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Saw this on MeFi. I am a dork because (a) I really like this sort of puzzle and (b) they let me think I'm smart even when I forget to charge my cellphone or fail to remember what day of the week it is.

Give it a whirl in a google-free environment. See how you do. For 24, omit the apostrophe you think you need, or it won't score it properly. In 33, do put in the apostrophe.

I got 28 of them correct.

Here are the ones I missed, which I have since googled to successful conclusions:
15 P in a R T
11 P in a F (S) T
23 P of C in the H B
9 P in S A
6 B to an O in C

Date: 2006-01-21 07:55 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] wootsauce.livejournal.com
Man, I want the answer key to this. Are they all everyday sort of sayings, that I am likely to have heard? I'm curious to know if any of them are ones I've never heard before. (So far I have like 13.)

Date: 2006-01-21 08:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brni.livejournal.com

hrm..

"52 Cows in a Pasture (With Jesus)" appears to be wrong. *sigh*

Date: 2006-01-21 08:04 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] wootsauce.livejournal.com
As is 26 laws of the amazons, to my chagrin.

Date: 2006-01-21 08:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brni.livejournal.com

out of false modesty, i'll refrain from giving my (allegedly wrong) response to "18 H on a G C"

Date: 2006-01-21 10:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] which-chick.livejournal.com
Okay, ya'll are more amusing than the correct answers. There is a key here (http://mensa-test.com/ans/).

Date: 2006-01-22 12:45 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] wootsauce.livejournal.com
Out of those... 8 are numbers I've never heard before and/or would have no reason to know. Especially the ones related to 5!

Date: 2006-01-23 11:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladyivy.livejournal.com
Serious question - how long did it take you to get to 28 right? I've been staring at if for 20 minutes and am up to 11. But I'm not giving up yet.

Date: 2006-01-23 12:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] which-chick.livejournal.com
About half an hour. Full disclosure: I saw a bunch of these (some the same, some different) when I was in sixth or seventh grade as an end-of-the-year thing one of the teachers handed out to keep us from setting the school on fire, so the concept and some of the material were not new to me. (No, I am not trying to be smart. I am smart. Totally not at all the same thing.)

Date: 2006-01-23 02:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladyivy.livejournal.com
I ended with twelve. But when I followed the link you had to the answers I have to say I was hampered by a) all the bible references - Totally would have no idea AT ALL and b) the sports references (at least 2 that I remember off the top of my head) - again, totally no idea, no interest etc.

I got the time ones and various others, but some of those I looked at said, huh, interesting fact I never knew.

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