Topic: The Smartest Browser and OS (Page 1 of 1)

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.

Here is a link to the IQ test.

Later,

C:\

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∞])]).

Relies much more on trivia than some IQ tests I've seen.

Your right, I only got 4 questions I'd regard as being IQ-like questions.

I tried it again and it asked me

"Who replaced George Best in the Beatles?"

I guess the answer is Ringo Starr but it wasn't George Best, anyone know who he did replace?

Pete Best, wasn't it? Maybe it was a trick question

--

Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.

Spot on Lord F It was indeed Pete Best


Those who look for monsters should look to it that
they do not become monsters. For when you gaze
long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

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.

--
var Liorean = {
abode: "http://codingforums.com/",
profile: "http://codingforums.com/member.php?u=5798"};

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)

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."

There may be other, more IQ-related questions there, but after that first question I just closed the tab.


___________________________
Suho: www.liminality.org | Cell 270 | Sig Rotator | the Fellowship of Sup

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.

--
var Liorean = {
abode: "http://web-graphics.com/",
profile: "http://codingforums.com/member.php?u=5798"};

Well, yes, trivia is indeed a type of knowledge.

Whenever I think of trivia, I think of Sherlock Holmes. Watson was astounded when he learned that Holmes did not know the planets of the solar system, and Holmes replied that he only had a limited capacity for memory and didn't want to waste it on information (knowledge) that was completely useless to him.

On the other hand, Jeopardy champions might argue that there is indeed at least one practical application for trivia.


___________________________
Suho: www.liminality.org | Cell 270 | Sig Rotator | the Fellowship of Sup

quote:

---

Suho1004 said:

Whenever I think of trivia, I think of Sherlock Holmes. Watson was astounded when he learned that Holmes did not know the planets of the solar system, and Holmes replied that he only had a limited capacity for memory and didn't want to waste it on information (knowledge) that was completely useless to him.

---

Well put, that.