Post #242,029
1/21/06 2:26:40 PM
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fun little exercise
[link|http://mensa-test.com/|mensa test] not affiliated with Mensa, cultural bias etc...
I scored 25. I answered 19 fairly easily, the next 6 took a while.
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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Post #242,030
1/21/06 3:12:10 PM
1/22/06 8:00:23 AM
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23 so far. I'm usually terrible at these types of things...
I'm slow. I'm quitting here (for now at least).
Somehow, I don't think that 19 is a genius score....
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #242,032
1/21/06 4:20:44 PM
1/21/06 5:34:15 PM
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Except for the typos...
A good number of very similar religious phrases too.
32. Looked one up because I couldn't remember the exact terms (#31), and I couldn't get #28, although after looking at the answer I probably should have. :-P
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #242,033
1/21/06 4:41:00 PM
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17 without trying *too* much
Losing interest now though. Suspect there's a bunch of religious references I won't get.
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Post #242,034
1/21/06 4:47:40 PM
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Not really.
Only 3 so far; it's just that they're all pretty much the same damn thing.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #242,035
1/21/06 4:51:27 PM
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Noticed that
Got one of them, suddenly I'm at 21. Then quit. I checked the answers and found four or five that I really should have known, and some I never would have. | Like I have any idea how many people on a rugby or soccer team. Or how many provinces in South Africa. Or a damn thing about Crickett. Chyeah, right. |
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Post #242,037
1/21/06 5:06:26 PM
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aye - didn't get those either
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Steve
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Post #242,038
1/21/06 5:31:49 PM
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Answers?
Oh. Guess I should have read the FAQ.
Gonna email him about the typo too.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #242,039
1/21/06 5:35:08 PM
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On #32?
He mentions that in the faq.
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Post #242,040
1/21/06 5:37:30 PM
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No, #24.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #242,041
1/21/06 5:44:06 PM
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The apostrophe?
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Post #242,042
1/21/06 5:46:08 PM
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Ar.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #242,043
1/21/06 5:53:37 PM
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Pedant ... and this is *me* saying that
But since we're going down this road, should it be before or after the 's'?
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Post #242,045
1/21/06 5:55:36 PM
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Before, according to Merriam-Webster
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #242,046
1/21/06 6:06:13 PM
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How do you do a phrase search?
Or do you mean MW dead tree version?
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Post #242,049
1/21/06 6:23:32 PM
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Just typed it in.
He's going to be fixing the typo tomorrow, btw.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #242,050
1/21/06 6:37:09 PM
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Ahh, M-W doesn't find it without the apostrophe
I'd call that a shortcoming in their "near match" spelling system.
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Post #242,086
1/22/06 8:03:32 AM
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Brainiac++!
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Post #242,088
1/22/06 8:55:25 AM
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Some of them were sheer guesses.
"Huh. That could be 'blah blah blah', but that would be silly." tappy tappy tap "*boggle*, it is!"
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #242,036
1/21/06 5:05:59 PM
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Ended up with 26
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Post #242,051
1/21/06 7:17:36 PM
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28! woot!
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #242,085
1/22/06 8:02:11 AM
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Brainiac! :-D
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Post #242,115
1/22/06 1:51:50 PM
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Pretty sad! If only "Trivia" were a profession
I'd be rich!
Dreamin' on,
Amy
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #242,123
1/22/06 2:25:35 PM
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Maybe there'll be a US version of "The Enemy Within"
Our ultra-creative TV executives are probably scheming to copy this show too - keep an eye out and maybe try out for it.
[link|http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/movies_specials/the_enemy_within/the_enemy_within.jsp|The Enemy Within]. I saw a few minutes of it today. It's pretty UK-centric, but a big part of it was rapid-fire, wide-ranging trivia questions. You seem to have excellent intuition as well, so you'd probably clean up!
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #242,181
1/22/06 10:36:42 PM
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I eagerly await my chance at fame :-)
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #242,461
1/25/06 4:23:58 PM
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Try out for "Jeopardy!"
jb4
"Every Repbulican who wants to defend Bush on [the expansion of Presidential powers], should be forced to say, 'I wouldn't hesitate to see President Hillary Rodham Clinton have the same authority'."
&mdash an unidentified letter writer to Newsweek on the expansion of executive powers under the Bush administration
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Post #242,481
1/25/06 8:02:07 PM
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I should.
Make all that trivia pay for itself!
Peace,
Amy
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #242,150
1/22/06 4:44:36 PM
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It just times out... :-( They're probably afraid of me. :-)
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Post #242,154
1/22/06 5:37:51 PM
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Still works here. FWIW.
[link|http://www.web-goddess.org/archive.php/postID/2878|Here] is another copy (with some answers in the comments). There are also similar versions out there, many with all the answers.
HTH!
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #242,193
1/23/06 2:34:49 AM
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Answers?!? Feh & Bah! How could I honestly beat y'all then?
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Post #242,371
1/24/06 9:54:21 PM
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With a stick? A lead pipe? A lemur with rigor mortis? :-)
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #242,373
1/24/06 10:49:48 PM
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Forget the rigor
You can get more head speed if you whip from the ankles.
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Post #242,390
1/25/06 2:44:36 AM
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Yup;that's how I used to kill cute little baby bunny rabbits
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