Supernerd Crossword Test
Solutions and norms
Paul Cooijmans

Supermodels
1 Stephanie
2 Eva
3 Christy
4 Stella
5 Heather
6 Carla
7 Naomi
8 Estelle
9 Elle
10 Amber
11 Kate
12 Adriana
13 Irina
14 Yashmeen
15 Linda
16 Rachel
17 Lauren
18 Niki
19 Cecilia
20 Nadja
21 Kristen
22 Amber
23 Kirsty
24 Jade		 Eggheads
1 Saha
2 Pascal
3 Euler
4 Galvani
5 Turing
6 Spinoza
7 Locke
8 Hilbert
9 Newcomb
10 Leibniz
11 Sikorski
12 Gödel
13 Einstein
14 Feynman
15 Brahe
16 Schrödinger
17 Mill
18 Ramanujan
19 Curie
20 Edison
21 Fermat
22 Crick
23 Jung
24 Kant
Count the number of supermodels answered correctly (S) and the number of eggheads answered correctly (E). An estimate of your Intelligence Quotient is:

IQ = (S + E) x 1.6 + 90

More importantly however, the SCT also measures your Supernerd Quotient (SQ), that is now getting more and more in vogue in personnel selection and the like. IQ is out, SQ is hot. A powerful measure of SQ is:

SQ = ([E - S + 24] 2 - 567) x .07 + 100

If this formula is too complex for you, relax; you are not a supernerd. A table for your convenience:
E-S SQ Remark
-6 83
-5 86
-4 88 A bit of a birdbrain
-3 91
-2 94
-1 97
0 100 You are normal
1 104
2 108
3 111
4 115 Nerd
5 119
6 123
7 128
8 132 Supernerd
9 137
10 141
11 146 Time to worry
12 151
13 156
14 161 Help needed
15 167
16 172
17 178 Help urgent
18 184
19 190
20 196 Beyond help
21 202
22 208
23 215 Help!
24 222