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Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2007"Smart Test"
Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. Or maybe it's a test to see how *quick* you are -- there's not much time to mull over the questions. I'm smarter than average, by the way. http://www.flashbynight.com:80/test/  SignatureMaria On 26 Feb 2007, Maria wrote > Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. > > Or maybe it's a test to see how *quick* you are -- there's not > much time to mull over the questions. > > I'm smarter than average, by the way. Me too. (40.5% smarter, or less stupid, or summat.) SignatureCheers, Harvey Canadian and British English, indiscriminately mixed > On 26 Feb 2007, Maria wrote > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Me too. (40.5% smarter, or less stupid, or summat.) You're smarter than me... but did you have a four-year-old singing the Bob the Builder theme in your ear while you attempted the test? SignatureSML yes we can! On 26 Feb 2007, Sara Lorimer wrote >> On 26 Feb 2007, Maria wrote >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > singing the Bob the Builder theme in your ear while you > attempted the test? You mean that broke the test, and you couldn't fix it? SignatureCheers, Harvey Canadian and British English, indiscriminately mixed >On 26 Feb 2007, Maria wrote > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Me too. (40.5% smarter, or less stupid, or summat.) Your knowledge of Elvis and rap beat me out. SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL >Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >http://www.flashbynight.com:80/test/ 29.6% smarter than average here. SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL Maria wrote, in <AaEEh.2093$BE2.582@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net> on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:47:28 GMT: > Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.flashbynight.com:80/test/ 45.4% smarter. I guessed the pop song/singer ones. SignatureNick Spalding >Maria wrote, in <AaEEh.2093$BE2.582@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net> > on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:47:28 GMT: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >45.4% smarter. I guessed the pop song/singer ones. 40.6% smarter. I'me beginning to suspect one of those large/XXL/humungous condom-size type things at work here: everybody is smarter than average. SignatureArchie Valparaiso Tunbridge Wells borough residents are the second best recyclers in Kent. > Nick Spalding wrought: >>> Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. >>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > I'me beginning to suspect one of those large/XXL/humungous condom-size > type things at work here: everybody is smarter than average. Well, half of the people are, innit? Me too. SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ > > Nick Spalding wrought: > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Well, half of the people are, innit? Me too. That's not how averaging works. avg(1, 2, 3, 87000) = 21751.5 You're thinking something like 'median'. >> > Nick Spalding wrought: >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > You're thinking something like 'median'. Or perhaps of a Bell curve (normal distribution) that predicts a mean plus or minus standard deviation. The highest point is the mean, not the median, so the mean intelligence (100) is the dividing line between 50% of the population above and below the mean. This theoretical mean is also the median, but not by design. http://tinyurl.com/yrusms SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "It has come to my attention that my opinions are not universally shared." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 23 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >>> Nick Spalding wrought: >>>>> Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > You're thinking something like 'median'. True. My bad. I blame my being retired from anything that requires thinking. SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ >I'me beginning to suspect one of those large/XXL/humungous condom-size >type things at work here: everybody is smarter than average. At one time the dateline adverts asked you to describe your appearance on a scale that went from "very attractive" all the way down to "average". SignatureOn-line canal route planner: http://www.canalplan.org.uk (Waterways World site of the month, April 2001) My Reply-To address *is* valid, though likely to die soon Archie Valparaiso skribis: > 40.6% smarter. > > I'me beginning to suspect one of those large/XXL/humungous condom-size > type things at work here: everybody is smarter than average. 18.5% smarter, and I agree with you. It's like the fact that over 99% of all people have more than the average number of fingers. And it's not a "smart test" in the first place; it's a trivia quiz. -- Stefano "No matter where you go, there you are. But your luggage is in Walla Walla, Washington." > Archie Valparaiso skribis: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > And it's not a "smart test" in the first place; it's a trivia quiz. It certainly doesn't detect those who are smart enough to have Flash disabled. (Yes, I finally figured out why the screen was blank.) SignaturePeter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Please note the changed e-mail and web addresses. The domain eepjm.newcastle.edu.au no longer exists, and I can no longer receive mail at my newcastle.edu.au addresses. The optusnet address could disappear at any time. >> Archie Valparaiso skribis: >>> 40.6% smarter. >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > It certainly doesn't detect those who are smart enough to have Flash > disabled. (Yes, I finally figured out why the screen was blank.) OK. I withdraw my previous jocular comment. SignatureSkitt Ever ready to retract the aforesaid and aver the opposite. Archie Valparaiso filted: >I'me beginning to suspect one of those large/XXL/humungous condom-size >type things at work here: everybody is smarter than average. Or maybe the ones who have taken it and come up less smart than average don't come and tell everybody about it....