Roman Numerals Quiz

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Roman Numerals Quiz

by Derek

Created May 19, 2009 in Science
Featured May 19, 2009
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	Loki:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:07 GMT	19 points
	thank god for the superbowl...

	mungar:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:08 GMT	31 points
	Fun quiz. Easy to get them all, but you still have to do some thinking to convert them.

	Niques:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:10 GMT	10 points
	Easy but fun :) Great quiz idea. I find the results interesting - you'd think the same people who can get say, MDCCC and DCXVII could get MDCLXVI.

	amorris525:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:27 GMT	13 points
	Very fun quiz :)

	brewcrew09:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:38 GMT	19 points
	Great idea for a quiz, very entertaining.

	jmarshallg:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:45 GMT	1 point
	I hate D.

	Dodge:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:46 GMT	38 points
	Wow, I'm glad we don't use this system.

	pdu:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:51 GMT	16 points
	Ha, you know you're confused if you already got half of them and then start to wonder what the heck I stands for Oo Well, got it anyway, but that was a serious blackout. Good quiz.

	BrettCaudill:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:55 GMT	80 points
	i got XXIV out of XXX.

	WhiteSox:	May 19th, 2009 at 05:58 GMT	7 points
	Fun quiz

	Abhit:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:08 GMT	66 points
	Luckily, there are enough "Land Before Time" sequels to recognize even the highest roman numerals on this quiz.

	pete:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:10 GMT	15 points
	This was good, but I think the VHI top C songs of the LXXXs was the better quiz tonight.

	Kevin:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:21 GMT	1 point
	I don't understand why it wouldn't accept 'Cross Country' for XC. :(

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	fatman:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:31 GMT	2 points
	so close just ran out of time for the last one.

	Bethannie:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:32 GMT	28 points
	C%! Great way to wake up the braincells first thing! Timer was just about right too - just enough time to get all he answers whilst still giving a little pressure. Loved it!

	Blackcrowned:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:33 GMT	47 points
	XXX out of XXX. Sounds dirty.

	jd1z:	May 19th, 2009 at 06:43 GMT	10 points
	very fun -- able to get them all with just 4 seconds left @Niques-- i think the length of the longer ones scare people from trying to get them, saving them for last. i know that's what i did.

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	OscilatingGibbon:	May 19th, 2009 at 07:16 GMT	6 points
	Ever tried doing a sum using roman numerals instead? It's almost impossible lol

	DynamiteDG:	May 19th, 2009 at 07:35 GMT	11 points
	It amazes me to see that V X and C were guessed correctly more often than I. Strange how that works out...

	sunny_jimbob:	May 19th, 2009 at 08:18 GMT	10 points
	Wowzers. Tough one, but what a way to wake the old grey matter up of a morning! XXV out of XXX here.

	Reynaert:	May 19th, 2009 at 08:39 GMT	-2 points
	XXX of XXX here too. Mostly, sporcle quizzes make me remember things and I have to take time to type them out. For a change, i needed time to transcribe those roman numerals. Btw, I've never encountered a latin inscription where they say XIV - they always say XIIII (as in C IAPETO M F LEGIO XIIII GEMINA COH III FEC F EIUS M IAPETUS (for gaius iapetus son of marcus of the 14th legion gemina, 3d cohors, marcus iapetus, his son, made this). T'were those renaissance people who thought perhaps DCCCCLXXXXVIIII was excessive to write IM.

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	Forbsey:	May 19th, 2009 at 08:57 GMT	-3 points
	finished with 2.02 left - not bad for an old fogey like me

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	nickisposh:	May 19th, 2009 at 10:23 GMT	2 points
	What's 10'000, 100'000, and 1'000'000 in roman numerals?

	fatfifer:	May 19th, 2009 at 10:27 GMT	8 points
	Even the simplest of maths is very tricky using RN!. I cant thank the ancient arabs enough for their numerals. Great quiz

	ferdy1985:	May 19th, 2009 at 10:50 GMT	2 points
	good quiz! Makes you think a bit - would be great to see a similar quiz with Roman Numeral maths! XDL + VI and the like!

	Secret_Asian_Man:	May 19th, 2009 at 10:54 GMT	1 point
	Would be great to see a quiz with binary, ternary, etc.

	y2jdilemma:	May 19th, 2009 at 10:57 GMT	26 points
	Roman Numerals? They never even TRIED to teach us that in school. Think, Bart. Where have you seen Roman numerals before? I know...Rocky Vee, That was the fifth one. So, Rocky five plus Rocky two equals...Rocky VII! "Adrian's Revenge"!

	ferdy1985:	May 19th, 2009 at 10:59 GMT	19 points
	@ Nick - a Roman numeral with a bar across the top of it denotes 1000x whatever the number is - so 10000 = Xbar, 100000 = Cbar and 1000000 = Mbar, even 10000000 is Xbarbar!

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	Brian B:	May 19th, 2009 at 11:16 GMT	5 points
	Rocky V + Rocky II = Rocky VII Adrian's Revenge!

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	Havok3595:	May 19th, 2009 at 11:45 GMT	6 points
	I'd be interested to find out why one of the more random seeming numbers on here is my birth year, MCMLXXIII. Maybe I share it with the quiz maker. Fun quiz!

	voljtw:	May 19th, 2009 at 12:37 GMT	7 points
	25/30 Well, that was fun. However, I have to admit I spent so much time trying to figure out the harder ones that I actually never got around to X and V...I obviously know them but in the random selection they never came up before time ran out.

	sub:	May 19th, 2009 at 12:49 GMT	4 points
	good quiz to get the ol' gray cells working in the morning