Alvaro Fernandez
Sep 29th, 2006

Brain exercise games: Frontal and Parietal Lobes

Let's exercise our brains this weekend. Our Frontal Lobes (that deal with planning, among other things), and Parietal Lobes (calculations).

Please try to guess the answers to the questions below (you don't need to know, or research, the right answer, simply try to "guesstimate" an appropriate range).

- How many shoes have you had in your life?

- In 1999, how were these baby girl names ranked by popularity: Barbara, Amber, Emily, Tracy

- In 1999, how were these baby boy names ranked by popularity: Kevin, Gary, Jose, Hugh

- What is the weight of a large commercial airplane?

Will post the answers by Monday. No, not for the first question!

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10 Responses to “Brain exercise games: Frontal and Parietal Lobes”
  1. # Adamon 30 Sep 2006 at 2:32

    1. 30 pairs
    2. Barbara, Emily, Amber, Tracy
    3. Kevin, Jose , Gary, Hugh
    4. 4 thousand tons

  2. # Elonaon 18 Oct 2006 at 2:59

    30 pairs of shoes? Is that a misprint?

  3. # Alvaroon 19 Oct 2006 at 6:57

    1) We don't know how many pairs you have had :-)

    2) Rankings of baby girl names in 1999:
    http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/0/United+States/1999
    Emily #1
    Amber #41
    Barbara: #475
    Tracy #700

    Rankings of baby boy names in 1999:
    http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/1/United+States/1999
    Jose #30
    Kevin #32
    Gary #290
    Hugh #830

    3) For a Boeing 747:
    http://portal.aircraft-info.net/article3.html

    Empty: around 400,000 pounds (lbs), or 181,000 metric tons
    Maximum Takeoff Weight: around 825,000 pounds, or 374,000 metric tons

    The weight of an empty Hummer is 8,600 pounds

  4. # Alvaroon 19 Oct 2006 at 3:10

    Elona, well, I guess it depends on Adam's age, shopping habits...and gender :-)

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  6. # Chad W Smithon 17 Oct 2007 at 9:18

    How many pairs did you expect Adam to have? 100 - 12?

    I'm a 29 year old male, and I guesstimate I've had about 40 shoes in my life (that's 20 pair). I have about 6 to 8 now, and I only wear one pair. But I've had all of them (except the ones I'm wearing now) for a number of years. I wore one pair of shoes - and only one - for a total of 7 years. My $40 Nike High Tops.

  7. # Magnus Bon 30 Nov 2007 at 7:06

    Just a remark: 400,000 pounds is about 181,000 kg, which is 181 metric tons.

    And with an inaccurate number like this, you should really round off the converted value even more, to suggest 400,000 lb ~= 200,000 kg.

  8. # Mitchon 06 Jan 2008 at 4:11

    - about 50
    - Emily, Amber, Tracy, Barbara
    - Hugh, Jose, Gary, Kevin
    - 100,000 kg

    Those are my guesstimations.

  9. # Jenon 14 Feb 2008 at 12:29

    Lol, I guesstimate that I've had about 200 shoes... they said shoes, not pairs, I'm 28 which is almost 30 (ugh), at least a 3 pair AVERAGE per year (if not more)... approx. 200, maybe more.

  10. # Alvaroon 14 Feb 2008 at 8:48

    May I observe some gender differences, perhaps? :-)

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