View Full Version : Yesterday, I kud not spel "jeanyus" - now i r 1!
blueerica
01-21-2006, 01:04 PM
http://www.mensa-test.com/
I got 24/33 - and it took forEVER because I couldn't spell part of 32 for some ODD reason.... Some of it's a little culturally biased, but interesting, none-the-less....
Prudence
01-21-2006, 03:12 PM
grrrr. 3 of them are stumping me at the moment.
flippyshark
01-21-2006, 07:31 PM
I did great, until I came smacking up against the cultural bias issue, specifically:
Items involving sports, particularly British sports. (There were two of these.) The only one I feel bad for missing was "23 P of C in the HB." I smacked myself upside the head when I read the answer.
I got 26, so I guess I'm a genius too. Woo-hoo.
So, here are some they left off the list. Score 500 points for each one you get right. Any score above 500 and you are a complete god!
1) 50 W to L Y L
2) 7 K to B
3) 10 T I H A Y
4) 88 K on a P
5) 3 C in a F
6) 2 Y B the M
7) 3 L K (L T M)
8) 52 P U
9) 8 D a W
10) 2010 T Y W M C
Answers:
1) Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover 2) Seven Keys to Baldpate 3) Ten Things I Hate About You 4) Eighty-eight Keys on a Piano 5) Three Coins in a Fountain 6) Two Years Before the Mast 7) Three Little Kittens (Lost Their Mittens) 8) Fifty Two Pick Up 9) Eight Days A Week 10 ) Two Thousand Ten: The Year We Make Contact
Now, those have some cultural bias!
Prudence
01-21-2006, 11:54 PM
I missed the same one as flippyshark and engaged in similar head smacking. I also missed the "geographic" one, again a cultural bias, I think.
I did get one more, but I kind of cheated. I knew what it was about, but I didn't know one of the terms, so I googled. But in my defense, I googled the specific topic (which was one of the terms to guess), so I think I get some credit.
6 B to an O in C. I really did know the B and C, but I couldn't come up with the proper O. (I was thinking of an American sport...) Really! I read too much Wodehouse in high school.
Capt Jack
01-22-2006, 12:52 AM
http://www.mensa-test.com/
I got 24/33 - and it took forEVER because I couldn't spell part of 32 for some ODD reason
took this the other day. same score. 24 of 33. and I spent a few minutes at dictionary.com getting #32 and #13 exactly right.
MickeyLumbo
01-22-2006, 11:40 AM
wtf!:mad:
ok, it reads there is no time limit... but, after one hour i have only answered 22 of 33. i also used the dictionary for numbers 13 and 32. (i don't think i have EVER written those words prior to today).
i don't wanna give up, but my butt is numb.
Ghoulish Delight
01-22-2006, 11:49 AM
I got up to 19 and stopped, because true genius is doing just enough work to get the job done. Then, as I was typing my response here, a 20th hit me.
scaeagles
01-22-2006, 12:18 PM
I got 20 in about 10 mintues, then got bored.
Does that mean I'm smart, or that I lack focus when things don't come easily?
Snowflake
01-22-2006, 01:00 PM
24/33 for me. Thanks for posting this, it was fun, if a little frustrating.
Ghoulish Delight
01-23-2006, 09:20 AM
Okay, I'm mad at myself for not getting #33.
tracilicious
01-23-2006, 03:19 PM
Ha ha. You guys all sat at a computer for an hour filling in dumb words for no purpose at all! Now who's the genius? :P ;)
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