‘ Titen Test Mind games: the hardest 1Q test you'll ever love suffering through GAMES By Scot Morris, In April 1985 we printed the Mega Test, devised by Ronald k. Hoefln, founder Of several high 1Q societies. One of the Omni readers \who scored highest on that testwas John H. Sununu, then the governar of Now Hampshire and now Prosi- dont Bush's chiol of sta, ‘Out of 48 questions, Sununu got 44 correct, giving him anestimated 10 of 180 {achievable by appro» ‘mately one in 3 milion). Tho highost scorer on the Mega Testis Eric Hart, scoring 47 out of 48, giving him and of 190, Haein has now created {he Titan Test, which is perhaps even harder Over the past few years Hoefin has tried out sorme 200 problems and selected 48 ltrs for fxs test. Proir- nary versions ofthe Titan Test were published in high-10 society buletins. So far the highest overall ‘score is 40 out of 48. The validity of standard ized and IQ tests isthe subject of debate, What re- mains irrefutable, however, Is thatits hard to'resisttak- ing an test just for fun, INSTRUCTIONS 1 ANSWER SHEET, Tear ‘out or photocopy these test pags. Print or typo your answers on the blank lines folowing the questions, Include your name and address on the top right comer ofthe frst page. 2. FEE. Fora limited time, Hoafin wil let Omni read- ‘FS take his test for froe. You may try the test only once, alter which a $25 fee will be charged. 590 OM 3, TIME LIMIT. There is 1o time lent. Send your answer sheets, posimarkod by September 1, 1990. (Alter that date, Hoetln wil ‘charge $25 for scoring ) 4, ASSISTANCE. You may consult any books you want, but you should not ‘ask others for assistance. ‘On the mathematics tems, use pencil and paper, not calculators or computers, 5. GUESSING, There {sno penalty for wrong an- ‘swers or guesses. 6. SCORE REPORTS. ‘Send your answer sheets, with a stamped, sellad- ‘dressed! envelope. lo Roo- ald K. Hoetin, Box 7430, New York, NY 10116. possible, please provide previous scores on IQ ‘or apitude tests (2.g., your SAT results or Mega Test raw scores), Hoefin wil send you your individual verbal and math scores. You vil also receive your IQ ‘and percent scores, Your results will be returned afer June 15, 1990, to alow time for sufficient data ‘concerning previous scores toaccumulate. You wil ‘ot, however, receive the answers to the questions. VERBAL PROBLEMS White the word or prefoc that best completes each ‘analogy. For example, in the analogy man woman ‘ANDRO :-—__ the best answer would be Gm. 1. strip :MoaIUS sorne: ae 2. mouGHT: ACTION “08 seme 1 LACKING MONEY -PENU FROUS -DOTING ON ONES WIFE Pap prion of Crs bons 4.mice ven 5, TRE RETREAD PARCH Ment 6. ALLISONE MONSM ALLISSELF 7.swoRO DAMOCLES eo 1B. ING | DANGEROUS The preceding design is, made up ol three squares ‘of ifferent sizes, ying one ‘on top of another. What is. the minimum number of squares that would be sufficient to create each of the following patterns? 25. 9. nOWOwwicTORY PYRE 10, PRLAR-OBEUSK, Monster: ————_ THAN: 12, GOL. MALLEABLE cH: 13. €aS7J08. SINEGURE ‘GuoING Lick 16. (EG: AMBULATE 15, MOSOUTO MALARIA Ccarewaauis 16. Hear SEE enor 26. 27. 17, ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS. ASTROPHYSICS : STORY 18. sexi HYDE, Lor: — 19. univERSE cosuO, 20, SET OF SETS NOT MEMBERS (OF THEMSELVES: RUSSELL DARKNESS OF THE NIGH 21 TEACHING. UPLIFTING. PEDAGOGIC: 22. LANGUAGE GAMES {LuDinG : PIANO CONCERT FOR THELEFTHAND 23.0018. TWILIGHT MORALS. 24, SWEETNESS: SUFFIX onrswa ‘SPATIAL PROBLEMS Lo 28. teach side of a tetra hhedron is an eauilateral triangle painted white or black, five distinet patterns are possible: all sides white, all Black, just one side ‘white, just one black, and {wo sides white and fwo black if each side of an oc- tahedron isa white oF black equilateral triangle, how many distinet patterns are possible?. 