# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/41 "2005-02-10T02:01:35Z")
134, but I’m a girl so I’m supposed to suck at spatial orientation. I found that about half I knew immediately, and the rest I mostly guessed because the time thing made me nervous. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/42 "2005-02-10T02:44:15Z")
Just for statistical purposes: Random guessing scored a 48, a 42, and a 67. Choosing “C” (the third response) throughout the test scored a 26. Alternating between the first and last responses, starting with the first response, scored a 61. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/43 "2005-02-10T03:17:18Z")
I could have sworn some of those color questions didn’t have a correct answer. I somehow still managed a 130. ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/44 "2005-02-10T03:18:37Z")
This test is WAY over on the spatial side- and basically totally eliminates verbal. Which means the results are skewed to math and engineering types. Sadly, it’s one of the least valid IQ tests on the web, for a number of reasons. ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/45 "2005-02-10T03:27:32Z")
1. Surprisingly–the test scared the crap out of me more than once, in that I couldn’t figure some of them out, despite usually good performance on tests like this. ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/46 "2005-02-10T03:29:08Z")
I just noticed you could add more time to the clock by clicking the word “Timer, though it takes a point off your score”. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/47 "2005-02-10T06:16:35Z")
1. I guessed on about half. My mind shut down with the presence of the timer, though. I didn’t like watching it count down. That was all I could focus on. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/48 "2005-02-10T06:33:27Z")
the OP’s the first part, here’s the rest, though it all seems to be in beta: [first part](http://hjem.get2net.dk/mick.langhoff/flash/iq1.swf) [second part](http://hjem.get2net.dk/mick.langhoff/flash/iq2.swf) [third part](http://hjem.get2net.dk/mick.langhoff/flash/iq3.swf) i got 168 for the third, 175 for the first and 155 for the second. guess i got tired by the end. the timer and the wording is \*really \* distracting. took me awhile to understand what answer is expected for some of the questions, which might explain the higher score for the second test. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047/49 "2005-02-10T06:37:18Z")
meh. maybe i’m good at understanding broken english. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-iq-test/289047.md?page=2)