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Springs
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   Posted 12/7/2002 3:07 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I'm a genius!

Who can beat my score of 23?
Check it out.

http://www.members.shaw.ca/csstrowbridge/Temp/Genius.xls

You can open it on an excel spread sheet.


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Springs
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   Posted 12/9/2002 5:44 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Oh come on! None of you people get into puzzles? I know that some of you that are older than dirt can outdo me on this!

Besides the ones I couldn't get are bugging me, and if you get 'em you could share!

What is 64 L in a C B?

or, 15 M on a DMC?

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BJS
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   Posted 12/9/2002 6:11 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I think "15 M on a DMC" might be "15 Months on a D____ M____ Calendar." I just can't think of what D and M stand for.

Oh, and the reason you probably aren't getting a lot of response is because none of us have gotten to 23 yet (except for me, of course ).

Brett

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Springs
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   Posted 12/9/2002 6:46 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Congrats BJ! I knew I could have been a lawyer! I just found out what the 15 men one is.

It's 15 men on a dead man's chest. What does that mean? And where does it come from?

Another one I can't get is 60 M in an H
It rejected 60 miles in an hour, and 60 minutes in an hour.
Unless I had a typo. Can you still be a genius if you make typo's and spell Fahrenheit wrong?

-S

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BJS
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   Posted 12/9/2002 8:38 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I think "15 men on a dead man's chest" is taken from an old sea chanty that was referenced in Treasure Island (or some such nautical novel).

And "60 minutes in an hour" worked for me.



Brett

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Springs
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   Posted 12/9/2002 9:20 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Oh wow, 60 minutes didn't work for me cause I inadvertantly corrected the grammer when I typed it in (like you did above). The clue was 60 M in a H. I wrote 60 minutes in an hour.

That means I got 24!
Somebody call Mensa, ha.

I finished the NY Times crossword puzzle in about 10 minutes this morning too. I think every third day they put out an easy one so people don't get disouraged.

Either that or studying algebra is doing wonders for the old noggin.

-S



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di
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   Posted 12/9/2002 9:43 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
What is 64 L in a C B?

Do you mean 64 S on a C B? 64 squares on a chess board worked for me.






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Springs
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   Posted 12/9/2002 11:24 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Yep, another typo.

Good job Di! Genius' must have culture!

Does anyone have 100 C in an R?

-S

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BJS
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   Posted 12/9/2002 11:56 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
So let me get this straight. This test was drawn up by an organization that claims to exclude all but the most genius among us, and is then published by said group with the kind of typographical errors that most sixth graders wouldn't have made.

Okay. Whatever.

Brett

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Springs
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   Posted 12/9/2002 12:32 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Nothin' gets by you lawyer types.



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Mephi2K
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   Posted 12/9/2002 2:05 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Springs,

Sorry I'm so late on that AAR thing. Family matters and thangs. I'm on it though. Fa sheezy. I did want to say something about this since I saw it. I'm sure that you and everyone else here recognize how culturally biased this test is, right? Chess board? Zodiac? Dead man's chest? Cmon... I wonder how many lower income, inner city dwellers people who go to substandard schools would get these things. Whatever...

Just a thought.


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Alan Rhoda
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   Posted 12/9/2002 2:55 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Springs,

Thanks for the fun puzzle.

I got to 25 (not counting the "15 M in a DMC" spoiler) before my browser hung up. I have not yet been able to get back to the link. I'm bummed, 'cause I think I could have figured out a couple more with more time. The ones I've solved on my own are:

1-15, 17-18, 20-23, 25, 27, 29, 32

If someone downloaded the Excel spreadsheet, please e-mail it to me at arhoda@pcigrp.com. Thanks!

Alan
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Springs
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   Posted 12/9/2002 2:58 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hey Meph,
Good to hear from ya. I know what you mean. I saw one once with 'shrubs' for an answer. oy. I like a good puzzle but these IQ tests are so bad. The fact that I come up as a genius on this one is indicative of how off it is!

I'm still waiting for Modes on the AAR thing too. He was really excited about it when he got home. He just can't manage to stay off a plane long enough to talk about it.

Springs

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Alan Rhoda
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   Posted 12/9/2002 7:43 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Make that 26.

Here's the ones I'm stumped on:

100 C in a R
13=UFS
13 L in a B D
23 P of C in the H B
9 P in S A
6 B to an O in C

Alan
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Springs
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   Posted 12/10/2002 4:12 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hi Alan,
I tried to email you with the web address twice yesterday and it came back to me both times. Glad to see you got back to it anyway.
I'll figure out the ones I didn't get and put them up later, but they include four of the ones that that you didn't get. (100, 13=, 9, & 6)

13 loaves in a bakers dozen

23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body

Springs

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Springs
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   Posted 12/10/2002 4:22 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Here are the other 2 I didn't get.
15 P in a R T and 11 P in a F (S) T

-S

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di
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   Posted 12/10/2002 4:33 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Alan & Springs, I'm stumped on the same ones as Alan plus

6) 52 C in a P (WJs)
14) 15 P in a R T
17) 11 P in a F (S) T

I don't want the answers yet, but I'll take a hint on what the P is in #6. Is it another word for deck or am I completely off track.

muchas gracias,
di



Edited by - di on 12/10/2002 09:52:02 AM
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   Posted 12/10/2002 6:12 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
what the heck, 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body? how 'bout per cell and you have just a few cells in your body (hello). I protest that question and contend that I'm still a worthy scientist without getting that horribly inaccurate question. All the people in my lab are working together and we still only have 26. We're barely combined genii. Peace

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DrSnug
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   Posted 12/10/2002 6:25 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
di, how about 'pack'? it worked for me.

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di
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   Posted 12/10/2002 6:53 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
ahhh yes, JOKERS (duh) I was derailed on without JACKS
thanks DrSnug

di


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Alan Rhoda
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   Posted 12/10/2002 10:17 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks everyone! I now know all but 4 of the answers.

Here's a couple hints for Springs & di:
15 P in a R T and 11 P in a F (S) T
both refer the # of players on a ....

Think of sports.

Alan
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   Posted 12/10/2002 11:15 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
15 P in a R T = Fifteen players in a Rugby Team

11 P in a F (S) T = Eleven players in a football (Soccer) team.

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Edited by - TGB on 12/10/2002 4:17:49 PM
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   Posted 12/12/2002 8:22 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
The REAL mark of genius in all this how the heck you guys find time to take random tests DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON no less.

TMT on your upper extemities.

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   Posted 12/12/2002 8:24 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
too much time on your hands

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   Posted 12/12/2002 10:05 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
1,000 ________ makes a ____________ on CVM.


Tom

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