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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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A recent MENSA test to measure I Q was published in a well known journal. Would fellow forumites be interested be willing to undertake the test which is 30 questions long?
For those interested here it is the results will be published at noon!
1. Which US state is named on the label of a Jack Daniels bottle?
2. A phlebotomist extracts what from the human body?
3. What is the female equivalent of polygyny?
4. How many feet are there in a fathom?
5. Granadilla is another name for which fruit?
6. Nariyal is the Indian term for which nut?
7. Who was president of Vietnam from 1945-54?
8. In which county of the UK is Bramber Castle?
9. What type of animal was inside Sputnik 2 when launched into orbit in 1957?
10. Who was the eldest of the Marx Brothers?
11. What type of creature is a dugite?
12. What are the first names of English novelist G K Chesterton?
13. In computing what does DMA normally stand for?
14. Who painted The Water Lily Pool?
15. Which vitamin is also known as pantothenic acid?
16. A couple celebrating their crystal wedding anniversary have been married for how many years?
17. The song Luck be a Lady features in which musical?
18. In the city of Manchester (England) the Irk and Medlock join which river?
19. What type of animal is a Kolinsky?
20. Who wrote the book Catch-22?
21. Kodiak Island is in which US state?
22. In the human body what is the hallux?
23. In which year did Henry VIII become King of England?
24. The 1999 film Tea with Mussolini is based on whose autobiography?
25. Port Said is in which North African country?
26. In which year were premium bonds first issued in Britain?
27. Who designed the Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover?
28. Madame de Pompadour was the mistress of which French King?
29. What is the name of Moe's pet cat in the cartoon show The Simpsons?
30. Which country is known as the Pearl of Africa?
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And besides, IQ tests are just for people who think IQ tests demonstrate something important.
It's bollocks.
Some of the most intelligent people I know find it difficult to do simple things or relate to others around them.
A 'high' IQ can be a bit of a barrier. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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True. IQ tests were only brought out for enforced sterilisation of the 'weak and feeble' minded anyway.
I still like being in the top 2% of the country though so fuck you all.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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This is a general knowledge quiz.. I did know quite a few but thats down to the fact I used to host a pub quiz!
IQ is completely different to the ability to remember things..
I have a high IQ but can be ditzy over some basic things really |
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For those interested here it is the results will be published at noon!
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I may not have scored 100%, but I do know when 'noon' is.
Do I win a booby prize?
(And can I choose which booby I get?)
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I felt it was more a general knowledge test.
Mensa measures cognitive abilities."
Exactly.
I have no idea what my I.Q. is (and I'm really not that bothered), but I consider myself reasonably intelligent, yet I don't know the answers to most of those questions. More to the point, I really don't care. The answers are not relevant to my life, nor do I envisage any situation - aside from maybe a pub quiz - where I would need to know the answers - and considering that the only time I go into pubs is if i'm either having a meal or DJing there, I'm not going to be taking part in one |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I did a MENSA test many years. Came in at 152. I think the acceptance criteria at the time was 142 so i would have scraped in if i had the slightest interest in joining |
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It takes at least three different measurements to make any reliable decision regarding someones intelligence.
The days where I.Q. tests are taken as evidence alone are long gone.
People misjudge the tests. They are very reliable as long as they are not taken as the sole indicator.
Reason.
Logic.
Memory.
Planning.
Do one of each of those if you want to know your brain power reliably. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I did a MENSA test many years. Came in at 152. I think the acceptance criteria at the time was 142 so i would have scraped in if i had the slightest interest in joining"
Erm 152 would make you near stephen hawking level and is usually considered genius!! Eee gads!
Im 132 and thats mensa level i think anything over 128 gets you in |
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This is a pub quiz test, not a Mensa IQ test.
IQ tests are a very blunt tool, subject to cultural/socio-economic differences in terms of performance, depending on the test.
You can boost your score significantly by practising tests and analysing the ones you got wrong.
And I just looked it up, Karl was the eldest brother after Moritz died  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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There's a fun test you can take on the MENSA site. I got 66%,I couldn't be bothered with the anagrams and my maths is rubbish now and I misread the Fibonacci numbers one,so 66% isn't bad for me |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"anyone answered all the questions yet "
I did better on the MENSA fun quiz. My geography,history and general knowledge is shit. And I don't watch television |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don;t mean to be funny but this is a test of memory - not how intelligence is used..."
