# Are You Clever?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-clever/408280
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 16, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-clever/408280 "2007-06-16T19:26:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![angel\_of\_darkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@angel\_of\_darkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angel_of_darkness)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-clever/408280/1 "2007-06-16T19:26:22Z")

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this is interesting clip. Don’t cheat and don’t use a calculator! 😉

[http://www.metacafe.com/watch/644388/are\_you\_clever/](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/644388/are_you_clever/)

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### Author: ![Juggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/juggler/32/3194_2.png) [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-clever/408280/2 "2007-06-16T19:33:23Z")

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Love the “Inteligent” tag.

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### Author: ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-clever/408280/3 "2007-06-16T20:50:08Z")

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I got the first question right (adding in my head and saying the digits aloud), but the bonus ones are too tricky for me. I guess I’m not that clever.

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### Author: ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-clever/408280/4 "2007-06-16T21:02:05Z")

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Clever than what?

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### Author: ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-clever/408280/5 "2007-06-16T21:46:24Z")

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[QUOTE=scotandrsn]  
Clever than what?  
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Than all of the people leaving comments, clearly.

And it’s ‘cleverer’.

ETA: Or ‘then’. With a preceding comma.