I just don't understand why knowing what month has the least amount of daylight is any more important than knowing the 1st pick of the 1991 NBA draft.

both useless information and I don't understand why people think 1 thing is common sense intelligence why the other thing is useless knowledge

how about this

I think anyone who doesn't know the 1991 #1 pick in the NBA draft off the top of their head is a ****ing moron

which is what I was called when I admitted in this thread I didn't know #14 because I don't pay attention to daylight savings time (when I guess daylight savings had nothing to do with it)

I missed #14.

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exactly

I took the actual wonderlic for a job and scored a 49. Screw your poll.

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My exact score as well. That question is wrong.

Same here, bros. Got a 14. Missed #4.

I disagree with #4.

I'm actually confused by people getting this wrong.

They both deal with keeping certain elements apart or in withdraw, as in preserving fruit by protecting it from exposure or reserving your troops, protecting them from exposure.

Would I be wrong in that they can both be taken as "to put aside"?

No, Colonel Sanders, you're wrong.

I bet you were shocked when you were told that the Earth orbits the Sun. Although you can always counter with that NBA draft stuff.

When you reserve something you set it back for future use.

When you preserve something you archive it so it doesn't age.

Both items can be used in the future.

Use the transitive property

Preserve:: Archive

If Preserve::Reserve then Archive::Reserve.

It doesn't.

Part of the problem stems from the inarticulate nature of the possible answers; they aren't logically consistent.

Same =/= similar

I got all the ones I tried right, I didn't feel like dicking around with #9.

Since it's a timed test, I'd have probably done the same thing in a real one - skip it and come back later.

I see what you are saying - that the first answer isn't consistent with the third. Option 3 Should have said similar rather than same. That makes sense.

all I'm saying is why is one bit of useless knowledge more important than another bit?

what does knowing which month has the least amount of daylight do for me? I honestly had no clue. I guess I know now.