Noesis

The Journal of the Mega Society

April 2004 Issue 168

Officers

Editor and Publisher: Ron Yannone

189 Ash Street #2

Nashua, NH 03060

Administrator: Jeff Ward

13155 Wimberly Square

San Diego, CA 92128

Internet Officer: Kevin Langdon

P.O. Box 795

Berkeley, CA 94701

Founder: Ronald K. Hoeflin

P.O. Box 539

New York, NY 10101

no·e·sis – Greek Þ understanding – to perceive. Psychology Þ the cognitive process

The Mega Society was founded in 1982 and has been documented in the GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS during the 1980s as the most exclusive society. Mega means million and denotes the one-in-a-million status of its members. Presently, the only viable adult-level admissions test is the Titan Test, developed by its founder, Ron Hoeflin – where 43/48 correct answers corresponds to the minimum accepted IQ level of 176. See www.megasociety.net Since its GUINNESS “distinction” in the 1980’s, the Mega Society with its 99.9999 percentile member status, remains “the most elite ultra-high IQ Society.”

Editorial Introduction to NOESIS Issue #168 – April 2004

Welcome to a kaleidoscopic treat – Noesis #168.

First, please find enclosed a small gift in a small brown coin envelope – for members and non-member subscribers – a memorable, wallet-sized, Mega Society card!

In this issue we cover a variety of topics – totally prepared in Microsoft WORD this time.

We start with a surprise wish to someone we all hold dear. His long-term dedication, spanning over a quarter of a century in the intelligence testing arena, and establishing several Hi-IQ societies, has made his name synonymous with “IQ” throughout the world.

The next item is an interesting twist on chessboard design and game strategy, corresponding to a Polish-developed chess-for-three product. Future Mega Society “admissions test” developers should consider leveraging chess-for-three as a tantalizing test problem.

Next, we learn a little about Mega Society veteran, W. H. “Bill” Corley. Bill developed the column “DIVERTISSEMENTS” in the 1984 Megarian publications – where he presented challenging verbal and math exercises. We encourage Bill to resume this column for future Noesis journals after he settles into his new home.

Next, we read a letter from long-time Mega Society veteran Christopher P. Harding (Australia). Chris expended an exorbitant number of hours to develop six candidate admissions tests. We disperse the six tests throughout the journal (1/2, 3/4, and 5/6). Chris would appreciate constructive criticism on any/all of his six tests. The solutions are intentionally not provided. Chris was born in the UK in 1944. He is a co-author of a book I purchased in November 1994 titled “The Ultimate IQ Challenge” with Marcel Feenstra and Philip J. Carter [ISBN 0-7063-7232-8]. What’s interesting is the three authors present an I.S.P.E. (International Society for Philosophical Enquiry) Vocabulary Test in the back of their book that has 70 questions and accompanying percentile score table. An average score on this test is approximately 16/70 correct – the top 45 percent. At the time the book was printed, the top score of 65/70 corresponded to the top 0.0004 percent.

Next, we developed a word/definition matching exercise. Here we delve into the intense “word world” of Josefa Heifetz. Jascha Heifetz, Josefa’s father, allowed her hobby of collecting odd words to sidetrack her own musical career as a concert pianist and composer. Working alone, she spent ten years searching through innumerable lexicons and unabridged works too bulky for browsing. She examined and rejected hundreds of thousands, before deciding on the words that appear in her 264-page book. Some of the selected words look like JUMBLES! To keep the intensity elevated, we present the answers elsewhere in this journal.

Next, we capture a very interesting study conducted by an insurance research company, Quality Planning Corporation (QPC). QPC presents a table that lists occupations of drivers involved in accidents and speeding violations. You’ll be surprised at the two professions that ironically contribute to the top-five ranked!

Next, we return for more mental gymnastics, by presenting 26 famous quotes – the authors of which you are to identify. The answers appear separately in this journal.

Next, Dean Inada, long-time Mega Society member, does an article to complement Chris Cole’s efforts. Dean’s paper is on “Bayesian Estimate of IQs.”

Next, Christopher P. Harding sent us a CD ROM with an article commenting on Chris Cole’s “Speculations on Physics VI” in the March Noesis #167

Next, we present three fun chess exercises with a twist – either for yourself, your children, nephews, nieces, grandchildren, or someone you know appreciates chess. The exercises are dispersed throughout the journal. We do not include the answers. Dr. Miodrag Petkovic is a professor at the University of Nis, Yugoslavia. He has published over 130 scientific papers and the author/co-author of 6 books. The 3 problems are “historical” – but have interesting “twists” to them.

Next, we explore a progressive “adjective JUMBLE” exercise – where the first part looks at unveiling JUMBLES, the second places them in interesting sentences, and if this is still too difficult, in the third presentation the JUMBLES are placed in their corresponding sentences to aid your investigation. Here, we team with Dr. Eugene Ehrlich - coeditor of The Oxford English Dictionary and the author of dozens of books.

Next, based on item (6) below, I received the April issue of Gift of Fire, the journal of the Prometheus Society. I like the diverse author “team.” The immediate article that caught my attention was by Albert Frank from Belgium – a member of Dr. Hoeflin’s OATH (one-in-a-thousand) high-IQ society. Albert and Philippe Jacqueroux developed the first 3 (of 4) “International Contest of Logical Problems” exercises. The April issue of Gift of Fire has the “Fourth International Contest of Logical Problems” developed by the members of Albert Frank’s Ludomind Society. We include the 3^rd and 4^th contests in this issue of Noesis – with enthusiastic permission by Albert Frank – and a short introduction on Albert. The URL for the Ludomind Society is: http://www.digimind.org/ludomind

Next, a few words from past Noesis issues.

1. The BALLOTS distributed with Noesis issue #167 should have been addressed to Jeff Ward, our Administrator. I apologize. About a dozen BALLOTs were forwarded to Jeff Ward. A word of thanks to the members. All BALLOTs were received or post-marked 31 March. Nice work!

2. It wasn’t until Paul Maxim wrote a letter inquiring on the missing page 37 (Noesis #167) that I determined that it was really missing. This page is enclosed for you to paste it in the back inside card-stock cover of Noesis issue #167.

3. Regarding the statement by Ron Hoeflin for a call-for-a-vote to reduce the Mega Society admissions cut-off, I inquired with Ron Hoeflin and he was nice to respond back in a letter dated March 23, 2004. As a result of his response (below), we will not be calling for a vote to reduce the Mega Society cut-off.

“I am impartial to how the Mega Society handles its admissions cut-off, i.e., whether the Mega Society keeps the 1-in-a-milion standard or adopts a 15-per-million standard.”

4. As you can see from Noesis issue #166, and this present Noesis issue, I r-e-a-l-l-y would appreciate enlightening articles from my fellow Mega Society comrades. Rick Rosner, a former editor, will try to do an article in the future. Ideally, my job would be considerably more tractable if each member contributed a couple of articles per year. To prepare the articles, orchestrate the Noesis journal outline, and publish the journal in a professional manner, can be a full-time job. I entreat my comrades to support our global endeavor. The members make up the “fabric” of the Society, and our readers will be thrilled to see the “bouquet” such an intelligent cluster can dynamically create in each forthcoming issue of their “flagship product” – the Noesis journal.

5. In Noesis issue #167, I did an article titled “Another Avenue for Seeking out Prospective Members for the Mega Society.” We’ve made great headway. I prepared a cover letter that was sent to the USAMO/IMO advisory panels with accompanying email/URLs to the Mega Society home page and Titan Test. In speaking with the new CAMC Director, Steve Dunbar, he says getting the Titan Test to the USAMO (United States of America Mathematics Olympiad) and IMO (International Mathematics Olympiad) winners over the past several years is a great idea. Steve said these USAMO/IMO winners have excellent verbal skills as well, and said in regard to the VERBAL portion of the Titan Test, these candidates should do well. Steve had his secretary forward the email to these winners. The CAMC keeps track of these young, stellar, mathematicians for decades! I have inquired with our founder and Titan Test developer, Dr. Ron Hoeflin, to waive the scoring fee for these specific individuals. I mentioned to Ron Hoeflin that this would open the door to some potentially outstanding Mega Society candidates. I further offered a small personal, contribution to Ron Hoeflin for each “USAMO/IMO winner” Titan Test he scores. A short article on the 2001 USAMO/IMO winners is provided in this issue of Noesis.

