# IQ Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787 "2000-03-02T20:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stevie\_Rave\_On](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Stevie\_Rave\_On](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stevie_Rave_On)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/1 "2000-03-02T20:44:00Z")
Pretty quick IQ test: [http://www.emode.com/tests/iq.html](http://www.emode.com/tests/iq.html) I got a 127. Be honest. * * * Trying is the first step to failure ---
**Author:** ![Treycal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Treycal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treycal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/2 "2000-03-02T21:10:00Z")
Hey I’m a genius. Scored 131. This is the first IQ test I have every taken. Is that typical for IQ tests because it seemed really easy. Not that that is an arguement in favour of me being a genius but more an argument for invalidness of IQ test. It would seem to me that a bunch of number sequences and word associations (seemed to be approx 75% of the test) is not a real indicator of intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/3 "2000-03-02T21:15:00Z")
You could also try [www.iqtest.com](http://www.iqtest.com) It claims to give a score (in a scaled down test) to within 5 points of a full test. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/4 "2000-03-02T22:47:00Z")
WTF? 1. Can’t be. I’m smarter than that. Ask my dog. He thinks I’m a genius. I’m gonna do it again. * * * Voted as: **The poster you’d most like to meet.** I demand a recount. ---
**Author:** ![Stevie\_Rave\_On](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Stevie\_Rave\_On](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stevie_Rave_On)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/5 "2000-03-02T22:56:00Z")
Yeah, that was the first one I ever took, and I thought it was pretty easy too. I don’t know how hard real ones are. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/6 "2000-03-02T23:29:00Z")
1. I thought the hardest one was the horse, zebra, deer, moose, and eland. I picked moose. What did y’all pick? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/7 "2000-03-02T23:33:00Z")
Mine is 127. But I suppose I have to add 20 or so, not being a native speaker of English and all 😃 * * * **Coldfire** _Voted **Poster Most Likely To Post Drunk** _ * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/8 "2000-03-02T23:41:00Z")
## 121- But, I took it in 15 minutes…so thats some excuse right?? Oh well! -Frankie I’m a wholesale dealin papa, but I retail on the side.-Brownie McGhee ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Dirty\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Devil)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/9 "2000-03-02T23:45:00Z")
I got a 137. I haven’t taken one of these kinds of tests in years. I’d forgotten how much thought some of the logic questions require. Hey, I wonder if I show my score to my boss and ask for a promotion and a raise…you think? No, probably not. Ah, well. * * * Beer. It’s not good for just your IQ anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/10 "2000-03-02T23:48:00Z")
1. The only one where I couldn’t come up with a guess was this one: One hundred businesspeople gather at a meeting. 85 of them carry a cellular phone, 80 of them have a beeper, 75 of them speak at least two languages and 70 of them wear a suit. Therefore, a certain number of them have all of the above: a cell phone AND a beeper AND speak at least two languages AND wear a suit. Out of these 100 businesspeople, what is the least possible number who have all of the above? 10 - 15 - 17 - 18 - 20 ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/11 "2000-03-02T23:57:00Z")
129 here… used to be 134 in my 20’s… Guess I haven’t really gotten smarter in my old age. 😉 * * * I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/12 "2000-03-03T00:02:00Z")
The only time I ever took an IQ test, I scored 175. Which, not to be _too_ humble, is an excellent reason not to believe in IQ tests. Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/13 "2000-03-03T00:08:00Z")
I scored 122 the first time and 126 the second. The answer to the business person question was 10 I believe. I believe the solution to finding the smallest number of people that have all 4 is to add the ones not in each group and subtract from the total (i.e. 70 wear suits so 30 do not, so 30+35+20+15 = 90 so 100 - 90 = 10) I had a bit of trouble with the unscrambling (I only got Berlin) Also, a couple of the which one is not like the others got me. I am sure I got all of the sequence and picture ones. Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/14 "2000-03-03T00:14:00Z")
“140. I thought the hardest one was the horse, zebra, deer, moose, and eland. I picked moose. What did y’all pick?” The zebra is the only striped animal, so I chose that. * * * Voted as: **The poster you’d most like to meet.** I demand a recount. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/15 "2000-03-03T00:17:00Z")
See, that’s why I don’t like these tests. I picked the horse because it’s the only one that’s domesticated. Who’s to say what the right answer is? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/16 "2000-03-03T00:46:00Z")
What did you put for the coffeemaker one? car/gas = coffeemaker/? My two choices were water and electricity, both valid for different reasons (what makes it go, vs what you put in it…) What is the “correct” answer or is there one? * * * – “it’s all real” “I KNEW IT!!!” O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/17 "2000-03-03T00:48:00Z")
The way I figured the last one was like this: The number of people with cell phones is 85, thus the number without is 15. The number of people with beepers is 80, and if all fifteen people without cell phones are among them, that still leaves 65 people with both. 75 people speak two languages. That means 25 don’t, and if all those 25 fell into the minimum number of people with beepers and cell phones, that would still leave 50 people with all three. 70 people wear a suit. If all 50 of the minimum number of people with cell phones, beepers and who spoke two languages were among them, then that would still leave 20. 20 is the minimum. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/18 "2000-03-03T00:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by OpalCat: > \*\*What did you put for the coffeemaker one? car/gas = coffeemaker/? > > My two choices were water and electricity, both valid for different reasons (what makes it go, vs what you put in it…) > > What is the “correct” answer or is there one? > \*\* I’d say the electricity is more valid… I mean, you also put coffee in the coffee maker. So the most clear and logical answer is electricity. * * * **Coldfire** _Voted **Poster Most Likely To Post Drunk** _ * * * _ **"You know how complex women are"** _ - Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993) ---
**Author:** ![Pooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@Pooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pooch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/19 "2000-03-03T00:59:00Z")
“severe mental retardation” Oh man…that really stings. Go ahead, kick my dog, too. ---
**Author:** ![sean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sean)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787/20 "2000-03-03T01:01:00Z")
the answer is deer. Why? I don’t know. How do I know? The power of the “BACK” button, and trial and error. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iq-test/14787.md?page=2)