Mensa

any super intelligent here

[miles]

Well I scored 14 out of 25. Come on take the test. Just so you know I dont feel bad because I come from a family of hillbillys.

[mensa.org...]

I wonder how the rest of you will fare on this one.

[BlobFisk]

23/30

[Mardi_Gras]

20. What a workout! My head hurts!

[Marketing Guy]

19/30

"I can possibly pass the Mensa IQ test..."

Ive done the supervised exams and although there's a bit more pressure (like 2 minute time limits for some sections!) I faired a bit better than one the one above.

Some more puzzles at British Mensa:

[mensa.org.uk...]

Scott

[edited by: Marketing_Guy at 7:04 pm (utc) on Feb. 18, 2003]

[korkus2000]

24/30

[mivox]

25/30

I left two blank, and missed three.

[ken_b]

Well, it looks like I need to head back to preschool and start over.

[NFFC]

31/30, struggled on the maths stuff.

[Drastic]

25/30 that was fun.

[stlouislouis]

24/30 FWIW, the test said this score is very good and that
I would have a good chance of passing a Mensa membership test.

Also FWIW, I used to be a member of Mensa. I stopped being a
dues paying member many years ago.

IIRC, one simply needs to score in the top 2 percent of a general
intelligence test to qualify for membership. So 1 in every
50 people on average qualifies; one doesn't need to be a
"super genius" to get in -- rather just "gifted", as many here
likely are.

Also, while many likely imagine Mensa folks as a bunch of
stuffy professor types discussing the most minute details
of very boring stuff, the folks I met at Mensa gatherings
were quite the opposite. They were quite lively, fun loving
and spirited...and not at all interested in posturing or
snobery of any sort.

FWIW,

Louis

[stlouislouis]

NFFC,

You got 31 out of 30? Did you get the "cloaked" quiz
offering an extra credit questions for those finishing early?

jk, ;-)

Louis

[JayC]

"Which of the following sentences given below..."

Hmm... was this thing written by a Mensan?

[NFFC]

>You got 31 out of 30?

"struggled on the maths stuff" Brit humor ;)

[miles]

I think someone should come up with a bone head test that only knuckle heads can join.

Criteria
- high school grad only.
- scored less than half on the mensa test.
- iq less than 75.
- cant pronounce posthumously correctly. (just a side note I have beenn struggling with that one for about a year now.)
- can make anything out of Duct Tape including wallets.

Thats all I can think of at the moment. Chime in with more.

[victor]

For those who do badly on this test there is always the option of joining the sister organization, Denza.

[SlyGuy]

24/30

Mind you, it took me a quite awhile.

- Chad

[lgn]

22/30 - ignored the anagrams however - I hate those.

[Shane]

24/30

My brain hurtz.....

[tedster]

When I was a kid I took a lot of grief for being too smart. I was hoping this test would give me a chance to prove that I wasn't all that smart -- but I goofed again. 28/30

[Hawkgirl]

23. I ain't so dumb.
I just ain't so smart, either.

[Sinner_G]

26 out of 30.

I didn't get the banalities ;).

[Mark Candiotti]

26 of 30

Missed 7, 19, 28, and 30, though I think they had 30 wrong. :-)

[hayluke]

only 20.. but it is early in the morning!

[dazz]

22!

Suprised myself!

I couldnt do the anagrams though

[aus_dave]

26/30 - interesting stuff ;).

Can't believe I missed 'parachute'...

[takagi]

Although not native English, 20/30

[Sinner_G]

Although not native English

Yeah, that makes it tough. I was lucky 'parachute' comes from the French :).

[bird]

27/30

Hmmm... That test must have been designed by americans. British folks would have known that there are such things as tealight, teabreak, and teatime.

[hayluke]

>Hmmm... That test must have been designed by americans. British folks would have known that there are such things as tealight, teabreak, and teatime.

I thought that but then i didn't know what a tea light was!

[bird]

A tea light is one of those little candles in an aluminium shell that you put under your teapot so it stays warm (at least that's what they're called in German... ;)).