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Quiz: Is Your IQ Above Average? (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 OP
It's above the present . . . . of America Iliyah Sep 2017 #1
Alrighty then! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #2
I got . . . fleur-de-lisa Sep 2017 #3
Yikes! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #6
When I hear meat popsicle, I think of ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #44
Yes; I post on DU and hate Donald Trump. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #4
No quiz needed! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #8
Above average underpants Sep 2017 #5
Better than below! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #9
I got your question, but who's that guy in the picture? NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 #7
My Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #10
Oh.... My apologies. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 #11
Nose hair! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #12
I don't know. I got tired of the questions and quit. femmocrat Sep 2017 #13
No pudding for you! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #14
Sometimes I read things I wrote 25 years ago. I don't write that well anymore. Sigh. Shrike47 Sep 2017 #15
OMG, moi aussi! I kept my papers (English major), and I have NO IDEA how I wrote them! 😅 WinkyDink Sep 2017 #18
CG4 LT? question had me feeling like an idiot JonLP24 Sep 2017 #16
4 letters between C & G - by my count 8 between L & T rurallib Sep 2017 #20
I was thinking it was algebra JonLP24 Sep 2017 #21
I think that's the correct answer...lol Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #30
I was thinking along these lines: Bluepinky Sep 2017 #40
That's where I gave up. femmocrat Sep 2017 #41
I figured it was this. Afromania Sep 2017 #54
That is what I thought. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #78
It would have been nice if the correct answers were provided at the end of the quiz! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #46
Yes, but no-one would know it! Haha! WinkyDink Sep 2017 #17
Ba dum tssssshhhh! 🥁 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #47
I thought many of the questions were asinine ailsagirl Sep 2017 #19
This ProfessorGAC Sep 2017 #56
I made the top half of the country possible........ lastlib Sep 2017 #22
Your country thanks you AJT Sep 2017 #28
Hahahahaha! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #48
It says I'm above average. I don't believe it. mucifer Sep 2017 #23
The quiz is never wrong! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #49
Above average sakabatou Sep 2017 #24
Nice! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #50
Above Average dchill Sep 2017 #25
Cool! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #51
I gave up on some of the questions Madam Mossfern Sep 2017 #26
Sweet! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author Special Prosciuto Sep 2017 #27
Scary! 😨 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #53
"Which four-letter word...?" Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #29
I resemble that remark! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #58
So I took this slightly buzzed and scored where I assumed I'd be.. Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #31
Correct answers would have been nice! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #59
How in the fuck I got above average I do not know. Doreen Sep 2017 #32
As we took the test the site hacked us for nefarious purposes. CentralMass Sep 2017 #36
Perhaps you underestimate yourself! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #60
The ads... Snackshack Sep 2017 #33
The one "Hot Russian women want to meet you" was a little distracting! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #61
I look doofy, but have spectacular grey matter. sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #34
Show off! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #62
Above average. CentralMass Sep 2017 #35
Naturally! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #63
:-) CentralMass Sep 2017 #77
I think it is giving us all above average to make us feel good 🙂 Which I can live with! MLAA Sep 2017 #37
Perhaps! It's also possible that those who did not do so well are not responding! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #64
I got above average but retook it a couple of times TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #82
Interesting! MLAA Sep 2017 #83
I learned when I was a teenager that mine was, umm, very average. Laffy Kat Sep 2017 #38
Interesting! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #65
I didn't get a rating True Dough Sep 2017 #39
You are in a class by yourself! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #66
Well, I certainly qualify True Dough Sep 2017 #73
That, I do Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #74
Aww, she's/he's cute! I want one! n/t sprinkleeninow Sep 2017 #76
I am a Subgenius blogslut Sep 2017 #42
That's still pretty smart! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #67
I'd guess that I'm about as dumb as the next person Orrex Sep 2017 #43
The next person: Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #68
I regret nothing. Orrex Sep 2017 #72
I scored a trump I r smart bigly TEB Sep 2017 #45
Covfefe! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #69
"smrt r us." lindysalsagal Sep 2017 #79
it's above heaven05 Sep 2017 #55
Ain't it the truth! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #70
I had to enter a social security number, credit card number and password to my bank account Snake Plissken Sep 2017 #57
It is being processed at this very moment! In order to ensure that you and only you receive your Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #71
Awesome congrats TEB Sep 2017 #75
last time I posted a question in this neighborhood I got fried but good nt steve2470 Sep 2017 #80
Wear it like a badge of honor! ✌🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #81

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
3. I got . . .
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 04:16 PM
Sep 2017

"You are a MEAT POPSICLE!"

