Are you a Genius?

[Nephythys]

You have to work out what the letters mean. See No. 0 as an example.
According to MENSA, if you get 23 of these, you are a "genius".
Only 2 MENSA members achieved full marks. See how well you do.

No. Cryptic Answer
0 24 H in a D 24 Hours in a Day

1 26 L of the A
2 7 D of the W
3 7 W of the W
4 12 S of the Z
5 66 B of the B
6 52 C in a P (WJs)
7 13 S in the USF
8 18 H on a G C
9 39 B of the O T
10 5 T on a F
11 90 D in a R A
12 3 B M (S H T R)
13 32 is the T in D F at which W F
14 15 P in a R T
15 3 W on a T
16 100 C in a R
17 11 P in a F (S) T
18 12 M in a Y
19 13=UFS
20 8 T on a O
21 29 D in F in a L Y
22 27 B in the N T
23 365 D in a Y
24 13 L in a B D
25 52 W in a Y
26 9 L of a C
27 60 M in a H
28 23 P of C in the H B
29 64 S on a C B
30 9 P in S A
31 6 B to an O in C
32 1000 Y in a M
33 15 M on a D M C


This is an Excel page- but I could not attach an xls to the thread. Please PM me for the answer key.:cheers:

[Alex]

I've seen this many times so I honestly don't remember what I figured out on my own and which I just remember. So I won't be playing.

That said, some are regional. Even the smartest Mensan-American isn't going to have a good chance at getting #31.

And: Yes, I am.

[Moonliner]

Google seems to know all of these. Does that make it smart?

Can I say I'm smart because I can reason out correct tool (Google) to solve this quiz?

Or is this really just a dumb**** way to test IQ?

[Nephythys]

Hell if I know-it doesn't give you an IQ #...I just thought they were fun to figure out.:p

[Ghoulish Delight]

Google seems to know all of these. Does that make it smart?

Can I say I'm smart because I can reason out correct tool (Google) to solve this quiz?

Or is this really just a dumb**** way to test IQ?You can say you're a smartass. But we already knew that.

[Morrigoon]

Perhaps Nephy can check my answers?

No. Cryptic Answer
0 24 H in a D 24 Hours in a Day

1 26 L of the A letters of the alphabet
2 7 D of the W days of the week
3 7 W of the W wonders of the world
4 12 S of the Z signs of the zodiac
5 66 B of the B books of the bible
6 52 C in a P (WJs)
7 13 S in the USF stripes in the united states flag
8 18 H on a G C
9 39 B of the O T books of the old testament
10 5 T on a F
11 90 D in a R A degrees in a right angle
12 3 B M (S H T R)
13 32 is the T in D F at which W F temp. in degrees farenheit at which water freezes
14 15 P in a R T people in a rugby team
15 3 W on a T wheels on a tricycle
16 100 C in a R
17 11 P in a F (S) T people in a football (soccer) team
18 12 M in a Y months in a year
19 13=UFS
20 8 T on a O tentacles on an octopus
21 29 D in F in a L Y days in February in a leap year
22 27 B in the N T books in the new testament
23 365 D in a Y days in a year
24 13 L in a B D loaves in a baker's dozen
25 52 W in a Y weeks in a year
26 9 L of a C lives of a cat
27 60 M in a H minutes in an hour
28 23 P of C in the H B psalms of christ in the holy bible
29 64 S on a C B
30 9 P in S A
31 6 B to an O in C
32 1000 Y in a M
33 15 M on a D M C men on a dead man's chest

If my answers are correct, this quiz is pretty heavily bent in favor of Christians. There's stuff here I had to guess at and google search to see if my guesses fit.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Some of the ones you skipped:

8 18 H on a G C holes on a golf course
10 5 T on a F just a guess, but tines on a fork
12 3 B M (S H T R) blind mice (see how they run)
16 100 C in a R centiretards in a retard (okay, that one's probably wrong)
32 1000 Y in a M years in a millennium

[blueerica]

Morri:

I've done this one before, and I highly agree with your sentiment of bias. I want to say it came up in a classroom discussion and my professor agreed. Or something like that.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Oh wait, #10 5 T on a F is probably toes on a foot

[Morrigoon]

GD: my brain kept going to your first idea on that one, even knowing it was wrong. I like your second answer.

