Eye-Q

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1. nonce worduncountableA score measuring knowledge about eyes or vision.

   5 eye-opening facts about your vision! Next month is National Eye-Care Month, so here’s an opportunity to improve your Eye-Q with a fun true-false quiz that will correct common misconceptions.

   1996 January 9, Weekly World News, page 40

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   WHAT’S YOUR EYE-Q? Here are some odd facts about eyes. Try matching the statements in the column on the left with the words appearing in the column on the right. Then check your Eye-Q with the correct answers on page 20.

   1949, Visual Digest, volume 14, number 5, page 18

   Fifty million Americans are at risk for vision loss from glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the United States. Are you one of them? If you are, do you know how to reduce your risk of blindness? To determine how high your Eye-Q is, answer the following questions about glaucoma. True or False? 1. Glaucoma is more common in Blacks than in Whites.

   1997, Linda Michelle Ross, editor, Ophthalmic Disorders Sourcebook: Basic Information about Glaucoma, Cataracts, Macular Degeneration, Strabismus, Refractive Disorders, and More, along with Statistical and Demographic Data and Reports on Current Research Initiatives, Detroit, Mich.: Omnigraphics, Inc., →ISBN, page 329

2. nonce worduncountableA score measuring visual ability.

   TEST YOUR MIND’S EYE-Q! […] Here’s another Puzzicle that tests what might be called your Eye-Q. What do the three images above depict?

   1988, Alan Robbins, Puzzicles, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, cover and page 86

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   Test yourself on how acutely you observe the little things about everyday items. If you can answer correctly all eight questions below, you have earned a “genius” rating for taking notice. Six right means your Eye-Q is definitely superior. 1. You ought to know what the Great Seal of the United States looks like because you’ve seen it so many times. Where?

   1982, More Tests and Teasers, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published 1983, →ISBN, page 110

   HOW'S YOUR "EYE-Q?" Your "Eye-Q"--the ability to see beyond the obvious--may be very important in promoting safety by eliminating poor housekeeping as a factor in accidents.

   1986, Safety Talks, pages 6–7

1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Eye-Q.

   Test your eye-Q. To read this, slant the page down in line with your eye.

   1966 September, “Are You Puzzled?”, in Listen: Journal of Better Living, volume 19, number 9, page 16

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   Pattern puzzle—24 Shamokin patterns are in this picture. Test your “eye-Q”’ and spot ’em.

   1951 October, Seventeen, volume 10

   what’s your eye-Q? / Q Can make-up really change the appearance of eyes that are too small, pale and inconspicuous, popping, or too close together?

   1956 June, Photoplay, volume 49, number 6, page 70

   Here’s a tip: if your eye-Q is on the beam, she is closer to you than you think!

   1958 June, Frolic, volume 7, number 6, page 41

   Your “eye-Q” is high if you look up — not down. The fash­ion trend for residential light­ing, according to originators of many firsts in the home furnish­ing field, is to chandeliers.

   1962 April 15, “Chandeliers Light Up New Home Decor”, in Monroe Morning World, volume 34, number 177, Monroe, La., page 14E

   How good is your eye-Q concerning eye problems? The following quiz is presented by the American Association of Ophthalmology, which represents over 5,300 medical doctors specializing in the care and treatment of the eyes.

   1981 June 18, “Quick Quiz”, in The Foothills News, volume 6, number 55