Yep, a persons level of intelligence is how they assess and assimilate information, these questions are knowledge based, not intelligence based. |
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By *icky999Man
over a year ago
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people complain about the accuracy of iq tests. you might say this is a test of knowledge for a western person. but I say how that knowledge was gained is indicative of intelligence. as good as any mensa test. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I did a MENSA test many years. Came in at 152. I think the acceptance criteria at the time was 142 so i would have scraped in if i had the slightest interest in joining
Erm 152 would make you near stephen hawking level and is usually considered genius!! Eee gads!
Im 132 and thats mensa level i think anything over 128 gets you in "
I think in was around 140 something when I did one years back in uni. But I've had a lot of booze and a lot of head injuries and one genius moment of working on the bike with the engine running and the garage door shut since then.
So I'm pretty sure I've lost a fair chunk of my abilities. |
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"I did a MENSA test many years. Came in at 152. I think the acceptance criteria at the time was 142 so i would have scraped in if i had the slightest interest in joining
Erm 152 would make you near stephen hawking level and is usually considered genius!! Eee gads!
Im 132 and thats mensa level i think anything over 128 gets you in
I think in was around 140 something when I did one years back in uni. But I've had a lot of booze and a lot of head injuries and one genius moment of working on the bike with the engine running and the garage door shut since then.
So I'm pretty sure I've lost a fair chunk of my abilities. "
mmmmmm nope your ability is standing tall in your first pic. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"anyone answered all the questions yet
Yes. I did.
Putting an X with a crayon doesn't count."
Ok its an intelligent pub quiz!!!!!
I Q is measured in a number of ways now. One of the quotient is ability to assemble and retain information!
Answers below!
1. Which US state is named on the label of a Jack Daniels bottle? Tennessee
2. A phlebotomist extracts what from the human body? Blood
3. What is the female equivalent of polygyny? Polyandry (a woman with more than one husband - Polygamy refers to male or female)
4. How many feet are there in a fathom? Six
5. Granadilla is another name for which fruit? Passion-fruit
6. Nariyal is the Indian term for which nut? Coconut
7. Who was president of Vietnam from 1945-54? Ho Chi Min
8. In which county of the UK is Bramber Castle? West Sussex
9. What type of animal was inside Sputnik 2 when launched into orbit in 1957? Dog (called Laika - no, sadly she never made it back..)
10. Who was the eldest of the Marx Brothers? Chico (real name Leonard Marx)
11. What type of creature is a dugite? Snake
12. What are the first names of English novelist G K Chesterton? Gilbert Keith (1874-1936)
13. In computing what does DMA normally stand for? Direct Memory Access
14. Who painted The Water Lily Pool? Claude Monet
15. Which vitamin is also known as pantothenic acid? B5
16. A couple celebrating their crystal wedding anniversary have been married for how many years? 15 (fifteen)
17. The song Luck be a Lady features in which musical? Guys and Dolls
18. In the city of Manchester (England) the Irk and Medlock join which river? Irwell
19. What type of animal is a Kolinsky? Weasel
20. Who wrote the book Catch-22? Joseph Heller
21. Kodiak Island is in which US state? Alaska
22. In the human body what is the hallux? Big toe
23. In which year did Henry VIII become King of England? 1509
24. The 1999 film Tea with Mussolini is based on whose autobiography? Franco Zeffirelli
25. Port Said is in which North African country? Egypt
26. In which year were premium bonds first issued in Britain? 1956
27. Who designed the Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover? Peter Blake
28. Madame de Pompadour was the mistress of which French King? Louis XV (fifteenth)
29. What is the name of Moe's pet cat in the cartoon show The Simpsons? Mr Snookums
30. Which country is known as the Pearl of Africa? Uganda (supposedly coined by Winston Churchill
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Last mensa test I did, about 25 years ago was a reasoning and mental agility test, not general knowledge. "
Do you enjoy those kind of tests? I prefer them to memory ones. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Which one did you get right Josie?
