Are you smarter than an NFL quarterback? Take the quiz

[cali]

(Rick Osentoski/AP)

For many years, the National Football League has given the Wonderlic aptitude test to rookie players. The test has 50 questions with a 12-minute time limit. Put three minutes on the clock and try our shortened version of the test, created with sample questions from espn.com and testprepreview.com. Multiply the number of right answers you get by 3.85 to compare with full test results. Can you do better than NFL quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers (35) or Tom Brady (33) or Peyton Manning (28)? The average NFL quarterback scores 24 on the test, according Paul Zimmerman, author of "The New Thinking Man's Guide to Pro Football."

- Pat Murphy, Staff
Question 1 of 13
A train travels 20 feet in 1/5 second. At this same speed, how many feet will it travel in three seconds?

300 feet


100 feet


250 feet


600 feet

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Sports/2011/0104/Are-you-smarter-than-an-NFL-quarterback-Take-the-quiz/Train-travel

[LiberalFighter]

1. My score was 42.35

[panader0]

2. 46.2

But it took too long on this POS dial-up.

[reflection]

6. Same here.

I did use a calculator though. Not sure if I was allowed to or not.

[Shandris]

3. 50.05

Those are considered challenging?

[cyberswede]

14. Same here

I'm thinking of having my 4th grader try this...

[NHHome]

4. I only got 1 wrong

but I didn't see a score.

This can't be a real test. It was WAY too easy!

[Shandris]

5. Your score is # correct times 3.85

Its in the italicized portion. But yeah, that's kinna what I got from it too. "Wait, they only got HALF these right?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!"

[bigwillq]

7. Hello.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[AngryAmish]

8. Vince Young got a six

(although he denies it)

And they are thinking of dumping Jeff Fischer.

[NoGOPZone]

16. He denies it because it isn't true

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/3687374.html

At least one paper apologized to him for the mistake.

http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_seasonticket/2006/02/apologies_to_vi.html

[AngryAmish]

18. link says he got a 16

May be true. Lets see how many DUers he beats.

[fishwax]

24. Dan Marino also got a 16

[hfojvt]

30. I got every answer correct

However, it's hard to compare, since I didn't really have a time limit. The original quiz only gives you 14.4 seconds to answer each question (and probably fill in one of those circles with a number 2 pencil). Plus I did three of them with a calculator, and they probably were not using a calculator. I found it impossible to time since this version involves constantly having to hit next twice as well as scroll down the page twice.

Also there are other forms of intelligence than just math and the test was heavily math laden, which happens to be an area where a Rainman like myself kinda excells. As SNL quipped (about Obama), taking me on in math is like saying "let's see how tough Aquaman is once you get him in the water".

[Ishoutandscream2]

17. Yeah, absolutely pathetic

[malaise]

9. 46.2

How did I get one wrong?

[blondeatlast]

10. Marking for later. nt

[marmar]

11. 50.05.......I'm way smarter.

:)

[MadHound]

12. Can you consistently throw a tight spiral and hit somebody running full out sixty yards downfield?

Quarterbacks, like other professionals, are hired for a certain skill set. No, it isn't an intellectual pursuit, but it is a profession nonetheless.

Do we give university professors try-outs to see what their time is in the forty yard dash?

This is simply stupid.

[Obamanaut]

19. To go with your question, here's mine. For golf, the onlookers must

be completely quiet while the golfer prepares for his shot, else they break his concentration.

For the quarterback, as he prepares for the next play, he knows there are several 300 pound opponents who want to do him harm, and several thousand screaming fans urging those hulks to do exactly that. And yet, the quarterback can concentrate.

Why the need for silence for the golfer?

I am neither a golfer nor a quarterback. But I think the QB has the more difficult task.

[Iggo]

25. Even more fun to compare it to an 18 yr old college kid shooting a free throw...

...with 10,000 screaming maniacs trying to make him miss.

Yeah, yeah. The free throw is the exact same shot every time. I know. I know.

It's still a fun comparison. (Remember: To compare is not necessarily to equate.)

[quakerboy]

49. To be fair about this

The Golfer needs to exactly control how one of a bag full of differently angled couple inch wide club surfaces at the end of a slightly bendy metal 4foot long stick hits a 1.68 inch wide ball in such a way as to make it not just hit, but drop into a hole 4.25 inches wide that is several hundred yards away.

Whereas a football player has a team of 300 pound buddies who are tasked and highly trained with protecting him from harm, and is directly throwing a much larger ball better shaped for aerodynamic control to a person who is generally far less than 100 yards away, who is very actively trying to catch it.

I am as much a QB as I am a golfer. Which is to say you will never see me on TV for my skills in either venue. But I would say the question of who has the more difficult task is very much open for interpretation.


Who has the more dangerous job.. that one goes to the QB easy though.

