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Maniac (V) Inmate From: there...no..there..... |
posted 05-27-2008 02:47
Thought some of you would like this. It's a pretty good IQ test I think. There is a link to it on Slashdot here. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
posted 05-27-2008 05:17
The .aspx makes me trepidatious (y'know on top of the usual 'IQ' hullabaloo [and the likelihood that the more stupid a person is, the less likely they'll ever get to the quiz (or the possibility that the more smart a person is, the less likely they'll ever bother with the quiz [etc., 2∞])]). |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
posted 05-27-2008 05:26
Relies much more on trivia than some IQ tests I've seen. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Dublin, Ireland |
posted 05-29-2008 16:30
Your right, I only got 4 questions I'd regard as being IQ-like questions. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Dublin, Ireland |
posted 05-29-2008 16:37
I tried it again and it asked me |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: San Antonio |
posted 05-29-2008 17:59
Pete Best, wasn't it? Maybe it was a trick question |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: The Pool Of Life |
posted 05-29-2008 23:31
Spot on Lord F It was indeed Pete Best |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Umeå, Sweden |
posted 05-30-2008 03:47
It's certainly not a good IQ test. Intelligence is all about pattern recognition, not knowledge. You can be extremely intelligent but know next to nothing. You can know very much but still not be intelligent. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: zero divided. |
posted 05-30-2008 13:06
I didn't even bother, sorry. That's a general knowledge quiz, but if there's not a few pints to be had, and a decent pot to be won, it's not worth cheating on. :P (teehee) |
Maniac (V) Mad Librarian From: Seoul, Korea |
posted 05-31-2008 02:12
First question I got asked was when the first Olympics was held. Like liorean said, there's a big difference between knowledge and intelligence. Although, to be frank, I think "knowledge" is giving the quiz too much credit. I think reisio hit the nail on the head: the date of the first Olympics is "trivia." |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Umeå, Sweden |
posted 05-31-2008 02:55
I'd say that trivia IS knowledge. It's just as much knowledge as basic math and logic. The ability to see where they are appropriate to use and ability to apply them, that's pattern recognition, i.e. intelligence. The main difference in trivia is, there is no practical application of that knowledge. |
Maniac (V) Mad Librarian From: Seoul, Korea |
posted 05-31-2008 15:15
Well, yes, trivia is indeed a type of knowledge. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Florida |
posted 05-31-2008 15:56
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