6. In a telephone “fireside chat” with Internet Officer Kevin Langdon in March, we discussed ideas for future articles in Noesis. One was the AMC (American Mathematics Competitions) presented in Noesis issue #167. I went the extra mile in the AMC article – and looked at it as a mechanism to reach well-qualified Mega Society candidates. A second topic Kevin suggested was for me to read some issues of the Prometheus Society’s journal, Gift of Fire (GoF), edited by Fred Vaughan. My mind churned at the speed of light, and I instantly offered to exchange Noesis for GoF with Fred Vaughan. To make a long story short, Fred responded in a very positive manner, and Brian Schwartz (Treasurer) said he would pay for my subscription to GoF! Fred and I have similar professional backgrounds.

7. Brian Schwartz, our friendly Prometheus Society treasurer, submitted three articles relative to the SAT issue. Two articles are responses to articles Kevin Langdon and Chris Cole presented in Noesis issue #167. Brian’s third article is titled “How ‘Selective Tests’ Test.”

8. The editor continues to communicate with other organizations and publishers for purposes of introducing them to the Mega Society, its impressive history, and to define avenues to “advertise” the Mega Society’s desire to solicit high-likelihood candidates via publication of the Titan Test.

9. There continues to be high interest by many active Mega Society members to have a questionnaire that helps get to know one another. Our principal “vehicle” to meet one another is via our “flagship product” – Noesis. In the back of this issue the Mega Society officers developed an initial questionnaire “shopping list” for members to add to. We desire members mail their additional comments or itemized questionnaire list to the Editor via the enclosed pre-addressed, postage-paid envelope. After processing the inputs, we will include the official questionnaire in a forthcoming issue of Noesis. As the title to a delightful song in The King and I goes, “Getting to know you, getting to know all about you.”

NOESIS Journal – April 2004 – Issue #168

CONTENTS
#	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGE
1	Happy Birthday to someone “Special”	Mega Members	7
2	A new Twist in Chess Games (with Fess, Luberda, & Givli)	Ron Yannone	8
3	Mega Society member H. W. “Bill” Corley – Yannone & Corley	Bill Corley	11
4	Bill Corley’s 2004 “Dirty Dozen” Exercise Set	Bill Corley	13
5	Letter from Mega Society veteran Chris Harding on 6 Hi-IQ Tests	Chris Harding	17
6	Candidate Hi-IQ Tests #1 and #2 for your Review and Comments	Chris Harding	18/21
7	Answers to Bill Corley’s “Dirty Dozen” Exercise	Bill Corley	25
8	“Uncommon Words” Matching Quiz	Ron Yannone	28
9	Accidents and Speeding by Occupation	Ron Yannone	29
10	Candidate Hi-IQ Tests #3 and #4 for your Review and Comments	Chris Harding	30/34
11	Name-that-Author	Ron Yannone	38
12	“Uncommon Words” Matching Quiz (answers)	Ron Yannone	40
13	Bayesian Estimate of IQs	Dean Inada	41
14	Comments on Chris Cole’s “Speculations on Physics VI” in Noesis #167	Chris Harding	47
15	Chess-ercizes – Problem 1 (“zig-zag”) – with Dr. Miodrag Petkovic	Ron Yannone	50
16	Name-that-Author – (answers)	Ron Yannone	51
17	Chess-ercizes – Problem 2 (“pistol-theme”)	Ron Yannone	52
18	“Adjective JUMBLE” Exercise – with Eugene Ehrlich	Ron Yannone	53
19	International Contest of Logical Problems – intro by Ron Yannone	Albert Frank	54
20	Chess-ercizes – Problem 3 (“invisible” chess)	Ron Yannone	59
21	PART 2 – “Adjective JUMBLE” Exercise – sentences with “blanks”	Ron Yannone	60
22	Hi-IQ Tests #5 and #6 for your Review and Comments	Chris Harding	62/66
23	AMC Article – Reaching out to USAMO/IMO Winners via Titan Test	Ron Yannone	70
24	Letters from the Editor	Ron Yannone	72
25	Reply to Kevin Langdon – Relative to SAT Topic Noesis issue #167	Brian Schwartz	74
26	Reply to Chris Cole – Relative to SAT Topic Noesis issue #167	Brian Schwartz	75
27	How “Selective Tests” Select	Brian Schwartz	76
28	PART 3 Adjective JUMBLE – The sentences with their JUMBLE placement	Ron Yannone	77
29	“Adjective Jumble” Exercise (answers)	Ron Yannone	79
30	Member Questionnaire Checklist	Officers	80

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Ron Hoeflin!!!!!!

Founder of the Mega Society

Age: 60

Text Box: February 23, 1944
February 23, 2004

Fred Vaughan (Editor-Gift of Fire) – used this photo when Internet Officer and supported its use in Noesis. Fred used this in a Gift of Fire issue

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday dear Ron Hoeflin,

Happy birthday to you!

Your friends from The Mega Society

A Novel Twist in Chess Games

by Ron Yannone, Rob Fess, Jerzy Luberda, Yaron Givli

“Challenging Chess for Three” – by Siegler & Co (1-800-442-0002), product item #151102 on page S-6 of their New Year’s Sale edition, price $79.95. Website: sovietski.com/sieglers. Sovietski H Collection - Historically Inspired Products With a Sense of Adventure. Copyright [168962] by Jerzy Luberda (1996), chess4three@wp.pl

Description: Increase your skills and add new levels of enjoyment to your play with the game that’s taking Europe by storm. Dimensions are 19” x 19” x 19” wood-burned board folds and locks. Velveteen-lined compartments keep carved, wooden pieces safe and secure. Complete with rules, in English. King is 2 ½ “. Handcrafted in Poland.

To our Mega Society admissions test developers – maybe a problem (or two) based

on this new “twist” of a chessboard might be entertaining and challenging to new test

takers! Each player has 2 opponents that he plays against, or in concert with, to usurp

both opponents. Rob Fess, Manager of Marketing Communications (Sovietski) provided the photo below.

Sorry, the glasses of Scotch don’t come with the game.

■ Won Bronze medal at World Exhibition of Inventions – Brussels, 1992

■ Won Silver medal at the International Exhibition – “IDEAS-INVENTIONS-NOVELTIES” in Nuremberg, Germany, 1992

A Novel Twist in Chess Games - continued

by Ron Yannone, Rob Fess, Jerzy Luberda, Yaron Givli

Playing Rules (with permission by inventor Jerzy Luberda 4/12/04):

Each player plays against two other players. The player who checkmates first is the winner. The player who has been checkmated loses and the third player loses as well, no matter whether this player only passively assisted or even consciously helped the checkmating player. Players must concentrate not only on their own attack and defense, but also on preventing either of the two opponents from checking the other.

NOTE:

■ Preserve the manner of movement found in classic chess

■ The red side begins each game (depending on the concept of a given match) and each time determines the position of the queen (E12 or I12). The white side plays second, followed by the black side and the red side once again, and so on, always in the same order

■ The chess pieces which move diagonally when leaving their own half across the central point of the chessboard have the choice of heading to the left or the right “half” of the board

Some of the theoretical auxiliary discriminations while concluding more complicated chess endings:

We also distinguish between single- and two-color checkmates. A single-color checkmate is performed by one player exclusively by his own forces. A two-color checkmate requires the forces of the third, that (who) is skillfully taking advantage of the positioning of another player’s pieces. (This leads to the situation that if one of the remaining players can make use of my pieces to checkmate a third, it is my error. And although the second checkmated the third, employing for this position of, for example, my queen, at this moment I lose as well.)

