# I'm a Genius!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-genius/54814>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 16, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-genius/54814 "2001-02-16T22:28:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![douglips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-genius/54814/21 "2001-02-17T23:45:28Z")

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I think that means Jadis failed. I got 161, which I think is BS. I don’t think I’m that smart. Or is the average person really that unsmart?

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-genius/54814/22 "2001-02-17T23:54:06Z")

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Well, I got a 145 in the test.

But in the test that **mblackwell** suggested, I got a 132 (with a 100% in logical reasoning!)

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**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-genius/54814/23 "2001-02-18T19:37:50Z")

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I got a 156…Whoopee.

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**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-genius/54814/24 "2001-02-18T20:00:14Z")

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I wonder about the one question in the test.

I scored a 160 btw. Stupid test.  
John’s grandfather’s daughter could be John’s son’s sister.  
this could technically be true. But I wonder if the answer they were looking for is false.

If John’s wife remarried his grandfather then her daugheter would indeed be John’s son’s sister. Frankly, any test that asks stupid questions like that is stupid. Stupid Stupid Stupid.

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**Author:** ![Arthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@Arthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arthur)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-genius/54814/25 "2001-02-18T20:22:11Z")

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I remeber this IQ test. A bunch of people in my computers class were trying it out and they wern’t exactly the brightest characters in the world. They all seemed to score between 140 and 160. I managed a 165 or something… I don’t think I’m anywhere near that. I believe that IQ test is set up to give everyone a high score, unless you set out to purpously bomb it.

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**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-genius/54814/26 "2001-02-18T22:53:44Z")

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Well damn, with a 146 I feel pretty stupid then. I think I’ll go try those other sites that **mblackwell** and **scratch1300** suggested, thanks guys.

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