Are you a genius?

UPDATE 2:

Done!  See below the fold.

UPDATE:

I've posted my own answers below the fold of this post (I got a few more last night), so please feel free to fill in the blanks for me (in additional comments), and I'll update the complete list as I get them.  Then we can all be done with this.  Still, it seems to be a sure sign of the relative intelligence of the folks who come here to read!

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These sorts of things bug the heck out of me when I can't finish, so I thought I'd put the link out here to see if anyone else wants to gimme a hand.

I came across a purported IQ test that consists of 33 fill-in-the-blank lines of text, preceded by a simple hint.

The sample they give is:

24 H in a D

And the answer they provide is, "24 HOURS IN A DAY".

Seems simple right?  Well, there are 33 additional lines, and I've managed to figure out 21 of them.  So that means there are 12 that are beginning to infuriate me.  Rather than resort to googling the hints (I'm sure I could), this seems like a more interactive solution to me.

Here are the numbers of the lines I've figured out already:

1-5
7-11
13
15&16
18
21-23
25-27
32

Getting the answer to some of the questions makes other answers easier, or more intuitive.  I'll post my own answers later in a comment or addendum to this post.  Please feel free to post answers in my own comments or, if you're feeling cruel, the line numbers of the ones you got that I didn't.  Here's the link.

Intelligence Test

ANSWERS:

1. 26 letters of the alphabet
2. 7 days of the week
3. 7 wonders of the world
4. 12 signs of the zodiac
5. 66 books of the bible
6. 52 cards in a pack (without jokers)
7. 13 stripes in the united states flag
8. 18 holes on a golf course
9. 39 books of the old testament
10. 5 toes on a foot
11. 90 degrees in a right angle
12. 3 blind mice (see how they run)
13. 32 is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit at which water freezes
14. 15 players in a rugby team
15. 3 wheels on a tricycle
16. 100 cents in a dollar
17. 11 players in a football (soccer) team
18. 12 months in a year
19. 13 is unlucky for some
20. 8 tentacles on an octopus
21. 29 days in february in a leap year
22. 27 books in the new testament
23. 365 days in a year
24. 13 loaves in a baker's dozen
25. 52 weeks in a year
26. 9 lives of a cat
27. 60 minutes in an hour
28. 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body
29. 64 squares on a chess board
30. 9 provinces in south africa
31. 6 balls to an over in cricket
32. 1000 years in a millennium
33. 15 men on a dead man's chest

Comments

[Mark]

I got a total of 26. I was stuck at 23 correct until one hit me and two fell into place directly after it. Some that you got still have me scratching my head without a clue.

I can't spend more time on it right now. Here's what I got:

1-5
6-9
12-14
16-19
21
22-27
29
32-33

I didn't want to give actual answers until everybody had a chance to play.

[Mark]

Um, I meant 1-9. After I got #5, I forgot to combine those first two groups in my list.

I also just now got #20, so I'm up to a 27 (but who's counting?)

[Elsa]

Got 20 and 15 for ya. You've got a bunch that I haven't gotten yet.

15 3 wheels on a tricycle
20 8 tentacles on an octopus

[Elsa]

This is a little addictive.

Got 10

5 toes on a foot

[Paula]

Oh Simon, was there REALLY any question?
I find it hilarious that average means a lack of intelligence. That's one wicked bell curve they have there!

22 for me. I'm amazed that I figured out 19, and irritated that my 32 isn't deemed correct. Where do I lodge a complaint?

[Elsa]

Paula,
32 took me a long time to spell correctly. If you are like me, try using 2 n's.

[Mark]

I had #15, too, but obviously I was spelling something wrong the first go 'round. It really had me confused until Elsa spelled it out.

I'm ashamed I missed "5 toes on a foot."

[elizabeth]

I can't believe they didn't have '50 W to L Y L'

[Paul]

Well, I have 24 so far. Funny that I have several that others have missed, yet I can't get some that everyone else seems to see right away.

I have:
1-6
9-13
15&16
18-23
25, 27, 29
32&33

[Paul]

OK, I just got 26 and 31. Number 28 is making me batty. I'm pretty sure I know what H B is, but P and C are eluding me.

[Marc]

Is there any way to find out the answers?

[Marc]

Have you tried http://weffriddles.com? I was hooked on that for a while.

[Tasha]

Man, I was doing really poorly, and then all of a sudden my brain seemed to kick in. It's hard, because I am a scientist, I automatically try and figure out the abbreviation of measure in the letters, when really, the is no scientific abbreviation for octopus (which I'm not counting, since I read it in the comments).

24 so far:

1-5
8-11
13-19
21-25
27-28
32

[Moksha Gren]

Ok I need to stop now. I'm stuck at 25. I got:
1-9 (#1 stumped me for a little while. duh)
11
13-16
18-23
25
27-29
32

Now I'll take a look at the comments

[Moksha Gren]

drat...toes on a foot. of course. And i too was looking for "50 W to LYL" or "6 F in the SWS" But alas...there was no such luck.

[Moksha Gren]

I was also expecting to see "6 O in an I"

[Mark]

H M W W A W C?

[Elizabeth]

Does it still count if I got the 'C' and 'B', but had to look up the rules for the game to get the 'O' in #31?

[Moksha Gren]

Mark - You meen "I A W C C W?"

[Dave]

No genius here... *chuckling*

[Moksha Gren]

#28 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body

[Simon]

Guys! The ones in the list are infuriating enough!

I understand the two about woodchucks, even though I thought one of those Ws could have been a C.

But what about: 6 F in the S W S ??
and: 6 O in an I ??

This is all so much!

[Mark]

33. 15 Men on a Dead Man's Chest

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

Sorry, Simon, I have nothing else that you're missing.

[Mark]

Simon, you nailed my woodchuck riddle. Obviously, you did too, Moksha. But, I don't know about the "C" instead of the W.

Did you mean it should be How Much Would Could a Woodchuck Chuck?

Maybe that's the proper way to say it, but I always think "would" instead of "could" in the first part of that tongue-twister.

[Simon]

Yeah Mark, it was the could/would thing. Just a matter of how we each grew up saying that one. Pretty interchangeable, if you ask me. Which I think you did. :)

Oh, and I now think that Moksha meant
"6 outs in an inning" in one of the ones he wrote above, but I still can't figure that "6 F in the S W S".