Answers to The Chimera Oblique Riddle Exam & Ranking Scale
The riddles are on this page. The scale below is for entertainment purposes only, but should give you a rough idea of how well you performed on the test. If you did not spend more than a few days working on the riddles, add a few points to your score. Remember, there is no time limit! For the percentile ranking, the percentage given is for the number of people who would be expected to score BELOW this level.
Number Correct IQ and Percentile
0-5 IQ 0 - IQ 90 / 0-25
6-10 IQ 90 - IQ 110/25-75
11-15 IQ 110 - IQ 130/75-98
16-20 IQ 130 - IQ 138/98-99
21-25 IQ 138 - IQ 150/99-99.9
26-30 IQ 150+/99.9+
NOTE: As with all of our tests and puzzle sets,
there are some alternative answers that you may find
that we do not list here, but which may be just as good
as our original answers. If you verify for yourself
that your answers are as good as ours (be honest -
cheating yourself is a serious offense!), go ahead and
give yourself full credit.
1. fleeting
2. brother or aunt
3. heart
4. sinister
5. sacred
6. coronation
7. protrude
8. Malice
9. Nero
10. midday
11. anatomist (there are other acceptable 'mist' answers)
12. faerie
13. caravan
14. libretto
15. history
16. Virgil
17. disaster
18. gravel
19. organ
20. penstock or pipestone
21. zither
22. Orestes (sets were discussed by Cantor)
23. larva
24. balloon
25. smalto
26. discrete
27. endive
28. langur or hangar
29. osculate (an unintended acceptable answer: copulate)
30. eolian
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