Are you smarter than the AVERAGE United States Citizen?

[BWillie]

Yes or No.

Are you below the 50th percentile of people in the United States in intelligence or are you above the 50th percentile?

Get to werk morans!

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by jd1020

Feel like this question has too much common sense involved to actually be "tricky." Short of being brain dead the answer should be in your head before you even start thinking about it.

At least with the bat and ball question that was posted earlier you had to think about it for even a split second before you realized its just a long winded way of asking whats 10 divided by 2.

Here's a golden oldie

- An apple costs 40 cents, a banana costs 60 cents and a grapefruit costs 80 cents. How much does a pear cost?

[PAChiefsGuy]

Hell no I am not. At least I admit it. Unlike the other idiots on here

[stevieray]

knowledge is knowing how to change a tire.

wisdom is doing it.

/movie line

I'm wise in some ways, not so much in others.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by stevieray

knowledge is knowing how to change a tire.

wisdom is doing it.

/movie line

I'm wise in some ways, not so much in others.

I like to say "I know a little about everything but not a lot about anything."

I'm under no delusions that I'm a smart guy.

[LiveSteam]

Its depends on the situation.

And the bar has been set so ****ing low.
So ya!
I think ive broken through.

[lewdog]

I am essential and a piece of shit.

[Megatron96]

I never actually answered the question. Yes, I'm smarter than most Americans.

[eDave]

Essential is a bit of a stretch.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

I never actually answered the question. Yes, I'm smarter than most Americans.

That's obvious.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by jd1020

Feel like this question has too much common sense involved to actually be "tricky." Short of being brain dead the answer should be in your head before you even start thinking about it.

At least with the bat and ball question that was posted earlier you had to think about it for even a split second before you realized its just a long winded way of asking whats 10 divided by 2.

With most of these types of riddles you have to get thinking on the right path, which is often predicated on quickly understanding what is actually being asked, like the ball question. If not you will get bogged down in a way that will never produce the answer and it’s hard to move off of what you think should produce the answer.

[CarlosCarson27]

Originally Posted by Sofa King

Yes. Above average penis size too I might add.

stop using the metric system, cheater

[CarlosCarson27]

Originally Posted by Ubeja Vontell

I had a grandpa who couldn't read or write so he obviously had never read a book, yep, he talked like a simple man would. But.....he could cook better than any woman I have known, he played the guitar, the fiddle, the harmonica, the drums. He could fix anything broken, an ace mechanic, he could grow the biggest tomatos, he knew how to get people to do what he wanted done, and in a way they wanted to do it.

I have a buddy who can't even change his oil, can't cook, can't play anything who is a lawyer.

Intelligence???


I can't imagine anyone knowing more "stuff" than myself but is that intelligence?

exactly.

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by phisherman

Most fun match to watch was Dave Matlock and Buddy Hall at Shooters in Olathe. Probably 1995 or 1996. I've never seen any players drink as much as those dudes cumulatively drank and still look absolutely in control. We watched for probably two hours and it was great. They were playing 8 ball on bar boxes for like $1000 a set. Cash on the table, that stuff is so fun to watch.

Shooters! Haha loved that place.

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

With most of these types of riddles you have to get thinking on the right path, which is often predicated on quickly understanding what is actually being asked, like the ball question. If not you will get bogged down in a way that will never produce the answer and it’s hard to move off of what you think should produce the answer.

This .the math itself is easy
another example

In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?

Spoiler!

47

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Here's a golden oldie

- An apple costs 40 cents, a banana costs 60 cents and a grapefruit costs 80 cents. How much does a pear cost?

I've heard that one before and after I was given the answer I just left thinking that it was reeruned. There's no logical reason to ever come to the answer.

When I heard it the didnt ask how much a pear cost and instead just asked, "How much is a pear?" The only thing I could think of was 2 as if it was a play on words. Then I find out fruit is sold by the vowel... stupid.