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I heard about this at work and ended up with a 20. After looking at the answers I know I could have done better if I took more time. The surprising thing is that even with a score of 20 they suggested I could pass the entry exam.

http://www.mensa.org/workout2.php?

Yeah I think they say that to everyone for some reason... I did well on that too but I don't remember how many I got right.

28/30

[xeno]Julios wrote:28/30

Nice. I got tripped up on the vocab questions the most.

I did the first 7, got bored, clicked submit, got 7 right

i got an 18 out of 30 mostly because i gave up on almost all the word scramble shit things. I fucking hate those.

bitWISE wrote:

[xeno]Julios wrote:28/30

Nice. I got tripped up on the vocab questions the most.

yea i skipped two of the vocab questions (one was the LIGHT BREAK TIME, and the other was the INSATIABLE anagram)

so i got all the ones i did right, but I've done the test before (though i don't recall looking at the answers)

i also lucked out on one of the number sequences (1,8,27,?,125,216)

23/30 DAY! DAY! BANALITIES! FUCK!

23/30

i had one wrong ( the month - number thing... i just guessed this one; syllables, huh?) and skipped 6 the word stuff questions as i'm not that familiar with english.

so i had 23/23

Lol! I think I had every possible letter/number combination except THAT one worked out.

"If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later."

Since nobody in their right mind would say something as convoluted as that shit, why the fuck should I bother trying to figure out what the answer is?

Transient wrote:"If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later."

those are the same people who say "its ten past quarter to five"

Transient wrote:"If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later."

Since nobody in their right mind would say something as convoluted as that shit, why the fuck should I bother trying to figure out what the answer is?

The convolution is the entire point.

18, BTW. If I wasn't in such a hurry, I may have been able to pull out a 20-22. Also, were we supposed to use calculators? Because I didn't. :/

Nightshade wrote:

Transient wrote:"If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later."

Since nobody in their right mind would say something as convoluted as that shit, why the fuck should I bother trying to figure out what the answer is?

The convolution is the entire point.

Hence the .

Transient wrote:18, BTW. If I wasn't in such a hurry, I may have been able to pull out a 20-22. Also, were we supposed to use calculators? Because I didn't. :/

I used mine just to verify a cube root.

I got that one wrong. I was like, "fuck math with a stick, man."

23, seems right since the vocab skills aren't my best.

I got 29/30 because I couldn't figure out "Banalities." :\ They may as well have put, "Discombobulation," (Appropriate) and fine some obscure anagram for it.

It took me a while to figure out the easiest one, "Stronger."

Who the fuck is going to get, "Banalities."

That's it. That's my new game name from now on. Banal1ty.

It's fitting.

I'm sure.

I've taken a lot of these tests, and one striking issue is that the math questions are in all of them in some barely altered form.

The one with prime numbers had me snicker a little because I swear I've seen that exact same question at least ten times in the last decade.

These tests aren't of any true use, other than gauging ones aptitude. The government uses them in the public school system to qualify students for special advanced education and honors courses which by default gives them a higher quality of education than the standard course. In turn, some kids who guessed the right answer (Hint: It's always C. Right, Boner from, "Growing Pains?") get better education and more opportunities to snatch a scholarship from someone who may have deserved it more.

If Dr. Hawking was educated in the modern American school system, he would be a learning tool for students in health class to use during their special education TA assignments. Meanwhile, all that processing power would be locked within.

"Mr. Hawking, would you like to take the IQ test with the rest of the kids?"

"EeeEeeEeem. Zrabakkk!"

"That's right! You can't use your hands. That means you're stupid. God bless 'Merka."

rep wrote:I got 29/30 because I couldn't figure out "Banalities." :\ They may as well have put, "Discombobulation," (Appropriate) and fine some obscure anagram for it.

It took me a while to figure out the easiest one, "Stronger."

Who the fuck is going to get, "Banalities."

That's it. That's my new game name from now on. Banal1ty.

$100 says you didn't get 29/30.

lol, 18/30, though i skipped the number questions

funny thing is i actually was a member of mensa for a year a while back. bunch of geeks