# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/81 "2004-05-10T01:49:00Z")
I was looking for tricks, I _knew_ 90 minutes was too obvious an answer and I _still_ got #8 wrong. Dammit! 11/12. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/82 "2004-05-10T02:13:41Z")
Actually, Moses did have an ark, and there were animal (skins) on it, so there. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/83 "2004-05-10T02:23:31Z")
Got’em all right. I’ve seen questions like that before and I read them carefully. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/84 "2004-05-10T02:34:39Z")
Why do a lot of people here think the pill question is a cheat? Logically, what other correct answer is there? I’m wondering, because I also arrived at 60 minutes, and I can’t quite see how any other answer would be right. 11/12 – count me in with the Moses Ark folks. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Imperial\_Shag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f14d63/32.png) [@Imperial\_Shag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imperial_Shag)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/85 "2004-05-10T02:55:58Z")
12 outta 12. I’ve only heard the Moses question before, though. ---
**Author:** ![jhinman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jhinman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jhinman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/86 "2004-05-10T03:32:24Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > 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. 11 out of 12 because I wrote 1 hour aswell. ---
**Author:** ![simply\_cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@simply\_cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simply_cats)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/87 "2004-05-10T14:13:59Z")
11 of 12 for me, as well. I’ve seen some of them before. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/88 "2004-05-10T14:28:15Z")
Damned test dinged me one for answering “none” instead of “0”. Otherwise I’d be perfect. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/89 "2004-05-10T16:25:44Z")
11, but it’s culturally biased. How the hell am I supposed to know about baseball? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/90 "2004-05-10T16:38:52Z")
12 of 12 Now there’s 3 minutes I’ll never get back. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HoldOnThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@HoldOnThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldOnThere)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/91 "2004-05-10T16:50:06Z")
I got 9 out of 12. Of course I’m distracted, I reading the Straight Dope board! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/92 "2004-05-10T17:14:57Z")
> [@Padeye](#): > > It may not be logically possible for a man to marry his widow’s sister which makes it less likely that anyone passed a law against it. Well, most places have laws against necrophilia, so it’s illegal to _consumate_ the marriage. I got all 12 right. I’m **SMRT** \*! 😃 \*that’s intentional. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/93 "2004-05-10T17:24:35Z")
> [@Gunslinger](#): > > Well, most places have laws against necrophilia, so it’s illegal to _consumate_ the marriage. Wouldn’t making him into a broth be illegal whether he was married or not?? ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/94 "2004-05-10T17:34:15Z")
7 of 12 ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/95 "2004-05-10T17:40:53Z")
Remember if you don’t answer the baseball question you get 10/12: “Also, score yourself a penalty of -1 if you think you don’t count the 6th out in the inning.” Thus 90% of the world’s population can’t rise above ‘smarter than the average bear.’ For that matter, “having x days for y” in english normally means precisely x. It’s good to be aware this is more by convention than logic, but interpreting every statement literally makes you a pretentious pedantic twat (like me) not a genius. I got 10/12 (see above) but I’d done it before, and remembered all but the baseball question. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/96 "2004-05-10T17:48:24Z")
Your Score You scored 9 out of 12 - You are normal but distracted Stupid pills, ark, and apples. I’m surpised I got the butcher one correct. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/97 "2004-05-10T17:51:01Z")
I got 10 out of 12. I got the one about the man marrying his widow’s sister backwards (thought the wife had died) and the one about the butcher wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/98 "2004-05-10T17:53:45Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > 11 out of 12. > > I missed the one about taking a pill ever half hour. > > :smack: Ditto for me. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/99 "2004-05-10T18:01:10Z")
11 of 12 for me…I missed the Moses Ark question as well. I kept looking at it going, “I know there’s a trick here, but I can’t figure it out” thinking it had something to do with the word “members” or somehow related to the number of animals. Didn’t even notice it said “Moses” as opposed to Noah until I got my results. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210/100 "2004-05-10T18:13:03Z")
12 out of 12. I feel special 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-densa-test/244210.md?page=6)