Reply to: IQ Test - Take 2

[Churchill]

I clicked the wrong option and about 10 seconds after thought "oh no".

Course you did love, now, that tea won't make itself, will it?

Any biccies?

[Zippy]

and what percentage of thickos got it wrong?

don't forget all the best drivers fail their test on the first attempt

I clicked the wrong option and about 10 seconds after thought "oh no".

[OwlHoot]

I saw the problem on the Cosmic Variance physics blog yesterday.

Many, if not most, of the comments are scientists (who one assumes are reasonably smart) 'fessing up one after another that they jumped to the wrong conclusion. So we're in good company.

[Doggy Styles]

Jack is looking at Anne, but Anne is looking at AndyW. Jack is married, but AndyW is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?

Ah, I've just got it. Very good.

I wet myself with the strain of thinking about it though.

[Spacecadet]

If it's any consolation 80% of the smartest people get the wrong answer.

and what percentage of thickos got it wrong?

don't forget all the best drivers fail their test on the first attempt

[TimberWolf]

If it's any consolation 80% of the smartest people get the wrong answer.

A high IQ is a positive hindrance to answering this question correctly.

edit: But of course that's not to say those who do get the right answer must be stupid!

Nice one. Got any more?

[realityhack]

A high IQ is a positive hindrance to answering this question correctly.

I'm dead fick, me.

I think that's probably because the higher the IQ, the fewer assumptions you're inclined to make, and therefore the less determinate the solution.

[OwlHoot]

Mods: Can the poll results be erased and burnt please, after this thread is done with. Thanks.

-- Submitted on behalf of UK IT

If it's any consolation 80% of the smartest people get the wrong answer.

A high IQ is a positive hindrance to answering this question correctly.

edit: But of course that's not to say those who do get the right answer must be stupid!

[TheFaQQer]

how on earth can you assume they are all facing the same way in a line ?
one of the statii is unknown = null

I will show my bum out of the window if I am wrong

It doesn't matter if they are in a line or not - the situation is that A is looking at B and B is looking at C. Even if C is looking at A, it's irrelevant.

RH is right.

[EternalOptimist]

OH - apologies for explaining my answer, but most people have guessed already anyway, and it's a new day!

So... Is it the right answer?

how on earth can you assume they are all facing the same way in a line ?
one of the statii is unknown = null

I will show my bum out of the window if I am wrong

[Zippy]

It could be 'no' and 'yes' simultaneously.

Only if the question is about cats.

[realityhack]

OH - apologies for explaining my answer, but most people have guessed already anyway, and it's a new day!

So... Is it the right answer?

[TimberWolf]

Mods: Can the poll results be erased and burnt please, after this thread is done with. Thanks.

-- Submitted on behalf of UK IT

[realityhack]

EO - you're making an assumption too far with married man... it says person. I was assuming they were all facing in the same direction, in a line.

Jack > Anne > AndyW

If Jack=Married and AndyW=Unmarried, and Anne=Either Married or unmarried, then:

If Anne=Married:
J(M) > A(M) > AW (U)

Anne is looking at AndyW, so a married person is looking at an unmarried person.

If Anne=Unmarried:
J(M) > A(U) > AW (U)

Jack is looking at Anne, so, again, a married person is looking at an unmarried person.

[RichardCranium]

Bum.

How do I change my answer?