A Novel Twist in Chess Games - continued

by Ron Yannone, Rob Fess, Jerzy Luberda, Yaron Givli

Permission was given by Yaron Givli to use his copyrighted [1997] chessboard notation photo (above).

http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~gvili/workshop/Rules.html - date of email 4/14/04

Example Moves by Pieces – per Jerzy Luberda’s Game Instructions [1]
Pawn	placed on B4 Þ B5; placed on G4 Þ G9 placed on E4 Þ D5, I9, E9, F9
Bishop	placed on I8 Þ D7, C6, B5, A4; placed on J12 Þ I11, E10, F9, G4, H3 placed on D4 Þ C5, B6, A7, E9, F10, G11, H12, E3, F2, G1
Queen	placed on F3 Þ F4, F9, F10, F11, F12, G4, H9, E4, I9, J10, K11, L12, D5, C6, B7, A8
Rook	placed on D3 Þ E3, F3, G3, H3, D4, D5, D6, D7, D8 placed on J5 Þ J9, J10, J11, J12, J6, J7, J8, I5, D5, C5, B5, A5
Knight	placed on E4 Þ G9, F10, I10, J9, D6, C5
King	placed on E4 Þ E3, D3, D4, D5, I9, E9, F9, F4, F3

[1] Note: it gets a little “dizzy” looking at this board, so please excuse any typos

Mega Society Member Bill Corley

The top left photo is Bill Corley at 18 months of age. Bill is Professor and Graduate Advisor in the IMSE Department and has been a faculty member since 1971. Prior to UTA (University of Texas at Arlington), Bill worked for IBM at Cape Kennedy in the space program, where he developed a computerized pre-launch checkout of the Saturn V rocket, and for McDonnell Douglas in the defense industry, where he wrote computer simulations of anti-aircraft missiles. Dr. Corley holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Information Science (theoretical computer science) from Georgia Tech, a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from The University of Florida, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from The University of Texas at Arlington.

Bill's research interests involve both theory and applications. His areas of expertise include optimization, multiple criteria decision making, statistics, network analysis, game theory, fuzzy sets, discrete mathematics, stochastic processes, and functional analysis. Bill has developed abstract optimization theories for set-valued functions and for functions whose variables are sets. He has defined the notion of multivariate order statistics and established a new type of hybrid fixed-point theorem. He has initiated the study of games with vector payoffs, applied multiple criteria to network analysis, utilized fuzzy sets in decision making, and made major contributions to the theory of fuzzy logic.

Dr. Corley has been principle investigator on such diverse research grants as designing aircraft wings with mathematical programming, modeling breast cancer using Markov processes, and applying information theory to optimal search techniques, among others, as well as a grant through 2005 to develop a new algorithm for linear programming. The U. S. Department of Defense has utilized his work in network theory. He has published numerous research papers, consulted internationally, runs an annual mathematical puzzle contest for students during Engineering Week, and directed 26 Ph.D. dissertations.

Bill Corley – Mega Society Member – Sample Papers

The University of Texas at Arlington
Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering

http://ie.uta.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=researchdescription&researchid=64&userid=85

Optimal k-Cuts in Graphs: A branch and bound algorithm is developed for partitioning a weighted planar graph into k components containing specified vertices such that the total weight between components is minimized.

A Generalization of the Max Flow - Min Cut Theorem: A generalization of the max flow - min cut is proved for a network partitioned into k components instead of two.

A Markov Birth-Death Model of Early Breast Cancer: The progression of early breast cancer is modeled as a Markov birth-death process with Gompertzian kinetics. A computer program is then developed for selecting an optimal treatment maximizing expected patient survival time.

Capital Budgeting Games: The capital budgeting problem is modeled as a game that is shown to have a nonempty core. Game theory is then used to determine a fair distribution of the yield.

A Mathematical Programming Approach to Aircraft Wing Design: A mathematical model of airplane wings is developed with a finite-element analysis. Dynamic programming is then used to maximize the reliability of the wings subject to various constraints.

The Wandering Salesman Problem: A network combinatorial optimization problem called The Wandering Salesman Problem (WASP) is formulated. The problem involves selecting a path through a network that has known probabilities of failure associated with the nodes. The objective is to minimize the overall probability of failure subject to a distance constraint. The problem is shown to be NP-Complete and then solved by branch and bound, as well as a "greedy" heuristic.

An Axiomatic Approach to a New Family of Game-Theoretic Values: A family of values for n-person cooperative games is developed from a bargaining viewpoint. These values generalize standard values such as the Shapley and Banzhaf values.

Generalized Optimization Criteria: The notion of a general optimization criterion is defined axiomatically and some properties established. Some new criteria satisfying the definition are then developed and applications given.

Bill Corley’s 2004 “Dirty Dozen” Exercise Set

copyright Ó 2004 by H.W. Corley

(1) IMSE professor Dr. Maria Savant grows plants for a hobby. One evening she goes to eBay and buys some oncidium orchids at $15 each, monkey puzzle tree seeds at $1 each (http://www.victorialodging.com/monkey_puzzle_tree.htm), and iris bulbs at $0.25 each. Dr. Savant buys exactly 100 items (with at least one orchid, one seed, and one bulb) and spends exactly $100. How many bulbs did she buy?

(2) Two EE students named Jose and Carlos meet in the lobby of Nedderman Hall to discuss a lab experiment. To determine who writes the report Jose suggests the following game, where the loser does the report. He places 40 pennies on a table. Then each player in turn removes 1, 3, or 5 pennies. The winner is the player who removes the last penny. Carlos agrees to the game, so Jose lets him go first. Select the correct statement from the choices below. Submit only the letter corresponding to your answer.

(a) Jose can always win the game regardless of Carlos’ strategy.

(b) Carlos can always win the game regardless of Jose’s strategy.

(d) There is insufficient information to answer (a), (b), or (c).

(3) The nation of Griddonesia consists of eighty-one equally-spaced islands represented by intersections of the lines in the grid below. These lines represent horizontal and vertical bridges exactly one-mile long that connect the islands.

A Griddonesian environmental engineer named caizb has designed a small flying robot for the continuous monitoring of air-pollution levels on the islands. The Robird® is programmed as follows. After taking a pollution reading on an island, it is equally likely to fly to any other island for the next reading. The process then repeats automatically. If the Robird® starts on the center island, what is the probability that after three flights, it returns to the center island? Express your answer as a reduced fraction.

(4) An ME named Jacob pays his UTA tuition by painting houses. The rear of his apartment building A is separated from another apartment building B by an alley of width W. Jacob stores his two longest ladders in the alley by laying them against opposite walls as shown below. Jacob’s ladders intersect 10 feet above the alley. Find the width W of the alley in feet to the nearest three decimal places.

10^’

10

30^’

40^’

Building B

Building A

(5) Six IE classmates decide to spread a rumor during Engineering Week about one

of their professors and humorously (or perhaps not) dub themselves the “Rumor

Tumors.” On the first day of Engineering Week each of the six IE’s tells it to six other

friends with no duplications. Each of these six new Rumor Tumors is instructed to tell

the rumor on each remaining day of Engineering Week, beginning the day after

he/she hears it, to six more people who have not previously heard it. The original six

IE classmates do likewise. Each new person who hears the rumor is given the same

instructions. At the end of the seven days of Engineering Week, how many people

know the rumor?

(6) Beth, an EE, is doing lightbulb research. She installs three incandescent

lightbulbs in three corners of a lab on the fifth floor of Nedderman Hall. Next she

wires three switches, one per bulb, in the first-floor lobby. The switches are not

labeled as to which switch controls a particular bulb, but all are installed in the off

position. Beth then grabs a CSE student named Gunther and asks him to determine

the switch that operates each lightbulb. No help or equipment is allowed. What is the

minimum number of trips from lobby to lab required by Gunther to determine the

switch corresponding to each lightbulb?

(7) The American Psychiatric Association recently recognized as a valid psychiatric

diagnosis the condition known as Nervous Examination Response Disorder (NERD)

in which a student “freezes up” on examinations and performs badly. A

biomedical engineering graduate student named Ramya has developed an objective

neurological test for NERD as part of her Ph.D. dissertation. Validating her test on

UTA engineering students reveals that one in a hundred suffers from NERD and that

her test has a 5% error rate for false negatives, 2% for false positives. To the nearest

two decimal places, what is the probability that a student testing positively for NERD

actually has the disorder?

(8) Two CSE students, a female Sumalee and a male Xiao Hu, drive their respective

cars D > 0 miles west on I-30. While driving, Sumalee averages 60 mph on her first

pD miles for some 0 < p < 1 and 70 mph on her last (1 – p)D. In addition, she stops

for gas for exactly 15 minutes during her first pD miles. Similarly, Xiao Hu averages

60 mph on his first qD miles for some 0 < q < 1 and 70 mph on his last (1 – q)D, but

he stops for gas for exactly 15 minutes during his last (1 – q)D miles. Determine all

corresponding values of p and q for which Sumalee and Xiao Hu covcr the D miles in

exactly the same time.

(9) An ME student named Satish buys one Lotto ticket every Saturday and always

chooses the cash-value option rather than 25 equal payments (one immediately and

then yearly on the anniversary of the first payment). The cash-value option is the

amount invested at 5% by the lottery commission that would yield the series of 25

payments and end with a zero balance. During Engineering Week, Satish learns that

he has won the jackpot. Assume that the Internal Revenue Service automatically

withholds 35% in taxes from each payment. To the nearest tenth, what percent of the

jackpot amount will Satish receive (after taxes) as the cash value option?

