This is not a fair question (Mensa)...

[MJinZ]

You ran out of time because of one question? Definitely not Mensa material. You should have had 10 minutes left over. Those quizzes are easy.

Gave up actually on that question after coming back to it.

 

[Ika]

Only one of those words could possibly be described as "common" in the United States.

The original question mentions nothing about "common" words, only that they be words in the english language.

That said, "postcard" and "posthaste" are both quite common. The other three are slightly problematic; in American English we have different ways of saying them, so they fall into neglect.

 

[sdifox]

ok MENSA genius... solve this then

what goes in the blank white box?

I am guessing a

 

[Mike Gayner]

Link to the quiz plx? Somehow I fail to believe that someone who isn't aware of these extremely obvious words completed 29/30 in a genuine Mensa test.

DUSHCARD
DUSHBOX
DUSHCODE
DUSHBAG
DUSHHASTE

Am I in the club?

WTF is Dush?

 

[Ika]

ok MENSA genius... solve this then

what goes in the blank white box?

a?

 

[guyver01]

WTF is Dush?

coloquial spelling of Douche.

 

[mugs]

Mensa is not a US organisation and shouldn't pander to Americans' lack of word knowledge.

Mensa is a high IQ society. Do you think that knowledge of words that are only used in a portion of the English speaking world is indicative of high IQ?

The original question mentions nothing about "common" words, only that they be words in the english language.

That said, "postcard" and "posthaste" are both quite common. The other three are slightly problematic; in American English we have different ways of saying them, so they fall into neglect.

The quiz didn't say they're common, chaotic42 said they're common. Posthaste is not common by any reasonable definition of common; it's well-known, but far from common.

 

[IronWing]

Link to the quiz plx? Somehow I fail to believe that someone who isn't aware of these extremely obvious words completed 29/30 in a genuine Mensa test.



WTF is Dush?

A word of four letters that sounds a bit like douche. Anyone can use vocabulary, here at MENSA we make vocabulary.

 

[Mike Gayner]

coloquial spelling of Douche.

Wut? In what version of English would "dush" be pronounced "douche"?

Mensa is a high IQ society. Do you think that knowledge of words that are only used in a portion of the English speaking world is indicative of high IQ?

So they should only have words that pertain to YOUR portion of the English speaking world?

 

[MJinZ]

ok MENSA genius... solve this then

what goes in the blank white box?

I'd say A only because of the rotation of the outside going clockwise.

Otherwise the next row should be a triangle inside of another random shape, then intersecting, then on outside (top).

 

[Chaotic42]

I'd say A only because of the rotation of the outside going clockwise.

Otherwise the next row should be a triangle inside of another random shape, then intersecting, then on outside (top).

The problem with those kinds of questions is that there can be more than one legitimate answer, though one may be more obvious to an overwhelming number of people.

 

[mugs]

So they should only have words that pertain to YOUR portion of the English speaking world?

They should use whatever words they want to use, but not all words will achieve the goal they're trying to achieve.

Unless their goal is at odds with stated mission of their organization.

 

[Ika]

Wut? In what version of English would "dush" be pronounced "douche"?

don't tell me your version of the internet isn't anything like the rest of the internet too? You've never seen idiots misspell the word "douche" as "duche", "dooshe", "duch", or "dush" before?

 

[Mike Gayner]

They should use whatever words they want to use, but not all words will achieve the goal they're trying to achieve.

I think their goal is to fill their organisation with people who have worldly knowledge, not arrogant shut-in Americans.

edit: Again, link to quiz plx.

 

[MJinZ]

I think their goal is to fill their organisation with people who have worldly knowledge, not arrogant shut-in Americans.

edit: Again, link to quiz plx.

I don't think you need this arrogant shut-in American to help you utilize the Googlez. :sneaky:

But I will be humble and assist:

http://www.mensa.org/workout

It's not a genuine Mensa test... it's a quiz. I doubt I would qualify for Mensa as I have done IQ tests when I was younger. I've heard Mensas have to be 150+?

 

[zerocool84]

Post card
post box
post code
post bag
post haste


Post card is common. You mail them from exotic locations like Paris, Texas.
Post box is common. You get your mail from the post box.
Post code is common. Newman says they're meaningless.
Post bag I can see not being that common, but it's immediately obvious what it is.
Post haste is common. You need something done post haste.

Post haste common??? Do you live in a society stuck in the colonial era?

 

[Matthiasa]

don't tell me your version of the internet isn't anything like the rest of the internet too? You've never seen idiots misspell the word "douche" as "duche", "dooshe", "duch", or "dush" before?

A thread about intelligence with people thinking intelligence is in someway related to ones ability to spell, or their mastery of a language.

The irony.

 

[mugs]

I think their goal is to fill their organisation with people who have worldly knowledge, not arrogant shut-in Americans.

edit: Again, link to quiz plx.

Mensa thinks these are their goals: "Mensa has three stated purposes: to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity, to encourage research in the nature, characteristics and uses of intelligence, and to promote stimulating intellectual and social opportunities for its members."

In fact, they also say this: "Mensa offers culture-fair testing throughout the world."

Don't let your hatred for Americans stop you from making ignorant assumptions though.

 

[MJinZ]

Post haste common??? Do you live in a society stuck in the colonial era?

Well, I have heard of posthaste being used in random cases, so even if not common, it isn't like postbag <-wtf?

 

[daw123]

ok MENSA genius... solve this then

what goes in the blank white box?

Without looking at subsequent posts. The first column has the cross, dot or square inside the object, the second is on the perimeter of the object and the third is on the outside. The cross, dot or square moves in the direction of transition between the three states. The first is to the right, the second is to the bottom, then the third is presumably to the left.

I'm suggesting option A.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Post haste common??? Do you live in a society stuck in the colonial era?

Post haste is not uncommon - but what has that got to do with anything? They're not asking you to identify common words, are they?

 

[sdifox]

Post haste common??? Do you live in a society stuck in the colonial era?

I am not a native English speaker and I have used post-haste.

 

[zerocool84]

Post haste is not uncommon - but what has that got to do with anything? They're not asking you to identify common words, are they?

I was specifically referring to him saying that post hate was common. It's definitely not a common word but if someone has ever read anything in life they would know what it is but it's not common at all.

 

[Chaotic42]

Post haste common??? Do you live in a society stuck in the colonial era?

It's everywhere in culture. Even if you didn't grow up hearing it from time to time (I grew up in a military family and they like to bark orders to be funny), I can't believe that any adult hasn't seen it in a book, movie, on television, somewhere.

Maybe I should say common knowledge?

 

[MJinZ]

Without looking at subsequent posts. The first column has the cross, dot or square inside the object, the second is on the perimeter of the object and the third is on the outside. The cross, dot or square moves in the direction of transition between the three states, and since the dot is closest to the left hand side of the triangle, I'm suggesting option A.

Yes, they do move in the same transition. However, since you don't have a second clue to give you this transitional direction for the dot in the triangle, you must assume there is a pattern to be gleaned from the top two. The only one would be clockwise transition that I can see.

You can not assume the dot being closest to the left means it is going in that direction... the first clue (+ in the box) invalidates this.