How smart are you?

[Daniel]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4246472.stm

I got 15:20 just kinda brushing through it.

[Liagala]

18/20. I suck at apostrophes.

[Some Rogue]

16 of 20

[Warriorbird]

20/20

[Doughboy]

19/20

Fucking sentence didn't load up on question 17 :( 50% chance of getting it right...no wonder I suck at gambling.

[Tisket]

17/20 but I guessed on two. Stupid apostrophes.

Also, I'm waiting for the people who constantly misspell "definitely" to say they got 20/20 :P

[Jorddyn]

19/20. I don't know how to spell questionnaire. I guess it's good I'm in accounting and not marketing.

[NocturnalRob]

20/20. then again, one of my BAs is English.

and my mother used to beat me with a ruler.

[The Ponzzz]

I didn't know what any of those words meant. Got everything else right. 17/20.

[thefarmer]

19/20

Accommodating tripped me up.

[BriarFox]

20/20. The answer for ostentatious is rather inaccurate; it more precisely means "excessively presented or overblown." The Latin root (ostendo) means "to display."

In any case, though, I always have to question judging intelligence by your familiarity with relatively arbitrary grammatical rules, and I'm doing my PhD in English.

[Paradii]

19/20, fucked up on Questionnaire as well.

[NocturnalRob]

your familiarity with relatively arbitrary grammatical rules, and I'm doing my PhD in English.

Well, here's a chance for Magazine readers to test themselves - first on English - next week on maths

i guess you're still working on literacy then for your PhD? or is that reading comp?


Well, here's a chance for Magazine readers to test themselves - first on English - next week on maths

this also gave me a chuckle

[Warriorbird]

Maths is correct if you're a silly Brit. One of the things that TR (God damn hero that he was) fixed.

I'm not sure I'll do so well on the math portion.

[NocturnalRob]

Maths is correct if you're a silly Brit. One of the things that TR (God damn hero that he was) fixed.

I'm not sure I'll do so well on the math portion.

really? didn't know that. I know American English. The best kind there is. I'm assuming "maths" refers to "mathematical disciplines" as a whole?

[BigWorm]

18/20

I suxor at spelling; missed accommodating and questionnaire.

[BriarFox]

Well, here's a chance for Magazine readers to test themselves - first on English - next week on maths

i guess you're still working on literacy then for your PhD? or is that reading comp?

this also gave me a chuckle

The point of my comment seems to have flown so far over your head that you missed it. Yes, the sponsors of this quiz are including more subjects than just English (good for them), but that point has no bearing on the validity of familiarity with grammatical rules as a determiner in intelligence.

Someone already pointed out that "maths" is the normal abbreviation of "mathematics" in Britain.

[Gan]

16:20

Missed the definitions/spelling. Got the sentences correct.

[NocturnalRob]

The point of my comment seems to have flown so far over your head that you missed it. Yes, the sponsors of this quiz are including more subjects than just English (good for them), but that point has no bearing on the validity of familiarity with grammatical rules as a determiner in intelligence.

it's an online quiz. when do those ever have a bearing on intelligence?

[BriarFox]

it's an online quiz. when do those ever have a bearing on intelligence?

The point was that they're claiming that it accurately predicts it ("How Smart Are You?").

[Skeeter]

16/20 talked myself out of Avarice even though I knew the right answer, and I suck at spelling.

[BigWorm]

16/20 talked myself out of Avarice even though I knew the right answer, and I suck at spelling.

You've obviously not seen Se7en enough times

[NocturnalRob]

The point was that they're claiming that it accurately predicts it ("How Smart Are You?").

http://quiz.ivillage.com/love/tests/Sexysingle.htm

here's another one for you. stop being such a twat.

[TheEschaton]

19/20, I missed accommodation (it still looks wrong with two m's, in my opinion).

-TheE-

[iJin]

19/20

Stupid hyphen!

[The Ponzzz]

Seriously... How the fuck do you all know those words? You all cheated.

Those aren't real words. YOU CAN'T LIE TO ME.

[Snapp]

17/20.. one of the things wouldn't load though. :( Prolly woulda gotten it wrong, because I think it musta been the accommodation question.

[Back]

20/20. Don’t any of you Google?

[Back]

http://quiz.ivillage.com/love/tests/Sexysingle.htm

here's another one for you. stop being such a twat.

I took this one. Only rated “Sufficiently Sexy”.

[Asha]

lol 20 and I felt I was being forced into some of those answers.

[Tisket]

20/20. Don’t any of you Google?

Yes, but not all of us cheat. Even on a stupid internet test. That you feel the need to use google says a lot about you. None of it good.

[Asha]

LOL Why would you cheat rofl.
That's ace.

[Snapp]

What's the point if you're gonna Google it? Might as well just put 20/20 down and not bother looking at the test.

[The Ponzzz]

:rofl: I knew you all didn't know those words! I KNEW IT!!! THE DAY IS MINE, TREBEK!

[Meos]

4/20 SEE WHAT I DID THEIR or is it there.. I dont know.

[Tisket]

:rofl: I knew you all didn't know those words! I KNEW IT!!! THE DAY IS MINE, TREBEK!

lol P, I guessed on some of the spelling questions. Just got lucky and guessed correctly. Go me.

[The Ponzzz]

My guessing ability sucks.

[iJin]

My guessing ability sucks.

I knew the words!

[The Ponzzz]

HOW?!?!?!?

What does Rephonous mean!? HUH!

YEA I MADE THAT SHIT UP JUST LIKE THAT SITE!!

[iJin]

That is obviously a bad name for a GS character!

[Khariz]

19/20 .... I feel stupid for missing the one I missed too. Didn't know that meant quiet.

[Daniel]

20/20. Don’t any of you Google?

Wasn't that serious.

[Danical]

I fucked up accommodation (supersadface) and didn't know avarice.

[Augie]

19/20 for me. I missed the hyphen.

[CrystalTears]

18/20. I tend to confuse metaphor and simile. :(

[Bobmuhthol]

20/20, so fucking easy.

[Ashmoon]

17/20. I used to know how to spell...but I've been using spell-check for too many years. Looking forward to the math test...hope I remember to take it. Reminds me of the standardized tests in school without the scan-tron. Couldn't just color random bubbles then take a nap until the timer goes off.

[DCSL]

20/20. English major. I do still fuck up but now that I'm not being graded on it, I don't care.

[diethx]

18/20. I didn't know what avarice or taciturn was.

[Back]

Wasn't that serious.

At least someone here has a sense of humor.

[Stretch]

19/20

Owned by "let's"

[Stanley Burrell]

The only reason I got the hyphen one is because I play GemStone.

Thanks, GemStone :)

17/20. I refuse to learn how to spell "necessary."

[ElanthianSiren]

18/20 and smart enough to use MSWord when I actually need to present something. Spell check ftw.

[Bobmuhthol]

<<I didn't know what avarice or taciturn was.>>

This is why everyone should take Latin.

[J.P]

Damn do I feel stupid, I only scored a 16.

[Ashmoon]

The only reason I got the hyphen one is because I play GemStone.

Was my thought exactly after that question. I've probably seen more hyphens in Gemstone long descriptions than my entire outside life.

I have to agree that using Google/Word is cheating and defeats the purpose of this test. It's an online quiz for your own information/amusement. It's not a true IQ test. It's not the GRE. If we had access to our computer-cheats* during real testing, we'd all be hanging out together at Harvard instead of here.

*Note that hyphen!

[Jenisi]

Fuck. -7/20

[Daniel]

You know, that joke isn't very effective when people think you're stupid anyway.