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Offline The Chief

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How Smart Are You?
« on: December 08, 2012, 12:59:19 PM »
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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2012, 01:03:18 PM »
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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2012, 01:06:23 PM »
Hmmm ... casually doing it (while watching TV), I'm an "honor student," getting 8/11 correct.

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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2012, 01:08:13 PM »
I got 10/11. I fell for no.10.
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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2012, 01:09:12 PM »
I read question 10 too fast.  I should have made a double-take.  I got everything else correct.
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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2012, 01:32:29 PM »
I got 9 out of 11 but if the creators of the test had any brains I would have got 10 out of 11. Not being American I don't know anything about baseball so naturally I couldn't answer question number 4. (I had no idea what an "inning" was.)

But: "How many birthdays does the average man have?"

I've had 1 actual birth day and I've celebrated it as my birthday 69 times. So whether the correct number in my case is "one", "69" or "70" is purely a question of semantics. As the term "birthday" wasn't defined in the question it could mean several things, and both "1" and "10+" should be considered correct answers.

Bad test.  :'(
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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2012, 01:38:41 PM »
I got 9 out of 11 but if the creators of the test had any brains I would have got 10 out of 11. Not being American I don't know anything about baseball so naturally I couldn't answer question number 4. (I had no idea what an "inning" was.)

But: "How many birthdays does the average man have?"

I've had 1 actual birth day and I've celebrated it as my birthday 69 times. So whether the correct number in my case is "one", "69" or "70" is purely a question of semantics. As the term "birthday" wasn't defined in the question it could mean several things, and both "1" and "10+" should be considered correct as answers.

Bad test.  :'(

Or bad loser.   ;D ;D
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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2012, 01:39:45 PM »
How long did the pills last? .......  usually means to me how long the effects of the pill lasts .....  and I have never heard of any other interpretation ......

although like BB I have no idea what an 'out' is, I guessed correctly ..... too much exposure to US TV progs I guess  :D

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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2012, 01:47:41 PM »
For what it's worth... pretty much nothing...  ;D ;D

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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2012, 02:15:48 PM »
failed at 6, 7, and 10.

two cent stamps almost got me. The man and the widow, took a little thinking, he would have to be dead for her to be a window.

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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2012, 02:27:10 PM »
I go 6 right, the ones I missed don't matter to me!  :) ;D ;D ;D
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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2012, 02:28:08 PM »
For what it's worth... pretty much nothing...  ;D ;D





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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2012, 02:48:36 PM »
For what it's worth... pretty much nothing...  ;D ;D





For what it's worth.....he's right nothing....nonetheless, there it is.  ::) ::) ::)




So neither of you was smart enough to realize that the birthday question was ambiguous?
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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2012, 02:53:31 PM »
For what it's worth... pretty much nothing...  ;D ;D





For what it's worth.....he's right nothing....nonetheless, there it is.  ::) ::) ::)




So neither of you was smart enough to realize that the birthday question was ambiguous?



All of the questions are to some extent ambiguous, so I followed the original instructions given by The Chief, Pay close attention and consider each question carefully...
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Re: How Smart Are You?
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2012, 03:00:26 PM »
Well i got 6 and was told in so many words i am a fantastic lover ;D
the baseball got me and i'm sorry to say so did Moses.
Maybe if i got all the questions right it'll tell me where i can find a lover to show how fantastic i am ;D
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