10²

(10) A materials science graduate student named Tanya has designed a knife made

from a new material called überium that is harder than diamond. She tests it on a thin

8² ´ 10² rectangular sheet of stainless steel with a smaller rectangular hole of

unknown dimensions cut out of its interior at an unknown angle, as indicated in the

figure below (not drawn to scale). Using only the knife, a pencil, and three standard 8

½² ´ 14² pieces of legal paper, what is the minimum number of perfectly straight cuts

that she can make with the knife through the top surface of the stainless steel sheet

such that these cuts divide the sheet into two separate pieces of equal area of

stainless steel? Any change in the direction of the knife constitutes an additional cut.

(11) Dr. Frank N. Stein of the CSE faculty is teaching a course in quantum computing

this spring semester. On the first test, the eminent AI guru gives a problem involving

cellular automata. Consider the following cellular automaton, where the 12 squares

are 12 quantum objects in superposition having values both 0 and 1 (i.e., qubits).

Black represents the value 0 and white the value 1, so each square shows both

colors. Furthermore, each object is entangled, or correlated, with exactly one other

object. In other words, if an object collapses to value 0, its correlated object must

collapse to value 1 and vice versa. Finally, no odd-numbered object is entangled with

another odd-numbered object.

Suppose the 12 qubits are measured, and the superposition randomly collapses to the following cellular automaton.

To this cellular automaton, apply the rule: if a square is correlated with an adjacent square, switch colors; otherwise do not. The result is shown below.

What square is correlated with square 2?

(12) An EE named Farid is taking a course in information theory, where he’s currently studying codes. For a homework assignment Farid designs a code by letting 10 English letters be denoted by numbers as follows: 0 – I, 1 – E, 2 – U, 3 – A, 4 – V, 5 – N, 6 – R,

7 – F, 8 – P, 9 – S. If the English word “is” is numerically encrypted as 2 and “run” as 3 , then what English word used in mathematics does π + 1 encrypt?

(13) (Remember, it’s a dirty dozen.) During Christmas break an IE student named Elisa goes on a skiing trip to Keystone, Colorado, which has one snowplow for the road from the town to the ski slopes. It plows at a rate inversely proportional to the depth of the snow on the road. On Elisa’s first morning there, snow starts falling on the clear road at a constant rate. At 9:00 a.m. the snowplow starts plowing the road. It travels one mile in the first hour, then one-half mile in the second hour. At what time did the snow begin? Express your answer to the nearest minute in the form 8:12 a.m., for example.

Dr. Ron Hoeflin August 22, 2003

FOUNDER the Mega Society

P.O. Box 539

New York NY 10101

U.S.A.

Subject: “SIX TESTS FOR THE HIGHER MENTAL LEVELS”

Dear Dr. Hoeflin:

You asked for contributions for the pages of Noesis. The “SIX TESTS FOR THE HIGHER MENTAL LEVELS” on the CD may fill this void? I had a little spare time on my hands.

May I suggest that you ask members to write in and offer comments on these six (6) tests and their individual items. I only ask is that the members limit their attack to specific items in the tests rather than aiming their criticisms at me.

What would be interesting to know is what everyone thinks of each individual item. This would help in the writing of other items and tests for the future. It is interesting that no one actually asks testees what they think or feel about the validity of items that are used to assess them? The best that I've seen in this regard is a more general approach to how valid people think tests are: naturally the better they do at such things the more they regard them. How could it be otherwise. What would be more informative is what “sense” do they make of individual items.

It may be useful if one had a sense of the “face value” individually to the best performing subjects such as those in the MEGA SOCIETY. One can then aim to construct a test that has “appeal” if nothing else. Perhaps with the subject “on side” the validity level of the test can be enhanced. This would sure beat people “fighting” the test author.

Sincerely yours,

Chris

Chris Harding

AUSTRALIA

22/August/2003

*************** SIX TESTS FOR THE HIGHER MENTAL LEVELS ***************

By Chris. Harding -- Australia.

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Candidate TEST [1]

– by Christopher P. Harding (Australian Mega Society Member for 20+ years)

[ 1] Complete the foreign proverb below ?.

~IT IS BETTER TO FART IN PUBLIC THAN KICK THE BUCKET ?= ~

[ 2] `YABBA DABBA DOO' is to FRED FLINTSTONE as `WHY IS IT SO'

is to PROF. ?_

[ 3] GOAT is to ?=...... VIGOUR as PHOENIX is to IMMORTALITY

[ 4] The only word starting with S with a double i ?=

[ 5] ?= ?= SINK SHIPS.

[ 6] ?=...... DISEASE is to HYPERTHYROIDISM

as HESPERUS is to EVENING STAR

[ 7] WHO IN ONE OF HIS FILMS SAID THAT WHILE HE COULD ACCEPT SOMEONE

WHO HAD BEEN BEHIND BARS HE COULD NOT ABIDE A LIAR ?=

[ 8] Observe the sentence:

``FEAR IN THE MIND PLUS 12 STEPS WILL MAKE YOU FAIL''. Translate

this into something in the following form A + B = C giving the

result A=? B=? and C=?

[ 9] QWE is to JKL as ASD is to ?=

[10] VAQUEROS is to BUCKEROO as EX-LEIPSIS is to ?=

[11] ICTHUS is to ?=............ as MANDALA is to DIAGRAM

[12] 6 is to TANNER as 4 is to ?=...AT

[13] 4699322988 230610710 13651761 2314615 ?=

[14] THE ?=....L FIRST APPEARED IN NORTH DEKOTA ABOUT 40 MILLION YEARS

AGO BUT WAS THEN ABOUT THE SIZE OF A HARE.

[15] BACON is to ARISTOTLE as FACTS is to ?=

[16] LARIAT is to LA RIATA as EUROPE is to ?=

[17] SOUTHERN USA is to DIXI as SON OF THE SOUTH is to .....MIN

[18] SINE is to LATIN as SHAMPOO is to ?=..........

[19] WITH ONE EYE is to NELSON as WITH ONE HAND is to ?=[ ]T

[20] CALL is to BACK as PUT is to ?=

[21] HYPERTOKENISM is FEMALE AUTOCHTHON as FRIEDRICH ?=..... is to

DIRECTOR

[22] LANDLASH is to SCOTLAND as MINSTRAL is to SOUTHERN ?......

[23] SASSENACH is to SCOTTISH as SURRENDER is to [?=.....]H

[24] MOON is to DIANA as SERGE DE NIMES is to ?=

[25] SANTA ANA is to LOS ANGELES as TEBBAD is to ?=

[26] TWIG is to CLONE as HEAP is to ?=

[27] ICARUS is to DAEDALUS as PAN is to ?=

[28] THAI CHINATOWN is to ?=...HON KASEM as EVEREST is to ?=.....LUNGMA

[29] JOHN STUART MILL is to LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS as

GEORGE BOOLE is to THE LAWS OF ?=......T

[30] ?=...MAN ?=.....RITH = JACQUARD + ELECTRONIC SENSORS

= AUTOMATIC READ.

[31] INDIA is to SINDHU as ROSE is to ?=

[32] WHICH PAIR OF NUMBERS BELOW IS THE SAME AS ANY GROUP OF THREE ?

7911214435

[33] NEVER MAKE IT is to ZENO as NEVER WITHOUT A ROOM is to

DAVID ?=[ ]

[34] MIND is to MENS as WISE is to ?=

[35] ..BOL is to SN..OL as L.S. is to ?=.....G

[36] SAHTNEAI is to .A.K or .O.S as YPHSREHTAIEN is to ?= ..US..L

[37] SYNDIC is to ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL as ?=....RE ?=..Y

is to 24th May

[38] CERTAINLY is to SANE as WISE is to ?=

[39] WHITE MAN is to MOON as BLACK MAN is to ?=...

[40] THOMAS YOUNG is to 3 as to ?=.....D .........G is to 12

[41] WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE COMMON TO ALL UNIVERSES ?

(a) abstraction (b) anxiety (c) death (d) energy

(e) errors (f) exhaustion (g) expectations (h) familiarity

(i) future (j) gravitation (k) length (l) life

(m) light (n) mass (o) past (p) sorting

(q) sphericity (r) time (s) truth (t) width

[42] CAPE CANAVERAL is to CAPE KENNEDY as EL DJEZAIR is to ?=.......