I assume this is a reference from the movie 'The Fifth Element'.

JK . . . 'Above Average'.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
16. CG4 LT? question had me feeling like an idiot
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 08:04 PM
Sep 2017

Above Average
Your IQ is likely above average, which means your cognitive abilities are stronger than the majority of the population.

I don't see how I did on the questions. A lot of them had me wondering how is this relevant to IQ?

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
21. I was thinking it was algebra
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 09:29 PM
Sep 2017

I was thinking to myself c=3 and g=7 how do I get to 4? Couldn't do 3-7 or 3 x 7 and come up with 4 so I thought 'screw it' and guessed.

Bluepinky

(2,268 posts)
40. I was thinking along these lines:
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 05:29 AM
Sep 2017

CG = 4, so C = 1 and G = 4 (or C = 4 and G = 1)
L and T are two different distinct numbers, and not the same numbers as C or G. So for LT (L x T), the answer can't be 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, etc, because no two distinct integers (that aren't a 1) multiplied will equal them; by the process of elimination, LT can be 6, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 15, 21, 24, 27, 30, 35, 40, 45, 42, 48, 54, 56, 72, because the numbers 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, when any two are multiplied, will equal them.

Afromania

(2,768 posts)
54. I figured it was this.
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 01:47 PM
Sep 2017

Each of the letters corresponds to a number a-1 b-2 c-3 d-4 e-5 f-6 g-7

L-12, T-20

It looks like multiplication but I figure it's actually subtraction

7-3=4 and 20-12=8

I see some of the other answers that are work out as well. It would have been nice if they gave a work through after answering or at least let you know they are trying to make you break yourself with trickery.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
78. That is what I thought.
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 06:34 PM
Sep 2017

I wish they would give explanations. It would make things a little more interesting. Otherwise it just seems kind of random.

Response to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
29. "Which four-letter word...?"
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 12:40 AM
Sep 2017

And all but one of the answers were five-letter words. LOL!

Anyway, I had my IQ tested in high school and again in college. The two scores differed by 1 point, so the number is probably pretty accurate. So 55 years ago I was above average, but lately, I've been getting a lot dumber.

Docreed2003

(16,858 posts)
31. So I took this slightly buzzed and scored where I assumed I'd be..
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 12:55 AM
Sep 2017

I first had my IQ tested at an early age and then again in college as an excercise. Here's the thing that is so freaking frustrating to my brain...SHOW ME THE CORRECT ANSWERS TO THE MINDBINDERS DAMNIT! I wish I had taken notes on some of the questions to check my work...yeah, I know, nerd checking in here!

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
32. How in the fuck I got above average I do not know.
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 01:24 AM
Sep 2017

I have ADHD and a learning disability and have never done well on my IQ tests. I guessed at some of those. In fact I did not even try because the moment I saw them I knew I could not figure them out much less understand what they were in the first place. Yup, as bogus as it gets.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,185 posts)
82. I got above average but retook it a couple of times
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 09:29 PM
Sep 2017

trying to get lower. The lowest I could get was average.

Laffy Kat

(16,377 posts)
38. I learned when I was a teenager that mine was, umm, very average.
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 02:45 AM
Sep 2017

Last edited Wed Sep 13, 2017, 04:38 PM - Edit history (1)

People think it's higher because I've always read a lot. I also make up it for it by having, what I think, is an above-average emotional intelligence. Basically, I think I come across a lot smarter than I really am. My spatial intelligence is horrible. I get lost easily and have a difficult time with directions. I think the spatial impairment inhibits my math ability.

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts)
68. The next person:
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 03:37 PM
Sep 2017

Response to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)Wed Sep 13, 2017, 08:05 AM
TEB (1,235 posts)
45. I scored a trump I r smart bigly

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
57. I had to enter a social security number, credit card number and password to my bank account
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 03:09 PM
Sep 2017

to claim my prize for having such a high IQ, they said I should receive in in 8 to 10 weeks.

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts)
71. It is being processed at this very moment! In order to ensure that you and only you receive your
Wed Sep 13, 2017, 03:44 PM
Sep 2017

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