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TitaniumAlloy
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posted October 09, 2007 10:23 AM |
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Mensa Genius Test
In case there weren't enough quirky tests around at the moment. 
You guys have probably seen this before but there is a Mensa test where you have to think of what the letters stand for.
eg.
24 H in a D
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24 Hours in a Day
There are 33 questions, and this website says if you get 19+ you are a genius but tbh that's crap (for starters I got 20  ) and when I first saw it it said more than 23, so it's probs not true.
And apparently only 2 mensa members managed to get all 33.
Oh and the puzzle originated in South Africa.
But the only thing that matters is that it's actually pretty fun.
Here it is.
Note this website extends the intelligence test further rather than just the 33 questions, but it does show you when you are right which is a bonus
And try to warn in your post if you're going to discuss answers. 
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posted October 09, 2007 11:28 AM |
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Edited by angelito at 11:40, 09 Oct 2007.
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This is a tough test for non natives I think.
My solved numbers so far:
2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32
Makes 20 in summary
I'm quite sure I have the right answer on number 6 and 20, but probably have a typo there..
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posted October 09, 2007 12:10 PM |
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yeah you have to make sure you get the
'in a'
etc right, as it may be 'in a' or 'in an', depending on the answer.
The ones I can't get are 9, 11, 24, 29, 31
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make that 11, 24, 31
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make that 11, 24 
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now just 11
when I first saw this though there were other people around who said about 3 answers that i dno whether i would have got on my own, the rest I got though..
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posted October 09, 2007 12:32 PM |
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Blocked at where I am, but I will take it as soon as I can. Pretty full day today, but perhaps since I have tommorrow off (after I get done with work it starts my weekend) I will be able to do this ..
Is negative numbers possible?
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posted October 09, 2007 12:45 PM |
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Wow, we use these with our students for lesson fillers in the last week of school It is fun 
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I am stuck on thirteen of them
I wonder how many americans will get number 31 {it is really culturally specific huh}
Man angelito, this would be way hard if English wasn't your first language 
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posted October 09, 2007 02:15 PM |
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Bah can only get 21. I know I should do better then that
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posted October 09, 2007 02:54 PM |
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LOL. I always said all IQ related test are total nonsense.
For example, i only had 14 of these answered.
To make it more ironic, I passed official Mensa Test in my country.
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posted October 09, 2007 03:18 PM |
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This isn't an IQ test..
It's just some kind of Mensa exercise that I found amusing, strangely 
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posted October 09, 2007 03:43 PM |
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Quote:
this would be way hard if English wasn't your first language
Tell me about it
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posted October 09, 2007 04:36 PM |
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Got 21 and I guess I know the answer to 6 and 28 but I don't know how to put them.
btw, English is not my native language
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posted October 09, 2007 04:39 PM |
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Man angelito, this would be way hard if English wasn't your first language
That's why I currently stuck it seems...will give it another try tomorrow.
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posted October 09, 2007 05:20 PM |
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It's not a very well designed test. Many of them are quite ambiguous and take more time to figure out correct punctuation and word choice and spelling than the underlying concept.
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posted October 09, 2007 05:32 PM |
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now i got 23. I still haven't figured out 6, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 24, 30, 31, 33
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What if Elvin was female?
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posted October 09, 2007 06:00 PM |
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I can only get three correct.
Yay me
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posted October 09, 2007 06:31 PM |
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Many of them are quite ambiguous and take more time to figure out correct punctuation and word choice and spelling than the underlying concept.
eye 2nd ^
Correctly Answered: 17/33
It's 6:30AM and I haven't slept all night. I shall resume this when my brain grows back.
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posted October 09, 2007 07:08 PM |
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I looked up some of the answers. Most of them require ridiculous trivial knowledge that no one in our generation would know.
88 books of the bible
I will never know that, will I ever care. Mensa can suck it.
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angelito
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posted October 09, 2007 07:42 PM |
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I looked up some of the answers. Most of them require ridiculous trivial knowledge that no one in our generation would know.
88 books of the bible
I will never know that, will I ever care. Mensa can suck it.
I knew that...and I am atheist..
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posted October 09, 2007 07:46 PM |
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Quote:
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I looked up some of the answers. Most of them require ridiculous trivial knowledge that no one in our generation would know.
88 books of the bible
I will never know that, will I ever care. Mensa can suck it.
I knew that...and I am atheist..
That's cause devout atheists know more about the bible than christains do.
I'm someone who doesn't care, so I know nothing.
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angelito
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posted October 09, 2007 07:49 PM |
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No, it is because there are 2 more questions about the bible.
39 books of OT....27 books of NT.
NT is typical short form for New Testament. So this one was solved....
OT was a conclusion then...and the 66 was just a summary.
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posted October 09, 2007 07:55 PM |
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Yeah and you'd only get that if you read the bible at all, ever.
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