# Take the Densa test. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210 "2004-05-08T19:39:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/41 "2004-05-09T00:34:43Z")
Your Score You scored 9 out of 12 - You are normal but distracted So? I’m no baseball fan. Shoulda gotten 10… ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/42 "2004-05-09T00:41:43Z")
You scored 11 out of 12 - You are above normal! (Question 10 gets them every time!!) I missed Moses. I plead atheism. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/43 "2004-05-09T01:01:27Z")
> [@BraheSilver](#): > > You scored 11 out of 12 - You are above normal! (Question 8 gets them every time!!) > > Stupid pills. Same here. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/44 "2004-05-09T01:04:59Z")
I got a 10… missed the pill thing, and they didn’t accept my answer of “none” for 10. So really, 11. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/45 "2004-05-09T01:17:13Z")
12 out of 12 - but I’d seen it before so I knew what tricks to look for. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/46 "2004-05-09T01:21:35Z")
12 of 12 but I grew up bombared by these types of questions from my dad and grandpa, especially “How many 3 cent stamps in a dozen?” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/47 "2004-05-09T02:00:09Z")
Aced it, but I read it carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/48 "2004-05-09T02:17:39Z")
> [@](#): > > You scored 12 out of 12 - You are a genius! > Remember to try out our other Densa quizzes, as well as the other brain teasers Obviously, there is a problem with the scoring… ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/49 "2004-05-09T02:41:08Z")
12 out of 12. I’m giving myself credit for the calendar one, because I hit the leftmost 2 keys on my keyboard (`1) instead of 12. Fortunately, they’re not testing me on my keyboarding skills. I’m an idjit at that. ---
**Author:** ![Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercury)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/50 "2004-05-09T02:45:32Z")
1. Moses’s Ark! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/51 "2004-05-09T03:12:33Z")
10 out of 12, but only because of the way I expressed the answers. O.K., I admit that when the answer is supposed to be in minutes, 1 hour is not acceptable, but I do think that “none” should count as an alternative to 0. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/52 "2004-05-09T04:09:44Z")
10 out of 12 - Days in month and the Ark questions tripped me up. Clever little test actually. ---
**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/53 "2004-05-09T05:03:12Z")
Scored 11. I missed the baseball question because I know zilch about the game. ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/54 "2004-05-09T05:54:23Z")
I didn’t do very well. But I did the test while under the influence of a headache, and while watching television. I knew the questions would be tricky, but I ended up missing the most obvious ones. (Like Moses’ Ark. :smack: ) This question pissed me off, however… _How many birth days does the average man have?_ I knew it didn’t refer to “birthdays” - as in, the yearly anniversary of someone’s birth. However, in my mind, the words “birth day” could refer to two different scenarios. 1. A day in history when someone - man or woman - is born. 2. A day in history when someone gives birth. In reference to the first definition, the answer to the question would be 1 (one). A person - male or female - is only born once. Duh. In reference to the second definition, the answer to the question would be 0 (zero). A woman can give birth many times. A man, however, can not give birth. (Unless they happen to be Governor of California. 😛 ) Anyhoo… ---
**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:** [May 9, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/55 "2004-05-09T08:29:13Z")
> [@Jadis](#): > > I got 11 out of 12. I missed the question about Moses and the ark. Same here! ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/56 "2004-05-09T10:15:10Z")
9 out of 12. A combination of **astro** and **jastu** : don’t know nothing about baseball, and got fooled by the 28-days and Moses. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/57 "2004-05-09T12:27:51Z")
A while ago I scored 131 on an IQ test, so I’m somewhat ☹ at getting _7 out of 12 - You are below average, which is normal for Densa!_ ---
**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:** [May 9, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/58 "2004-05-09T15:12:14Z")
10 of 12. Misread the apples question, and the pills question sucks. The answer could as easily be 120. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/59 "2004-05-09T15:39:01Z")
☹ No one has scored as bad as me yet. This is sad. I did the test too fast and it didn’t register that every question was a trick question (If I had known I’d have looked for the trick part of every question) That first question set me off thinking the test was just dumb because everywhere has a 4th of July. ☹ (I have done well on IQ tests before. Honest) ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/60 "2004-05-09T16:48:18Z")
12 out of 12. The first time I took this quiz (about 5 years ago when I was 16), I missed the ark question and the months with 28 days question. I’ve always liked the take 2 apples from 3 apples question. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210.md?page=4)