[43] COMMUNISM is to TOTALITARIANISM as MERITOCRACY is to ?=

[44] PROBLEM SOLVING:

(a) in the true sense is a skill possessed by few people

(b) is the love of thinking in abstract terms

(d) means in effect walking away from something

(e) will enhance ones knowledge indirectly and sometimes directly

[45] BACCALARIUS is to MASTER or DOCTOR as INTERNET is to ?=...

[46] ANIMISM is to LIFE as ?=..UBA is to ?=..ANO

[47] `TO ANACREON IN HEAVEN' is to JOHN STAFFORD SMITH

as `TO ANACREON IN HEAVEN' is to RALPH ?=......SON

[48] TOTEM is to CORPORATE IDENTITY as 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL

is to ?=..IM ?=.....IM

[49] ICH DIEN is to THE PRINCES OF WALES

as `THE WINDMILL' is to ?=`.. ..... .....'

[50] NIETZSCHE is to GENESIS OF GUILT/PUNISHMENT

as QUESTIONS OF REDEMPTION is to

ANCIENT ......-........ RELATIONSHIPS

[51] ESAU is to BEERI as STICKNEY is to ASAPH ?=....

[52] WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE CONCEPTUALLY MOST DIFFICULT ?

(a)inenarrable (b)lamia (c)pindaric (d)oniochalasia (e)quiller

[53] TAKE DOWN is to ?=_ as PUT UP is to PARKING LOT

[54] SIR JAMES JEANS is to WITHOUT A CHAIR as ?=G ?=S

is to VANITY PRESS

[55] TED ?= is to BREAKTHROUGH as LAMARCH is to WISEMAN BARRIER

[56] GRAVITY is to 2 as MOLECULES is to ?=.

[57] 7 or 9 is to 14 or 16 as 22 or 13 is to ? or ?

(a)14 (b)21 (c)24 (d)23 (e)69 (f)26 (g)22 (SELECT TWO OF THESE)

[58] `ANTARCTIC BEECH' is to `TASMANIAN MIDLANDS' as

~THE CONTINENT OF SMOKE~ is to ?=

[59] `......WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER' is to WINSTON CHURCHILL

as `EVERY DEATH IS AN EXECUTION' is to ?=B_ ?=M_

[60] On the what ? is ``NOTHINGS AS NIECE AS MESSING ABOUT''

=END OF TEST [1]=

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Candidate TEST [2]

– by Christopher P. Harding (Australian Mega Society Member for 20+ years)

[ 1] DONKEY is to DEMOCRAT as ?=........ is to REPUBLICAN

[ 2] Which one below is unlike the other two ?.

(1)PANDICULATION (2)PORRECT (3)SCORDINEMIA

[ 3] BIG DIPPER is to ?=...... as CEPHAS is to SIMON PETER

[ 4] 14789 is to 0 as 3939 is to ?=

[ 5] LONDINIUM is to LONDON as MOUNT ?=.... is to AORANGI

[ 6] RED/ORANGE is to YELLOW/GREEN as BLUE is to INDIGO/?=

[ 7] `THE COMPLEAT ANGLER' is to ISAAC WATTS as `SILVER TASSIE'

is to ?=...N O'C..EY

[ 8] GET is to GET ?=... as RIGHT is to WRONG

[ 9] ?=.H.S.H.R.S is to MORNING STAR

as TOMMY ATKINS is to BRITISH PRIVATE SOLDIER.

[10] HARMATHAN is to ALGERIA and MOROCCO as KHAMSIN is to ?=

[11] Which one below is unlike the other three ?.

(1)RETROPOSED (2)TROP (3)TROPO (4)TROPOPHOBIA

[12] FOUR OF THE 9 WORDS BELOW ARE CONCEPTUALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE

OTHER 5. WHICH 4 ?.

(1).b.c.d.ry (2).i.e.ot (3).h.p.o.k (4).i.l.o.o.e (5).o.o.h.n

(6).o.r.g.n.um (7).o.ex (8).n.h.r.d.on (9).p.n.m.us

[13] CONFLICT IS A FUNCTION OF ?= [one word required]

[14] `PERSUASION' is to JANE AUSTEN as

`PHILOSOPHIAE NATURALIS PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA' is to ?=.....N

[15] WHAT IS ALSO TERMED `The Devils Rope' ?

[16] HENRI ESTIENNE is to ISAAC CASAUBON as ?=.......G

is to ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE

[17] 7 4 1 3 2 8 4 3 6 1 6 3 2 1 2 1 8 ?=

[18] ~MOON'S A BALLOON~ is to DAVID NIVEN as ?=`........US'

is to JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

[19] MARCUS or MARK is to MARS as YORKSHIRE is to YOICKS ?=

[20] ON AVERAGE FRIDAY THE 13TH OCCURES ONCE IN ?= MONTHS

[21] FILL IN THE MISSING LETTERS IN THE LIST BELOW

.R.E.G.O

.R.T.H.T

.R.C. .O.E

.O.O.Y

.O.T

.T.C.A.O

.R.M.LO

.N.A

[22] TYCHO is to COURT ASTRONOMER as THOMAS WOLSEY is to ?=.........R

[23] WHO SAID: ``people who emphasize their authority generally has

little else to emphasize'' ?

[24] ?=...... is EGLOND as SABOTAGE is to SHOE

[25] GOSSEN is to ECONOMIC as HENISM is to ?=......

[26] LANCET is to BLOOD-LETTING as ?=............R is to DROPS

[27] GLAD is to LIBENS as GLADLY is to ?=

[28] Which from the following list does not belong with the

others ?

(a) .N.I.T.S.S (b) .P.T.O.A.C (c) .A.E.UL (d) .A.H.X.A (e) .N.E.IC

(f) .A.I.H.EN (g) .M.N.US (h) .E.V.R.E (i) .E.R.D.S.E

[29] WHAT LETTER COMES NEXT

I I T T S H U ?=

[30] TRINACRIA is to THE ISLAND as ?=....ING WHEN PROPERLY MANAGED

is to CONVERSATION

[31] `KIPPS' is to H.G.WELLS as `DIARY OF A NOBODY' is to

GEORGE AND WEEDON ?=.....MITH

[32] ENGEL is to INCOME as STURGEON is to ?=...P

[33] ?=........THESIA is HYSTERIA as ?=.....THESIA is to PERCEPTION

[34] STERIC is to CONFIGURATION as ROBERT FROST

is to GOOD FENCES / [?=........]S

[35] LOGARITHMIC is to NAPIER as LOGARITHM is to ?=

[36] FILL IN THE MISSING WORDS BELOW:

beehive hyperdermic | long white cloud

coathanger ?...'. ?.......room | oz

[37] INVERSION FOR EMPHASIS is to HYPERBATION as COMPLEX OF IDEAS

is to ?=

[38] H.G.WELLS is to THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS as

KATHERINE MANSFIELD is to ?=...SS ..D .T.ER .T.R.ES

[39] .O.AN is to .E.T.NE as .R.EK is to ?=

[40] WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS ?.

(a)amaurosis (b)meropia (c)typhlosis

[41] `ANNIE GET YOUR GUN' is to IRVING BERLIN as `CALL ME MADAM'

is to ?=_ ?_

[42] FILL IN THE MISSING LETTERS BELOW.

O ?=. A F G K ?=. R N

[43] EVA BRAUN is to HITLER as PROSERPINE is to ?=.....

[44] HAPPINESS:

(a) is at base an economic question for the most part, though having

other elements to it

(b) is an issue that can only be resolved through questions about

inter-personal dynamics

these factors

(d) depends upon one's upbringing and current mental health

(e) means gains occuring in relation to factors like surprise, etc

[45] WHO SAID: ``IT IS IMPOSSIBLE ALWAYS TO BE WRONG UNLESS OF COURSE

YOU HAPPEN TO BE A PSYCHIATRIST'' and ``THERE WAS ONLY ONE GOOD

POLITICIAN -GUY FAULKS'' ?=

[46] MOST POPULAR is to STAMP COLLECTING

as CHEATING is to ?=........ ?=.. ?=... ?=..LT

[47] COPPER is KYPROS as ATHENS is to ?=

[48] DEMOCRITUS is to ATOMIC as JOHANN BJORKSTEN is to ?=....G

[49] ART IS DEFINEABLE AS:

(a) a form of problem solving found in the social domain

(b) an upmarket form of the seek for community consensus

(d) expression of beauty as seen in the eye of the beholder

(e) the composition of incomplete expressions

[50] IF THE FOLLOWING LETTERS WERE REARRANGED IT WOULD GIVE A WORD

WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS ?

aabelnt

(a) -a book on jewish history (b) -a lense for reading

(e) -a weapon of war

(f) -a world known only to the unlawfull

(g) -an artistic or dramatic scene (h) -sources of fear

(i) -the end of the week (j) -wisdom.

