the Internet?
ELSIE: 1) Yes. 2) Yes. 3) Yes. 4) Yes.
RACHEL: 1) No. 2) Yes. 3) Yes. 4) Yes.
DAVID: 1) Yes. 2) No. 3) No. 4) No.
RUSSELL: 1) Yes. 2) Yes. 3) Yes. 4) Yes.
NICOLA: 1) No. 2) Yes. 3) No. 4) Yes.
MARK: 1) No. 2) No. 3) No. 4) No.
ROSE: 1) No. 2) Yes. 3) No. 4) No.
CAMDEN: 1) Yes. 2) Yes. 3) No. 4) Yes.
ROUND SIX: Three wage-earners left, and this is the last information the players will get. It's also the most important though.
MARK: Enjoys his job and takes some pride in how well he does it. Regards it as a great way to meet girls as well as a way to earn some cash.
ROSE: Shortly before her husband died, she made some major re-adjustments in both her life and her career.
CAMDEN: Some of his famous clients believe that his particular occupational talent might be a gift from God.
DAVID: Takes his job very seriously and considers that he will probably still do it for as long as someone is needed in that post.
RUSSELL: Believes he may have advanced to a higher level in his career if he had been less family-oriented, however thinks that this would have been too much of a sacrifice for him.
RACHEL: Thinks that many aspects of her work have helped her to overcome some of her early problems with shyness in social situations.
ELSIE: She has always been self-employed. While frugal by nature, she believes in paying top-dollar if what you get for it is the best.
NICOLA: The favorite part of her job is making people's dreams come true when they thought that they couldn't.
And you tell me which person makes a $110,000 a year salary. I give you clues along the way.
Each round you eliminate one person from contention, and then in the last round when three people remain, you pick who you think has the $110K salary.
If you would like to play yourself, just read these clues and mentally eliminate one person from the game after each round. Then at the end choose who you think has the highest salary!
ROUND ONE: None, the first round the players have to decide on appearance alone.
ROUND TWO: Three facts about the remaining seven players.
CAMDEN: Lives with his long-time partner but has no children. Enjoys the arts and live music. Regards his creativity and attitude as his best assets.
NICOLA: Lives with her fiancee. Her #1 passion in life is diamonds. Also enjoys shooting and hockey.
DAVID: Lives with his wife of many years, and is a grandfather several times over. Likes the countryside because of its smell. Both he and his wife are highly physically fit.
ROSE: A widow whose husband passed on a few years ago. Enjoys gardening and also painting, which she is very good at. Is an active member of several neighborhood committees.
ELSIE: Has been married for over thirty years and has three grown-up children. Has an awkward phobia of cats. Her husband is often away on business.
RACHEL: Divorced with no children. Enjoys public speaking and has done so on many occasions. Will happily admit she knows "less than nothing" about any kind of pop music.
MARK: Lives in lodgings with friends of similar occupation. Has no regular girlfriend although is popular with women. Suffers from extreme claustrophobia in public elevators.
RUSSELL: Married fairly late in life and has two children in their early teens. Enjoys swimming, boating, and the outdoors. However, finds living in the city refreshing because there is so much life there.
ROUND THREE: Six wage-earners left now. The facts in this round focus on travel.
ROSE: Although she occasionally holidays, she prefers to stay close to home. Rarely leaves the town she lives in and has strong roots tied to her local community.
CAMDEN: Visits Paris on a quarterly basis. Camden also regularly makes short trips to San Francisco and back. He and his partner usually have an annual two-week holiday abroad.
DAVID: Has rarely been abroad since leaving the military decades ago. A holiday for him typically involves his wife and him visiting family, although they have on occasions gone on trips on their own.
MARK: Once or twice a year, likes to visit "party" destinations with lots of big-name dance clubs. Usually holidays with a large group of male friends.
RACHEL: Travels locally a great deal, but rarely goes further afield. When she does go abroad, it is typically planned a long time in advance.
