# I'm a visionary philosopher! (Online IQ test) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904 "2002-11-26T15:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/61 "2002-11-27T02:49:42Z")
RTFirefly posted: \>And the coconut one - I went with the coconut because of the hard/soft and fruit/nonfruit distinctions. I went with coconut too – but only because the rest can all be peeled. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/62 "2002-11-27T02:54:14Z")
Funny thing, tho. The IQ it measured for me is lower than it was the last time I was measured. Conclusion: Straight Dope make dumer me. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/63 "2002-11-27T04:36:53Z")
Visionary Philosopher, and 140. I’m wondering how they determine one’s way of thinking…I mean, if someone got all the questions right, what would they be? ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/64 "2002-11-27T04:48:13Z")
**144**. And a **Visionary Philosopher** to boot! Wow! I’m up there with **RTFirefly** and **Libertarian** at the top of the heap? Good company, I guess. 🙂 And **RTFirefly** , for the fruit one, I guessed grape, as it is the only one that grows on a vine, rather than a tree. I’d have to agree that some of those are quite subjective. Like #33. One could take the route that the circle is the only shape without straight edges. Conversely, the right triangle is the only non-regular figure. I wouldn’t put too much stock in this one. A _real_ test would, in my opinion, let you explain your answers. Just MHO. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/65 "2002-11-27T05:54:32Z")
Boo, pipped by **soup, Lib** and **RTF**. 🙂 I got 140 – like a few others in this thread. My large grain of salt is digesting as we speak. I still think the coconut question is crap. > [@](#): > > \*\*I went with Kangaroo because of the mammal/marsupial difference, but IMHO it could just as easily have been Mule because of the reproductive/sterile distinction. Which one’s a bigger difference, making the differing one least like the other four? Depends on how you look at it. \*\*I went kangaroo since it doesn’t walk on four legs, unlike the others. This type of question sucks though. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/66 "2002-11-27T06:27:51Z")
Screw that coconut-peeling, square-rooting, fact-curating shit. I’m [Han Solo](http://www.emode.com/tests/starwars/), baby! ---
**Author:** ![litost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@litost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/litost)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/67 "2002-11-27T06:43:58Z")
1. Visionary Filosofer. Non-native English speaker… so as per formula established by experts - 160!!! I went with banana because it is the only non-rounded shape. That must be the one that kept me from 144, sorry, 164 dammit! ---
**Author:** ![agroof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@agroof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agroof)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/68 "2002-11-27T06:45:04Z")
**140** , and I am also a **visionary philosopher**. Oh, and the correct answer to the fruit question is **grape** (presumably for the reason that **Soup\_du\_jour** et al. provided). My initial guess was coconut, but to satiate my curiosity I took the test again and changed my response to grape – my IQ increased to 142. Probably not a valid measure of IQ – but entertaining nevertheless. 🙂 agroof ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/69 "2002-11-27T06:45:39Z")
**RT** , once I saw how the gray squares were, ah, dancing (so as not to help anyone with a particularly fun problem:)), it was all of five seconds before I realized the answer. The colored parts of the square (circle inside, cut in half, etc) just made me dizzy, so I guessed C. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/70 "2002-11-27T07:32:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*126…I am an Inventive Inquisitor. The first thing we can tell you about that is you’re **equally good at mathematical and verbal skills** and have a thirst for learning through experience. But that’s just scratching the surface. \*\* Huh. I’m a Visionary Philosopher, but I am also “equally good at mathematical and verbal tasks, and learn best through experience.” Of course, “that’s just scratching the surface.” I guess originality isn’t part of their program. With a score of 138, I wonder which question I missed that RTFirefly got right. I wonder if they give out low scores, or if that would be too hard on the sales efforts… ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/71 "2002-11-27T07:36:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Soup\_du\_jour \* > **And RTFirefly, for the fruit one, I guessed grape, as it is the only one that grows on a vine, rather than a tree.** Yet the coconut is the only one with a hard shell, an equally valid answer, no? If each question doesn’t have one, and only one logically valid answer, I just can’t put too much stock in the test. Sigh! I had such high hopes for my brain after that test, too… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/72 "2002-11-27T14:10:19Z")
Looks like you’re the winner so far, **Soup**! Grape, huh? Fascinating. I wonder if the scores max out at 144, or if there’s stuff we’re still missing. Maybe it’s time for a little bit of collaboration with spoiler tags. Here were my answers that got me the 142, and my reasoning in a few of the problems with the different shapes and figures: Questions 1-10: 3236, kangaroo, 49, tempting, hat, (fourth figure), 900, false, country, rocket. Questions 11-20: False, impossible, 20, true, 5, skillful, 56, true, 99, Sandy. Questions 21-30: 120, simple, 1/16, 10, value, 20, coconut\*, virtue, point the finger, nothing. Questions 31-40: envelope, ice skate, circle\*\*, (third figure)_**, (second fig.)**_\*, (second), (last)\*\*\*\*\*, (first), (second), (third). - Wrong answer. \*\* I chose the circle because it was the only non-polygonal shape. (Both the last two choices were irregular polygons, FWIW.) \*\*\* It’s got to be square-in-square, with 4 different colors. The two colors of the inner triangle have to reverse those of the inner triangle of the upper-left square; the outer triangle has to reverse the colors of the outer triangle of the lower-left square. \*\*\*\* Look at the first of the three figures at the top. The two dots in the middle stay put as you go from one figure to the next. The ones in the corners in the first figure move one square at a time in succeeding figures. The pattern of the movement is obvious. \*\*\*\*\* The figure on the bottom is consistent in each row, but the shading isn’t. And the top figures are all different in each row. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/73 "2002-11-27T14:38:55Z")
Hmmm, I went with Grape because it grows on a vine while all the others come from a tree. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/74 "2002-11-27T14:45:08Z")
138, Visionary Philosopher. Damn – I wanted wordsmith… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/75 "2002-11-27T14:47:57Z")
I went with Coconut because you don’t put it in a fruit salad. Hey, whadya want? I’m visionary… ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/76 "2002-11-27T15:17:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Ace of Swords \* > \*\*138, Visionary Philosopher. Damn – I wanted wordsmith… \*\* I wanted Disco King, but I guess I needed a different score for that. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/77 "2002-11-27T15:29:31Z")
hmm… 140 and Visionary Philosopher, although it took me several tries to correctly input the information on the last page in order to get the results :smack: Does this mean we’re all geniuses or something? Where are the people getting the poor results? Was this an IQ test or an ego stroker? What’s up with “Visionary Philosopher”? Why not just call me “Super Awesome Guy” or something? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/78 "2002-11-27T16:46:31Z")
It occurs to me that those of us who took this test have probably taken the same sort of test questions (thus why I think I’m not alone in knowing how to solve the problem as soon as I got to it), and as such know how to go about solving the questions. ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/79 "2002-11-27T17:00:36Z")
140, vis phil, which, coincidentally, is exactly the number I received on the only other IQ test I took, back in 1st grade or so, about 30 something years ago. And did anyone ever say what that word is unscrambled? I gave up on that one. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/80 "2002-11-27T17:34:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pablito \* > \*\*And did anyone ever say what that word is unscrambled? I gave up on that one. \*\* I did a Yahoo search for “Anagram Solver”\*\* and plugged the word into the result. I got England. \*\*Um…that’s _creative problem solving_ and not cheating, right? Maybe I should lower my score…😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904.md?page=5)