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" > Archie Valparaiso filted: >> I'me beginning to suspect one of those large/XXL/humungous >> condom-size type things at work here: everybody is smarter than >> average. > > Or maybe the ones who have taken it and come up less smart than > average don't come and tell everybody about it....r I think the people from this group taking the test might be raising the average. I see that someone got a "40.6% smarter than the average" result. I got a "40.3% smarter than the average" result. I don't see how that sort of difference could happen without the average's having been changed by the results. SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ Nick Spalding filted: >Maria wrote, in <AaEEh.2093$BE2.582@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net> > on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:47:28 GMT: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >45.4% smarter. I guessed the pop song/singer ones. 51.4% smarter here...I answered randomly to the rap one, and somewhat randomly to the two about beer....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" marian.c-b@sbcglobal.net had it: > Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. > > Or maybe it's a test to see how *quick* you are -- there's not much time > to mull over the questions. > > I'm smarter than average, by the way. It was a little US-centric, but I still managed to be 29.7% smarter than the average. Whatever that means. Although I'm curious to understand why knowing some obscure pop song or where Bill Clinton comes from gives an indication of smartness. SignatureDavid ===== > Although I'm curious to understand why knowing some obscure pop song > or where Bill Clinton comes from gives an indication of smartness. It's an American test. > marian.c-b@sbcglobal.net had it: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Although I'm curious to understand why knowing some obscure pop song > or where Bill Clinton comes from gives an indication of smartness. I agree. 51.5% but I've always been a good guesser. SignatureRay UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1795 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now! > Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.flashbynight.com:80/test/ Score: 29. 56.3% smarter than average. :) Adrian (UK) Adrian Bailey filted: >Score: 29. 56.3% smarter than average. :) You're a mutant....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" >Adrian Bailey filted: >> >>Score: 29. 56.3% smarter than average. :) > >You're a mutant....r No, the site got the SDC crew to write the questions. SignatureArchie Valparaiso Tunbridge Wells borough residents are the second best recyclers in Kent. >> Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Score: 29. 56.3% smarter than average. :) You probably guessed right on the rap question. 28. 51.2% smarter than average. SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |Sorry, captain. Convenient 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |technobabble levels are dangerously Palo Alto, CA 94304 |low. kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com (650)857-7572 http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ > Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.flashbynight.com:80/test/ Me too, although I few of the questions specific to American culture or pop culture I had to guess. I missed about 4 questions by stopping to think. SignatureRob Bannister Robert Bannister filted: >Me too, although I few of the questions specific to American culture or >pop culture I had to guess. I missed about 4 questions by stopping to think. Is something happening for the rest of you that isn't happening for me?...I know I'm getting most of them right, but I have no idea what kind of average I made on the ones where I guessed wildly.... For all we know, whoever made up the test may have misidentified some of the answers....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" > Robert Bannister filted: > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > For all we know, whoever made up the test may have misidentified some of the > answers....r Getting them all right nets you a rating of 62.4% higher than average. I had to look up the language spoken in Pakistan, Carlsberg beer, and the Mitsubishi question. > > Robert Bannister filted: > > > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > had to look up the language spoken in Pakistan, Carlsberg beer, and the > Mitsubishi question. The "all correct" rating will obviously change as more people take the test, so you may not get a 62.4% rating. TakenEvent filted: >> Getting them all right nets you a rating of 62.4% higher than average. I >> had to look up the language spoken in Pakistan, Carlsberg beer, and the >> Mitsubishi question. > >The "all correct" rating will obviously change as more people take the test, >so you may not get a 62.4% rating. Getting them all wrong gets you a rating of "100% stoopider than average".... Was anyone else misled by the ticking clock symbol beside the answers?...one would expect someone who got a certain number right in a shorter time to have a higher IQ score...however, it seems the test is not timed as the clock would suggest....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" >TakenEvent filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >higher IQ score...however, it seems the test is not timed as the clock would >suggest....r Ahh! Perhaps the one posing the test was checking to see who took it as having a time limit on the answer. I know I did, and being on dial-up, the timing was variable, sometimes being up to about 6 seconds, and sometimes less than 2 seconds. I ended up just stabbing at any answer that looked right, and doing it as soon as I caught the gist of the question. I know for sure I got quite a few wrong, and was surprised when I ended up with a "25% smarter" or so. > Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.flashbynight.com:80/test/ I got zero. Apparently I'm not smart enough to figure out what to do when faced with a completely blank screen. Is this one of those "find the white cat in the snow" tests? SignaturePeter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Please note the changed e-mail and web addresses. The domain eepjm.newcastle.edu.au no longer exists, and I can no longer receive mail at my newcastle.edu.au addresses. The optusnet address could disappear at any time. >> Here's a little test to see if you're smart or stu^H^H^H not. >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > when faced with a completely blank screen. Is this one of those "find > the white cat in the snow" tests? Naah, you have to have a computer with an OS that actually works. ;-) SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ |
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