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