How Smart are you really?...

EB · Post by EB » Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:29 pm

Also: I've got to wonder about any IQ test which asks trivia questions about George Orwell's pen name and/or the Renaissance.

What do those historical nuggets have to do with measuring a person's raw intelligence? Does that mean in 100 years Mensa will be quizzing future generations over the story of Grand Theft Auto 4?

EB

p.s. I hope so!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:49 pm

I can't figure out how to take the test.
What do you think that indicates?

thirt33n · Post by **thirt33n** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:51 am

bandwidth

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:44 am

I tried holding my head sideways.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:09 am

Wow!

This ol' thread.

This was a fun thread with fun people on eplaya then.
Wait a minute, there's fun people on it now. What the heck.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:19 am

I was driving a Peterbilt, him a suzuki. I won..Im smarter

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:24 am

EB wrote:Also: I've got to wonder about any IQ test which asks trivia questions about George Orwell's pen name and/or the Renaissance.

That makes it a legitemate IQ test, or at least no more illegitemate as any regular IQ test.

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:56 pm

If it's any indication, I was smart enough not to pay for their damn T-shirt...

I've taken 3 or 4 "real" IQ tests (in person, real time, etc.) and the results I got from the online test were a little low. The real ones were within a point of each other. This one was like 10 off. Maybe I'm getting stupid or something. Still, I beat a couple presidents... (OK, some of them, I'm really not surprised I beat. Bonzo coulda beat a couple of them!!)

Um... IQ question based on GTA4? Easy...

Which of the following does Little Jacob have in his trunk that you will probably not see on the playa?

(a) A dead nun
(b) A hot "Domingo's" Pizza
(c) A mac-10, loaded
(d) A suitcase with $$$ inside (amount changes)

bb

Post by **AntiM** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:43 pm

But is the dead nun with or without the BBQ sauce?

Post by **mdmf007** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:36 pm

I prefer my nuns original recipe/

Seriously though I am a good test taker - Stanford Binet puts me at 150+ on the IQ scale.

Online IQ tests are a farse and I can score off the scale on most. So who knows.

BitterDan · Post by **BitterDan** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:04 pm

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:11 am

I used to think they were best extra-crispy... but it ended up just being a bad habit.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:28 am

I was doing real well, then got distracted.

Look, a doggy!

DaddyMassive · Post by **DaddyMassive** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:40 am

I used to do one or two a year if I found a new one(never do the same one twice it's cheating) and was bored at work.

IQ tests don't ask general knowledge questions because they're ment to be tests of your intelligence to solve unanticiapted problem... not your powers or recall/memory.

Aaaanyone who's played D&D know Intelligence and Wisdom or two seperate traits. :D

FYI: I got 200 (25/25 questions) on one once but my range has been 135-145 otherwise.

EvilDustBooger · Post by **EvilDustBooger** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:49 am

LF sum MNX
please.

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:02 am

DaddyMassive wrote:I used to do one or two a year if I found a new one(never do the same one twice it's cheating) and was bored at work...

IQ tests or nuns?