Not that I watched it, but my mate only got 3 questions wrong, and got 144.
He said the max possible was 150. So clearly this is a different test to
that of other countries if Terry Ymer (australia) got 151.
"Slippery Sam" <sonof@no-spam> wrote in message
news:3f08dc9c@no-spam
> In a nation of test-confirmed dumbarses, it appears League attracts those
> with a slight less degree of mental retardation, Scroll down to the
> breakdown:
>
> http://testthenation.nzoom.com/story.html?story_internet_results.inc
>
>
> League 99
>
> Rugby 98
>
>
>
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3511113&thesection=news&t
hesubsection=general
>
> Kiwis rate bottom of the class for IQ
>
> 05.07.2003
> By ALAN PERROTT and CHARLOTTE WINSTONE
> Go to the back of the class, New Zealand, you don't measure up in the
> international IQ stakes.
>
> Results from the more than 10,000 people who sat the TV One IQ test
on-line
> on Monday evening have been broken down on the Test the Nation website.
>
> They fall short of those obtained from similar televised IQ tests in
> Australia and Britain. These results can also be found on the net, as can
> summaries of tests in Germany, France and the Netherlands.
>
> After dividing up this country's test entrants regionally, only the north
of
> the South Island registered an average IQ of 100 or more - 100 is in the
> middle of the average IQ range of 90 to 109.
>
> The other regions struggled from 90 in the Chatham Islands to Auckland,
> Canterbury and Taranaki, with a mediocre 99.
>
> In contrast, southern New South Wales finished bottom in Australia with
102,
> and Canberra scored 115.
>
> The top Aussie score of 151 went to schoolteacher Terry Ymer.
>
> A TVNZ spokeswoman said this country's top scorer was "Joel", a student in
> Wellington who finished with a score of "more than 127".
>
> Even Australian Footy Show presenter and former rugby league player
"Fatty"
> Vautin can claim an IQ of 127.
>
> Just to twist the knife, New Zealanders featured in the Australian test as
> one of the contestant groups, along with blondes and builders, and
finished
> last, getting only 44 per cent of the questions right on average.
>
> We fared little better against Britain, where regional results ranged from
a
> low of 103 in the West Midlands, Wales and southeast England up to 107 in
> southern England.
>
> One of the creators of the New Zealand test, Professor John Hattie, head
of
> Auckland University's school of education, said the reason for the
> transtasman gap was obvious - "They cheated. Of course they did, they are
> Australian."
>
> He suspected that the Australian test was too easy and was very happy with
> how his test performed as the results almost perfectly matched the
expected
> average national IQ of 100.
>
> Former quizmaster Hamish McDouall agreed that the test was not plain
> sailing, despite scoring an impressive 130-plus IQ.
>
> The 34-year-old won Sale of the Century in 1989 and Mastermind in 1990.
>
> He refused to disclose his exact score, but did admit he was stumped by
the
> spatial questions.
>
> So did the test really prove New Zealanders are dummies?
>
> Dr Vivian Robinson, head of Auckland University education department, said
> it was impossible to tell unless all participants in every country were
> asked the same questions, under the same conditions.
>
>
> Sam
>
>
Knees <Knees@no-spam> wrote:
> Of course they have to be exactly the same questions & under the same
> conditions for the results to be able to be compared at all,it's like
> asking 5 different groups of people 5 different questions each then
> comparing the results. Anybody who tries any comparisions between
> countries probably has an IQ of about 5 for logic.
> Knees
If you say so (bwaaaaahhh).
Yet, strangely, it does correlate with these findings:
http://sites.ninemsn.com.au/minisite/testaustralia/06082002/default.asp
The smartest groups in the studio were:
Teachers (1st) - 71% of answers right
Celebrities (2nd) - 65%
Students (3rd) - 64%
Identical twins (4th) - 63%
Builders (5th) - 62%
Blondes (6th) - 58%
Kiwis (7th) - 44%
Sam
Hamish Dean wrote:
> Not that I watched it, but my mate only got 3 questions wrong, and
> got 144.
Sure he did. And I'm dating the lead singer form Evanescence.
Rats wrote:
> Slippery Sam wrote:
>> So did the test really prove New Zealanders are dummies?
