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wordgirl · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:09 am Post subject:

The test is rigged!

I did it once as an American and once as a non-American, and I got easier questions and therefore a higher score the second time. Coincidence? I think not!

Well, maybe it was a coincidence. The questions did seem pretty random, and the test creators don't seem so brilliant, since they don't know the difference between knowledge of trivia (mostly) and intelligence.

Even I know that Kuala Lumpur is a city, and I'm an American.

Lanza-Armonia · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:32 am Post subject:

Wordgirl....I think it was supposed to be a joke and a mild follow-on of the 'American's don't know sh1t' thread.

We all do love you, really, honest...

LA

wordgirl · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:39 am Post subject:

Um, I know it was a joke. I guess my sense of humor isn't coming through too well. I'll work on that.

Lanza-Armonia · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:45 am Post subject:

<mwah>

Shaman · Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Posts: 446 Location: Hammertown

I got 18/20. One I missed was 50/50, the other was an "oh sh*t, too trigger happy".

Shaman

yaramaz · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 5:56 am Post subject:

I don't think it is rigged, as I did the test twice as a furriner and then twice as an American, just to be scientifically semi-sound. As a foreigner I got 17 and 18/20. As a Yank, I then scored 18 and 19/20. I got a lot of the same questions over and over, thus being able to correctly ID the date of the Spanish Civil war by the second round, etc. I'm sure if I did it for a fifth time, I'd get 20------ should I do it as a Foreigner or American?

Sincerely,

Dumb Foreign Yaramaz

undersigned,

Super Smart 'Merican Yaramaz

James_T_Kirk · Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 357 Location: Ten Forward

I took the test a few times, once as an American and once as a Non-American. As an American, I got 16 out of 20. The Beatles question and (I am ashamed to admit it) the geography questions killed me. Here's the summary of my results:

Steiner · Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 573 Location: Hunan China

Don't give this link to any students in China. They'll have a hissy fit if they see that the tallest building is in the country of Taiwan and not the country of China.

Oh, 18/20.

struelle · Joined: 16 May 2003 Posts: 2372 Location: Shanghai

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

I got the first 17 right and then the last 3 wrong. Guess my attention span needs a litle work or I was too c*cky.

I like online quizzes except when I show them to my wife, she usually kicks my butt. Sad

Capergirl · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:13 pm Post subject:

It seems the quiz is rather anti-American. Confused

Oddly enough, the person I got the quiz link from is American.

In any case, the test doesn't really determine how "smart" you are, it just tests knowledge of trivia. Personally, I wouldn't have known a lot of the answers had I not taught students from some of the places mentioned. The Hiroshima one was a lucky guess. Wink