Do you know your IQ

StompToWork

I just took a couple of free online IQ tests, as it struck me that the last time I remember taking one was back in secondary school ( about 20 years ago now!!), and I couldn't remember the score.

I took a a couple of free ones as I wasn't too sure how reliable or accurate they would be ( and I wasn't about to waste money on paying for one), but they all came back within 3-4 points of each other, giving me a resulting average of 116, which is not bad, I suppose.

So, have people had their IQ measured recently? Care to share?

foxyboxer

Did one in 3rd year, got 110 iirc.

I'm crap at maths so I suck at the logic/spatial awareness questions.

Did an open source one, which assumes you have no Phd in Quantum Mechanics and got 120-or something.

The Glass Key

No way am I going to do one now, as years and years ago my IQ was measured as 148 and I don't want to spoil that record

caustic 1

What's an IQ?

Captain Farrell

148 when last tested about three years ago, down 8 points from 20 years ago.

D1stant

Those online tests are BS. They inflate your IQ (hence ego) and then try to sell you stuff. Tis a scam Ted

Sir Humphrey Appleby

About threefiddy:D

Ahhhhh its grand

Tried one before, got about 120.

It was incredibly fcking boring though, an absolute task to finish. Anyone else notice that?

zarquon

Online tests are innaccurate. You need to sit a standardized test to get a true value. I scored 146 on my mensa entry test. Online test normally put me between 150 and 160 hence the large discrepancy and why i would not trust online tests as a 10% tolerance is far too much to be considered in any way accurate.

foxyboxer wrote: »

Did one in 3rd year, got 110 iirc.

I'm crap at maths so I suck at the logic/spatial awareness questions.

Did an open source one, which assumes you have no Phd in Quantum Mechanics and got 120-or something.

Proper IQ tests are designed to test intelligence not Knowledge therefore you are measure on your ability to understand complex concepts not on your actual knowledge of complex subjects. As stated above, there is far too much of a swing in online tests to be considered accurate. You need to sit a standardized test for an accurate measurement.

BrookieD

147 ;-) Mensa tested baby...lol

StompToWork

D1stant wrote: »

Those online tests are BS. They inflate you IQ (hence ego) and then try and sell you stuff. Tis a scam Ted

Tanks a lots for the ego boost. I doesn't care tho. I reckon dem tests are write, so I's is stikkin to what dey tolds me.

AnonoBoy

You're saying I'm an IQ?

HOW DARE YOU!!!!






Oh wait....... Your/You're?

Which is it again!

Gah!!!!!

whomitconcerns

did a mensa years ago at 138...133 in the supervised test though

preston johnny

I was over the moon when I passed the IQ test and was invited to join Mensa.

I just wish I had some friends so I could tell them about it

Mousewar

I did the official mensa one in ucd a few years ago. Strange to see people giving odd numbers on the 140s. My understanding is that that particular scale goes up in multiples of two and so there are only even number scores.

jrmb

I don't know but I wouldn't have much faith in those tests.

Penn

Well, I just spent 5 minutes doing an online one, and at the end it turned out you have to pay to get the results.

Based on that, I'm guessing my IQ isn't too high anyway.

ruthloss

Yes I have a high IQ., (for all the good it does me.):o

Mmmm_Lemony

134

When I did one a few years ago I got 138, and anything over 135 was at genius level. I was going around telling people, but all they kept telling me was to pull my trousers up.

I like cats.

Hoop66

Dear Hoop66,

Thank you for your interest in the test at IQTest.com.

Your general IQ score is: 133

JustAddWater

caustic 1 wrote: »

What's an IQ?

I Quit...

Menas

Penn wrote: »

Well, I just spent 5 minutes doing an online one, and at the end it turned out you have to pay to get the results.

Based on that, I'm guessing my IQ isn't too high anyway.

I am guessing that those with a low IQ would go ahead and pay to find out the bad news.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Dunno. Whats the highest ever? I'm that plus 10.

Mousewar

I know of people who do the mensa test every year, increasing their score each time before they score high enough to gain entry. It is actually the kind of test you can practice and get better at despite what they say.

Probably a lot less than I would like to think it is.

preston johnny

Mensa have had to issue an apology after a spokesman said anyone with an IQ under 60 was probably a carrot.

They meant to say a Swede.

Columbia

Everyone so far has posted an IQ which is 1-3 standard deviations above the mean, which shows pretty clearly how accurate online tests are.

caustic 1

I Quit...

Already...too easy:D

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Some people with an incredibly high IQ might be the most socially retarded, awkward, barely able to start or hold a conversation type you'd ever meet.

Just sayin'.

StompToWork

Columbia wrote: »

Everyone so far has posted an IQ which is 1-3 standard deviations above the mean, which shows pretty clearly how accurate online tests are.

Either that, or they are all lying !!

zarquon

zarquon wrote: »

Proper IQ tests are designed to test intelligence not Knowledge therefore you are measure on your ability to understand complex concepts not on your actual knowledge of complex subjects. .

Pretty sure there was a bit of triangle angle calculation in the real mensa one. Can't remember now though, skipped it anyway

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Some people with an incredibly high IQ might be the most socially retarded, awkward, barely able to start or hold a conversation type you'd ever meet.