I've forgotton "
Dear...............lost your prize which was a Gondola ride on the Rivers Irk and Medlock in Manchester! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Last mensa test I did, about 25 years ago was a reasoning and mental agility test, not general knowledge.
Do you enjoy those kind of tests? I prefer them to memory ones."
Always liked tests and exams!
Have a shit memory for names and dates though, so don't like general knowledge. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Last mensa test I did, about 25 years ago was a reasoning and mental agility test, not general knowledge.
Do you enjoy those kind of tests? I prefer them to memory ones.
Always liked tests and exams!
Have a shit memory for names and dates though, so don't like general knowledge. "
I loved exam day at school, any exam. My general knowledge isn't great though, I have a seeping sponge for a brain now. I like puzzle type and strategy games to keep my brain functioning now |
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Question: What does having a high IQ as measured by a cardril intelligence test prove?
Answer: You are good at doing cardril intelligence tests!
I know this to be true because I scored a corrected 163 when I was 20 and I am by no means a genius! LoL |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Such tests are completely obsolete in the Google age. Why on earth would anyone fill their head with such junk when it takes 10 seconds to look it up if you ever needed to know... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"anyone answered all the questions yet
Yes. I did.
Putting an X with a crayon doesn't count.
That's not what I did !!! I ticked them all ...... get out of that !"
But Granny are you not the fountain of all knowledge? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Such tests are completely obsolete in the Google age. Why on earth would anyone fill their head with such junk when it takes 10 seconds to look it up if you ever needed to know..."
I suppose on this test google was excluded!
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IQ resting evidence was flawed and falsified, so there's no solid basis for its value. It also evaluates a limited aspect of cognitive abilities.
As others state, these even more limited questions test long term memory recall. So no correlation to general intelligence and limited to people who have exposure to this type of material.
Bit of a fail really.
If people can improve their scores via practicing, then it's not going to be measuring intelligence. Overall we don't have a meaningful test system that can measure comprehensive intelligence, including relationship and 'softer' aptitude potential. Imo. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21"
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16 |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"anyone answered all the questions yet
Yes. I did.
Putting an X with a crayon doesn't count.
That's not what I did !!! I ticked them all ...... get out of that !"
Laws of average says random box ticking will produce some correct answers. It won't help with anagrams I'm afraid |
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16 "
Same here though more that I wouldn't know where to start so my answer after much deliberation was who gives a fuck |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Same here though more that I wouldn't know where to start so my answer after much deliberation was who gives a fuck "
It's one of the easier ones to work out logically rather than using a formula. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Same here though more that I wouldn't know where to start so my answer after much deliberation was who gives a fuck
It's one of the easier ones to work out logically rather than using a formula. "
it is 16 and can be expressed as a simple equation!
Sexy ladies!!! |
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"A recent MENSA test to measure I Q was published in a well known journal. Would fellow forumites be interested be willing to undertake the test which is 30 questions long?
For those interested here it is the results will be published at noon!
1. Which US state is named on the label of a Jack Daniels bottle? TENNESEE
2. A phlebotomist extracts what from the human body? BLOOD
3. What is the female equivalent of polygyny? ----
4. How many feet are there in a fathom? SIX
5. Granadilla is another name for which fruit? PASSION FRUIT
6. Nariyal is the Indian term for which nut? CASHEW
7. Who was president of Vietnam from 1945-54? HO CHI MINH
8. In which county of the UK is Bramber Castle? ----
9. What type of animal was inside Sputnik 2 when launched into orbit in 1957? DOG
10. Who was the eldest of the Marx Brothers? HARPO
11. What type of creature is a dugite? SNAKE
12. What are the first names of English novelist G K Chesterton? ----
13. In computing what does DMA normally stand for? ----
14. Who painted The Water Lily Pool? MONET
15. Which vitamin is also known as pantothenic acid? B5
16. A couple celebrating their crystal wedding anniversary have been married for how many years? FIFTEEN
17. The song Luck be a Lady features in which musical? GUYS AND DOLLS
18. In the city of Manchester (England) the Irk and Medlock join which river? IRWELL
19. What type of animal is a Kolinsky? ----
20. Who wrote the book Catch-22? ----
21. Kodiak Island is in which US state? ALASKA
22. In the human body what is the hallux? TOE
23. In which year did Henry VIII become King of England? 1509
24. The 1999 film Tea with Mussolini is based on whose autobiography? ----
25. Port Said is in which North African country? EGYPT
26. In which year were premium bonds first issued in Britain? 1965
27. Who designed the Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover? ---
28. Madame de Pompadour was the mistress of which French King? LOUIS XVI
29. What is the name of Moe's pet cat in the cartoon show The Simpsons? SNOOKUMS
30. Which country is known as the Pearl of Africa? GHANA
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Same here though more that I wouldn't know where to start so my answer after much deliberation was who gives a fuck
It's one of the easier ones to work out logically rather than using a formula. it is 16 and can be expressed as a simple equation!
