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Location: South Wales
https://www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation/takethetest/
i got 111 which means i can be a city trader!
yipee! i get to wear a suit and shout "BUY BUY BUY SELL SELL!" and make silly hand gestures..
1,591 posts
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.
Proper IQ tests are administered by a profesional. Not a cheaply made flash program.
Anyways IQ is a silly measurement anyways.
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Location: Paris, France
i m tto bad in english to do the test
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70 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
I got 113 while trying to look like i was working at teh sametime.
But i am still not sure how good a measure it is. Common Sense is far more useful that being able to quickly tell wnat the next pattern in a set is, cos i get asked that every day at work
Vamp
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2,419 posts
Location: la-la land
quote:This is actually a Mensa supported IQ test that has just taken place nationally in the UK.. so it is a 'proper one' despite the flash program.. which I agree does look cheap.. but it's the content not the presentation..
Originally posted by Astar:
Proper IQ tests are administered by a profesional. Not a cheaply made flash program.
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the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
143 out of a possible 15-something.
However, I hope this isn't a scientific survey because I just botched it, since it is geared for UK and I am from US. Answer the locale questions was..ummm...inventive sort of. (I am West of the UK and the town of Brighton is not that far from me here! lol)
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Does patience factor into IQ, because if it does, I am doomed!
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105 posts
Location: Worcestershire,England
I got 106 which i was quite disappointed with as I thought I was brighter than that! Still,I did it whilst watching the programme on T.V with lots of homely distractions etc. (excuses!). Those maths questions really got me...
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1,591 posts
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.
Well it's nice to see an actual IQ test online then. There are about 800 others that are complete nonsense. Most of them aren't even timed.
Maybe I will take it now that it's legit. But Ill be in the same boat as pele with it being geared up for people on another continent.
2,419 posts
Location: la-la land
Blimey - 113.. I thought I'd got stoopider after my looong years of party going..
12/12 for Perception
11/12 for memory - which is amazing considering how often I'm
then language, logic and way way down there numbers
I honour you as an aspect of myself..
You are never to old to storm a bouncey castle..
addict
529 posts
Location: I wish I knew, United Kingdom
Haven't done this one yet, but on last years one I scored 129. Will probably do worse this time around, as I've done very little brain work of any sort since leaving uni.
I wouldn't take these scores as gospel, though. I know last years' was critcised for scoring too highly.
J
If you're not confused, you're not thinking about things hard enough.
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
I watched it on Tv (and did the quiz right along with it like a good fraggle) I got 109. But there were time limits n stuff - that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
Meh
Classically British
5,689 posts
Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
125
Language - 11/12
Memory - 12/12
Logic - 19/22
Numbers - 8/12
Perception - 11/12
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Slacker of enormous magnitude
285 posts
Location: down the bottom of the garden,england
i got 112 after two barcardis
i'll draw you a picture ill draw it with a twist ill draw it with a razorblade ill draw it on my wrist and if i do it right a red fountain will appear washing away my sorrow washing away my fear
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
what?
bottles of bacardi?
Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
Considering the amount of rubbish I speak and common sense I very rarely have, I got a figure that seems a little too high
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
6 posts
Location: Lakewood, Washington
I don't think that my IQ has ever been tested. I know I am really good at English and Science but anything that has to do with Math I suck at. My best subject is music though.
2,364 posts
Location: austin,tx
i could tell you guys what i got but then i'd have to kill you. and i like you
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517 posts
Location: Sheffield, England
Must be the herb...
Jo.
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363 posts
Location: bristol, United Kingdom
118 thought that was exceedingly remarkable until i saw the thread proceeding this entry (clever language. Theres always one.
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725 posts
Location: Chester, UK
98
Bugger
Spoiling Christmas for small children since 2003.
3,638 posts
Location: Brum / Dorset / Fairy Land
136
I did it on the night. All the questions were timed so it was hard to answer before they asked the next one. It puts a lot of pressure on. I think I responded to it!
Geologists do it in the dirt................ 
102 posts
Location: Austria
95 hehe
but then i suck at numbers and trying to work out convoluted reasoning under time presure ina language that is notyour own *pats her own back*
i think it went pretty well after all;)
Morgy
Out to Wrong Rights and Depress the Opressed.
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA
I agree with you Morgane, not bad at all.
I was supposed to post the "out of" scores too?
Okay...
143
Language 12/12
Perception 12/12
Memory 12/12
Logic 21/22
Numbers 6/12 (never claimed to be good at math under pressure! I need a cheat sheet dammit! )
Alright, so where are the right answers posted so I can see what I got wrong???
[ 09. May 2003, 02:02: Message edited by: Pele ]
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Intrepid Penguin
5,635 posts
Location: Australia
111
But in my defence, i'd just like to say that apparently i now live in londom *shrug* and adding in pounds and trying to tell the difference between pints and litres has confuzed me thoroughly...
Currently on the right side up of the world.
522 posts
Location: Sheffield
123 but I did guess a couple cos I was still thinking when the timer got real low so luck must be a small part..
Jo, Fluffy and Pele are all far too clever and should be forced to retake the test with the monitor tuned off
Mind you, a high IQ dosent mean you also have common sense.
Intrepid Penguin
5,635 posts
Location: Australia
I agree with you on that one Tempest! i mean, cmon, i got 111, slightly above average, but i'm sure everyone will agree, that i'm a complete idiot!
*narf!*
Currently on the right side up of the world.
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,136 posts
Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
its wrong! all wrong!
ok, i got over 100, but my score in a proper IQ test is higher than what this gave, honest
522 posts
Location: Sheffield
sure but you probably dont take IQ tests approaching midnight do you Mr Flid, that must contribute somewhat.
564 posts
Location: Vansterdam
hehe I didn't bother taking it I know:
as administed by a professional: 127
In the 60's people took acid to make the world weird, now the world is weird and they take prozac to make it normal again.
271 posts
Location: Manchester, England
Hmmm, last time I did one of these I got 125, but I'm too afraid to take it again. An IQ test should be properly standardised anyway or it's a bit useless. This one will have been should have been standardised for the UK TV watching public, so all you non-UK peops will score less anyway.
btw Mr Bovril Monkey...have you ever drank a pint of bovril?
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