# How smart are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758 "2007-01-27T20:50:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/21 "2007-01-27T22:10:09Z")
Wow, I got a 29. I didn’t know which rapper that was, and maybe misclicked one or two, and might have been mistaken on a couple more, and one might have timed out. After seeing those Jeopardy scores, I figured I was way below average. I guess people reporting their Jeopardy scores are a bit self selecting. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/22 "2007-01-27T22:34:10Z")
[QUOTE=guizot] I’m smart enough not to waste my time taking stupid internet “smartness” quizes. I don’t know what score that will give me, and I don’t care. [/QUOTE] That bad, huh? 😃 Regards, Shodan PS - 26 - I don’t know cars or rappers. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/23 "2007-01-27T22:41:51Z")
26 as well ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/24 "2007-01-27T22:44:49Z")
[QUOTE=Julius Henry] I also got a 24, but unlike \*\*psycat90 \*\* and **Cowboy8467** , my 24 makes me 28.9% smarter than average in this trivia/history/how-fast-can-you-click-your-mouse test. [/QUOTE] It’s dropped down to 28.7% now. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/25 "2007-01-27T22:48:02Z")
1. I know what car an Evolution is, but not who sang “Hit 'em up”. Got a couple wrong that I realized just after I hit the button, and one question timed out. As others have said, this is not a test of “smartness”. It’s a trivia quiz, and a test of memory-retrieval time. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/26 "2007-01-27T22:51:25Z")
I got a 28. Didn’t seem all that difficult, other than I have no idea who makes an Evolution and am not in touch with rappers. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/27 "2007-01-27T23:27:06Z")
29 55.9% smarter than average. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/28 "2007-01-27T23:36:21Z")
29 ---
**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:** [January 27, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/29 "2007-01-27T23:41:55Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] PS - 26 - I don’t know cars or rappers. [/QUOTE] I’m going with that excuse, too. 26. ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/30 "2007-01-27T23:45:48Z")
1. Cars and rappers aren’t my strong suits. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/31 "2007-01-27T23:56:31Z")
27…45.1% “smarter” than average ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/32 "2007-01-27T23:58:04Z")
1. Why so many questions about beer? BTW, Mistubishi makes the Lancer Evolution. ---
**Author:** ![Hogwash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hogwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogwash)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/33 "2007-01-28T00:20:49Z")
1. I would’ve thought that many more dopers would score higher than I did. Oh well, I can still do a happy dance. ---
**Author:** ![dynamitedave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@dynamitedave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dynamitedave)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/34 "2007-01-28T00:50:57Z")
23 which is 23.8% and a complete waste of time 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/35 "2007-01-28T00:59:56Z")
Well, I got a 24, but I shamelessly admit I don’t know who makes the Evolution, what county Carlsberg beer is from or who sang “Hit 'em up.” I am, apparently, competition for Einstein, though. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/36 "2007-01-28T01:04:12Z")
1. Accursed U.S. focused questions! ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy8467](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Cowboy8467](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy8467)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/37 "2007-01-28T01:14:39Z")
[QUOTE=Julius Henry] I also got a 24, but unlike \*\*psycat90 \*\* and **Cowboy8467** , my 24 makes me 28.9% smarter than average in this trivia/history/how-fast-can-you-click-your-mouse test. [/QUOTE] Does that have anything to do with the quickness with which you answer questions? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/38 "2007-01-28T01:26:03Z")
Good link. I’ll use it when I teach about cultural bias in cognitive assessment next week. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/39 "2007-01-28T01:27:32Z")
30! I wonder what a perfect score is? The only one I wasn’t completely sure of was if the Iraqis were _affected_ or _effected_. I put affected for some reason but I think I was wrong. _Hit 'em Up_ is my favorite song to listen to while jogging. It’s Tupac :). ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/40 "2007-01-28T01:56:13Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] 30! I wonder what a perfect score is? The only one I wasn’t completely sure of was if the Iraqis were _affected_ or _effected_. I put affected for some reason but I think I was wrong. _Hit 'em Up_ is my favorite song to listen to while jogging. It’s Tupac :). [/QUOTE] It is affected. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758.md?page=3)