Re: The Edison Mental Fitness Test
You were in knowledge bowl too? Awesome!Originally Posted by Martok
Taking the sampler version, I got 83%.
I missed 1-2 questions because I didn't go with my first choice (as a former Knowledge Bowl geek, I really ought to know better), but there were still at least a couple that I had no idea of the answer regardless. Talk about semi-obscure knowledge.
CR
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
Re: The Edison Mental Fitness Test
59% on the 30 question sampler
"I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." - Issac Newton
Re: The Edison Mental Fitness Test
Yep; I was the geography/history/music/mythology "specialist". Our team made it to the state tournament our junior and senior year.
"MTW is not a game, it's a way of life." -- drone
Re: The Edison Mental Fitness Test
79%. Kind of bad...
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
Proud
Been to:
Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
A Painted Shield of Honour - 1313. Templar Knights in France are in grave danger. Can they be saved?
Re: The Edison Mental Fitness Test
Nice. I was the history/geography/current events guy.Yep; I was the geography/history/music/mythology "specialist". Our team made it to the state tournament our junior and senior year.
We made it to the state tourney in my junior and senior years as well. But we got fourth and third in state.
CR
Ja Mata, Tosa.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter – all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement! - William Pitt the Elder
Re: The Edison Mental Fitness Test
Cool. Always nice to meet a kindred spirit.
Heh. Well you've got me beat there.We made it to the state tourney in my junior and senior years as well. But we got fourth and third in state.
CROur team never even cracked the top ten either year.
"MTW is not a game, it's a way of life." -- drone
Re: The Edison Mental Fitness Test
79% on the 30Q...
I consider this not to bad as it is an American-oriented test (and I am not...)
Philippe 1er de Francein King of the Franks
Re: The Edison Mental Fitness Test
48%, I'm quite proud of the fact that on most questions I got wrong, I had to try all 4 answers before getting the right one.
Abandon all hope.
Re: The Edison Mental Fitness Test
66% on the 30q sampler.
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