MENSA Test

TerranRich · Sat 21/01/2006 18:22:08

Why are you guys saying this test is Americanized?

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6 Balls to an Over in Cricket

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Based on some useless knowledge I had stored away.

LGM · Sat 21/01/2006 19:23:33

I got 20..

*It's not an official MENSA test, btw. Read the top*

TerranRich · Sat 21/01/2006 19:43:14

Of course it's not. That test is ridiculous. I used to get those in grade school when I was like 10. I aced them then too.

MrColossal · Sat 21/01/2006 20:50:01

It's less a test of problem solving and more a test of memorization, how often did you just skim through common phrases with numbers in them to see if they matched, that's how I got the last one and a few others. But I got 17 before giving up.

Las Naranjas · Sat 21/01/2006 21:34:52

Some of the original IQ tests had questions asking whether so and so was a poltician, baseball player or singer, questions that have little to do with intelligence. I also liked the fact that once, when I was doing work experience in a university psychology department, every single person told me to disregard any text that came in something smaller than a large suitcase.

Also, my dad was a member of Mensa once, he quit because they were losers.

Nine Toes · Sat 21/01/2006 21:46:29

I got 12, then I looked to see what some of the answers were, and I ended up slapping my forehead a few times. I already knew a few more of the answers, I just mostly thought about basic things, "60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, 52 weeks in a year, 100 years in a century... etc."

Did anyone get number 14?

LGM · Sat 21/01/2006 21:54:18

Quote from: Mr. Hyde on Sat 21/01/2006 21:46:29
Did anyone get number 14?

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Players in a Rugby Team

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LimpingFish · Sat 21/01/2006 22:07:00

21...

I don't want to look at the spoilers because I know the rest will eventually come to me.

Someday...

EDIT: Ohh...22.
EDIT: Whee...23....24!...25! I knew I'd get that one!
EDIT: 26.

Kweepa · Sat 21/01/2006 23:28:34

Dang, I got everything except 28 and 31.
Now to cheat!

evenwolf · Sat 21/01/2006 23:50:45

So apparently ALL intelligent people:

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Are christians who read the Bible
Regularly participate in soccer, rugby, golf, AND cricket
Are familiar with U.S. currency and symbols

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Domino · Sun 22/01/2006 00:06:00

19/33 then i gave up because i saw smoke coming out of my ears.

MillsJROSS · Sun 22/01/2006 22:45:56

I stopped after one, once I saw that it was only centering its test on one area. I have nothing against Mensa...some of them I'm sure do use their imaginations. Not all of them are just memory machines. And if they want to form a group of intelligent people, I don't see how this is a problem. When you reach that intellect level, it's probably difficult to find people you can relate to, and this organization I guess helps them find similar people.

-MillsJROSS

Helm · Mon 23/01/2006 00:48:25

QuoteI am not a big fan of sycophantium

sycophantia

I too, am not american enough to be a genius.

sergiocornaga · Mon 23/01/2006 02:12:36

I win! But this isn't really in any way an intelligence test. It's just general knowledge.

Gilbert · Mon 23/01/2006 02:38:30

It's just knowledge in specific fields, obviously not general knowledge.

The test is actually a bit of fun (well since it's VERY obvious that I would never be able to finish them all, after getting about 16 I cheated to complete it). But such kind of things can never be taken seriously and consider it some kind of measurements of one's intelligent or whatever.

LGM · Mon 23/01/2006 02:53:19

It really has nothing to do with intelligence. It just has to do with the way you think. I forget the terms for it, but there are special ways a person thinks. If they think one way, these puzzles are hard, but if they think the other it is generally easier.

Again, nothing to do with intelligence and no-one should take much heed in the "results" anyway.

edmundito · Mon 23/01/2006 06:12:44

I took teh test, though I didn't see it in this thread. one of my internet pals sent it to me. I got 18/19. can't remember.

TerranRich · Mon 23/01/2006 18:24:23

Just so you guys know, this test has nothing to do with Mensa.

Also, I only got all 35 because I am a useless information storage warhouse. So much trivia...so much wasted brainspace.

It is by NO means a sign of intelligence in any way. Just a sign that you have too much time on your hands to be memorizing crap.