Sexy ladies!!!"
Show us your equation  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16 "
Really easy 12 divided by 3 is 4
4 x 2 is 8, 8 x 2 = 16 |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Really easy 12 divided by 3 is 4
4 x 2 is 8, 8 x 2 = 16 "
That's what I did lol |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"Last mensa test I did, about 25 years ago was a reasoning and mental agility test, not general knowledge.
Do you enjoy those kind of tests? I prefer them to memory ones.
Always liked tests and exams!
Have a shit memory for names and dates though, so don't like general knowledge. "
It's not as if the names aren't written down somewhere.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Same here though more that I wouldn't know where to start so my answer after much deliberation was who gives a fuck
It's one of the easier ones to work out logically rather than using a formula. "
If you say so  |
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Same here though more that I wouldn't know where to start so my answer after much deliberation was who gives a fuck
It's one of the easier ones to work out logically rather than using a formula.
If you say so "
They key is to find out the age gap, once you have it that's the age of the younger person. Simple times 2 to get the older one. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Really easy 12 divided by 3 is 4
4 x 2 is 8, 8 x 2 = 16
That's what I did lol "
See you were right dont doubt yourself |
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By (user no longer on site)
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This question was on the MENSA Workout test I did earlier:
Two men, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 meters, turn left and walk another 3 meters. What is the distance between them?
2m
6m
10m
12.5m
14m
I thought that as they make a rectangle you use pythagorus theorum, which I couldn't do in my head at that time. a=8m,b=6m c=? Using pythagorus theorum and there I lost focus 
But now I know it's 10, because I can do the maths in my head |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Same here though more that I wouldn't know where to start so my answer after much deliberation was who gives a fuck
It's one of the easier ones to work out logically rather than using a formula.
If you say so
They key is to find out the age gap, once you have it that's the age of the younger person. Simple times 2 to get the older one."
Like I said, if you say so. And as it stands I always avoided all these types of questions when we were given them in maths lessons |
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Same here though more that I wouldn't know where to start so my answer after much deliberation was who gives a fuck
It's one of the easier ones to work out logically rather than using a formula.
If you say so
They key is to find out the age gap, once you have it that's the age of the younger person. Simple times 2 to get the older one.
Like I said, if you say so. And as it stands I always avoided all these types of questions when we were given them in maths lessons "
Why didn't you ask for help to solve them? |
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The Guardian printed a feature today on some kind of mathematics olympiad for the cleverest minds in the world. In it they featured the following puzzle which they used as an example of the kind of stuff they need to solve...
21 female students and 21 male students take a math test.
In it they each get a maximum of 6 questions right
Also 1 correct question from a female was also got right by a male
Prove that 3 female students and 3 male students got the same questions right
...only trouble is they failed to include how many questions were in the test... which means that the problem is impossible to solve, after all the test might have had 9 zillion questions in it.
Does seeing they ballsed up their example make me one of the brainiest people on the planet? lol I suspect not  |
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Same here though more that I wouldn't know where to start so my answer after much deliberation was who gives a fuck
It's one of the easier ones to work out logically rather than using a formula.
If you say so
They key is to find out the age gap, once you have it that's the age of the younger person. Simple times 2 to get the older one.
