# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Pelleas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Pelleas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pelleas)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/121 "2003-03-16T02:16:55Z")
135 and precision mathematician. That surprises me since I’ve always been terrible in math. I am very visual though in that it is hard for me to comprehend something without seeing it. It was fun anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/122 "2003-03-16T02:37:51Z")
1. I’m a visionary philosopher. Yeah, right. lieu: That sequence is the anagram for England; at least’s that what I answered. ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/123 "2003-03-16T04:00:56Z")
Visual mathematician at 129 here. I especially remember the cars going 6 miles out, then taking a left. It can be done using trig, which I never took. Or by using high school geometry. I think I did the latter, I took a pencil, measured the distance of each by number of page lines. A visual mathematician does not necessarily make a good numerical mathematician. I made C’s in college math. Although I did well in High school math ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/124 "2003-03-16T06:20:55Z")
Another 136 VP. I still think it should be cocoanut. It’s the only choice that won’t become overly ripe, attracting fruit flies and wasps, so there. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![it\_sjustme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/da6949/32.png) [@it\_sjustme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/it_sjustme)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/125 "2003-03-16T07:26:22Z")
131- insightful linguist scrambled word= England I picked the coconut for the fruit that didn’t belong ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/126 "2003-03-16T09:07:39Z")
136, and I am someone who is likely to see a lot more spam in my inbox. ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/127 "2003-03-16T13:39:13Z")
Insightful linguist at 136. Although, if they knew some of my reasons behind the answers, the may have dropped me 20 points. After all, I picked coconut becuase it’s the only fruit that’s hairy. ---
**Author:** ![Astralbovine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Astralbovine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astralbovine)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/128 "2003-03-16T14:10:49Z")
124, Facts Curator. I’m pretty bad at those visual problems, I think. ---
**Author:** ![mishaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@mishaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mishaa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/129 "2003-03-16T14:36:25Z")
131, Visionary philospher. I suck at math! But I am good at seeing patterns, so the what comes next questions are easy. The 2 cars drive blah blah make my head hurt… BUT, can someone explain to me how the spoilers work? How am I supposed to see the text? I am still kinda new to the boards… ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/130 "2003-03-16T15:20:35Z")
Someone needs to take the test, and get all answers wrong, just to see what he becomes. I bet his/her IQ still is over 100 ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/131 "2003-03-16T15:28:21Z")
Hrm. 144 and visionary philosopher, whatever that means. I chose grape because of the vine/tree thing, too. I think I’d rather be a linguist 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/132 "2003-03-16T17:31:17Z")
I’m an Insightful Linguist at the 135 level. Also, I used a real email addy for a lesser-used screen name of mine, and I received an email, which opens with: “71% of Insightful Linguists would be more tempted to see their main squeeze covered in whipped cream, than eat an ice cream sundae covered in whipped cream.” Ah, those cunning linguists… ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/133 "2003-03-16T17:38:42Z")
142 vis/phl…and the fruit question. I put banana, cause they’re not necessarily a fruit, I think they are actually considered an herb and the tree-like stalk from which they grow is not a tree at all. Although, in retro…I think a coconut is probably the MOST different in appearance and ediblility. I think the age and education levels are a big factor in the score. I’d like to take it again but claim to be 12 yrs. old. in jr. high… see what women it’d hook me up w/ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/134 "2003-03-16T18:00:17Z")
ediblility…yikes! (bet ya can’t say that 3 times fast) try edibility ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/135 "2003-03-16T18:18:56Z")
122 and a Word Warrior. The problem with IQ tests is that I SUCK at math. But there’s ALWAYS math. ---
**Author:** ![Math](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Math](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Math)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904/136 "2025-09-01T09:34:53Z")
Yeah… clearly a case could be made for any of the fruit being categorically dissimilar, but I suspect the coconut is the correct answer for at least two perspicuous reasons: 1. Of all the various fruit listed, the coconut is the only with an impermeable and durable, hard outer shell., but I believe the more likely reason is 2. Although the grape, pear, apple and banana each have multiple seeds, the coconut IS a single seed 🙂 I took the test almost 18 years ago, but I still remember my score; 138 “ FACTS CURATOR” I should take the test again to **see if I’ve learned a damn thang in nearly 20 yrs !!!** …And Executive Chef of 21 years [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-visionary-philosopher-online-iq-test/138904.md?page=6)