Liam Proven ([info]lproven) wrote,
@ 2008-05-21 23:11:00
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Current location:work
Current mood:slightly bored
Entry tags:blog, fun

Feeling smart?
http://www.intelligence-test.net/part1/

It's a lengthy puzzle of the form "24 H in a D". Some of them are giving me some gyp, though, even though it rates me as a genius so far. Yeah, right. :¬)

No time limit. 33 questions. Some are US-centric, sports or christianity-oriented, though, I warn you...


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[info]dj_alexander
2008-05-21 10:40 pm UTC (link)
There were as many UK-centric ones as US-centric ones... well, maybe I should say non-US rather than UK...

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[info]lproven
2008-05-21 10:51 pm UTC (link)
True. It worries me that there are 3 I still can't get when it looks like you & Ben have finished!

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[info]baljemmett
2008-05-21 10:49 pm UTC (link)
I had to resort to Google for one of them, alas, even though somehow I knew what the S A was going to be and just couldn't think of the 9 P... Bizarre. Apart from that, quite fun!

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[info]lproven
2008-05-21 10:53 pm UTC (link)
You've already done?

[Feels suddenly very stupid]

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[info]baljemmett
2008-05-21 10:56 pm UTC (link)
Well, unless there's some way of getting another page of them that I'm not seeing -- zipped down 20 straight off and then had to start thinking. Got a little stuck on synonyms for some of them, mind...

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[info]lproven
2008-05-21 11:01 pm UTC (link)
[Face in hands, sobbing]

Damn. I need to shave my knuckles again.

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[info]steer
2008-05-21 11:46 pm UTC (link)
unless there's some way of getting another page of them

Failed meta test -- substitute page1 in url for page2 page3 etc.

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[info]lproven
2008-05-22 12:44 am UTC (link)
Or, y'know, you could just go to the actual homepage of the site, where they're all listed.

I know, it's too easy, really... :¬p

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[info]steer
2008-05-22 12:45 am UTC (link)
That also works as a solution.

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[info]baljemmett
2008-05-22 09:00 am UTC (link)
Aye, that's what made me think there was probably another page, but I decided it was instead bedtime :)

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[info]vampwillow
2008-05-21 10:51 pm UTC (link)
getting to 20 was easy, now I'm getting stuck ;-/

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[info]vampwillow
2008-05-21 10:56 pm UTC (link)
Full set of answers (in same order even!)

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Miscellaneous/Puzzles_Riddles/Q_21793289.html

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[info]lproven
2008-05-21 10:57 pm UTC (link)
Cheat!

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[info]vampwillow
2008-05-21 11:05 pm UTC (link)
tired and about to fall into bed so didn't want to fight the list for more time ;-P

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[info]lproven
2008-05-21 11:06 pm UTC (link)
Excuses, excuses!

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[info]delomelas
2008-05-21 10:56 pm UTC (link)
Does it count if you use google? That's showing initiative, right?

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[info]lproven
2008-05-21 10:57 pm UTC (link)
How can I put this...?

No.

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[info]guybles
2008-05-21 11:09 pm UTC (link)
24 before I got bored and looked it up (thanks [info]vampwillow).

Of course, that doesn't count me as a genius so much as someone who has seen most of them before. And more besides.

Personally, I always liked 76 T lead the B P.

Edit: must learn to use markup properly...

Edited at 2008-05-21 11:10 pm UTC

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[info]lproven
2008-05-21 11:42 pm UTC (link)
You're a cheater too, then.

I'm doing it the hard way & I still can't get #28 & #33, curse it.

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[info]the_magician
2008-05-22 12:25 am UTC (link)
I found 33 easy, but then I've seen Pirates of the Caribbean :-)

23 on a quick first pass, and since that counted as genius and I'm tired, didn't bother with the rest.

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[info]lproven
2008-05-22 12:50 am UTC (link)
Argh! Unwanted hint!

OK. Just #28 is stumping me now. Clearly I am intellectually challenged. :¬(

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[info]zotz
2008-05-22 10:04 am UTC (link)
I couldn't get 28 for ages, which is particularly ironic.

If it helps, I've got five still to get.

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[info]darth_tigger
2008-05-22 03:54 pm UTC (link)
*can't get #28. Wonders why it's ironic. Looks up [info]zotz's userinfo. Wonders why being a biologist is ironic. Has brainwave. Googles something to find out if there's 23 of them. Finds out there are. Celebrates having got #28*

Just one to go now!

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[info]metahacker
2008-05-22 01:14 am UTC (link)
I was waiting for 76. Ah well. Also 88 K on a P.

Actually I started working backward from numbers I could think of...this worked for 18, 24, 365, etc.

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[info]vatine
2008-05-22 06:16 am UTC (link)
Getting 10 was a breeze (basically scrolling through the page and fill out, if it required more than a few seconds, look at the next one). There's a couple that are sort-of near solution. We'll see when I get home from work.

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[info]wag_9393
2008-05-22 10:39 am UTC (link)
I'd seen a lot of these before. Took me about 30 minutes to get the lot whilst pretending to work ;-)

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[info]wag_9393
2008-05-22 10:41 am UTC (link)
I vaguely remember Roger Robinson producing one of these all SF related and that was an absolute pig!

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[info]watertigersf
2008-05-22 11:59 am UTC (link)
I got to 19 quickly, learned i was a genius...realisted therefore that it couldnt be an accurate test and went on to spend my time more productively. thouhg thanks for the hint that there were sports questions, that helped me and I had some trouble spelling millennium....


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[info]gaspodia
2008-05-22 01:09 pm UTC (link)
8, 12 and 20 are currently stumping me and a misplaced apostrophe caused me much angst earlier :)

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[info]gaspodia
2008-05-22 01:27 pm UTC (link)
Argh! @ 12 now I've got it :)

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[info]gaspodia
2008-05-22 02:00 pm UTC (link)
Played on the Wii at lunchtime and got 18 soon after that. Just number 8 to go!

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[info]darth_tigger
2008-05-22 03:45 pm UTC (link)
28 in 5 minutes. 5 left to go. These are going to annoy me.

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[info]darth_tigger
2008-05-22 03:46 pm UTC (link)
I can't count. 4 left to go.

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[info]darth_tigger
2008-05-22 03:47 pm UTC (link)
Got another. Would have been quicker if I could spell. And type.

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[info]darth_tigger
2008-05-22 03:51 pm UTC (link)
Aagh, just got #31. How did I not get that before?

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[info]darth_tigger
2008-05-22 03:59 pm UTC (link)
OK, just #30 to go now. Not bad for 20 minutes.

Though if I don't get this one soon I may lose interest.

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