Like I said, if you say so. And as it stands I always avoided all these types of questions when we were given them in maths lessons
Why didn't you ask for help to solve them? "
Because we never got it, college teacher was too busy the first time I got a sheet with 10 questions like this. I even tried the next question in case I could do that one but that was just as complicated so didn't bother at all (2nd time round when I got the same questions again, I stared out the window). Think I will stick with English and leave maths to the brainy ones |
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"The Guardian printed a feature today on some kind of mathematics olympiad for the cleverest minds in the world. In it they featured the following puzzle which they used as an example of the kind of stuff they need to solve...
21 female students and 21 male students take a math test.
In it they each get a maximum of 6 questions right
Also 1 correct question from a female was also got right by a male
Prove that 3 female students and 3 male students got the same questions right
...only trouble is they failed to include how many questions were in the test... which means that the problem is impossible to solve, after all the test might have had 9 zillion questions in it.
Does seeing they ballsed up their example make me one of the brainiest people on the planet? lol I suspect not "
There was something like that about elephants in the test I did. You have to prove that 400 were blue. I didn't have a clue where to start. I hate not knowing how to solve things like this  |
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"Ok
John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Same here though more that I wouldn't know where to start so my answer after much deliberation was who gives a fuck
It's one of the easier ones to work out logically rather than using a formula.
If you say so
They key is to find out the age gap, once you have it that's the age of the younger person. Simple times 2 to get the older one.
Like I said, if you say so. And as it stands I always avoided all these types of questions when we were given them in maths lessons
Why didn't you ask for help to solve them?
Because we never got it, college teacher was too busy the first time I got a sheet with 10 questions like this. I even tried the next question in case I could do that one but that was just as complicated so didn't bother at all (2nd time round when I got the same questions again, I stared out the window). Think I will stick with English and leave maths to the brainy ones"
I find English harder. I can never remember which pronoun is which, where a bloody semi colon goes or anything to do with past participles |
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John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
15
16
18
20
21
These are the ones I can't do because I can't do the formulas
I think it's 16
Same here though more that I wouldn't know where to start so my answer after much deliberation was who gives a fuck
It's one of the easier ones to work out logically rather than using a formula.
If you say so
They key is to find out the age gap, once you have it that's the age of the younger person. Simple times 2 to get the older one.
Like I said, if you say so. And as it stands I always avoided all these types of questions when we were given them in maths lessons
Why didn't you ask for help to solve them?
Because we never got it, college teacher was too busy the first time I got a sheet with 10 questions like this. I even tried the next question in case I could do that one but that was just as complicated so didn't bother at all (2nd time round when I got the same questions again, I stared out the window). Think I will stick with English and leave maths to the brainy ones
I find English harder. I can never remember which pronoun is which, where a bloody semi colon goes or anything to do with past participles "
In that case then if we ever do a Mensa test, we'll sit next to each other and you can help me with the maths questions and I'll help you with the English ones  |
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You're driving an electric train on a straight track at 30 kilometres per hour ..another electric train crosses a bridge in front of you from left to right at 20 kilometres per hour .. Which direction does the smoke appear to go |
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"You're driving an electric train on a straight track at 30 kilometres per hour ..another electric train crosses a bridge in front of you from left to right at 20 kilometres per hour .. Which direction does the smoke appear to go"
Surely as its electric there wouldn't be any |
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"You're driving an electric train on a straight track at 30 kilometres per hour ..another electric train crosses a bridge in front of you from left to right at 20 kilometres per hour .. Which direction does the smoke appear to go
Surely as its electric there wouldn't be any"
yay .. + 1 point to you |
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I doubt the bush men of the kalahari would pass a mensa test. However if i found myself stuck in the kalahari i'd hope to be found by a bushman and not a mensa member |
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"You're driving an electric train on a straight track at 30 kilometres per hour ..another electric train crosses a bridge in front of you from left to right at 20 kilometres per hour .. Which direction does the smoke appear to go
Surely as its electric there wouldn't be anyyay .. + 1 point to you "
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By *arry247Couple
over a year ago
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"You're driving an electric train on a straight track at 30 kilometres per hour ..another electric train crosses a bridge in front of you from left to right at 20 kilometres per hour .. Which direction does the smoke appear to go
Surely as its electric there wouldn't be anyyay .. + 1 point to you "
Of course there is smoke electric motors spark & smoke each time the brush jumps to the next section of the commutator.
