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[captainsblog]

With the 11th pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills selected....

a guy with a Wonderlic test score of 13.

That would be 13 out of 50 questions correct.

You can take a sample 15-question Wonderlic test here. Give yourself one point for each correct answer, then multiply that by 3.333 to get the corresponding full-test score. If you're reading this page- hell, if you can read at all- I'm betting you're a bit higher than 13.

Now double that number and add 60 for a number that should correlate to your IQ.

Congratulations. You and I are both smarter than the entire first round of the NFL draft combined.  No, you don't get their million dollar signing bonuses. As someone once said, if Jeffrey Dahmer ran the 40-yard dash in under 4.4 seconds, NFL scouts would have recommended treating him for an eating disorder.

Comments

[baseballchica03.livejournal.com]

Now double that number and add 60 for a number that should correlate to your IQ.

I find that really hard to believe because that would mean that my IQ is hovering within the "genius" category. And I didn't even answer question 13 because I didn't feel like trying to find a scratch pad. While I was in a GT program as a kid, I don't feel like I'm that much smarter than everybody else. (Ok, maybe I'm smarter than the average townie in SC, but I'm no genius.)

Also, I want to argue a point about question number 5, on the meanings of present vs. reserve. It's true that with their more common definitions they have no relationship, but you can also consider them to be contradictory if you take them to mean "put forth" vs. "withhold." For example: "Her advisor urged her to present her findings in a journal article, but she chose to reserve them until further testing could provide additional confirmation."

[headbanger118.livejournal.com]

I wish I could say that surprised me, but I've heard too many interviews with players that didn't understand the basic concept of phonics, much less reading.