# 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:** 3
**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, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/41 "2007-01-28T01:59:15Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] It is affected. [/QUOTE] I wonder if 30 is the perfect score then? Did anyone count the questions? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/42 "2007-01-28T02:01:18Z")
1. Damn my ignorance on rap music! ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/43 "2007-01-28T02:03:31Z")
I only got a 21. I was kind of angry at the whole quiz. Serious, does not knowing Tupac make you stupid? (I got that one, but still) The same goes for the Mitsubishi question. I figure that should be titled slightly different. Brendon ---
**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 28, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/44 "2007-01-28T02:19:58Z")
[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] ‘Affect’ is a verb. ‘Effect’ is a noun. Did that produce the desired effect? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/45 "2007-01-28T02:22:17Z")
Dumb IQ quiz but I scored a solid 27. You are 44.4% smarter than average. Average score is 18.7 at this point with 1128 test takers so far. There is this disclaimer on the results: > [@](#): > > \*\*The Smart or Stoopid test is purely meant to be a fun quiz to see how your IQ rates alongside the average, based on the scores of other people who have taken the test. Naturally, only stupid people would take it as a true indicator of intelligence, and only intelligent people would take it as a true indicator of stupidity. Or something like that. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/46 "2007-01-28T02:26:30Z")
[Quint] Twenty-five [/Quint] ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/47 "2007-01-28T03:56:16Z")
I think some people are a little bit sore about their results. The fact that this is called the Smart or **Stoopid** test should be a pretty big hint that it is not meant to be taken seriously. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/48 "2007-01-28T03:59:28Z")
[QUOTE=C3] 26, but I guessed on a bunch of them (Evolution? Hit em up? Huh?) [/QUOTE] 28, and I blanked on the exact same questions. If there were 30 total questions I would assme those were the ones I got wrong. …yep, Google tells me that Tupac Shakur did “Hit 'Em Up” (I guessed Biggie Smalls), and that it’s the Mitsubishi Evolution (I guessed Nissan). The other questions were mostly all just trivia questions. Except for ones like the “which of these letters of the alphabet comes after K but before R” or “how much change from $10 do you get from 2x$2.75” that anybody should get right, but some people might freak out over due to the ticking clock and then randomly guess wrong. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/49 "2007-01-28T04:02:10Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] I think some people are a little bit sore about their results. The fact that this is called the Smart or **Stoopid** test should be a pretty big hint that it is not meant to be taken seriously. [/QUOTE] Yes, or their specific disclaimer I posted above that says it is not serious. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/50 "2007-01-28T04:08:16Z")
I scored 28, which it said was 50.8% smarter than average. And it said I was “smarter than the average bear”; I had no idea that ursine IQ has been the subject of formal study. ---
**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 28, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/51 "2007-01-28T04:13:13Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] I scored 28, which it said was 50.8% smarter than average. And it said I was “smarter than the average bear”; I had no idea that ursine IQ has been the subject of formal study. [/QUOTE] They did a comprehensive study of intelligence in bears at Jellystone National Park back in 1961. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/52 "2007-01-28T04:16:23Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] ‘Affect’ is a verb. ‘Effect’ is a noun. Did that produce the desired effect? [/QUOTE] “Effect” is also a verb in certain circumstances, but not in the test. As a verb, “effect” is a synonym for “cause,” as in: “Smoking effects cancer”; ie, “smoking causes cancer.” Whenever I use it verbally, I pronounce the initial E long, to make sure people know I’m not saying “affects.” ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/53 "2007-01-28T04:23:37Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] “Effect” is also a verb in certain circumstances, but not in the test. As a verb, “effect” is a synonym for “cause,” as in: “Smoking effects cancer”; ie, “smoking causes cancer.” Whenever I use it verbally, I pronounce the initial E long, to make sure people know I’m not saying “affects.” [/QUOTE] Now go lay down in the corner and ax yourself if effecting airs is worth annoying your grammatical inferiours. 😉 (It surely is, in my book!) ---
**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, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/54 "2007-01-28T04:58:00Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Yes, or their specific disclaimer I posted above that says it is not serious. [/QUOTE] But I doubt everyone read that. Surely everyone saw “Smart or Stoopid?” in big letters on the first page. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/55 "2007-01-28T05:02:52Z")
28, FWIW. Like a lot of you, I guessed on the car and rapper q’s. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/56 "2007-01-28T05:12:57Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] But I doubt everyone read that. Surely everyone saw “Smart or Stoopid?” in big letters on the first page. [/QUOTE] Actually from some of the complaints, I am not sure anyone saw it. 😉 I was getting a little annoyed with the test when it asked about Evolution and the Rap song also. I am not sure what else I messed up. Jim ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/57 "2007-01-28T05:20:38Z")
24, but that kind of fast moving stuff really janks my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/58 "2007-01-28T06:13:46Z")
23, and I have to make the token protest that it’s a little too US-centric. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/59 "2007-01-28T08:20:02Z")
Since many people seem baffled by the “Hit 'Em Up” question - the song was done by 2Pac. The track was actually a rather mean-spirited attack on several other rappers, especially the Notorious B.I.G., in which he claimed to have slept with his wife (his wording of the event was a little more colorful). ---
**Author:** ![aclubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aclubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aclubs)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758/60 "2007-01-28T12:17:45Z")
1. Don’t know about beer, cars, or rappers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-you/389758.md?page=4)