999_Springs's IQ Test

[999_Springs]

Here is 999_Springs's IQ test, the second of three tests/quizzes (whatever you call them) that I have come up with for this forum. This was invented about a year ago as a sort of fun way to pass the time, but after testing it on 10 people, the results were unexpectedly accurate (!) so I decided to modify it slightly and put it on this forum. Have fun.

There are 12 questions. You have to answer every one of them, otherwise your answer script will be invalid. The first 9 are multiple choice, and the last three are not, but you won't lose marks for getting the answer to any of the last three wrong, so you could guess, but you probably don't want to. Answers can be sent to me by post or PM, but given the nature of some of these questions, you will probably want to PM me instead.

Note: anyone who is caught using Google/Wikipedia/any other website which might provide useful information may risk being dissected atom by atom.

1. Who is the best?
a. Boris Johnson
b. Ken Livingstone
c. Brian Paddick
d. I don't know who they are

2. What proportion of your GCSE (or equivalent) grades are A or A* (or equivalent)? (Use your predicted grades if you haven't done any yet...)
a. I haven't done any...
b. Less than half of them
c. Half or more of them
d. All of them

3. How old are you?
a. <=14
b. 15-16
c. 17-18
d. >=19

4. How much would a couple, living in the UK, have to earn to be in the top 10%?
a. £35000 per year
b. £50000 per year
c. £65000 per year
d. £80000 per year

5. You are driving down the motorway at 85 mph [edit: 136.79424 km/h for those living outside of the UK. Is that less specific enough!?]. Your brakes don't work. You need to stop. What do you do?
a. You hit a lamppost.
b. You sideswipe the guardrails.
c. You drive into a river.
d. You keep driving until you run out of petrol.

6.

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.X|X.
.X|XX
--+--
..|X.
..|..

Each row, column, and block contains the numbers 1 to 4. The cells marked X add up to 10. What is the value of the bottom right cell?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

7. Which of these exists the least?
a. 56 kbps dial-up modems.
b. Imaginary numbers.
c. Bouncy castles designed exclusively for teenagers.
d. West Ham FC supporters.

8. Harrod's (that's a store in London which sells very expensive stuff...) Christmas store opens in
a. September.
b. August.
c. December.
d. Harrod's has no Christmas store.

9. A scientist has created a list of the 15 sleepiest pieces of music ever. He claims that the average person listening to them will fall asleep within 10 minutes. Which of these is in his list of pieces?
a. Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
b. Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata 2nd Movt.
c. Pachelbel's Canon
d. The Crazy Frog ringtone
(see attachment)

and the last three questions...

10. Which type of drink is poisoned by mobile phones? (This is a cryptic clue)

11. Evaluate the indefinite integral of

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   _
  / \
  |    4x²
  | _________ dx
  |  x^4 + 4
\_/

(Show some working - you don't need to show everything but enough for me to see brief details of your method.)

12. There are 3 main ways of finding out how far a star is from the Earth.
Name 2 of them.

[KinGAleX]

Um, this is ridiculously culturally specific. I understand it's just meant to be a bit of fun, but it's hardly fun for anyone outside the UK.

[the_happy_taco]

ugg u make me use dimensional analysis to switch from UK to USA

[Pixon]

Some of us don't know how to do calculus, you know.

[a happy song]

This test works in one regard:

People who believe this test grades intelligence well = lower.
People who understand that intelligence can't be measured by such specific questions = higher.

[999_Springs]

This test works in one regard:

People who believe this test grades intelligence well = lower.
People who understand that intelligence can't be measured by such specific questions = higher.

That's sort-of how the mark scheme works.