>>
>> Dr Vivian Robinson, head of Auckland University education department,
>> said
>> it was impossible to tell unless all participants in every country
>> were
>> asked the same questions, under the same conditions.
>
> Do you really believe this shit?! I've consistently scored between
> 135 - 145, without trying too hard. Does that mean I'm a genius?! LOL
> NO! I am sure Scabies-Kip will put pay to that!
No. It probably means you're a liar.
Rats wrote:
> Ernest the Sheep wrote:
>> No. It probably means you're a liar.
>
> I shit you not, my good man. The last three tests I did, I got scores
> of 137, 145 and 138.
So what did you get in this one then?
Ernest the Sheep <ern@no-spam> wrote:
> Rats wrote:
>> Ernest the Sheep wrote:
>>> No. It probably means you're a liar.
>>
>> I shit you not, my good man. The last three tests I did, I got scores
>> of 137, 145 and 138.
>
> So what did you get in this one then?
I think what this demonstrates, is how incredibly dumb your average Kiwi is,
in comparison, to Mr Rats.
Sam
Rats wrote:
> Ernest the Sheep wrote:
>> So what did you get in this one then?
>
> I haven't done it. I can't be stuffed. I just feel it's another one
> of those lame arse "reality TV" type shit to get ratings.
Or perhaps you didn't want to take a proper test and find out how dumb you
really are!
Rats <Rats@no-spam> wrote:
> Ernest the Sheep wrote:
>> So what did you get in this one then?
>
> I haven't done it. I can't be stuffed. I just feel it's another one
> of those lame arse "reality TV" type shit to get ratings.
Translation: gee those grapes look sour.
Sam
Rats <Rats@no-spam> wrote:
> Slippery Sam wrote:
>> I think what this demonstrates, is how incredibly dumb your average
>> Kiwi is, in comparison, to Mr Rats.
>
> We're not dumb mate. Some of the smartest people in the world are
> Kiwis.
It's just that the police keep cheating when they try to prove it?
> However, not having the highest IQ doesn't mean that you'll
> not be successful. There's nothing like good, honest, hard yakka to
> reach your goals!
Yes, but in Australia, we set our goals a bit higher than trying to root our
sisters:
http://www.world-sex-records.com/sex-251.htm
Sam
Ernest the Sheep <ern@no-spam> wrote:
> Rats wrote:
>> Ernest the Sheep wrote:
>>> So what did you get in this one then?
>>
>> I haven't done it. I can't be stuffed. I just feel it's another one
>> of those lame arse "reality TV" type shit to get ratings.
>
> Or perhaps you didn't want to take a proper test and find out how
> dumb you really are!
He's not dumb, mate. He always finds his missus when she tries to run away.
Sam
"Slippery Sam" <sonof@no-spam> wrote in message
news:3f08ecec$1@no-spam
> Hamish Dean <h.dean@no-spam> wrote:
> > Not that I watched it, but my mate only got 3 questions wrong, and
> > got 144. He said the max possible was 150. So clearly this is a
> > different test to that of other countries if Terry Ymer (australia)
> > got 151.
>
> The smartest person playing in Channel Nine's studio was teacher Terry
Ymer
> with a score of 147, our smartest online player was John Atkins who scored
> an impressive 151.
But smarter than both were those like myself who had more interesting things
to do with 2 hours of their lives.
"Rats" <Rats@no-spam> wrote in message
news:beb4q9$349nr$1@no-spam
> Tim Scrivens wrote:
> > But smarter than both were those like myself who had more interesting
> > things to do with 2 hours of their lives.
>
> Hence I conclude that Tim Scrivens is the smartest man in RSRU!
I suspect that Bobs is brighter than he looks. I am leaning towards the
opinion that his last few years have seen the development of Usenet as a
performance art medium.
Jack Lamb <3bsaresofter@no-spam> wrote:
> "Slippery Sam" <sonof@no-spam> wrote in message
> news:3f08dc9c@no-spam
>> In a nation of test-confirmed dumbarses, it appears League attracts
>> those with a slight less degree of mental retardation, Scroll down
>> to the breakdown:
>>
>> http://testthenation.nzoom.com/story.html?story_internet_results.inc
>>
>>
>> League 99
>>
>> Rugby 98
>
> Ahh, you have no idea how much mileage I will get out of this one -
> great stuff!
