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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7773974.stm

I got fourteen out of fifteen, I'm off to Grammar school! How's about you?

The 11+ was an exam that all British kids were required to take upon leaving primary (elementary for you Yanks) school to determine whether they went on to Grammar school and a chance at university or to Secendary Modern to a life with very few chances. Thankfully this system has been all but dismantled in the modern UK.

Wow thats one of the most stupid tests I've seen in a long, long time.

13 out of 14.

Lost out on two of the numbers and got a little thrown.

Mind you, I wasn't *allowed* to take the 11+. Moved from Scotland (where it doesn't exist) to England aged 11, and the snooty arseholes in the Grammar schools weren't interested, despite my high IQ.

My Dad passed, suddenly went from being really popular to being 'that smartarse kid'. Show how wrong society is doesn't it?

wacky test. it looks very much like an IQ style test: all ability and no knowledge.

I missed the final question, I couldn't figure out the pattern, but apparently I'd still be allowed to go to whatever school this tests for.

13 out of 15. One stupid mistake on an early question and I couldn't get the last one either.

Anyone figure out 15?

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Just scraped in on 11, had both word codes wrong, couldn't figure it out in the time limit so guessed (wrongly) and got two of the last set wrong as well, the second and fourth questions.

But seriously thats all that defined if you went to Grammer school eh? Wacky.

I passed by a good margin in real life when I was 11 and went to a snooty grammar school (promptly went to the most classless sixth form I could as soon as I could though). I got 15/15 on the test here, but one question was a lucky stab in the dark due to time ticking down, and another I had figured out the wrong formula but my formula ended up with the right result (woohoo).

edit: oh and the last question

15/15, but took the full 10 minutes and had to take an 'educated guess' on one of the maths questions.

The maths stuff had me stumped for awhile.

Only 13/15. I feel like crap today, and I wasted too much time puzzling out the letter/number subsitution code. [/excuses] I always do better with words than with numbers.

15/15 - 8:30. Some of them took a little thinking, but having it be multiple choice made it really pretty simple.

14 out of 15. But I confess I had to take it twice. The first time I thought the words in the brackets like THI()ECK was supposed to be a single complete word. Then after I submitted it I though "10, I can't be that dumb can I?" went back and read it and reloaded the page and took it again. I got one of the sequence questions I missed the first go by accident on the second one.

Top of the class!
You've scored 15 out of 15.

Just over 5 minutes, so I'm out of form.

@Typeline: I had the similar issues with that series, wasted a good minute just trying to figure out what they expected from an Elementary schooler...
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Spoilers:

@Polonius & Ozy:

@Mannahnin & MDS:

15/15, and it took me about six and a half minutes.

I completely guessed question 15, .

12 out of 15. For some reason my brain had a disconnect and tried to answer
the number brackets one using the letter codes. So I guess on those three questions
and got the last one wrong all on my own.

14/15 couldn't get the last one either.

So y'say I could've gone to a snooty grammar school and gone on to join the foreign office?

I got 16. They are some interesting pattern recognition questions, and, as usual for tests like this, comprehending the ponderous instructions is half the battle. But then again, what's a better preparation for real life than poorly written instructions and unfair standards?

groz wrote:I got 16. They are some interesting pattern recognition questions, and, as usual for tests like this, comprehending the ponderous instructions is half the battle. But then again, what's a better preparation for real life than poorly written instructions and unfair standards?

Well, 16 out of 15 should put you in the top few candidates.

groz wrote:I got 16.

Impressive! I only managed 14 out of 15.

15/15 in about six minutes, whilst on a call with a customer (did it at work, of course)

So nyeah :p

groz wrote:I got 16. They are some interesting pattern recognition questions, and, as usual for tests like this, comprehending the ponderous instructions is half the battle. But then again, what's a better preparation for real life than poorly written instructions and unfair standards?

groz, the only Dakkite to defeat The Kobayashi Maru scenario!

"I hate to lose..."

groz wrote:I got 16.

BEHOLD HE COMES ! You realise this actually qualifies you as the new King of the United Kingdom. Much more sensible than that sword in a stone nonsense. You start next Tuesday, best get cracking on that xmas speech.

reds8n wrote:

groz wrote:I got 16.

BEHOLD HE COMES ! You realise this actually qualifies you as the new King of the United Kingdom. Much more sensible than that sword in a stone nonsense. You start next Tuesday, best get cracking on that xmas speech.

Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcicial aquatic ceremony!

15/15 in about 6 mins.

That last question was a guess, but I made an educated guess (the other answers seemed to deviate too much from the pattern they showed).

13/15 in 3:30 min and to think that according to official documents i dont even know english

I got to number three. Anything to do with numbers makes my brain stop working.

Top of the class!
You've scored 15 out of 15.

With 6:04 to spare.

I found #'s 7 & 8 the most time consuming. Not hard... just took me longr to see the pattern than any others.


Eric

This leads to some interesting questions:

1) Are Dakkites smarter than average british 11 year olds?
2) Is the test provided not nearly as tough as the one given in practice?
3) Are we all lying like rugs?
4) is anybody scoring less than a 13/15 just not posting their response?

I'm going to assume that with most of us being adults of at least some college education, an IQ test for 11 year olds might a bit easier, although that last question was a dirty trick.

scorded 10 ... the test is not as hard as the test given in school ... i got them all right back then ... have i got thicker? maybe ... maybe i've learnt more important life skills ... like programing