Only when it was the example questions that I was madly trying to answer! (sums up my IQ really!)

I scored 98, which annoyed me, so I followed the link to the Mensa page and did their "workout". Scored 26 out of 30, so now feel better about myself!

(Edited by Whistler 12/05/2002 19:51)

Having looked at it a little more it's standardised for people aged over 35-55, it's impossible to score higher than mid-high 130s if you're <35 Which coupled with the scores maxing out at 68/70 means 20-somethings can't score highly at all.

If you're 35-55 a score of 59/70 gives an IQ of 131, but if you're 20-34 it takes a score of 65/70 to give an IQ of 130!

Stunningly well standardised!

OK just done this and scored 124. I was quite pleased!

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by halojones
Only when it was the example questions that I was madly trying to answer! (sums up my IQ really!)

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LOL! Yep, I did that too!

I got 112. I was quite pleased (managed to beat my mum )

I was pleased with this cause like Kat, I'm a young'un!

I got 106 which isn't too bad I guess

I got 99 (Mrs average here then) although in my deffence I did try doing this test whilst having 4 children fighting/screaming/shouting

(Edited by Sweet-Sange 13/05/2002 10:22)

129, although I was a bit distracted by a business call about halfway through. I think that's my lowest IQ test score ever (possibly because I'm 20-34...it's a bit odd that my usual scores are actually impossible to achieve on this test). Which just goes to show how dodgy IQ tests are as a means of determining intelligence, since I am no way in the top two per cent of the country for all-round smarts or academic acuity, or any of the actually useful manifestations of intellect.

(Edited by Tannhauser 13/05/2002 12:11)

Lets face it, all an IQ test measures is how good you are at doing IQ tests.

I always do well at this kind of thing and astonishingly well at psychometric tests but the only thing this is useful for is if you have to do one when applying for a job that uses them as a form of assessment. Otherwise they are neither use nor ornament to anybody.

So, to anybody who scored low/lower than expected just ask yourself do you really give a rats [edited for swearing] behind anyway?

And besides, this was really meant as a bit of fun to fodder up the Saturday night schedules and for the BBC to say aren't we good getting so many people involved. I enjoyed the programme, particularly the good natured competitiveness between the different groups in the studio.

I thought it was hilarious when Anne reached Question 69 and the Students all started cheering. Anne asked "What are you cheering for?" in her totally deadpan way and a heckler shouted back "You mean you don't know!" Classic stuff

(Edited by Sydney 13/05/2002 12:54)
Reason: Swearing.... please read the swearing policy. If you have any questions feel free to email me

(Edited by Chambler 13/05/2002 15:49)

Even on well-administered tests my IQ has varied by around 40 points depending mainly on the type of test (I do far better at numerical and logical reasoning and pattern recogntion, than at verbal reasoning and spatial awareness), so I'm inclined to echo previous people's statements and say that even a well-run IQ test is at best only good at measuring your ability to do IQ tests.

And of course how many IQ tests you have done - the more you do the better you are at recognising the patterns.

But yes - a mate of mine once carded 172 (he was about 14 at the time, I think), and was immediately invited to join MENSA, whom he found a bunch of monstrously boring, smug and rather dim provincials.

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by Tannhauser
MENSA, whom he found a bunch of monstrously boring, smug and rather dim provincials.

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And we are all really surprised by that!!! my behind

I've never bothered joining, the only reason I could see to do so were the Special Interest Groups, and they become redundant to people at, or with access to, universities, and particularly now with the prevalence of the internet.

For some people Mensa will serve a useful function, particularly if they come from underprivilleged backgrounds or from isolated areas, it may provide them with the support, contacts and resources they may need to move away and take more control of their life - too many people live in societies which evoke "clever clogs" and "smarty pants" derogatively.

112 for me. Not bad with a hangover.

Somehow I got 130!

I'm not even from the UK but still took the thing this afternoon..... Keep in mind my first language is Dutch and I'm dysxlexic but still got a score of 128

I would say that isn't half bad

Ooh just to add I'm 21.... so that is the group that gets a lousy scoring anyways.

(Edited by Chambler 13/05/2002 16:38)

Note to self; Next time, be sober!

I did it via TV and though that it all worked rather well (if it were'nt for the lack of sobriety!)

You cannot rank intelligence - with all its components of motivation, mental arousal and emotion - as if it were a unilinear attribute.
-Professor Steven Rose of the Open University's Brain and Behaviour Unit

However, I took a MENSA IQ test a while ago for fun and scored 155. That puts me in the top one-percent.

117 for me and i did it while talking to Spike and Ethan's Bro in chat

92. Considering I'm 15, abysmal at maths and I'm tired out from exams all day I think I did OK

Previous ones I've tried had me at 112 (same as FG)!

91, but in my defence, I did have drunken boyfriend singing how arsenal won the league all through it, so I missed a few questions whilst throwing things at him!!!