# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/81 "2002-11-27T17:37:11Z")
131, visionary philosopher. A little lower than I normally score, but I’m not worried about it. And this: > [@](#): > > The first thing we can tell you about that is you’re equally good at mathematical and verbal tasks, and learn best through experience. But that’s just scratching the surface. . I’d call it doubtful, but that’s ok. I sure wouldn’t pay for any more information. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/82 "2002-11-27T17:37:38Z")
129… hmm, that’s actually down a bit from the last online IQ test I took, and I felt I got a lot more answers right on this one. For example, I can never get questions with scrambled words, but in this case, “England” jumped right out at me. Oh well. Oh, I’m also a visual philosopher. I gave them my real e-mail address because I clicked off all the options and since e-mode is a pretty big, well-known site, they’d be in hot water if they said “we won’t give away your e-mail address” and did it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/83 "2002-11-27T18:03:01Z")
133 and another “Insightful Linguist” I’m sure after reading my posts, just how accurate that is may be in question. ---
**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, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/84 "2002-11-27T18:57:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by XJETGIRLX \* > I went with coconut too – but only because the rest can all be peeled. Peel me a grape, baby! 😉 ---
**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, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/85 "2002-11-27T19:41:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Congratulations, testy! [testy@mctesty.com] > > **Your IQ score is 73** > > This number is the result of a formula based on how many questions [zero] you answered correctly on Emode’s Ultimate IQ test. > > The even better news is that at Emode, we’ve taken your IQ test one step further. During the test, you answered four different types of questions — mathematical, visual-spatial, linguistic and logical. We were able to analyze how you did on each set of those questions, which allows us to shed light on the way your brain uniquely [to say the least] functions. > > At the same time, we compared your answers with others who have taken the test, and according to the sorts of questions you got correct, **we can tell your Intellectual Type is an Inventive Inquisitor** [!]. > > The first thing we can tell you about that is you’re equally good [read as “equally bad”] at mathematical and verbal skills and have a thirst for learning through experience [read as “there’s no way you could do worse on this test if you took it again”]. But that’s just scratching the surface. > > To find out more about how your brain processes information [or whether it even does] and where your intellectual strengths lie, buy your personalized, 15-page IQ Report for only $14.95. > > You’ll get: > > A summary of your intellectual strengths and weaknesses > > Insight from certified staff PhDs [read as “pay us money to call you an idiot”] > > Charts and graphs that show how you scored along 4 distinct intelligence scales [read as “see your name at the left end of several bell charts”] > > Comparisons to other people [including rebelwithacause, PersephoneTwin, and SyStEmOfAdOwN16] > > All IQ test questions and answers > > A printable Certificate of Intellectual Achievement [read as “become a certified idiot”] > > Details on how to interpret your scores… There ya have it folks. The dim-witted shall no longer be called idiots. Instead, they shall be called **Inventive Inquisitors**. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/86 "2002-11-27T19:50:57Z")
1. Precision Processor. Hmm. Makes me sound like I should be on an assembly line somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/87 "2002-11-27T19:54:17Z")
England I got a 138, visual math, and I’m pissed that Kim did better than I. And I answered coconut, for a variety of reasons, not least of which was that there is no ‘e’ in coconut. ---
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/88 "2002-11-27T20:38:38Z")
