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Old 20-January-2006, 08:03 PM
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Here is a little quiz that I thought was kind of fun.

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Old 20-January-2006, 08:41 PM
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Old 20-January-2006, 08:46 PM
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Large disadvantage if English is not your first language and you're no US citizen. I'll give it a try though

(I think I just got a very hard one, again it's biased considering your culture). I feel there are imperial units involved as well

I know some, but I fail to find the correct word in English

(like the 12 S of the Z)


Score 12, I give up. There is one that I know however, but I can't find how to make the result correct. And one that I know except for 1 letter .
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Old 20-January-2006, 08:48 PM
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I have a coworker here who is up to 24. I hate her.

I'm up to 22 but I've been looking at it since lunch.
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Old 20-January-2006, 09:00 PM
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I've been looking at it for 3 minutes
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Old 20-January-2006, 09:11 PM
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Eh, I checked one answer in google and saw two more so I'll claim 17. Unfortunately I was using a browser that didn't grade so I didn't know the answer was right, otherwise I wouldn't have checked. Anyway I toss all three answers and claim the affore mentioned 17. Does googling spelling count against me? If so 15. Spelling isn't a sign of intelligence ya know.

edit to add new score. I'm still staring and scratching my head
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Old 20-January-2006, 09:17 PM
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Well, I have 16 (been at it about 4 or 5 minutes). I'd like to puzzle some more, but my family insists that I make them dinner now! Good luck, some of them are really odd (IMO).
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Old 20-January-2006, 09:19 PM
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Thought I'd share this for a chuckle. It appears I'm not the only one who had trouble with #28.

http://www.bible-resources.info/about/index1.html

Other than that, I've got 19 on my own.
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Old 20-January-2006, 09:27 PM
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Thought I'd share this for a chuckle. It appears I'm not the only one who had trouble with #28.
Hey! That's the one that I googled and my coworker yelled at me! Spoiler: I guessed "P of" was "pairs of" and googled 23 pairs of. The answer came right up. My excuse for googling was that this is the 21st century and my knowledge extends to the vast sea of information called the internet.
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Old 20-January-2006, 09:31 PM
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HAHA!!!

Well, my official count is 22/33 without assistance.

This thing is BADLY slanted, so I'd be real cautious about assigning any major weight to the outcome.
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27, but I figured out #28 based on the posts above, so 26 unaided.
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16 without google or wikipedia help
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Old 20-January-2006, 09:35 PM
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How about
35771 T, 650060 P, 11890 M O B A T M I T ?


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HAHA!!!

Well, my official count is 22/33 without assistance.

This thing is BADLY slanted, so I'd be real cautious about assigning any major weight to the outcome.
Yeah, if you're a Christian from South Africa, you've got a big advantage. Otherwise, there are a few that are pretty nearly impossible for anyone outside that culture.
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I just stunned myself...pulled #14 out of nowhere!
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I just stunned myself...pulled #14 out of nowhere!
I took a guess at that one after I figured out #17.
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Yeah, got those in the other order. You mentioning a South African viewpoint kinda blew some fog away.
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Old 20-January-2006, 09:47 PM
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I found #22 while I'm totally not interested in that subject

I did get the South Africa part, but nat what should be in front
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Believe it or not, this type of test can be a good estimate of intelligence (if you excuse the cultural bias). People that did well on this type of test are likely those who are gifted with verbal ability and linguistic pattern recognition. This sort of assessment would discriminate against those with non-linguistic pattern recognition (like solving jigsaw puzzles) and spatial intelligence (like the ability to use a map or see hidden figures in a drawing).
At least they were honest.


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Old 20-January-2006, 09:56 PM
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A good thing they put the cultural bias in the disclaimer. Otherwise, the results would be totally worhtless. To me, it was just a good game .

I had a typo, my score is 13 now (3 minutes total, and I'm a non-English MT non-South African non-Christian non-Imperial Unit guy who watches little sports )
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Fifteen minutes in and got 25 so far.

Defintely slanted, culture-wise.

But fun.
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