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OK, not quite, but my score was 45 (9 of 10)

He did go to USC.

I didn’t realize it was timed until 40 seconds in and I was only on question 2.

From those who have posted scores, it appears you have to have above average intelligence to enjoy ROTB.

I took too much time on the damn pattern question.

I took too long to do the squares one so only managed to do 7.

I don’t want to start a controversy, but I thought this was certainly worth mentioning, so I’ll repost it:

The Wonderlic and race…

NFL Notable High Scores:

Drew Henson 42
Alex Smith 40
Eli Manning 39
Brian Griese 39
Tony Romo 37
Drew Bledsoe 36
Matt Leinart 35
Kellen Clemens 35
Tom Brady 33
Steve Young 33
John Beck 30
Philip Rivers 30
Troy Aikman 29
Brady Quinn 29
Drew Brees 28
Peyton Manning 28
Ryan Leaf 27
Ben Roethlisberger 25
Brett Favre 22

Notable Low Scores:
Tarvaris Jackson 19
Derek Anderson 19
Vince Young 16*
Dan Marino 15
Terry Bradshaw 15
Donovan McNabb 14
David Garrard 14
Kordell Stewart 13
Marcus Vick 11
Jeff George 10
Chris Leak 8**

* VYoung apparently scored a 6 on his first test, and he took the test a second time scoring a 16.
** Leak apparently decided to only answer 12 of 50 questions. Got 8 out of 12 right, but alas, 8 is his score.

I am NOT normally someone who is prone to bringing up racial disparities at the drop of a hat, but in reading this list, I couldn’t help but notice something odd — under the "Notable High Scores" heading, every single listed player is white. Under "Notable Low Scores", of eleven players listed, Anderson, Marino, Bradshaw and George are all white, and the other seven players are black. That’s a pretty disproportionate discrepancy.

I’m honestly unsure how to interpret this — it very well could be simply caused by a small sample size of 30 players — but with 19 listed as "notably high", you would expect at least ONE notable black QB. It could be due to the fact that NFL QBs are predominantly white, which is certainly true, but that doesn’t really change the question of proportion.

I’m guessing it has to do with the same well-documented (but unexplained) racial disparity noted in SAT scores and other standardized tests. Naturally, this isn’t even CLOSE to being a scientifically-sound survey, nor is it double-blind, but at the very least, it’s intriguing, and worth mentioning.

On another note, I seem to recall reading somewhere that offensive linemen score the best, on average — even better than QBs. Makes sense, as blocking is usually the most complex part of any play, and I’m guessing that Wonderlic scores are weighted more heavily when judging OL because of a relative dearth of otherwise-distinguishable individual statistics.

but as a black man, I didn’t want to bring it up because I am really trying to shake the profile and was willing to chalk it up as an SAT equivilant. All and all, there are some black QBs that are very good reading the blitz and reacting without having to move their feet. I won’t comment on this again.Some tests REALLY ARE racially biased. That’s life and we move on. This may or may not be one of them. I’ll never know because I’m not in the NFL.