re: On horses and zebras

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re: On horses and zebras

Mary Anne — 1/31/2006 5:37:06 PM (archived)

If I see hoofprints...

That one was the 2-second question for me. But I have spent many years reading children's riddle books. If not silly, then obvious is usually the way to go.

MENSA is faaaaar too serious for me to entertain the first option.

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IQ test - alcaray - 1/24/2006 7:33:33 PM
- I didn't realize you could go 2 years back. - alcaray - 3/7/2008 11:56:39 PM
- re: I got 3 correct... (n/t) - Scott Evil - 2/2/2006 11:12:02 PM
  - Thats a higher score than I would have expected from you... (n/t) - R.L. - 2/4/2006 5:00:35 AM
  - re: does that make the mean go up? (n/t) - Scott Evil - 2/2/2006 11:12:59 PM
- And the HZ mean is...23.4 (n/t) - SDG - 2/1/2006 7:56:36 AM
- 24 - FrankC - 1/29/2006 6:35:41 AM
  - me too (n/t) - Mary Anne - 1/29/2006 5:06:55 PM
- The 'Myst' games were a very fun Mensa type test - R.L. - 1/29/2006 12:08:02 AM
  - Cheated at Myst - azstrummer - 2/1/2006 4:35:33 PM
  - I'm two games behind on that series. - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2006 1:16:45 AM
    - I am pissed.... - R.L. - 1/29/2006 9:47:27 AM
      - Odd... - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2006 10:04:03 PM
- Answered 28, got 24 - nick hoffman - 1/27/2006 11:48:50 AM
- 21 - SteveS - 1/27/2006 3:26:14 AM
- Pretty poor test. Many of the questions are meaningless. - David F Mayer - 1/26/2006 10:39:30 PM
  - re: Pretty poor test. Many of the questions are meaningless. - Joe - 3/7/2008 6:20:07 PM
  - re: Pretty poor test. Many of the questions are meaningless. - nick hoffman - 1/27/2006 11:53:18 AM
    - The questions are very poorly formulated. - David F Mayer - 1/29/2006 2:04:35 AM
      - Wow- are you really that dense? - R.L. - 1/29/2006 2:18:45 AM
        
        Don't think "dense" is accurate - alcaray - 1/30/2006 4:48:45 PM
        
        I can sort of see his point... - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2006 9:28:56 AM
        
        Who cares what Sally likes? - Eri - 3/8/2008 4:09:11 AM
        
        Cultural knowledge - Mary Anne - 1/29/2006 5:03:12 PM
        
        re: Cultural knowledge - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2006 10:10:03 PM
  - Umm... you missed those, I take it? - R.L. - 1/27/2006 8:47:52 AM
    - Mensa - FrankC - 1/29/2006 6:45:34 AM
    - re: Umm... you missed those, I take it? - azstrummer - 1/27/2006 11:21:14 PM
      - Atheists and Smart peole - ER - 3/7/2008 9:26:37 PM
      - Marx. - Mary Anne - 1/29/2006 1:21:55 AM
        
        Hey! Ten points for "Mary Anne spotting!" (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2006 1:58:37 AM
        
        And isn't that an ivory billed peckerwood over there?! - R.L. - 1/29/2006 5:24:44 AM
        
        Not quite extinct? They're as common as house sparrows in Washington D.C. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2006 10:12:58 PM
      - That was my take on it as well - R.L. - 1/28/2006 10:33:24 PM
  - I'd say your response was informative... - alcaray - 1/26/2006 10:52:26 PM
- Is it just me, or is the explanation to #8 overly complicated? - Tony - 1/26/2006 9:28:07 PM
  - I'll bite, how do you do it without figuring the value of each fruit? (n/t) - RobVG - 1/28/2006 10:10:41 PM
    - Spoiler alert. - Tony - 1/30/2006 2:14:05 AM
      - Damn. You rock. - Tom Brosz - 2/1/2006 5:33:15 PM
        
        Well I dont mean to blow my own trumpet, but Yes, Yes I do - Tony - 2/1/2006 10:19:04 PM
        
        I prefer 'Ribbons' myself... (n/t) - R.L. - 2/4/2006 3:12:18 AM
        
        I would never have guessed your taste in music.... - Lindy - 2/3/2006 4:52:01 PM
        
        Proof you don't hang on every word I type - Tony - 2/3/2006 5:59:58 PM
      - VERY good (n/t) - R.L. - 1/31/2006 7:43:37 AM
      - Clever. - RobVG - 1/31/2006 2:52:43 AM
        
        On circles and octagons - Tony - 1/31/2006 2:54:19 PM
        
        re: On horses and zebras - Mary Anne - 1/31/2006 5:37:06 PM
      - Or you can do it the hard way... - alcaray - 1/30/2006 4:51:13 PM
        
        Algebra "is hard work" - Tony - 1/30/2006 9:20:24 PM
    - If I remember correctly... - R.L. - 1/28/2006 10:52:34 PM
      - Yeah but I think Tony's saying there's an easier way? (n/t) - RobVG - 1/28/2006 10:57:00 PM
        
        This is creepy.... - R.L. - 1/28/2006 11:27:00 PM
        
        I guessed right on a couple as well - FrankC - 1/29/2006 6:47:35 AM
        
        re: I guessed right on a couple as well - R.L. - 1/29/2006 8:06:38 AM
        
        re: This is creepy.... - RobVG - 1/29/2006 12:07:56 AM
        
        I have learned... - R.L. - 1/29/2006 11:03:24 AM
        
        Could be.... (n/t) - R.L. - 1/29/2006 12:09:45 AM
        
        I havent read the answers yet... - R.L. - 1/28/2006 11:04:27 PM
        
        Me neither... (n/t) - RobVG - 1/28/2006 11:12:13 PM
- re: IQ test - azstrummer - 1/25/2006 11:15:31 PM
  - I like solving puzzles. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/26/2006 4:01:09 PM
  - I think Art wins. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 4:36:44 AM
- I once joined mensa - R.L. - 1/25/2006 8:22:25 PM
  - Why? - Scott Evil - 1/30/2006 11:10:38 PM
    - I went to one meeting... - R.L. - 2/1/2006 2:39:13 AM
- 26 - Laurie Street - 1/25/2006 6:05:55 PM
  - Hey Laurie. - Tony - 1/30/2006 2:16:48 AM
  - "Anagram site?" - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2006 8:14:51 PM
    - Sometimes one demonstrates intelligence by knowing when to reach for a tool... - Mary Anne - 1/30/2006 2:33:37 AM
      - Of course, the simplest way to research it... - Tom Brosz - 2/1/2006 5:35:43 PM
    - re: "Anagram site?" - Laurie Street - 1/25/2006 11:29:01 PM
      - I spent most of my time remembering how to do algebra (n/t) - alcaray - 1/26/2006 6:07:08 PM
    - re: "Anagram site?" - Todd - 1/25/2006 8:54:37 PM
- 26 - Tony - 1/25/2006 2:58:40 PM
- 19. Ouch. (spoilers in message) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2006 6:01:00 AM
  - 24 without the Internet anagram site - Robert - 1/25/2006 11:06:33 PM
    - also 24 (n/t) - SDG - 1/26/2006 3:17:01 AM
- re: IQ test - Todd - 1/25/2006 5:06:16 AM

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