# Extremely cool IQ test **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047 "2005-02-08T19:18:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tigers2B1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/1 "2005-02-08T19:18:44Z")
Feel like you need a little humbling? This test is based on flash movies – so you’ll need a browser plug-in to run it - [http://hjem.get2net.dk/mick.langhoff/flash/iq3.swf](http://hjem.get2net.dk/mick.langhoff/flash/iq3.swf) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/2 "2005-02-08T19:47:35Z")
I thought I was getting my brain kicked but I managed to score a 121. **Tiger** what was your score? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/3 "2005-02-08T20:30:39Z")
I got 139 but I guessed on one or two so who knows. I wish I could go back to the questions because there were a couple that I’d like to spend some time. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/4 "2005-02-08T20:41:32Z")
I got 160. Yay me! 😛 I must say, some were educated guesses, though. I didn’t get the black and white solid lines/dotted lines square/circle one. At all. ---
**Author:** ![Arwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Arwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/5 "2005-02-08T20:45:19Z")
Not bad. I was totally unprepared for some of the way some of the questions worked, and I had trouble reading some of the questions (beer was involved), partly because some of these concepts are literally foreign to me - I never saw the English names for them before (being Dutch and all), I misclicked two by accident - for instance, I memorised the numbers and then clicked one without reading what the question was, thinking I was supposed to click them in the order I saw them. , my lenses dried out, my hair was disheveled, the cat was coughing, there were cars driving by, my brain was back on only after the test ended, and and and … Also, some of the math related questions contained stuff that was far to far into the past for me, and one question I just let the time run out for some reason (probably because it stumped me). In the end, I scored the meaning of life plus five times a quarter of a centennial minus 20 And now I have a headache! In short, it’s a fun test and I recommend it. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/6 "2005-02-08T20:57:13Z")
Finding the typo in question 12 has to count for something, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/7 "2005-02-08T21:39:46Z")
1. Extremely suspect, though, as on more than one of them I had no clue at all. Combined with the poor English skills of the composer of the test, I’m not sure the result isn’t just a random number… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/8 "2005-02-08T22:00:19Z")
This test wasn’t written by a native English speaker, was it? Cause I could barely understand the questions, and there was more than one typo. I scored a 69 - I believe that makes me a maroon. I usually get around 130 in other IQ tests, so I’m gonna have to reserve judgement on this one. Don’t IQ tests usually have a verbal/linguistic component as well (which is my strength), not just the geometry/maths/spatial aptitude? ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/9 "2005-02-08T22:10:39Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > 1. Extremely suspect, though, as on more than one of them I had no clue at all. Combined with the poor English skills of the composer of the test, I’m not sure the result isn’t just a random number… Heh! I scored 16 **4**. But I think I have much the same skill set (3-D perception, pattern matching) as the test constructor seems to have (or at least like), so my score is probably inflated. Dani ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/10 "2005-02-08T22:15:23Z")
I’m getting a 403 error. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/11 "2005-02-08T22:21:58Z")
☹ Me too ☹ I’ll just assume I got a 237 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/12 "2005-02-08T22:32:29Z")
I’ll assume 403 is my IQ until this thing is fixed ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/13 "2005-02-08T23:30:04Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > ☹ Me too ☹ > > I’ll just assume I got a 237 😃 Good idea, I’ll do that too 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Arwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Arwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/14 "2005-02-08T23:31:30Z")
The fun thing is that these things are supposed to test your intelligence, but there’s always a strong learning effect. The second time I took this test, I scored 29 points higher. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/15 "2005-02-09T00:02:11Z")
I scored a 66. And yet somehow, I manage to dress myself most every day. I screwed up the memorization question somehow. I clicked on something before reading the question. And the last question appeared to be math, at which I am borderline retarded. ---
**Author:** ![ebok47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@ebok47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ebok47)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/16 "2005-02-09T00:27:33Z")
1. Though the english was a tad annoying. And I guessed a lot of them, due to parents interupting and having to put my ateention elsewhere for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/17 "2005-02-09T00:38:45Z")
75!!! I have it on good authority that I am NOT a simpleton. But then, with my I.Q., how would I know who was a good authority? (Stomps off looking for a job requiring stoop labor.) ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/18 "2005-02-09T00:49:10Z")
172, apparently. Which involved some guessing and letting the clock run out on one of them, so I’m not at all sure what it’s indicative of. Fun, though. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/19 "2005-02-09T01:03:50Z")
1. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to relax with some light reading. Like Plato, or maybe More. And a beer. Boy do I need a beer… ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/20 "2005-02-09T01:10:06Z")
139… my head is still spinning :o [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047.md?page=2)