A really different, really challenging IQ test

http://www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation/takethetest/

I got 140. But it was no picnic.

I got 120 :frowning: but I farted around on the maths ones, which seems to have screwed me over.

Language 12/12
Memory 11/12
Logic 21/22
Numbers 7/12
Perception 8/12

I wonder if the fact that I put in that I drink no alcohol (closest answer to my consumption weighed in much?

previously discussed in this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=188804

How many points should be deducted for not searching first? :smiley: (just kidding, I know you can’t search on BBC or IQ).

Well, I got 120 and was ok with it!!

Language 11/12
Memory 11/12
Logic 20/22
Numbers 12/12
Perception 11/12

I ran out of time on one of the shape analogies ones. I’m shocked that I didn’t miss more of those; I’m terrible at those. And it’s funny that my only 100% was in ‘Numbers’ as I’d have rated that as my least facile category of the five.

I got 134 as well. But on one of the language ones, I literally accidentally clicked the wrong button. So instead of missing 5 overall, I should have only missed 4. Bugger.

Not once, not twice, but three times I’d click on an answer just as time ran out, meaning that I would accidently select an answer on the next question without having even read it. Pissed me off. I blew 6 questions total that way, so my score isn’t really accurate, and I don’t know that I can retake the test now that I know what some of the questions/answers are. Bummer.

Where did you guys say you were from? I chose Newcastle. Delicious beer, that.

I chose the one with the funny name. Aberstywythy or something. I should have chosen for beer.

I got a 137 when I took it last week. That’s apparently as high as someone in my age cohort is allowed to score.

Damn boomers.

This one says my penis is 14" long.

I got exactly one wrong in each category, for a total score of 140. I had to lie about where I live, though. I said I lived in Wales because my grandfather came from there.

Damned numbers. Phooey.

lno, I think you took the wrong test.

I got 137. Which, btw, is fairly close to what I was tested at in grade school.

I got a 124 last night, but we should probably factor in the handicap of two vicodin and three beers.

And **lno **only 14"? My penis was measured in elementary school and they estimated it to be ~ 16" but I haven’t had it measured in a while.

I got a 125, I guessed I would have a 120, so go me for being smarter than I thought! My results:

Language: 8/12
Memory: 12/12
Logic: 20/22
Numbers: 11/12
Perception: 10/12

We can clearly see my downfall…I hate word puzzles. I absolutly CANNOT do anagrams. Although these were a tad easier than the ones that ask if it’s the name of a country, animal, city, or plant, I suck at those even more.

I got 137. I also put down London as a location, mostly because it’s the only part of the UK I’ve ever been to (with the exception of the train ride from France), and indicated that I drank no alcohol. Did that make a difference?

People who drink no alcohol scored lower on average. So, I think if you had said that you drink alcohol you would have picked up a few more points. :slight_smile:

I got 130, but (as so many are claiming) I hit a couple of wrong buttons. I also would have done better on Perception if I hadn’t been too dumb to figure out the jigsaw-piece strategy right away. Oh, well.

Language: 10/12
Memory: 11/12
Logic: 20/22
Numbers: 11/12
Perception: 9/12

I got 100 – I knew better a split-second after I clicked a few of them, alas.

125 which is what I was tested at when younger.

-Tcat