# 33 D on a W S **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320 "2011-06-04T18:21:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/1 "2011-06-04T18:21:36Z")
I stumbled across this [link](http://intelligence-test.net/part1/?m=2) and figured the board would have fun with it. I’ve figured out 20 of them so far but I started last night. And no, the infamous one isn’t on there; it was the first one I looked for. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/2 "2011-06-04T18:38:04Z")
I don’t see 33 D on a W S in your link??? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/3 "2011-06-04T18:39:51Z")
No, I made that one up for the thread title because there are 33 puzzles on that page. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/4 "2011-06-04T18:45:09Z")
Ha - the scoring is a bit generous. “1 to 5 is… average.” (In a C of S N C) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/5 "2011-06-04T18:49:23Z")
14 k of g in a f p d? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/6 "2011-06-04T18:57:05Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > 14 k of g in a f p d? Wait a minute! I know this one. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/7 "2011-06-04T18:57:35Z")
answered about 7. (I knew they were right, game is weird about what you need to type. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/8 "2011-06-04T18:59:21Z")
I haven’t noticed any weirdness. Everything has to be spelled correctly with no extra spaces and if part of the puzzle is in parentheses, that part of your answer has to be in parentheses as well. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/9 "2011-06-04T19:03:40Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I haven’t noticed any weirdness. Everything has to be spelled correctly with no extra spaces and if part of the puzzle is in parentheses, that part of your answer has to be in parentheses as well. What I mean, I typed out the whole phrase, not just what the letters stand for. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/10 "2011-06-04T19:18:20Z")
Fun! I’ve got 20 so far. Woo genius! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/11 "2011-06-04T19:23:15Z")
Up to 24, and a very mild general hint: For at least a couple answers, it’s clear that the puzzlewriter is British or Australian or something ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/12 "2011-06-04T19:42:47Z")
I’m at 31 so far, though I had to guess on numbers 30 an 31 (9 P in SA and 6 B to an O in C). The ones I don’t have are 14 and 17. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/13 "2011-06-04T19:44:46Z")
14 is dumb. I only got it because my brother made one up as a joke and it was right. Fits with LHoD’s british theme though. ---
**Author:** ![HardlySanguine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/14 "2011-06-04T20:21:53Z")
I did about ten and then looked up a couple that I was stuck on. Threw up my hands in disgust at number 5 and then looked up the rest. If anyone’s curious, the answers are: 1. 26 letters of the alphabet 2. 7 days of the week 3. 7 wonders of the world 4. 12 signs of the zodiac 5. 66 books of the bible 6. 52 cards in a pack (without jokers) 7. 13 stripes in the United States flag 8. 18 holes on a golf course 9. 39 books of the old testament 10. 5 toes on a foot 11. 90 degrees in a right angle 12. 3 blind mice (see how they run) 13. 32 is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit at which water freezes 14. 15 players in a rugby team 15. 3 wheels on a tricycle 16. 100 Cents in a dollar 17. 11 players in a football (soccer) team 18. 12 months in a year 19. 13 is unlucky for some 20. 8 tentacles on a octopus 21. 29 days in February in a leap year 22. 27 books in the New Testament 23. 365 days in a year 24. 13 loaves in a baker’s dozen 25. 52 weeks in a Year 26. 9 lives of a cat 27. 60 minutes in a hour 28. 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body 29. 64 squares on a chess board 30. 9 provinces in South Africa 31. 6 balls to an over in cricket 32. 1000 years in a millennium 33. 15 men on a dead man’s chest ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/15 "2011-06-04T21:05:51Z")
OK, then, I don’t feel bad about the two I missed, since I wouldn’t have known them anyway. And 17 could have omitted the parenthetical S and it still would have worked. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/16 "2011-06-04T21:08:13Z")
25/33 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/17 "2011-06-04T21:21:05Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > OK, then, I don’t feel bad about the two I missed, since I wouldn’t have known them anyway. And 17 could have omitted the parenthetical S and it still would have worked. Those were exactly the two that led to my hint :). THere are a lot I haven’t gotten, but once I got 17, I went back and got 14 pretty easily. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/18 "2011-06-04T21:49:43Z")
I got 25 out of 33 the first time through, just typing what came to mind immediately. I was lucky about the 6 B in an O in C, I figured out what the C was but took a while to get the words right for B and O because I’m not really familiar with C except for its similarity to its American counterpart, B. It also shows something about the home country of the author of this puzzle. The other 7 took me a little while longer. After 10 minutes or so I filled them all in. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/19 "2011-06-04T21:55:21Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Those were exactly the two that led to my hint :). THere are a lot I haven’t gotten, but once I got 17, I went back and got 14 pretty easily. Heh, I somehow got #31 before 17 or 14, but after #31 gave me a big hint as to where the author was likely from, I stared at #17 until the meaning of “F (S) T” came to me, and then yeah #14 became obvious 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Teufelblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@Teufelblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teufelblitz)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320/20 "2011-06-05T02:34:13Z")
Managed to get 17 before giving in. I can probably get a few more, but it will take some rumination. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/33-d-on-a-w-s/584320.md?page=2)