I chose coconut because of its missing “e” too. testy chose pear. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/89 "2002-11-27T21:08:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wolfman \* > \*\*Im a 138 precision processor. > > Im curious what people put for the dissimilar fruit. > coconut > grape > banana > apple > pear > > I finally went with banana cause all the rest are mostly round, but the grape is different because of size, and the cocnut is a candidate to cause it comes of the tree in an inedible state. \*\* Interesting. I went with grape because grapes grow on vines and the others grow on trees… I go tthe Visionary Thingamahoo, and 136. I also randomly clicked on two answers because I got bored, so I dunno how that would have factored in (the ones I clicked randomly were the “Dude likes 400 but not 300…” and the blue shapes.) ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/90 "2002-11-27T21:22:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Banger \* > \*\*I chose coconut because of its missing “e” too. > \*\* I don’t get it… “banana” doesn’t have an “e” either. What was the solution to the “Dude likes 400 but not 300…” No tthe ANSWER, I mean the _solution_. Post in spoiler box if necessary. ---
**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, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/91 "2002-11-27T21:43:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eats\_Crayons \* > \*\*I don’t get it… “banana” doesn’t have an “e” either. > > What was the solution to the “Dude likes 400 but not 300…” No tthe ANSWER, I mean the _solution_. Post in spoiler box if necessary. \*\* ahem… it’s spelled benana. Actually, I meant “a”, but having not recalled what the other choices were when I read ShibbOleth’s post and knowing it was the absence of a particular vowel that dictated my choice, I assumed that the missing letter was “e”. Either ShibbOleth made a similar mistake or was making a joke that went over my head. I just noted that **Zoe** got the Inquisitor title too, so I guess it’s not reserved solely for idiots :smack: As for the question about the numbers… John seems to like numbers that are squares of other numbers, and 900 is the only square (30x30) among the choices. ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/92 "2002-11-27T21:53:43Z")
Well, here’s my reasoning behind my answers. Warning: looong spoiler ahead… [sopiler]1) 3236. “DEVIL” is “LIVED” spelled backwards. So, the answer is 6323 backwards. 1. Kangaroo. Doesn’t walk on all fours/is a marsupial. 2. 1. It’s the next square number. 3. Tempting. I’ve never heard this before, but the sentence structure led me to think that \_\_\_\_ was a positive quality. 4. Hat. A GLOVE is a garment that covers a HAND. 5. #4. Rotate 90 degrees and flip between all circles and all triangles. 6. 1. John likes square numbers. 7. False. It’s the definition. 8. Country. The word is “England.” 9. Rocket. By (1) and (2), we see that “Necor” means "danger. By (1) and (3), we see that “Buldon” means “explosion.” Using process of elimination, we conclude that “Slock” means “rocket.” Also, they got “Gondor” wrong. It means “Land of stone.” 😃 10. False. If some some red playing cards are kings, and some kings are black, must some red cards be black? Nope. 11. Impossible. Numerically, we know that A\>J and K\B and B-\>C means A-\>C. 14. 1. L = 4J L + J = 20 4J + J = 20 5J = 20 J = 5 1. Skillful. “Inept” is the opposite of “adept,” a synonym. 2. 1. Double the time allotted to double the distance traveled. 3. True. Same reasoning as #14. 4. 1. If Sue is 50th best, than there must be 49 students better than her. Likewise, there must be 49 students worse than her. That’s 48 students on either side, plus Sue herself, makes 99 total. 5. Sandy. For the sake of argument, the distance X to Y is 60 miles. Jack’s first leg would take 2 hours to complete, and Jack’s second leg would take 6 hours to complete, for a total of 8 hours for the circuit. Sandy’s first and second legs would each take three hours, for a 6-hour circuit. Sandy wins by 2 hours. 6. 1. They halved the workload, but they also halved the workers. D = R x T. It follows that .5D = .5R x T. T is unchanged. 7. Simple. The subject of the sentence mentions “pure” and “simple.” It would make sense, then, that the predicate should do the same. 8. 1/16. Each number is a quarter of the previous number. 9. 1. Divide 800 by 10, then by 4, then by 2. 10. Value. Like #22, this sentence is making parallels within itself. The “price of everything” has a connotation of monetary worth. To mirror this thought later in the sentence, the best word that reflects monetary worth is “value.” 11. 1. Setting the point of reference at the car starting south, the problem turns into a pythagorean theorom problem. This one is easy, though, as the lengths are proportional to the 3/4/5 right triangle, except the distances are quadrupled. 5 x 4 = 20. 12. Grape. It grows on vines, not trees. 13. Virtue. Here’s another sentence with parallels. I simply looked for the word closest to “wisdom.” 