Ah, but be careful of the Australian stats though, they're not so flattering
to league fans!
;)
Sam
Matua <Matua@no-spam> wrote:
> "Slippery Sam" <sonof@no-spam> wrote in message
> news:3f090471@no-spam
>> Rats <Rats@no-spam> wrote:
>>> Slippery Sam wrote:
>>>> I think what this demonstrates, is how incredibly dumb your average
>>>> Kiwi is, in comparison, to Mr Rats.
>>>
>>> We're not dumb mate. Some of the smartest people in the world are
>>> Kiwis.
>>
>> It's just that the police keep cheating when they try to prove it?
>>
>>> However, not having the highest IQ doesn't mean that you'll
>>> not be successful. There's nothing like good, honest, hard yakka to
>>> reach your goals!
>>
>> Yes, but in Australia, we set our goals a bit higher than trying to
>> root our sisters:
>>
>> http://www.world-sex-records.com/sex-251.htm
>>
>> Sam
>>
>>
>>
>
> Listen Slippery Anus, Before the whiteman came to Australia
> kangaroos used to walk.
Nice attempt at historical revisionism.
But I'm going to have to give you a zero for that one.
No wonder you do so dismally at the IQ tests.
Sam
"Rats" <Rats@no-spam> wrote in message
news:beau6k$31i2b$1@no-spam
> Ernest the Sheep wrote:
> > No. It probably means you're a liar.
>
> I shit you not, my good man. The last three tests I did, I got scores of
> 137, 145 and 138.
hey rats the person you replyed to is not a man hes an okker big difference
my friend!!!
SS
>
>
"Slippery Sam" <sonof@no-spam> wrote in message
news:3f090471@no-spam
> Rats <Rats@no-spam> wrote:
> > Slippery Sam wrote:
> >> I think what this demonstrates, is how incredibly dumb your average
> >> Kiwi is, in comparison, to Mr Rats.
> >
> > We're not dumb mate. Some of the smartest people in the world are
> > Kiwis.
>
> It's just that the police keep cheating when they try to prove it?
>
> > However, not having the highest IQ doesn't mean that you'll
> > not be successful. There's nothing like good, honest, hard yakka to
> > reach your goals!
>
> Yes, but in Australia, we set our goals a bit higher than trying to root
our
> sisters:
lol who`s lying now!!!
SS
>
> http://www.world-sex-records.com/sex-251.htm
>
> Sam
>
>
>
"Slippery Sam" <sonof@no-spam> wrote in message
news:3f08fe2b$1@no-spam
> Ernest the Sheep <ern@no-spam> wrote:
> > Rats wrote:
> >> Ernest the Sheep wrote:
> >>> No. It probably means you're a liar.
> >>
> >> I shit you not, my good man. The last three tests I did, I got scores
> >> of 137, 145 and 138.
> >
> > So what did you get in this one then?
>
> I think what this demonstrates, is how incredibly dumb your average Kiwi
is,
> in comparison, to Mr Rats.
>
I really think that you have to define dumb .....like
if you mean dumb as in 2+2 = 6 then yes thats dumb
or
If ya can take out the nazis coming from all corners and beyond after
stealing the machine gun in mohaa then maate thats not even on the scale of
IQicity.thats pure genius
or
Believing someone because they have intelligence reports that can be used
for ......say ......a war for instance .....then thats just dumb....or
gullible
:-)
SiD
Be exellent to each other
Rats wrote:
> Ernest the Sheep wrote:
>> Or perhaps you didn't want to take a proper test and find out how
>> dumb you really are!
>
> Ok, I decided to take the test they've got on the TV One website:
>
> http://testthenation.nzoom.com/story.html?story_mental_gym.inc
>
> My scores were:
>
> Language 9/10
> Memory 8/10
> Reasoning 9/10
> Spatial 9/10
> Arithmetic 10/10
>
> That's a score of 45/50. I guessed a couple in the memory test.
That's not bad, if it's true.