RUSSELL: Makes occasional trips within America. He also enjoys sailing and takes his family on at least one sailing trip every year.
ELSIE: Rarely gets the chance to leave home for more than a few days at a time. When she and her husband do travel, they enjoy fine food and luxury hotels.
NICOLA: Usually takes several short holidays each year with her boyfriend. Often goes on trips with others in her work environment. Enjoys discovering new exotic locations.
ROUND FOUR: Five wage-earners left now. We learn something of the wage earners' school days.
NICOLA: Regarded as popular rather than scholastically outstanding, her best asset was always judged to be her people skills rather than any great academic talent. She lists her favorite subject as music and her best one as maths.
RUSSELL: A high achiever at both school and college, he was regarded early on as something of a geek and somewhat oversensitive. In college he overcame this and became a popular student, sitting on the student council for a year.
CAMDEN: Was known as an intelligent and popular, but sometimes lazy, student. Several of his teachers wondered if he could apply himself sufficiently to fulfil his potential. He showed a strong preference for the artistic disciplines and hated maths.
MARK: While popular with the other kids in school, he had the reputation of being a troublemaker. His grades were regularly below average and some of his teachers felt that he could do better if he applied himself more. He rarely took part in sporting or social activities.
DAVID: Growing up in the state education system at a time when one barely existed, most of his education was paid for by the military who invested in order to put him through college. As a boy, he was known as a fairly quiet child but excelled in some physical sports.
ELSIE: Had a reputation for being an impatient child among her teachers. Did not adapt easily to academic learning and was disappointed in her exam results. Made the decision to enter employment early rather than go to college, an unconventional decision for a girl at the time.
RACHEL: Regarded as "talent" by her teachers, but barely noticed by her peers, she was an extremely shy child and an awkward teenager. She hated sports but enjoyed history and literature. After gaining excellent grades at school, she went on to complete her study at a top-ranked college.
ROSE: Known as a child with a fairly forceful personality, she has an excellent academic record from more than one college and/or technical institution. Intelligent, generally well-liked and able to force a point through, she was active in student politics and student affairs. She was the editor of a student magazine for a year.
ROUND FIVE: Four wage-earners left now. The same specific questions are applied to each wage earner.
Those questions are:
1) Has the wage-earner ever bought a car worth over $20,000?
2) Does the wage-earner own, or jointly own, a property with a garden?
3) Does the wage-earner regularly read the financial news?
4) Does the wage-earner regularly shop on the Internet?
ELSIE: 1) Yes. 2) Yes. 3) Yes. 4) Yes.
RACHEL: 1) No. 2) Yes. 3) Yes. 4) Yes.
DAVID: 1) Yes. 2) No. 3) No. 4) No.
RUSSELL: 1) Yes. 2) Yes. 3) Yes. 4) Yes.
NICOLA: 1) No. 2) Yes. 3) No. 4) Yes.
MARK: 1) No. 2) No. 3) No. 4) No.
ROSE: 1) No. 2) Yes. 3) No. 4) No.
CAMDEN: 1) Yes. 2) Yes. 3) No. 4) Yes.
ROUND SIX: Three wage-earners left, and this is the last information the players will get. It's also the most important though.
MARK: Enjoys his job and takes some pride in how well he does it. Regards it as a great way to meet girls as well as a way to earn some cash.
ROSE: Shortly before her husband died, she made some major re-adjustments in both her life and her career.
CAMDEN: Some of his famous clients believe that his particular occupational talent might be a gift from God.
DAVID: Takes his job very seriously and considers that he will probably still do it for as long as someone is needed in that post.
RUSSELL: Believes he may have advanced to a higher level in his career if he had been less family-oriented, however thinks that this would have been too much of a sacrifice for him.
RACHEL: Thinks that many aspects of her work have helped her to overcome some of her early problems with shyness in social situations.
ELSIE: She has always been self-employed. While frugal by nature, she believes in paying top-dollar if what you get for it is the best.
NICOLA: The favorite part of her job is making people's dreams come true when they thought that they couldn't.