# IQ Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787 "2000-03-02T20:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/41 "2000-03-03T19:05:00Z")
While I’m here, I might as well vent. Here’s a couple questions from 20 years ago I still remember: Pictures of two fans A and B, identical except one has three blades, the other has five. Q: Which will use more power? It didn’t say whether the fan roation speed was held constant, or whether the amount of wind blown was held constant. I’m pretty sure possible choices were A, B, or “both equal”. I don’t believe “not enough information” was one of the choices. Pick the best synonym for evade: avoid elude \ I know the answer to this one now (I think), but it bugged me then. * * * _It is too clear, and so it is hard to see._ ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/42 "2000-03-03T19:06:00Z")
Shouldn’t the answer to the horse–zebra–deer–moose–eland one be horse, as the only commonly domesticated animal? There is often more than one way to answer questions like these. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/43 "2000-03-03T19:08:00Z")
emode 122 iq 139 Why the big difference? Am I stupider the longer I take a test? Iq is trying to sell you something, so I guess making you seem smarter is just a marketing tool. And I so wanted to be a genius. * * * Teacher, my red crayon tastes funny – Ralph Wiggum ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/44 "2000-03-03T19:15:00Z")
Oops, didn’t see Arnold’s response tucked in there. Really–deer because it’s got four letters! Give me a break and go back to to test-design class. If a bunch of intelligent people can come up with at least two valid alternative answers to your question, it’s back to the drawing board folks. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/45 "2000-03-03T19:28:00Z")
I scored a 167 on emode and a 133 on iqtest, which makes me think that I probably shouldn’t have sniffed all of that glue in between the 2 tests. * * * Voted Rookie of the Year in MPSIMs and the Pit, along with Best One-liners. And I don’t plan on keeping this as my sig for long, just until the winning buzz wears off. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/46 "2000-03-03T19:43:00Z")
Mullinator - you sure it wasn’t the other way around? Nobody’s gotten scores like that on emode. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/47 "2000-03-03T19:46:00Z")
Well, I got a 138 on the iqtest! Wahooooo!!! There must have been a mistake, I demand a recount! I’ll take the other one later, when I’ve got more time. * * * To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.—Anon. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/48 "2000-03-03T20:18:00Z")
[http://www2.iqtest.com/view/iqtest/options/000303/9521137049641](http://www2.iqtest.com/view/iqtest/options/000303/9521137049641) I scored a 161 on the above. I don’t know if the link will work. The one that the psychologist gave me in middle school told me that I had an IQ of 184. I take absolutely no faith in IQ tests as an accurate measure of a persons intelligence. The only thing it really tests is how well you take tests on a particular subject. For the record I have scored as low as 128 and as high as 208 on various IQ tests. HUGS! Sqrl * * * [SqrlCub’s Arizona Adventure](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/005351.html) ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/49 "2000-03-03T20:20:00Z")
125 on the emode test, 148 on the iqtest. Somehow I’m thinking one’s low, and the other is high. I’m not complaining too loudly, though. ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/50 "2000-03-03T20:42:00Z")
Well, I got a 134. Doesn’t mean a thing. I still don’t know what an eland is. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/51 "2000-03-03T20:47:00Z")
Yup, I reversed the 2 tests. I guess this means I am smart, but with no practical abilities. Might as well call me Mr. Vos Savant. * * * Voted Rookie of the Year in MPSIMs and the Pit, along with Best One-liners. And I don’t plan on keeping this as my sig for long, just until the winning buzz wears off. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/52 "2000-03-03T20:53:00Z")
Main Entry: **eland** Pronunciation: 'E-l&nd, -"land Function: _noun_ Inflected Form(s): _plural_ **eland** _also_ **elands** Etymology: Afrikaans, elk, from Dutch, from obsolete German _Elend_, probably from obsolete Lithuanian _ellenis_; akin to Old High German _elaho_ elk – more at [ELK](http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=elk) Date: 1600 : either of two large African antelopes (_Tragelaphus oryx_ and _T. derbianus_) bovine in form with short spirally twisted horns in both sexes [eland illustration](http://www.m-w.com/mw/art/eland.htm) ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/53 "2000-03-03T20:54:00Z")
ReservoirDog, FYI, the eland is a medium-sized antelope type creature to be found only in parts of Africa. Don’t have the time to research it more for you right now, that’s what I know about them. Think they’re kinda cute, actually. * * * To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.—Anon. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/54 "2000-03-03T20:56:00Z")
My bad!! We both posted at the same time, almost anyway. I didn’t see your entry til now, Arnold, but I like yours better! 🙂 * * * To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.—Anon. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/55 "2000-03-03T21:12:00Z")
I scored 127 on the emode test and 156 on the iqtest test. I’m thinking you’d have to add those together to get my real IQ…_wink_ * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/56 "2000-03-03T21:46:00Z")
i got 140 on the emode test and 170 on the iqtest. but, while i was taking the tests, my 7 year old son came home from school and dragged in 4 of his little friends. i was distracted… i don’t think either of those scores are accurate ---
**Author:** ![frolix8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@frolix8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frolix8)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/57 "2000-03-03T21:52:00Z")
33 - munich has no ‘a’ ---
**Author:** ![Glenoled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Glenoled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glenoled)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/58 "2000-03-03T22:54:00Z")
I got 118 on the first test, and 162 on the second one ([iqtest.com](http://iqtest.com)) so what does this mean? 🙂 * * * I don’t suffer from insanity… I enjoy every minute of it! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/59 "2000-03-04T04:52:00Z")
I got a 129 on the emode test. I’m too tired to take the other one. ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/60 "2000-03-04T06:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by frolix8: > **33 - munich has no 'a’** Munich is also the only one that isn’t a capital. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787.md?page=4)