SiD <slave@no-spam> wrote:
> Believing someone because they have intelligence reports that can be
> used for ......say ......a war for instance .....then thats just
> dumb....or gullible
I agree.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,5771858,00.html
Lateline's Tony Jones confronts John Pilger with comments attributed to
Osama bin Laden that condemn Australia for assisting East Timor, and
receives this intriguing answer: "We can't believe that. We can't believe
all these things we're being told." Which sounds like an intelligent
response to Pilger's latest book.
Sam
"Slippery Sam" <sonof@no-spam> wrote in message
news:3f0a4fff@no-spam
> SiD <slave@no-spam> wrote:
> > Believing someone because they have intelligence reports that can be
> > used for ......say ......a war for instance .....then thats just
> > dumb....or gullible
>
> I agree.
>
> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,5771858,00.html
>
> Lateline's Tony Jones confronts John Pilger with comments attributed to
> Osama bin Laden that condemn Australia for assisting East Timor, and
> receives this intriguing answer: "We can't believe that. We can't believe
> all these things we're being told." Which sounds like an intelligent
> response to Pilger's latest book.
>
Ya mistaken me for dave
i dont read all the shit
i just call it as i see it
:-)
Live long and prosper
SiD
Rats wrote:
> Richard Edlin wrote:
>> The last of the memory tests was the only one I need to guess - and
>> some of those guesses come down to which one you subconciously
>> remember anyway.
>>
>> I can never get over just how bad those tests are ... they rely on
>> far too much non-"intelligence" information; the spatial stuff
>> explicitly tells you that you need to know physics!
>
>
> You nailed it mate. The test results make you feel good but if you
> had half a brain you'd realise that they count for shit.
I tend to agree with you rats. Judging by the number of people in here
claiming results that are bordering on genius status, it is obvious that an
impressive result in IQ tests does not necessarily preclude the possibility
of someone being a dipshit.
"Oswald P Wrong" <ossiepwrong@no-spam> wrote in message
news:3f12a183.38637134@no-spam
> I couldn't help but notice that
> "SiD" <slave@no-spam>, Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:40:45 +1200,
> blew it out his posterior thusly:
>
> >> response to Pilger's latest book.
> >>
> >
> >Ya mistaken me for dave
> >i dont read all the shit
> >i just call it as i see it
> >
> >:-)
> >
>
> The blokes obsessessed with me Shag.
>
> Fair enough, I have that effect on rampant bull queers due to my
> substantial features.
>
> I try to cope safe in the knowledge that even if one day a shortarsed
> homo in studded leather nappies tried to hold me down and bum me I'd
> be able to repel his disgusting advances with a quick slap to his
> chops with an axe handle.
>
> Failing that I'd just sit on his face until the bleeding stopped.
>
> >Live long and prosper
> >
>
> Better to shove the hate mongering racist into your killfile Shag.
>
> By the way - I reckon we should have a bash sat your tavern when Ian's
> here, that's if your missus says it's OK.
Will full her up with Insulin and the Sean Micheals Industrial
Dong......oops sorry thats for another Newsgroup :-)
> Email everyone with the details OK.
Will do
> Cool
Nice and close to the club too
Shame we werent still in Mon jer rei
SiD
"Oswald P Wrong" <ossiepwrong@no-spam> wrote in message
news:3f0f3b55.677341@no-spam
> I couldn't help but notice that
> "SiD" <slave@no-spam>, Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:16:35 +1200,
> blew it out his posterior thusly:
>
> >> By the way - I reckon we should have a bash sat your tavern when Ian's
> >> here, that's if your missus says it's OK.
> >
> >Will full her up with Insulin and the Sean Micheals Industrial
> >Dong......oops sorry thats for another Newsgroup :-)
> >
>
> alt.i.need.a.strapon ?
The industrial version aint a strappon
>
> >> Email everyone with the details OK.
> >
> >Will do
> >
>
> <fx: falls off chair>
hope it was the one i made..that still has years left in it.
>
> >> Cool
> >
> >Nice and close to the club too
> >Shame we werent still in Mon jer rei
> >
>
> Are you going to the Jubilee or would that be pushing it?
>
> >SiD
dependng on werk commitments i arent commenting
Australian contract wants more Agrade product they cant acquire there so
....... a bit up in the air ATM
SiD
Only a dream can kill a dream.