For #12, I was thinking the B M part, but couldn't answer what was in the parentheses. Dagnabbit, I'm sure you're right!

#8 drove me nuts and I can't believe I didn't think of that answer, but there's another one I'm sure you're right on!

[Capt Jack]

Im just gonna cut to the chase

Are you a Genius?

nope

:D

[Strangler Lewis]

Well, I'm pretty sure I've crossed the genius line, but I'll keep plodding like a f*cking idiot.

[Strangler Lewis]

That's what I got.

1 26 L of the A 26 letters of the alphabet
2 7 D of the W 7 days of the week
3 7 W of the W 7 wonders of the world
4 12 S of the Z 12 signs of the zodiac
5 66 B of the B 66 books of the Bible
6 52 C in a P (WJs) 52 cards in a ?deck? (without jokers)
7 13 S in the USF 13 stars in the United States flag
?8 18 H on a G C 18 hours on a grandfather clock
9 39 B of the O T 39 books of the Old Testament
10 5 T on a F 5 toes on a foot
11 90 D in a R A
12 3 B M (S H T R) 3 blind mice (see how they run)
13 32 is the T in D F at which W F 32 is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit at
which water freezes
14 15 P in a R T 15 players in a rugby team
15 3 W on a T
?16 100 C in a R 100 companies in a regiment
17 11 P in a F (S) T 11 players in a football (soccer) team
18 12 M in a Y 12 months in a year
?19 13=UFS 13=unlucky for some
20 8 T on a O 8 tentacles on an octupus
21 29 D in F in a L Y 29 days in February in a leap year
22 27 B in the N T 27 books in the New Testament
23 365 D in a Y 365 days in a year
?24 13 L in a B D 13 leads in a bridge deck
25 52 W in a Y 52 weeks in a year
26 9 L of a C 9 lives of a cat
27 60 M in a H 60 minutes in a hour
?28 23 P of C in the H B 23 points of contention in the Holy Bible
29 64 S on a C B 64 squares on a chess board
30 9 P in S A
31 6 B to an O in C six balls to an over in cricket (wouldn’t have thought of cricket
w/o Alex’s hint)
32 1000 Y in a M 1000 years in a millennium
33 15 M on a D M C 15 men on a dead man’s chest

[Strangler Lewis]

Perhaps Nephy can check my answers?

No. Cryptic Answer
0 24 H in a D 24 Hours in a Day

1 26 L of the A letters of the alphabet
2 7 D of the W days of the week
3 7 W of the W wonders of the world
4 12 S of the Z signs of the zodiac
5 66 B of the B books of the bible
6 52 C in a P (WJs)
7 13 S in the USF stripes in the united states flag
8 18 H on a G C
9 39 B of the O T books of the old testament
10 5 T on a F
11 90 D in a R A degrees in a right angle
12 3 B M (S H T R)
13 32 is the T in D F at which W F temp. in degrees farenheit at which water freezes
14 15 P in a R T people in a rugby team
15 3 W on a T wheels on a tricycle
16 100 C in a R
17 11 P in a F (S) T people in a football (soccer) team
18 12 M in a Y months in a year
19 13=UFS
20 8 T on a O tentacles on an octopus
21 29 D in F in a L Y days in February in a leap year
22 27 B in the N T books in the new testament
23 365 D in a Y days in a year
24 13 L in a B D loaves in a baker's dozen
25 52 W in a Y weeks in a year
26 9 L of a C lives of a cat
27 60 M in a H minutes in an hour
28 23 P of C in the H B psalms of christ in the holy bible
29 64 S on a C B
30 9 P in S A
31 6 B to an O in C
32 1000 Y in a M
33 15 M on a D M C men on a dead man's chest

If my answers are correct, this quiz is pretty heavily bent in favor of Christians. There's stuff here I had to guess at and google search to see if my guesses fit.


I thought of the same answer for 28, but rejected it as too audacious.

[JWBear]

#8 is:
Holes on a Golf Course.

[Strangler Lewis]

Yes, one feels rather stupid about that one. If one is me, said Pooh.

[Tref]

The only good thing about being a genius that I can see is that you apparently have a lot of free time to do puzzles.

[lashbear]

I got them all right.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

If MENSA thinks a test like that shows intelligence in an objective fashion, I doubt that MENSA is actually composed of geniuses.

[Strangler Lewis]

I agree. It's not like it's an SAT test test.