14. Point the finger. The parallel in this sentence is between the answer and the phrase “lend a helping hand.” I looked for an answer that had to do with the “hand” motif. 15. Nothing. I thought I heard Socrates say something similar to this. 16. Envelope. A GLASS holds WATER. 17. #2. A HAND is covered by a GLOVE. A FOOT is covered by a SKATE. 18. #2. This one gave me trouble. The circle is the only shape without edges. At the same time, #5 is the only non-regular shape. I guessed lucky, I guess. 19. #3. To continue the motif, the diagonal line in the answer must go Northeast/Southwest, which nixes #2 & #5. By looking at the NE and SW boxes in the puzzle, we determine that the NW section of our answer block must have the same colors as the NW puzzle box’s SE edge, but transposed in location. This leads us to #3. 20. #2. In the “setup boxes,” we see that the four dots move around the squares. The colored box in the first “setup block” that is to the far NorthEast travels one square SW every progression. Likewise, the colored box that starts in the far SW corner moves one square North every progression. The other two boxes do not move. 21. #2. Each box has the same shape as the box directly on the opposite corner/side of the board. 22. #4. The lower shapes in each of the boxes are consistant left to right, so the answer must have a circle as the bigger shape. But, the color of the larger shape is not consistant left to right, so the lower shape (already a circle) must not be filled in. This, #4. 23. #1. From one to another, the shapes and the shadings are flipped. 24. #2. SOLID BOX:SOLID LINE as DOTTEX BOX:DOTTED LINE 25. #3. It’s the only figure constructed with two small-sized shapes, as opposed to a combination of small and large shapes.[/spoiler] So, to get my 144, I did exactly the same stuff as **RTFirefly** , except I answered “grape” instead of “coconut.” _shrug_ Anyhoop, that’s all my reasoning and answers. I do agree with many of y’all that there are many different answers that could work out. Now a _real_ test would force you to justify every possible answer. Like, for the fruit problem, you would have to find out something out about every fruit that made it the odd one out. 'Twould be fun. 🙂 ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/93 "2002-11-27T21:55:02Z")
AAAHHHH! Mods, could someone please put the above in spoiler tags! The irony of this just sickens me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/94 "2002-11-27T22:01:31Z")
\< snort \> ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/95 "2002-11-27T23:37:04Z")
I love irony. Right after scoring 138 on this test, I put a bill and check in the wrong envelope and sealed it without checking it. Some smart guy I am! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/96 "2002-11-28T00:09:42Z")
Maybe the fruit question was the one that’s supposed to determine our “type,” as there seems to have been more than one right answer. The others were for the score, and they threw that one in so they could call us funny names. 136, V.P. (that one’s definitely going on the resume), I answered Kangaroo because of 2 legs, got the “the guy likes squares” question wrong, and put banana because it’s not round. I thought 33 was hard, too – I answered #5 (the isosceles). Seemed like the dot in the middle was supposed to mean something, so my reasoning was that the first 4 shapes could all be rotated 180 degrees and be symmetrical (whatever the word for that is). ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/97 "2002-11-28T00:28:46Z")
131 and I’m a Facts Curator also. Apparently I’m rotten at spatial visual things but boy do I know cliches. And not to rain on anyone’s parade, but [bananas don’t grow on trees.](http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/banana) ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/98 "2002-11-28T00:43:07Z")
131 - Word Warrior plnnr wrote: > [@](#): > > I’m a “visual mathematician.” I hope that means I figure out math questions by visualizing the elements of the question, because I have a difficult time with 2+2=4 unless I put pictures of little apples in my head. 2+2=5 For sufficiently large values of 2. ---
**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 28, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/99 "2002-11-28T01:36:31Z")
**White Lightning** , the phrase you are looking for is “rotational symmetry.” There. I have redeemed myself. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/100 "2002-11-28T01:37:56Z")
Ah, much better I tried an IQ test at [testcafe.com](http://testcafe.com) and my score shot up to 149. Me be smart! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904.md?page=6)