[51] ?=....... is to BULL as NAGAS is to SERPENT

[52] THE DAY is to THE ?=..... as STOOD is to STILL

[53] ?=...E:COW / SERA:SERUM / UNCI:UNCUS

[54] MOST PEOPLE SEE IMPRISONMENT OF CRIMINALS:

(a) as a way to find the means to rehabilitate them since they

must then comply with certain requirements

(b) as a means of keeping society as safe as possible

(d) as a means to teach them useful skills that may result in less

destructive modes of behavior

(e) as a way to rid society of its dangerous element

[55] .N.T.U.E.T is to .E.H.S.O.E as .D.I.ER is to ?=

[56] `SWEAT OF THE SUN TEARS OF THE MOON' is another name for ?=

[57] HUMAN INQUIRY is to ULTIMATE GOAL as WONDER is to ?=

[58] SENTIMENT IS:

(a)emotion (b)feeling (c)force (d)intent

(e)life (f)substitution (g)sympathy

[59] MABLE STARK is to TIGERS as PEEPING TOM STATUE is ?=.......Y

[60] JOHN RIDLEY is to SHOUT as

ARTHUR STACE [Clue: MR. ETERNITY] is to ?=

=END OF TEST [2]=

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ANSWERS – Bill Corley’s “Dirty Dozen” Exercise Set

1. 56. Let x = the number of orchids, y = the number of seeds, and z = the number of bulbs. Then 15x + 1y + 0.25z = 100 and x + y + z + 100, where x, y, and z must be positive integers. Let x = 1 and solve to find that y and z are not both positive integers. Next let x = 2, and solve with the same result. For x = 3, one obtains y = 41, and z = 56. Letting x = 4, 5, or 6, however, again yields that y and z are not both positive integers.

2. (a). Each player takes an odd number of pennies per play. After Carlos plays first, there will be an odd number of pennies left. After Jose plays second there will be an even number of pennies left. The situation repeats. Hence, Carlos can never take the last penny since there will always be an even number.

3. 79/6400. Compute directly, or let p_ndenote the probability that the robird returns to the center island after n flights, where p₀= 1. From the law of total probability

p_n+1= P(on center after n + 1 flights) =

P(on center after n + 1 | on center after n)P(on center after n) +

P(on center after n + 1 | not on center after n)P(not on center after n ) =

0 + (1/80)(1 - p_n), n = 0, 1, 2, … .

Thus p₁ = 0, p₂ = 1/80, p₃ = 79/6400.

4. 26.033. From similar triangles, W = + . Solve this equation in various ways (including MatLib, Mathcad, or Mathematica).

5. 7⁷ × 6 = 4,941,258.

6. 1. Designate the switches as 1, 2, and 3. In the lobby, turn on switch 2 for ten minutes and then turn it off. Immediately turn switch 1 on and go to the lab. The lightbulb turned on is controlled by switch 1. The lightbulb off and warm is controlled by switch 2. The lightbulb off and cold is controlled by switch 3.

7. 0.32. Let TP denote the event “test positive,” denote “has NERD,” and be its complement. Compute directly, or use Bayes’ Theorem to write

8. p = q for all 0 < p < 1. Solve

9. 38.5%. Let V be the jackpot value. Then he would receive V/25 immediately and then 24 more such annual payments. Now 0.04V in k years is worth now. Thus the present cash value after taxes is

Dividing by V and rounding to the nearest tenth of a percent give the answer.

10. 1 cut. The diagonal of the 8 ² ´ 10² sheet is less than 14². Place one piece of paper under the stainless steel such that the hole is completely filled with paper. Connect two opposite corners of the 8 ² ´ 10² sheet with a 14² side of a second piece of paper. Then connect the other two opposite corners with a 14² side of the third piece. Mark the intersection either on the stainless steel or the underlying paper, as the case may be. This intersection is the center of the 8 ² ´ 10² sheet. Next do the same with the rectangular hole, marking the center of the hole on the underlying sheet. Draw a line on the stainless steel that connects the two centers. Cutting along this line divides the both the sheet and hole into two equal pieces and gives the desired result. If the two centers coincide, any line drawn through the point would work.

11. Square 5. The given information produces a unique set of correlations.

12. “Even.” The number 2 = 2.095… , and 3 = 3.6250… . The integer portion represents the number of letters, and the decimal digits (unrounded) gives the letters. Since π + 1 = 4.14159…, it yields “even.”

13. 8:23 a.m. Let b = the depth of snow at 9:00 a.m., and a = its rate of increase. Let t denote hours after 9:00 a.m., so t = 0 is 9:00 a.m. Hence, the snow depth at time t is at + b for positive constants a,b with the snowfall starting at –b/a. For positive constant c, the plow’s rate of progress is ds/dt = c/(at + b), where s(t) is the distance traveled. Thus s(t) = (c/a) ln (1 + at/b). Note s(2) = 1.5 miles = 1.5s(1), so

“Uncommon Words” Matching Quiz

by Ron Yannone

Everyone likes words – to some extent. We “communicate” many facts by words. Words are a lawyer’s primary “tool.” Here is a short “Uncommon Word” Matching Quiz for your enjoyment, and use, that I developed. The reference used is Josefa Heifetz’s book “The Word Lover’s Dictionary: Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words,” by MJF Books, ISBN 1-56731-554-2; copyright 1994. The previously published title was “Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary.” Josefa is the daughter of the famed violinist Jascha Heifetz. Imagine if the 2^nd column were JUMBLEs? Eeek! [Approval by Citadel Press]

A	agerasia	a great-grandmother’s great-grandmother
B	alforja	to strike; to scare; to mystify
C	alnight	insomnia
D	amyous	a thick candle that will burn all night
E	ateknia	flowering again
F	awhape	crazy, wild, extreme
G	causeuse	to relax after a heavy meal
H	cuvee	youthful appearance in an older person
I	imperdible	strange, odd; shy or awkward; extraordinary
J	internecion	resting against something
K	innixion	something traded for something else
L	noology	nagging criticism
M	oriel	bashful, modest
N	orfgild	to strengthen
O	quar	a sofa for two people
P	quo	wine produced by blending different vintages
Q	remontant	without strength
R	rizzle	to concede
S	roinous	a leather bag; saddlebag
T	sapidity	mean, nasty, and contemptible
U	stoom	childlessness
V	tritavia	avidly; readily
W	unwemmed	incapable of being lost
X	unco	striped, like a ribbon
Y	verecund	the science of intuition
Z	vittate	unblemished
AA	wowf	mutual destruction
BB	xenodochy	a large bay window
CC	yarely	flavorful; tastiness
DD	yette	to fill or block
EE	zenzizenzizenzic	hospitality
FF	zoara	restitution of goods stolen in the daytime
GG	zoilism	the eighth power of a number

Accidents and Speeding by Occupation

by Ron Yannone

Quality Planing Corporation (QPC), the Rating Integrity Solutions Company, was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Francisco. QPC is focused on providing decision integrity solutions to the auto insurance industry. QPC works with insurance companies to identify areas of significant premium leakage using sophisticated database management, statistical analysis and modeling, customized survey design, and highly targeted customer interaction. For more information, visit www.qualityplanning.com

QPC reviewed over one million driver records across the United States. They determined the top five, along with the bottom five, occupations of drivers involved in accidents and speeding violations. The results [1] are shown in the table below.

Accidents and Speeding Violations vs. Occupation
Rank	Frequency of Accident by Occupation	Frequency of Speeding Violation Involvement
1 (most frequent)	student	student
2	medical doctor	enlisted military
3	attorney/lawyer	manual laborer
4	architect	politician
5	real estate agent	architect

36	homemaker	teacher/professor
37	politician	clerical/secretary
38	pilot	law enforcement
39	fireman	librarian
40 (least frequent)	farmer	homemaker

According to the QPC, “these numbers blow holes in the conventional wisdom about which professions are accident-prone or dangerous drivers.” They say that, “it appears that educated professionals are most likely to be involved in accidents [1]. Interestingly, for those unlucky enough to be involved in an accident, individuals from two professions which are most helpful after such an incident – doctors and lawyers – are the most likely to be on the scene.” The high frequency of involvement of students is attributed to their lack of experience and low aversion to risk.