29. Suppose 27 identical ‘cubes are glued together to form a cubical stack as ilustaed below. fone of the small cubes is omitted, four distinct shapes are ppossible:one in which the ‘omitted cube is at a comer ofthe stack, one in which itis atthe middle of an ‘edge of the stack, one in which itis at the middle of a side of the stack, and one inwhich itis at the coreof the stack. f two of the small cubes are omitted rather than just one, how ‘many distinct shapes are possible?. LEE 80. Suppose a diagonal is ‘drawn across each side of acube from one corner to the other (see ilstration below), How mary distinct palterns are possible, ‘considering all possible ‘orientations of the diago- nals, including all sx sides ofthe cube in each pattemn? SLICE AND DICE 31.A perfectly spherical ‘onion is sliced by six per fectly stright knile strokes; the pieces thereby formed never having been moved from their original positions, Whatis the maximum ‘number of pieces into which the infinitesimally thin ‘outer skin of the onian can thus be divided?. 82. A tetrahedral lump Of clay is siced by six per- fecty straight cuts, the pieces never moving from thei original positions. ‘Whats the maximum nurm- ber of tetrahedral pieces that can thus be formed, ‘counting only pieces that are not further subdivided? tions?, 33, Consider the torus, a ‘doughnut shaped solid that ispertectly circular at each perpendicular cross section, and a Mabius strip, which has a single 180- degree twist and a uniform curvature throughout its length. Suppose a torus is sliced three times by a knife that each tme precssely follows tho path of such a ‘Mobius strip. What is the ‘maxenum number of pieces that can result ifthe ppiaces are never moved from their original posi- INTERPENETRATIONS 34. Three interpenetrating Circles yield a maxirrum Cf seven pieces, not count- ing pieces that ae further subdivided, as shown be low. What's the maximurn ‘umber of pieces, not further subdivided, that can bbe formed when thee Circles and two Inangles all inlerpenetrate? wy ly? 35. Suppose two right Circular cones and ore right circular cylinder mutually interpenetrate, with the base of each cone and both bases (ie., both ends) of the cylinder sealed by precisely fiting flat crcular surlaces, What is the maxi- ‘mum number of piocos (ie, completely bounded volumes) that can thus be formed, considering only the surfaces of these three figures as boundaries and counting only pieces that are not further sub- dvided?_ 36. Itacube and a tetrahe- ‘ron interpenetrate, what is the maxenum possible number of sold pieces (ie., completely bounded vol- umes not further sub divided)? PROBABILITIES 37, Suppose you are tru {ully told that ten marbles were inserted into a box, al fof them identical except that their colors were deter. mined by the toss of an Unbiased coin. When heads came up, a white marble was ierted, and whon tas came up, a black one. You reach into the box. draw out a marble, inspect its colar, then return itto the ‘box. You shake the box to imix the marbles randomly, land then reach in and again select a marble at random. f you inspect ten ‘marbles in succession inthis manner and al turn ut to be white, what is the probabilty o the nearest whole percent that all len ‘marbles in the box are white? Suppose there is an ant at each vertex of a triangle and the three ants simulta ‘neously craw along a side tothe next vertex, The probability that no two nts will encounter one an- other is 2/8, since the only two cases in which no encounter occurs are when the ante all go lett (clock vwise)—LLL—er all go night (counterclockwise) — RAR. In the six other cases—RAL, RLA, RLL, LR, LAL, and LAR—there: willbe an encounter For the folowing five problems, imagine there is fan ant al each vertex and that the ants al simulta neously crawl along an edge to the next vertex, each ant choosing its path randomly What isthe probability that no ant will encounter another, thor en route ‘or atthe next vertex, for teach of the foloning regular polyhedions? (Express. your answer as a reduced fraction, eg.,28 = 14.) 38. A tetrahedron. 39. A cube. 40. An octahedron 41. dodecahedron (lus: traled below, at elt) 42, An icosahedron (below, fight) ——________ © NUMBER SEQUENCES Determine the value of in each of the following Sequences. For example, in the sequence 149 1625 4964, he value of —_ is 96, 43, 4/10 = /100 168/3,000 1,220/10,000 9,592/100,000 78,498/1,000,000 44.14 1754 145 368, 945 __ 45,0621 405 ~504 _ 46,2 15 1,001 215,441 47,785398163___ 48.1 2¢ wr 407793 1