Just sayin'.

My mom says I'm cool

ScumLord

foxyboxer wrote: »

I'm crap at maths so I suck at the logic/spatial awareness questions.

Maths has little to do with logic and spatial awareness. So really you suck at 3 things. :pac:

Pj!

Dear Pj!,

Thank you for your interest in the test at IQTest.com.

Your general IQ score is: 136

Hoop66 wrote: »

Dear Hoop66,

Thank you for your interest in the test at IQTest.com.

Your general IQ score is: 133

Give me a shout if you ever need a hand with anything.



But seriously, I must be missing the part of the brain that mentally works out the following:

Three congruent regular hexagons can be drawn in such a way that all of them overlap each other and create exactly ten distinct areas or compartments.
True or False

Debtocracy

The average IQ in this thread is 135, meaning that posters have an intelligence in the top 1%. I only hope this thread can continue so that the combined intellect can solve some of the great scientific mysteries of our time.

Mousewar

Debtocracy wrote: »

The average IQ in this thread is 135, meaning that posters have an intelligence in the top 1%. I only hope this thread can continue so that the combined intellect can solve some of the great scientific mysteries of our time.

135 isn't in the top 1%

Dravokivich

I did one when I was 12 or 13. Late Primary School / Early Secondary School anyway. I figured at the time that there wasn't anything I was actually going to get as a result of the test, so just answered bits of it throughout. Still not too bothered by the idea of an "IQ" test.

Mousewar

Mousewar wrote: »

I did the official mensa one in ucd a few years ago. Strange to see people giving odd numbers on the 140s. My understanding is that that particular scale goes up in multiples of two and so there are only even number scores.

I sat a supervised Mensa one at uni, and even that self-selecting sample didn't achieve the amazing results some here have.

In AH threads on height a large majority is over 6ft 2, in threads on looks at least an 8 out of 10, and now, apparently, is in the top 2% of the population in the intelligence stakes.

I think I'll call this the AH syndrome.

Mousewar

Candie wrote: »

I sat a supervised Mensa one at uni, and even that self-selecting sample didn't achieve the amazing results some here have.

In AH threads on height a large majority is over 6ft 2, in threads on looks at least an 8 out of 10, and now, apparently, is in the top 2% of the population in the intelligence stakes.

I think I'll call this the AH syndrome.

Well also, it's probably the case that people with high IQs will rush to post their scores and those with low ones won't be a hurry to advertise them.
And I'd guess that people with high IQs are more likely to actually have sat a proper test and therefore to actually know what their score is.

But yeah, a lot will be telling porkies as well.

April O Neill II

No, don't know it, don't need to know it. I'm not going to do things any better or worse with this information.

Boom_Bap

My IQ is Potatoe.

Pherekydes

My IQ is my intelligence quotient.

There, is that smart enough to be considered one of the most socially retarded, awkward, barely able to start or hold a conversation type of people you'd ever meet?

Thus implying that I have an IQ that is as high as bluewolf's?


With the obvious loss of points due to being male allowed for.

P.S. Mensa says my IQ is a multiple of 37. :eek::pac::p

Pherekydes

ScumLord wrote: »

Maths has little to do with logic...

:eek:

Pherekydes

Candie wrote: »

I think I'll call this the AH syndrome.

It's probably online syndrome.

Something to remember when you sign up at findmealifepartner.com

martinedwards

I'm smart enough to not get hung up about it

djk1000

176 in a supervised test when I was 18. Feck all good it has done me!

jimgoose

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Some people with an incredibly high IQ might be the most socially retarded, awkward, barely able to start or hold a conversation type you'd ever meet.

Just sayin'.

Like the introverted versus extroverted geek - one looks at your shoes when he talks to you.

My IQ is 9.89, with airshifter, a big-bore and turbonitrous. :cool:

Davidius

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Some people with an incredibly high IQ might be the most socially retarded, awkward, barely able to start or hold a conversation type you'd ever meet.

Just sayin'.

Nah that's just what the intellectual untermensch say to make themselves feel better.

My IQ is a transfinite cardinal. You can tell because I use smart people words in the sentence having.

Maximus Alexander

It strikes me as odd that 100 is, by definition, the average IQ of all test takers. Yet everyone on here appears to be far above that and in the gifted, or even genius part of the bell curve. Something smells funny.

josip

That funny smell is maybe me coming along. My measured IQ is 84. Anyone want to ask me a qeustion?

Davidius

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

It strikes me as odd that 100 is, by definition, the average IQ of all test takers. Yet everyone on here appears to be far above that and in the gifted, or even genius part of the bell curve. Something smells funny.

It must be that an IQ at least one standard deviation above the mean is a necessary prerequisite for using a computer. Yes, that is clearly the most sensible explanation and the matter should not be looked into any further.

josip

Davidius wrote: »

It must be that an IQ at least one standard deviation above the mean is a necessary prerequisite for using a computer. Yes, that is clearly the most sensible explanation and the matter should not be looked into any further.

I'm an amonaly then.