It may not be a large amount of smoke but there is smoke.
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"anyone answered all the questions yet
Yes. I did.
Putting an X with a crayon doesn't count.
That's not what I did !!! I ticked them all ...... get out of that !But Granny are you not the fountain of all knowledge?"
Fountain no. Font yes. I'd say you're a right font too. |
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"anyone answered all the questions yet
Yes. I did.
Putting an X with a crayon doesn't count.
That's not what I did !!! I ticked them all ...... get out of that !
Laws of average says random box ticking will produce some correct answers. It won't help with anagrams I'm afraid "
Law of averages wont help in anagrams ? I'd say Ravage Seafowls to that.
Anyway ... it wasn't random. I ticked top to bottom without deviation. |
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"anyone answered all the questions yet
Yes. I did.
Putting an X with a crayon doesn't count.
That's not what I did !!! I ticked them all ...... get out of that !But Granny are you not the fountain of all knowledge? Irony is lost on some fountains?
Fountain no. Font yes. I'd say you're a right font too."
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By *P2903Couple
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I scored in the top percentile (well over the MENSA minimum) aged 14 at school and I'm very well read but all this means is that when I've met *actually* smart people all I am is smart enough to know that when they're speaking to me they are dumbing things down and being extraordinarily patient.
I've always believed that if I was the smartest person I knew, that just said something about the limits of who I had met. Consequently I've done my best to speak to people who are much smarter than me so that I can learn and improve to the best of my ability.
Truly intelligent people, the kind that make world-spanning changes that the world notices, are truly scary in how far ahead of us they are. |
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"This question was on the MENSA Workout test I did earlier:
Two men, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 meters, turn left and walk another 3 meters. What is the distance between them?
2m
6m
10m
12.5m
14m
I thought that as they make a rectangle you use pythagorus theorum, which I couldn't do in my head at that time. a=8m,b=6m c=? Using pythagorus theorum and there I lost focus
But now I know it's 10, because I can do the maths in my head "
Dunno where to start with this one, I'm no expert but :
1 does that theory only apply if it's a right-angled triangle? Turn left at 90 degrees or at a random angle?
2 if they both turn left then the shape won't be a triangle - the connecting line would make it a figure of 8 (but straight lines of course).
3 if I'm just being pernickety an one guy turns right while the other goes left (ie both heading north) then the connecting line makes a 4 sided shape - rectangle or so.
But if you got right then extra points to you based on that question!!! |
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"I felt it was more a general knowledge test.
Mensa measures cognitive abilities."
done lots of IQ tests via Psychiatrists and never been asked anything like those questions before - except in a pub quiz  |
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"The other day my friend was telling me that I didn’t understand what irony meant. …
Which is kinda ironic, because we were standing at a bus stop "
Can you explain why the bus stop please? Because I cant see the link...
but I am fick... |
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"This question was on the MENSA Workout test I did earlier:
Two men, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 meters, turn left and walk another 3 meters. What is the distance between them?
2m
6m
10m
12.5m
14m
I thought that as they make a rectangle you use pythagorus theorum, which I couldn't do in my head at that time. a=8m,b=6m c=? Using pythagorus theorum and there I lost focus
But now I know it's 10, because I can do the maths in my head "
Really...
You did the math in your head...
Or did you remember that in a right angle triangle if the opposite is 3 and the adjacent is 4 the hypotenuses must be 5...
5+5=10 is arithmetic not maths!
Or am I being too pedantic?
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"This question was on the MENSA Workout test I did earlier:
Two men, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 meters, turn left and walk another 3 meters. What is the distance between them?
2m
6m
10m
12.5m
14m
I thought that as they make a rectangle you use pythagorus theorum, which I couldn't do in my head at that time. a=8m,b=6m c=? Using pythagorus theorum and there I lost focus
But now I know it's 10, because I can do the maths in my head
Really...
You did the math in your head...
Or did you remember that in a right angle triangle if the opposite is 3 and the adjacent is 4 the hypotenuses must be 5...
5+5=10 is arithmetic not maths!
Or am I being too pedantic?
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Your being pedantic! |
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