[Obamanaut]

51. You make golf sound much harder than it looks. nt

[bullwinkle428]

27. That skill-set includes memorizing a playbook, and being able to

step and make changes at the line depending on whatever adjustments the defense is making as well. I can't imagine the scouts/talent evaluators would continue to use this test if it didn't have some real-world applicability to the job of QB.

[Kweli4Real]

39. And don't forget to add ...

while dodging 1 or more 320 lb guys trying to rip your head from your body and in front of some 100,000n screaming fans.

[H2O Man]

13. "Does neatness count?"

[IDemo]

15. 50.05

And I know better than to send pics of my junk to sideline reporters.

[SpiralHawk]

20. I'm absolutely sure my score would be perfect

but I cannot take time from my busy life to trifle with such matters, therefore I leave it to, ahem, those who are, shall we say, less well intellectually endowed...

[MilesColtrane]

21. 46.2

CREDIT CREDENCE got me.

I said neither the same or opposite, but one was a kick-ass band.

[SidDithers]

29. Same one got me...nt

Sid

[distantearlywarning]

22. 46.2

Missed the question about 'credit' vs. 'credence', but I don't agree with the "correct" answer they provide. Those two words are not synonymous with one another. Credit implies ownership, or ascribing honor or character, not matters of truth or falsehood.

[Pancho Sanza]

34. That is the one I "missed" as well, their answer is WRONG. The words are neither

equivalent or opposite. I hereby complain. :D

[immoderate]

40. Sorry, not synonymous but "related."

Both have the same Latin root. Think of their relationship to "credible."

--imm

[jayfish]

46. Same here.

Though for me it was the all caps display of the words that thew me off. For the life of me I couldn't even pronounce credence.

[quakerboy]

52. If you give someone credence, you credit what they say

cre·dence
1.belief as to the truth of something: to give credence to a claim.
2. something giving a claim to belief or confidence: letter of credence.
—Synonyms
1. credit, faith, confidence.

According to dictionary.com, they are indeed synonymous.

[dsc]

54. they are using the meaning of credit

as in a giving credit to someone's account of events. I nearly missed it, actually chose the wrong answer first and then at the last second realized that second meaning for credit.

[Iggo]

23. Technically, I missed one.

But even though I guessed right on another one, I'm gonna count that one wrong, too.

So...what's that...42.35?

[bullwinkle428]

26. Yeah, baby...nailed it with 50.05!

[CLANG]

28. 50.05 - pretty simple - now can I play QB?

[ellenfl]

31. kick for later. eom

[JonLP24]

32. Interesting that many of you are scoring higher than the guy that graduated from Harvard

Fitzpatrick got a 48 I think.

I'm afraid to take this test out of fear of how stupid I'll look when I post my score.

[bigwillq]

33. I'm stumped by the question posted in the OP.

:rofl: Math was never a strong suit of mine! :)

I don't mind looking stupid. There's a lot of things I know, and a lot I don't!


Ok, after reading the question more closely..I am going to say the answer is 300.

[JonLP24]

36. On second thought

I believe I took this test awhile back. It is a sample and not the full test. I think I only got 1 or 2 wrong and many of the questions are very easy. I think the pros take one that is a little tougher. I don't know though.

[bigwillq]

35. I got one wrong

But can't find my score.

I don't have flash player installed on this computer at work, so not sure if that's the reason why I can't see my score.

[GusBob]

37. When TimTebow sat to take the test, the story goes........

He wanted to pray with the group of guys there, so the story goes, he said: "fellas pray with me now for the lord's guidance on this test" from back of the room, one of the fellas rejoined: "shut the fuck up, asshole"

[lumberjack_jeff]

38. Got 'em all right. No calculator.

I can only ASSUME that college makes you stupider.

[Kingofalldems]

41. Most of us should be #1 picks in next years draft

[Snotcicles]

42. If a train leaves New York at 6:00 AM going 200 miles an hour headed for California

and a train leaves California at 11:00 AM going 75 miles an hour headed for New York.

Which train will be closer to New York when they meet?

[Ptah]

47. Neither

[Snotcicles]

53. Ding ding ding ding. nt

[Lucian]

43. 50.05.

These tests measure nothing except at how well you can take a test.

[bluedigger]

48. Maybe for us, they are meaningless.

To a prospective 22 year old NFL QB, they can mean the difference between being drafted in the first round or the seventh...or not at all. How many tests do you take that have a direct impact ($Millions) on your future like that? :shrug:

I'd say they give a pretty good indication of the ability to focus under intense pressure...

(42.35)

[Dawson Leery]

44. Perfect Score!

[Blue_In_AK]

45. 100% or 50.05

I can't play football, though.

[cherokeeprogressive]

50. 42.35

Though I know there are many here who would think that impossible.