The bottom five occupational involvements are thought to be a consequence that they spend less of their time driving. On the other hand, occupations such as truck drivers, bus drivers, and tai drivers – who spent much of their working hours on the road – were, contrary to one’s expectations, not in the top five of either safety-risk category.

[1] “Firm Rates Driver Accidents and Speeding by Occupation,” Highway and Vehicle / Safety Report, page 6; November 24, 2003

Candidate TEST [ 3]

– by Christopher P. Harding (Australian Mega Society Member for 20+ years)

[ 1] ?=.... is to FE as CU is to COPPER

[ 2] NEW YORK is to FIRE INSURANCE as ?=... .... ..TY is to ANTINOISE

[ 3] 9 9 7 5

7 9 5 3

7 8 4 ?=

[ 4] WAISTCOAT is to VEST as ?=..... is to LINE

[ 5] CAUTERY is to CAUTERISATION as ?=.........R is to VAPOUR

[ 6] `THE RAVEN' is to EDGAR ALLAN POE as `JOHN GILPIN'

is to ?=......M ?=.....R

[ 7] NIPPON is to JAPAN as BUTTERFLY is to ?=F.U.T.R.Y

[ 8] DAY is to HEMERALOPIA as NIGHT is to ?=..C.ALOPIA

[ 9] ASTROLABE is to ALTITUDE as ?=........R is to EYE PRESSURE

[10] UNTOUCHABLES is to SUDRA as CHILDREN OF GOD is to ?=

[11] PIERRE BEAUCHAMP is to CHOREOGRAPHY as ?=.........H

is to CHEAP BOOKS

[12] ?=..O.E is to SORROW as GOLD is to AU

[13] LLA is to TUB EON as SRKOON is to ?=

[14] SHEEN is to LUSTRE as ?=.....A is BRONZE

[15] ENCAUSTUM is to INK as ?=......RES is to THERMOPLASTICS

[16] QAZ is to EDC as YGV is to ?=..N

[17] IMMANUEL is to GOD WITH US as ?=..N ?=...O is to

WITH VERVE AND DASH

[18] WISDOM is to MINERVA as `SILVER WHEEL' is to ?=

[19] WRITE IN THE MISSING 3 DIGITS

34124667421099981180111121221444

166001015945104392766821698919[?...]483280

[20] Q A Z 9 8 7

E D C P O I

T G B L K J

U J M M N ?=

[21] `A 1ST OF MAY' is to ROOKIE as AERONAUT is to ?=

[22] LIFE is to ?= .OT.E.W.RT as CHILDHOOD is to NEOTONY

[23] NYCTOTYPHLOSIS is to NIGHT as ?=.AN.HO.YA.OP.IA is to RED/GREEN

[24] ANTOINE BECHAMP is to MICROBIOLOGY as ?=...L ?=...D

is to MOTOR CYCLING

[25] CHINA [ SPEAR | ARMOR ] ?=C...........N

[26] WRITE IN THE TWO MISSING DIGITS

1937561647313724915514632[?=.]828561[?=.]29117364

[27] FILL IN THE MISSING LETTERS BELOW

a...e.iou.

.a.e.iou.

[28] SCIENTIST is to NOBEL as MATHEMATICIAN is to ?=

[29] ORSON WELLS is to CITIZEN KANE as AVA GARDNER is to ?=.N ..E ....H

[30] THE HIGHEST FORM OF INTELLIGENCE IS:

(a) language. (b) symbolic. (c) energy. (d) evaluation. (e) logic.

[31] LEONHARD EULER is to EYE STRAIN as ALDOUS HUXLEY is to ?=..ON

[32] FILL IN THE MISSING WORD BELOW:

space time warp space [ ?= ] food store sign

[33] THE FINEST SCIENCE WRITER is to ASIMOV as

THE FINEST SCIENCE-FICTION WRITER is to ?=

[34] MACH is to NON-EXISTENCE OF ABSOLUTE SPACE

as [?=......]'S LAW is to HENRIETTA SWAN LEAVITT

[35] THE PONY EXPRESS is to ``THE MAIL MUST GO THROUGH''

as GENERAL ?=...... ?=.....LAN is to ``WE NEVER SLEEP''

[36] 47 is to DOWN as 45 is to ?=

[37] KHMER REPUBLIC is to CAMBODIA as SULTANATE OF ?=.... is to

MUSCAT AND OMAN

[38] ISSUES ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF GOD ARE:

(a) aspects of the hypersocial matrix at points of non-intersection of

its equations

(b) deeply rooted in the historico-cultural context of which they are a

function

(d) the approach to unsolved areas of marginal awareness

(e) the process of struggle as it becomes revealed to us

[39] THE FLOWER is to THE INNOCENCE OF THE ?=...... ?=.....

as SMOKING is to BELONGING AND DEFIANCE

[40] U.K. is to GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS as INDIA is to

?=..... BOOK OF RECORDS

[41] 3 2 5 2 5 3 0 5 5 8 1 9 2 6 8 8 0 8 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 [ ?= ] 7 8 1 8 2 6

[42] SAINT SIMON is to FATHER OF SOCIOLOGY as

AUGUSTE COMTE is to [?=.........]M

[43] ~FLYING SAUCERS HAVE LANDED~ is to GEORGE ADAMSKI & DESMOND LESLIE

as `THE ORIGIN OF CULTIVATED PLANTS' is to

ALPHONSE PYRAMIDE DE ?=.......E

[44] LORD is to LOAF-GIVER as UNRED is to [?=...-......]D

[45] `THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER' is to FRANCIS SCOTT KEY as

`ON THE CABALISTIC ART' is to ?=.E.C.L.N

[46] HOWEVER is to TAMEN as AT LAST is to ?=

[47] WHO WROTE: ``the impact of the internet on autistics may one day be

compared in magnitude to the spread of sign language

among the deaf. By filtering out the sensory overload

that impedes communication among autistics the

internet opens vast new opportunities for exchange.''

[48] ONE SEEKING AN UNSUCCESSFUL SOLUTION (s e)

[49] ?=..... is to WATER as ROBERT KOCH is to GERM

[50] SOUTHPAW is to DOLICHOCEPHALIC as TIMOCRACY is to ?

(a)ambidextrous (b)ambivalence (c)ampere (d)broad

[51] MIN MIN LIGHT is to FATA MORGANA as ?=...... FAIRY

is to CITIES ON THE SURFACE OF SEA ICE

[52] ALBERT is to STOP LOOKING AT as MOON is to ?=

[53] THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION is to FBI as TSARSKOYE SELO is to

?=.......

[54] AN EXPLANATION OF THE UNIVERSE WOULD NEED TO BE:

(a) self canceling

(b) found in the roots of our great religions

(d) found in the texts of the major works of philosophy

(e) something requiring deep knowledge of all things

[55] CRONOMETER - CLOCK - HIT

BOSS -?= - GRASS

[56] QUEENSLAND is to THE DISTRICT OF MORETON BAY as

THE ?= ?= is to THE HONEY POT MOUNTAINS

[57] YOU HAVE SEEN THE DANCE is to WATCHING YOU as

THROUGH THE ?=.....S THE ?=....S ARE ?=......G is to

SOON FREEDOM COMES

[58] RENE THOM is to CATASTROPHE as ?=.......E .....S is to GROUP

[59] ?=..OW ?=.Y ?=...E ?=.O ?=.E is to LOOKING FOR HIS FUN as

HAVE A HUNCH is to BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS

[60] THE CONCEPT OF INFINITE INTELLIGENCE IS:

(a) beset with difficulties of a philosophical nature

(b) false because it is non-relatable to finites

(d) meaningless on the human plane

(e) undefinable in logico-mathematical terms

=END OF TEST [3]=

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Candidate TEST [4]

– by Christopher P. Harding (Australian Mega Society Member for 20+ years)

[ 1] WHICH IS NOT AN INTERNATIONAL PAPER SIZE ?

