Ok Smart guys. Can you get 9 answers right?

[MonsterMark]

Send me a PM with your answers and we'll see how 'smart' you guys are...

1. Which of the lettered designs best completes the following sequence?

[o] [.] (o)

A: (.)
B: (o)
C: [.]
D: [o]

2. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144
but not 145. Does she like 1600 or 1700?

3. Only one other word can be made from the letters of INSATIABLE. Can
you find it?

4. Put the appropriate plus or minus signs between the numbers, in the
correct places, so that the sum total will equal 1.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 1

5. What is the word coiled inside this circle?

.......................T..P
......................I.....U
.....................A......N
.......................L..S

6. If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists
will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?

7. If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight
as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now?

8. Pear is to apple as potato is to?

A: banana
B: radish
C: strawberry
D: peach
E: lettuce

9. Continue the following number series with the group of numbers below
which best continues the series?

1 10 3 9 5 8 7 7 9 6 ? ?

A: 11 5
B: 10 5
C: 10 4
D: 11 6

10. Which of the following is least like the others?

A: poem
B: novel
C: painting
D: statue
E: flower

11. What is the following word when it is unscrambled?

H C P R A A T E U

12. What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of
400?

13. Which of the following sentences given below means approximately
the same as the proverb: "Don't count your chickens until they
are hatched?"

A: Some eggs have double yolks, so you can't really count eggs and
chickens.

B: You can't walk around the henhouse to count the eggs because it
will disturb the hens and they won't lay eggs.

C: It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet
happened and may not ever happen.

D: Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in your
count of future chickens.

14. The SAME three-letter word can be placed in front of the following
words to make a new word:

_ _ _ L I G H T _ _ _ B R E A K _ _ _ T I M E

 

[fossten]

Send me a PM with your answers and we'll see how the 'smart' guys are...

1. Which of the lettered designs best completes the following sequence?

[o] [.] (o)

A: (.)
B: (o)
C: [.]
D: [o]

2. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144
but not 145. Does she like 1600 or 1700?

3. Only one other word can be made from the letters of INSATIABLE. Can
you find it?

4. Put the appropriate plus or minus signs between the numbers, in the
correct places, so that the sum total will equal 1.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 1

5. What is the word coiled inside this circle?

.......................T..P
......................I.....U
.....................A......N
.......................L..S

6. If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists
will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?

7. If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight
as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now?

8. Pear is to apple as potato is to?

A: banana
B: radish
C: strawberry
D: peach
E: lettuce

9. Continue the following number series with the group of numbers below
which best continues the series?

1 10 3 9 5 8 7 7 9 6 ? ?

A: 11 5
B: 10 5
C: 10 4
D: 11 6

10. Which of the following is least like the others?

A: poem
B: novel
C: painting
D: statue
E: flower

11. What is the following word when it is unscrambled?

H C P R A A T E U

12. What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of
400?

13. Which of the following sentences given below means approximately
the same as the proverb: "Don't count your chickens until they
are hatched?"

A: Some eggs have double yolks, so you can't really count eggs and
chickens.

B: You can't walk around the henhouse to count the eggs because it
will disturb the hens and they won't lay eggs.

C: It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet
happened and may not ever happen.

D: Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in your
count of future chickens.

14. The SAME three-letter word can be placed in front of the following
words to make a new word:

_ _ _ L I G H T _ _ _ B R E A K _ _ _ T I M E

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
11.
12.
13.
14.
How's 12?

edited: I removed your answers so some other 'geniuses' can have a crack at it. I hate the scrambled word questions.

 

[MonsterMark]

How's 12?

How bout 9! Not bad anyway.

You got Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, and 14. Recheck answers 6, 9 and 10. And, of course, you still need #4 and #11.

For what it is worth, I didn't get 3 or 11 right. 11 is a toughee.

Question #6 is kind of a trick question. You have to really read it a couple times.

 

[MonsterMark]

WHAT!!! No other brave souls out there? Come on. Give it a whirl. Answers to be revealed this afternoon so you can still take a crack at it.

 

[MonsterMark]

The answers

* A N S W E R S *
First I would like to thank everybody that chose to participate. Everybody had at least 9 correct answers. Several had 12 and 13 correct.

So what did this exercise prove? It demonstrated to me that this forum is comprised of smart people on Both sides of the aisle. Although I will make the caveat that more from the right participated than the left.

However, I want everybody to know that although this fine group of people may disagree politically, we ALL have a pretty decent brain on our shoulders.

I am hoping that we ALL can make a concerted effort to show respect to our fellow members. Getting 9 or more correct allows one to be invited to participate in a formal Mensa test if one chose to join such a group.

Anyway, I digress. I am hoping that we, as a group, can come together and have more relevant and probing discussions about the problems we face in the United States and world in general. I am hoping that we can ratchet down the personal, accusation driven rhetoric just a notch and increase the value of the brain trust present here. We have a lot of smart people that participate and we should be thankful.

Thank you once again for your participation. And for those of you that tried the test but didn't want to reveal your results, that's OK too. Hopefully you learned something.

Mutual respect was the goal. I know from the information I received, we are all winners and deserving of being listened to, despite our disagreements politically.

And without further ado.

THE ANSWERS​

1. A
2. 1600
3. BANALITIES
4. 0+1+2-3-4+5+6-7-8+9=1, There are many more solutions. I know of
at least 3 others.
5. NUPTIALS
6. SIX typists, one typist types one page in two minutes.
7. 9 p.m.
8. B: Both grow in the ground.
9. A:
10. E: The only one that is not an artistic work made by man.
11. PARACHUTE
12. 5
13. C
14. DAY

 

[Joeychgo]

Ok, IM replying without reading the following posts....


1. A

2. 1600

3. ------ No Clue

4. 0+1+2-3-4+5+6-7-8+9=1

5. nuptials

6. 6 (I think - not sure I read the question right)

7. 9:00 pm.

8. B-radish

9. A

10. E - flower isnt created by man.

11. No Clue... I suck at scrabble

12. 5

13. C: It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet
happened and may not ever happen.


14. Day-Break Day-Light Day-Time

 

[barry2952]

I must credit my wife with getting 13. I met your minimum standards. She is a Mensa member. She's now hooked on those crazy number puzzles.

I give you a lot of credit Bryan.