[Alex]

If MENSA thinks a test like that shows intelligence in an objective fashion, I doubt that MENSA is actually composed of geniuses.

Uh oh. Someone only got 22 of them.

More seriously, I'm sure MENSA never made any such claim for the test. In fact, I can't find any confirmation that MENSA even created this puzzle (not saying it didn't) and if they did, I suspect this isn't the original form of it.

----

I wrote the above then decided that felt like a quick research project.

Here (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.puzzles/browse_thread/thread/de0abe9ca3413675/12109e179b24f52?hl=en&q=#012109e179b24f52) is a 100 item long list of these puzzles (has some of these but not all; the cricket one then was 6 B in an O (but 8 in A) for 6 balls in an over but 8 in Australia) that was posted to USENET in 1994. It is presented there as simply a test of mental flexibility with no mention of MENSA.

The discussion of the rec.puzzles archive in those old USENET threads with these types of puzzles lead me to this page (http://everything2.com/title/old%2520chestnut%253A%2520language%2520equations). Which, if it is to be trusted, says this type of puzzle was invented and first published in the May/June 1981 issue of GAMES magazine. They published more in two 1982 issues.

Back in those pre-internet days (for most people) these puzzles managed to go viral and people photocopied, distributed, and altered them and GAMES magazine actually began receiving their own puzzle back as submissions. Based on the extent of the MENSA claim I'm finding on the internet that got added at some point and seems to have been a very popular alteration.

[blueerica]

The more I think of it, I want to say I first saw this "test" was in printed form that tramspotter's dad had around.

[JWBear]

Actually... #28 is:
32 Chromosomes in the Human Body

(I think)

[Nephythys]

yeah-I copied the whole test-the MENSA thing was odd to me as well but I left it.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I take back my MENSA slur. Thanks, Alex.


(as for getting 22 right, ha. Every time I glance at the test my brain goes "26 wha of the wha?" And then I quit.)

[Nephythys]

supposedly has the answers (http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/24-h-in-a-d-puzzled/)

[tracilicious]

You can say you're a smartass. But we already knew that.


Not smartass. Geniusass.

[Moonliner]

Not smartass. Geniusass.

Since the original comment was directed my way, I'll claim that title. :)

[Alex]

Maybe geniass?

[Capt Jack]

(as for getting 22 right, ha. Every time I glance at the test my brain goes "26 wha of the wha?" And then I quit.)

yeah, that was pretty much my take on it.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I think I got 20, I'm irritated I didn't know them all. I like to think words are my "thing."

1 26 L of the A 26 Letters of the Alphabet
2 7 D of the W 7 Days of the Week
3 7 W of the W 7 Wonders of the World
4 12 S of the Z 12 Signs of the Zodiac
5 66 B of the B
6 52 C in a P (WJs) 52 Cards in a Pack (with Jokers), though I would have said Deck
7 13 S in the USF 13 Stripes in the US Flag
8 18 H on a G C 18 Holes on a Golf Course
9 39 B of the O T
10 5 T on a F 5 Toes on a Foot
11 90 D in a R A
12 3 B M (S H T R) 3 Blind Mice (See How They Run)
13 32 is the T in D F at which W F 32 is the Temperature in Degrees at Which Water Freezes
14 15 P in a R T
15 3 W on a T 3 Wheels on a Tricycle
16 100 C in a R
17 11 P in a F (S) T
18 12 M in a Y 12 Months in a Year
19 13=UFS
20 8 T on a O 8 Tentacles on a(n) Octopus
21 29 D in F in a L Y 29 Days in February in a Leap Year
22 27 B in the N T
23 365 D in a Y 365 Days in a Year
24 13 L in a B D
25 52 W in a Y 52 Weeks in a Year
26 9 L of a C 9 Lives of a Cat
27 60 M in a H 60 Minutes in a(n) Hour
28 23 P of C in the H B
29 64 S on a C B
30 9 P in S A
31 6 B to an O in C
32 1000 Y in a M 1000 Years in a Millenium
33 15 M on a D M C 15 Men on a Dead Man's Chest

After reading all the spoilers: Oh there's Bible trivia in it too? I never get that stuff.

[Kevy Baby]

No

[Gemini Cricket]

Me not Genus.

[Tref]

Me not Genus.

I, Claudius. You Jane

[lashbear]

So true.... sooo true.