How smart are you?
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this isnt as bad as i expected. i totally choked, but lookng at the questins, some of them are things people should know. some are lame, but its a trivia quiz, thats how it works. thats why on Win Ben Stein's Money he used the phrase "smarter, faster and luckier...". Actually on that show, my average on the final 10 questions was 1 or 2, those questions were hard.
these questions were pretty easy, but most of them were right up my alley. I can see most people not knowing what language they speak in Brazil. i actually new that one because of an old Sega Genesis soccer game, but even if it wernt for that, im a huge MMA fan, and Brazil is VERY well represented in that sport. I know a lot about WWII, and i have a good friend who is muslim. What country Obama was born in has been a popular topic lately.
this isnt as bad as i expected. i totally choked, but lookng at the questins, some of them are things people should know. some are lame, but its a trivia quiz, thats how it works. thats why on Win Ben Stein's Money he used the phrase "smarter, faster and luckier...". Actually on that show, my average on the final 10 questions was 1 or 2, those questions were hard.
these questions were pretty easy, but most of them were right up my alley. I can see most people not knowing what language they speak in Brazil. i actually new that one because of an old Sega Genesis soccer game, but even if it wernt for that, im a huge MMA fan, and Brazil is VERY well represented in that sport. I know a lot about WWII, and i have a good friend who is muslim. What country Obama was born in has been a popular topic lately.
21, though I don't know how knowing who wrote the Black Parade makes me intelligent. It might be an argument for me being cultured, but even that's pushing it. And it's pretty American-centric. Not all of us care where your president was born, we just want to know if he can do a good job.
Yeah, I'm bitching because on IQ tests (which I also maintain have nothing to do with intelligence) I score regularly on MENSA levels, this just seems like a poor effort from me.
Yeah, I'm bitching because on IQ tests (which I also maintain have nothing to do with intelligence) I score regularly on MENSA levels, this just seems like a poor effort from me.
why do people keep saying this? why would Americans know better what language a roman scholar spoke, or what language is spoken in Brazil or Pakistan? Are Americans better at doing math quickly in their heads? Is knowing who the first and only world leader to ever authorize the use of an atomic bomb esoteric knowlege? Did everyone outside of the U.S. forget when WWII happened? Is it just the Obama one and the pop culture one? The Obama one has been all over the news and interwebs lately, and im pretty sure they have both of those outside of the U.S. I didnt have a clue on the pop culture one, but i may be the exception there. Oh and i'v shared a pizza with a muslim before, but i doubt that means that only Americans know what muslims dont eat.Mechsoap said:
bah, I don't se how not knowing about American history, or emo bands or cars makes me stupid. still got 18 though, because I happen to know a lot about history.
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Got 14 but I realized some answers where wrong after clicking from panic.
If I had one more second for each I'd do alright I think.
If I had one more second for each I'd do alright I think.
Really the test is only biased towards the western world, and not any specific country. Seeing how that is their target audience for this test it's not much of a failure on their part. Sure there are a few questions that are easier if you are from the US, but there are a few that are easier if you are not. I doubt this argument would be coming up if they asked the amount of kilometers between London and Cardiff, and a question about the Beatles - giving the test more of an UK slant then US. Still the question about the distance from New York to LA is realistically the only biased question there. Seeing how the miles measurement is pretty much only used mainly by the US.loc978 said:
True, but someone who holds a multitude of degrees in history is bound to get a low score on an IQ test and some renowned nuclear physicists can barely tie their shoes.tavelkyosoba said:
Personally I don't much care for IQ testing, it's always struck me more as a basic assessment of skills and logical thinking rather than a "what do you know?" test, but like I said it's open to interpretation.
