IQ And General Knowledge Quiz 1

[Asheekay]

There will be 10 questions in total.

You can consults internet/books and ask from your friends/elders. Just state so for the answer that you found from another source and also specify the source.

Every correct answer given by own knowledge will score 1 mark.

Every correct answer acquired from an outside source will score 0.75 marks.

There will be no negative marking so feel free to throw in guesses for what you can't find out.

If you want to change your previous answer, simply edit your post instead of posting again.

The answers shall be disclosed after 24 hours with the posting of the next quiz.

QUIZ #1

1- Sting of which insect is the most painful?

2- A chronometer is/was used to measure _______.

3- Which runs faster: the fastest airplane or the fastest car?

4- An electric train is travelling north-east with a speed of 240 mph. In which direction will its smoke travel? Up - South - Northwest - Southeast - none of these.

5- Chess was invented by ______.

6- Which type of [human] fighter delivers the most powerful/forceful strike? Write the name of fighting style.

7- Does an infant human have more bones, less bones or equal bones than an adult?

8- In myths of different cultures, which animals can take a human shape? Write names of at least two.

9- Astronauts wear space suits to save them from the extreme pressure in the space. True or false?

10- Two cars are standing facing opposite directions. The distance between them is 0 meters. They both start and run for 4 km. Then they both turn to their right, run for another 3 km and stop there. What is the distance between the cars when they stop?

[Adrian Ţepeş]

I'm not sure how this measures my intelligence, but...

I guess #3 is kind of obvious: Neither one runs

#4: None.

#9: False.

#10: I think it's 10km (cheated off of Toph :P)

[Toph]

Selectively answering the ones I know off the top of my head...

EDIT: I looked up italicized answers.

1) Probably Bullet Ant, but it would vary by person (Schmidt sting pain index)
2) time
3) Neither have legs, but the fastest plane is faster than the fastest car.
4) There's no fucking smoke you ignorant slut
5) Identity of specific inventer is unknowable (wikipedia)
6) Mortar team. Explosives.
7) More
8) Fish (species not specified), Macaw
9) There is little pressure in space, it protects them from the vacuum. False.
10) Cars do have reverse gears, but assuming they travel forwards, 10km. Also, cars don't have legs.

11) I sense a trap.

[Lindale]

I think this test may have been an elaborate setup for failure....

[Toph]

That is the current thinking. But, hopefully it will be really clever and entertaining!

[Nemmerle]

I fail to see how this is a general knowledge quiz; which I've always thought of more as things that are useful to know - or at least which you could reasonably expect most people to know; this appears to be more a trivia selection. But what the hey:

1- Sting of which insect is the most painful?

This seems like to vary depending on things like how allergic you are to certain insects.

2- A chronometer is/was used to measure _______.

Time

3- Which runs faster: the fastest airplane or the fastest car?

Planes travel much faster than cars - assuming that's the definition of run you're using and we're comparing like for like.

4- An electric train is travelling north-east with a speed of 240 mph. In which direction will its smoke travel? Up - South - Northwest - Southeast - none of these.

None

5- Chess was invented by ______.

I don't believe the person who invented chess is known.

6- Which type of [human] fighter delivers the most powerful/forceful strike? Write the name of fighting style.

No clear data in this regard. It's unlikely the variance in terms of force is significant however or everyone would know about it.

7- Does an infant human have more bones, less bones or equal bones than an adult?

-shrug- More I'd imagine since I seem to recall something a few years back about some of them merging as you got older.

8- In myths of different cultures, which animals can take a human shape? Write names of at least two.

Two what; cultures, myths or animals?

9- Astronauts wear space suits to save them from the extreme pressure in the space. True or false?

False.

10- Two cars are standing facing opposite directions. The distance between them is 0 meters. They both start and run for 4 km. Then they both turn to their right, run for another 3 km and stop there. What is the distance between the cars when they stop?

The longest side of the triangle defined in the usual way and with the other two sides as 8 and 6km. Can't be bothered to work it out at the moment.

[Authuran]

1- Sting of which insect is the most painful? Hmmm probably the killer ant. I imagine death would be unpleasant.

2- A chronometer is/was used to measure _______. Is it used or was it used? Make up your fucking mind!!!!!

3- Which runs faster: the fastest airplane or the fastest car? Nothing can outrun my 2001 Pontiac Sunfire.

4- An electric train is travelling north-east with a speed of 240 mph. In which direction will its smoke travel? Up - South - Northwest - Southeast - none of these. Given wind speeds, wind direction, high/low pressure zones.... none of those.

5- Chess was invented by ______. Dr. Chess

6- Which type of [human] fighter delivers the most powerful/forceful strike? Write the name of fighting style. Schwarzenegger fighting style: cyborg

7- Does an infant human have more bones, less bones or equal bones than an adult? I tell you what man I got a bone right now that I know that an infant doesn't have lmao..

8- In myths of different cultures, which animals can take a human shape? Write names of at least two. Two what? Humans? Easy: George and Laura W. Bush.

9- Astronauts wear space suits to save them from the extreme pressure in the space. True or false? No dingus, its from the lack of pressure........ fucking stupid. Also because there is no air

10- Two cars are standing facing opposite directions. The distance between them is 0 meters. They both start and run for 4 km. Then they both turn to their right, run for another 3 km and stop there. What is the distance between the cars when they stop? The same. If they're "standing", their wheels aren't touching the ground and they're not moving. You're not as clever as you think you are.

I GIVE THIS PIECE OF CRAP A 0/10

[Toph]

Originally Posted by Nemmerle

8- In myths of different cultures, which animals can take a human shape? Write names of at least two.

Two what; cultures, myths or animals?

*coughs*

which animals

See, this is the trap I'm thinking it is. Post easy questions with your perceived intelligence at stake, and make people over think and stumble.

[Adrian Ţepeş]

Shit...don't I get enough of that in college?

[Toph]

Amirite? One professor made every answer "b". So many people psyched themselves out and ended up marking other choice for no reason but "there can't be 5 b's in a row!"