Section 112

The Wonderlic Test, or how Vince Young Got Out Of College

1. Look at the row of numbers below. What number should come next?
8 4 2 1 ½ ¼ ?

2. Assume the first two statements are true. Is the final one:
1. true, 2. false, 3. not certain?
The boy plays baseball. All baseball players wear hats. The boy wears a hat.

3. Paper sells for 21 cents per pad. What will four pads cost?

4. How many of the five pairs of items listed below are exact duplicates?
Nieman, K.M. Neiman, K.M.
Thomas, G.K. Thomas, C.K.
Hoff, J.P. Hoff, J.P.
Pino, L.R. Pina, L.R.
Warner, T.S. Wanner, T.S.

5. RESENT RESERVE • Do these words
1. have similar meanings, 2. have contradictory meanings, 3. mean neither the same nor opposite?

6. A train travels 20 feet in 1/5 second. At this same speed, how many feet will it travel in three seconds?

7. When rope is selling at $.10 a foot, how many feet can you buy for sixty cents?

8. The ninth month of the year is
1. October, 2. January, 3. June, 4. September, 5 May.

9. Which number in the following group of numbers represents the smallest amount?
7 .8 31 .33 2

Answers
1. 1/8
2. true
3. 84 cents
4. 1
5. 3
6. 300 feet
7. 6 feet
8. September
9. .33

ADDITIONAL QUESTION (Bonus):
Assume the first two statements are true. Is the final one:
1. true, 2. false, 3. not certain?
Scoring below a 14 is the equivalent of being a moron. Vince Young scored a 6. Vince Young is a moron.

A breakdown of the scoring looks like this:
50= highest possible score, superior intelligence
21= average intelligence
14= equivalent to unskilled worker
Below 14= moron

Based on the number you answered correctly within the time limit on the sample WPT, you could project your score on the 50-item test like this:
9 correct= 50 4 correct= 22
8 correct= 44 3 correct= 17
7 correct= 39 2 correct= 11
6 correct= 33 1 correct= 6
5 correct= 28 0 correct= 0

(questions and answers)
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(bonus question)

-JG