Day One Hundred and Ninety One - IQ Test

Dear all,

Today was a day devoted purely to admin. I am about to launch myself back into the perilous world of paper work, so am easing myself in with a [hopefully] straightforward, passport renewal.

After the obligatory glide through the best of London fashion week, a google advertisement appeared as if by magic, telling me, my life could not possibly be complete without me knowing my personal IQ. I decided, 'why not': it would be an interesting exercise. So I cracked open my [second] beer of the day and got started - Here ye the website I was [so kindly] directed to, http://www.iqtest.com

Some might say that I didn't take the test as seriously as I should [beer + exam = bad] and as I started the exam, I realized I may have bitten off more than I could chew. They advise that you should try not to spend more than 20 seconds on any one question as this will penalize your final score [again, beer not good influence here]. So I rattled through them thinking there would be 10 but OH NO I have omitted to scroll 'down' the page and there were 50 bloomin questions! agggggg.

To give a feel for the questions, here are a couple of sample questions from the 'practice' test that I failed to initiate before I started the real thing:

1. Two ducks and two dogs have a total of fourteen legs.

True False

2. A pie can be cut into more than seven pieces by making four diameter cuts.

True False

3. Two of the following numbers add up to thirteen.

1, 6, 3, 5, 11

True False

Answers at the end of the post.

Anyway, I battled on with the occasional look at facebook whilst sipping away at my beer. These three contributing factors are [hilariously] reflected in the end result.

So.. I finished the test and pressed 'submit'. Within 5 minutes, I had received a 3 page document giving me a complete analysis of my intelligence and breakdown of my score. The majority of my scores I was very pleased with particularly as I had not taken it with the seriousness that I maybe should have [I think the 'beer' had an impact on 'short term memory' and 'computational speed'.

This is an amusing section from the IQ dossier I received:

You scored higher than your General IQ Score in 6 individual ability categories. 4 of these better scores could be called statistically significant and may indicate special abilities, or that you were distracted on those parts of the IQ Test that counted more heavily in the other ability categories.

Lewis Terman developed the original notion of IQ ( Intelligence Quotient) and proposed the scale for classifying the scores:

• Over 140 - Genius or near genius

• 120 - 140 - Very superior intelligence

• 110 - 119 - Superior intelligence

• 90 - 109 - Normal or average intelligence

• 80 - 89 - Dullness

• 70 - 79 - Borderline deficiency

• Under 70 - Definite feeble-mindedness

  
  

  Well, at least I am not 'dull'. Below is my certificate sent by carrier pigeon to my gmail account.

Despite the erroneous 'beer'-related results, it was a very interesting exercise and I would recommend it if you have 20 minutes and are feeling alert!

Answers to the test questions are:

1. False

2. True

3. False