(1)A0 (2)A3 (3)A4 (4)A6 (5)A8 (6)A9 (7)A10 (8)A12

[ 2] It sounded like ``YOU ANN''. What country was it ?=

[ 3] ?=........ TABLE is to BUREAU as HANDBAG is to PURSE

[ 4] `THE TRAGEDY OF THE MOON' is to ISAAC ASIMOV as

"THE MURDERER'S WHO'S WHO" is to F.H.H.?=....E AND ROBIN ?=...LL

[ 5] 34 49 169 256 ?=

[ 6] ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS is to R.E.M.E.

as ?=......... is to CANTAB

[ 7] YOU MAY RAISE THE WIND BUT MUST NOT CAPTURE SAME OR YOU MIGHT FIND

YOURSELF WITH A ?=.....R !.

[ 8] 13492577 147134 785 137 101 ?=

[ 9] WHICH OF THOSE BELOW IS THE ODD MAN OUT ?.

(1)BRITISH (2)PORTUGESE (3)SPANISH (4)ITALIANS

[10] JUDO is to 30 as CLASSICAL BALLET is to ?=

[11] URANOMETRY is to STAR ?=....S as URSA MAJOR is to THE GREAT BEAR

[12] WRITE IN THE NEXT 5 DIGITS IN THE SEQUENCE

1425523233559856[?=.....]

[13] FILL IN THE NUMBER BELOW ?

GROUP OF [ .. ] GREAT BOOKS

[14] WHAT is to GOES as COMES is ?=.....D

[15] AND is to ATQUE as OR is to ?=

[16] `PEARS FAMILY QUIZ BOOK' is to GYLES BRANDRETH as

`MOBY DICK' is to ?=_ ?=_

[17] ?=.A.H.E.S is to COLONISTS OF NORTH CAROLINA as ALLELOCHEMICALS is

to DEFENSIVE AGENTS USED BY PLANTS AGAINST INSECTS.

[18] REFERRING TO AUTHORITY is to AD VERECUNDIAM

as TO BUCK AUTHORITY is to KICK ?____________________

[19] EMANUEL LASKER is to CHESS as ?=...E ?=.....Y is to A MAN MUST FIGHT

[20] TODAY is to HODIE as SLOWLY is to ?=

[21] THREE OF THE 9 WORDS BELOW ARE CONCEPTUALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE

OTHER 6. WHICH 3 ?.

(1).x.u.g.te (2).r.m.i.es (3).c.a.o (4).a.c.c.e

(5).m.r.m.t.r (6).o.i.n.h.a (7).n.e.p.l.te (8).a.u.a

(9).a.s.m

[22] ENGLISH CHATTERING CLASSES is to CHATTERING CLASSES as

DIVINE COMEDY is to ...X ........S

[23] MARY OF EGYPT is to [?=......] WOMEN as ST. GENEVIEVE

is to PARIS / ATTILA THE HUN

[24] MATHEMATICAL TRIPOS / HIGHEST is to [?=.....]R WRANGLER as

LOWEST is to WOODEN SPOON

[25] SEA ROBBER is to VIKING as MARKET is to ?=

[26] HUMPHREY DAVY is to MICHAEL FARADAY as

`ON THE TIP OF A PEN' is to ?=

[27] DANJON is to DARKNESS as GREY is to ?=.....S

[28] PRISCILLA is to AQUILA as XANTHIPPE is to ?=........

[29] What race of people were to have boiling water thrown in their

faces. ?=......S

[30] FILL IN THE MISSING WORDS BELOW:

day

shell

shock

[31] ?=K..B ?=T...ING is to OUTSIDE MARKET HOURS

as MARK OR MARKING is to LONDON STOCK MARKET

[32] 4-5-7-20-21-66-6-22-38-127-5-19-55-188-4-[??= ]-72-249-3-16

[33] Fill in the missing letters.

M.T.C.R.US is to .E.T.CLE as ..NTAD is to .E.T.T.NIC

[34] BATMAN is to MELBOURNE as `THE LUNAR MEN' is to ?=

[35] INDIAN FIRE-GOD is to ?= as PATRON GODDESS OF SICILY

is to CERES

[36] TO RUN AGAINST is to PALINDROME as THE COUNTRYSIDE is to ?=

[37] WHEN A BRAWL DEVELOPS IN A NIGHT CLUB IT IS BEST TO:

(a) cut the power to the music

(b) move in the heavy weight bouncers straight away

(d) telephone the police and get help immediately

(e) try to separate the fools from each other

[38] `THE SECRET OF LIFE' is to CRICK & WATSON as

`THE DARK LADY OF THE DNA' is to ? `R_________ F__________'

[39] `BY BREAD ALONE' is to LESTER BROWN as

`ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT' is to ERICH MARIA ?=......UE

[40] HENRIETTA MARIA is to CHARLES the 1st as MATHILDE is to ?=......

[41] VITAMIN ?=. is to ANEMIA as VITAMIN U is to ULCERS

[42] PSYCHIATRIST is to ALIENIST as HIGH BORN LADY is to ?=....

[43] ALISTER COOK is to `LETTER FROM AMERICA' as PATRICK MOORE

is to `... ... .. NIGHT'

[44] `THE TRIANGLE FACTORY' is to USA as `SAUCY MARRY' is to ?=

[45] .R.P.A.E is to .E.A.H.SE as .N.P.A.E is to ?=

[46] `A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE' is to ENGLAND

as `THE BOTTOM WILL FALL OUT OF YOUR BUCKET' is to ?

[47] HOSPITAL (BOARD) STIFF

demand (?= ) spiral

[48] POLYANDRY is to HUSBAND as ?= ..LYM.Z.. is to BREASTS

[49] WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE CONCEPTUALLY MOST DIFFICULT ?.

(a) hent (b) rhigosis (c) rhombold (d) shapoo (e) sirenic

[50] WHICH WORD FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST DOES NOT BELONG

WITH THE OTHERS AND WHAT IS THE WORD ?

(a) .c.r.ic (b) .i.t.ibe (c) .y.e.b.r.an (d) .d.um (e) .a.t.lle

(f) .o.g.ant (g) .ail

[51] WHICH TWO WORDS ARE THE SAME IN MEANING ?

(a)boat (b)car (c)fence (d)glove (e)moon (f)radio (g)spade

[52] RED is to BLACK as YELLOW is to ?=

[53] ERNEST WILLIAM BROWN is to MOTION as ?=......S .....N .....Y

is to CITIES

[54] VENUS is to H as ROULETTE is to ?=

[55] DROVING ROUTES is to THE LONG PADDOCK as BODY SNATCHERS

is to ............ MEN

[56] I WOULD DESCRIBE MYSELF AS:

clue: there is a single correct answer !

(a) helpfull (b) honest (c) likeable (d) quick thinking

(e) sincere (f) smart (g) thoughtful (h) trustworthy

(i) wearing

[57] In the following analogy choose the single word in each group

that will make the most sensible arrangement you can find in the

two groups of words given. Put a circle around each word in each

case

MIDDLE CLASSES is to (APPRECIATE; ASK; CHOOSE; DENIGH; QUESTION;

SEEK; WISH)

as UPPER CLASSES is to (BLESS; FORSEE; IGNORE; KNOW; SENSE; TRY;

WANT;)

[58] Fill in the missing number below

PBAALRAONUQCUHIEN is to ?= as SPTAARNAHSOAPNEG is to 44

[59] ?=....C SALT // Clue: [S.A.. I.T...E..U.L WI.]

[60] HYPOTHESIS is to START as ?=..E.I..E is to RIGHT

=END OF TEST [4]=

Noesis

The Journal of the Mega Society

April 2004 Issue 168

Officers

CONTENTS

TITLE

PAGE

Happy Birthday to someone “Special”

Bill Corley

Bayesian Estimate of IQs

Comments on Chris Cole’s “Speculations on Physics VI” in Noesis #167

AMC Article – Reaching out to USAMO/IMO Winners via Titan Test

Letters from the Editor

Reply to Kevin Langdon – Relative to SAT Topic Noesis issue #167

Reply to Chris Cole – Relative to SAT Topic Noesis issue #167

How “Selective Tests” Select

PART 3 Adjective JUMBLE – The sentences with their JUMBLE placement

“Adjective Jumble” Exercise (answers)

Member Questionnaire Checklist

Founder of the Mega Society

Age: 60

Example Moves by Pieces – per Jerzy Luberda’s Game Instructions [1]

Pawn

Mega Society Member Bill Corley

P.O. Box 539

Chris

Candidate TEST [4]