# What is your IQ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 26, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130 "2012-11-26T06:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/101 "2012-11-27T00:47:17Z")
Guinness level. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/102 "2012-11-27T00:48:23Z")
Hey, an inverse bell curve! Cool. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/103 "2012-11-27T00:49:53Z")
I tested really high when I was a little kid but I’m pretty sure I’ve become dumber since then. ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/104 "2012-11-27T00:55:57Z")
The test I took 32 years ago (age 19) came up “In excess of 165”. I believe that means that I got all answers right, and the test cannot disciminate any higher for that reason. I’m sure it’s declined since then. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/105 "2012-11-27T01:21:05Z")
> [@Minnie\_Luna](#): > > I just looked up the conversion from GRE/SAT to IQ and it correlated well to my scores. Granted, all these tests were 14, 18 and 25 years ago, so maybe I’ve gotten dumber as I’ve aged. > > I’m certainly not used to taking standardized tests like I used to, anyone have any online IQ tests (not spammy) where I can measure my current IQ and compare it to the old scores? The conversion from SAT to IQ wildly, flamboyantly overestimated my IQ–I was professionally tested in grade school (this assertion from many doesn’t actually surprise me). Similarly, non-standardized, non-scientific online IQ tests tend to overestimate my score by at least 30 points and in one memorable case by around a hundred. If anyone thinks they know of an accurate free online IQ test, I’d try it out and report how well it correlated with my known score. I haven’t seen such an animal, though. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/106 "2012-11-27T01:23:20Z")
Also: I honestly cannot tell how many of the responses here are sarcastic. I sincerely hope more of them are than are not. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/107 "2012-11-27T01:28:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Also: I honestly cannot tell how many of the responses here are sarcastic. You know what would help with that? An IQ of 195, like mine. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/108 "2012-11-27T01:37:40Z")
When I was in elementary school I believed I was the shit because I was the first in my grade to get into the gifted program. At grad school I always felt like I was the stupidest person in my program. The older I get, the stupider I feel. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m just lucky enough to meet really smart people or if I’m already slipping into dementia at the tender age of 30. Who cares? I make good pie. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/109 "2012-11-27T02:30:38Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > I don’t think my IQ’s actually as low as 95 though- above or around 110 seems plausible. Hey!!:mad: Ninty five is still good! Still smart! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/110 "2012-11-27T02:35:52Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > accurate free online IQ test Haven’t seen such animal because there ain’t no such animal. Most people who say they’ve taken IQ tests really haven’t taken proper ones administered in appropriate settings by trained individuals. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/111 "2012-11-27T03:21:00Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Haven’t seen such animal because there ain’t no such animal. > > Most people who say they’ve taken IQ tests really haven’t taken proper ones administered in appropriate settings by trained individuals. True. I have taken a number of real ones and even been trained to give them in psychometrics grad school classes. The thing that kills me is that people that claim very high IQ’s generally don’t understand the way normal curves work at all and they should be the first to notice that if they were genuine. They tend to think a few points between friends is just casual exaggeration while, if they really understood them at all, they would understand that just a few points at the high end can mean the difference between claiming you were the smartest person in your high school to being one of the smartest people ever in your state. It is fun to sit back and watch people fall into the trap. A very select few are probably honest because we have a few exponentially smart people on this board but that is self-evident from their insane knowledge and analytical skills but I don’t think the real ones advertise the fact. It is obvious through their writing. The others are just ill-informed or delusional but unless, we happen to have most of the 160+ IQ population of the U.S. on this board, I think some bullshit calling is order for the group as whole. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/112 "2012-11-27T03:44:59Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > Also: I honestly cannot tell how many of the responses here are sarcastic. I sincerely hope more of them are than are not. I thought it would be obvious that my post was a joke, but then I realized that I could barely tell my post from serious posts…Poe’s law, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/113 "2012-11-27T03:47:29Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > _ **I can piss farther than anyone else here!!** _ Well, I can piss a mile. (If I’m standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon.) To date, eight people have reported their IQs as in the 60s. I believe them, because they’d be too stupid to lie, wouldn’t they? ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/114 "2012-11-27T03:51:52Z")
I was tested in high school (private college prep). It was 135 then, and just the beginning of my life of underachievement. The only time it’s ever impressed anyone is when I can still make sense when I’m too drunk to stand up by myself. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/115 "2012-11-27T04:00:35Z")
My IQ has never been formally tested. However, I did a couple of those online tests. One said I was 105 and the other said I was 160. So my official answer, and the way I filled out the poll, is ‘I dunno’. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/116 "2012-11-27T04:14:00Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Well, I can piss a mile. (If I’m standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon.) > > To date, eight people have reported their IQs as in the 60s. I believe them, because they’d be too stupid to lie, wouldn’t they? Or too stupid to read and write. Lying. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/117 "2012-11-27T04:20:00Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Well, I can piss a mile. (If I’m standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon.) In Spain, I can piss a hundred meters off the edge of the [Caminito del Rey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey). ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/118 "2012-11-27T04:22:37Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Well we could do it again! Unless you’re not okay with that. It was the proof that we’all aint as smart as we think we are! ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/119 "2012-11-27T04:54:02Z")
When I was in the 3rd grade I took an IQ test at school. It took a really long time, and the guy who tested me kept leaving the room to confer with some other people. Finally he came back and told me that they couldn’t really measure it, but that they were recommending me for a job at NASA to help on a project that was in the works. It turned out to be the Space Shuttle, and although my parents were a little hesitant at first, they finally agreed to let me go when they realized what a great opportunity it was. So, I went and it was fun for a while, but I got lonely so I started making mistakes in my work so I would get fired, and once I got home I vowed never to let anyone see how smart I was again. I try really hard to blend in with the regular people. Coming to the SDMB helps, though, since there are so many people here who I can talk to on my level. Don’t know what I’d do without this place. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130/120 "2012-11-27T05:02:48Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > When I was in the 3rd grade I took an IQ test at school. It took a really long time, and the guy who tested me kept leaving the room to confer with some other people. Finally he came back and told me that they couldn’t really measure it, but that they were recommending me for a job at NASA to help on a project that was in the works. It turned out to be the Space Shuttle, and although my parents were a little hesitant at first, they finally agreed to let me go when they realized what a great opportunity it was. So, I went and it was fun for a while, but I got lonely so I started making mistakes in my work so I would get fired, and once I got home I vowed never to let anyone see how smart I was again. I try really hard to blend in with the regular people. Coming to the SDMB helps, though, since there are so many people here who I can talk to on my level. Don’t know what I’d do without this place. You would think this one would be SOoooo over the top that we can CLEARLY tell you’re joking, but in 2 minutes a totally sincere post will be along to top yours. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-iq/642130.md?page=7)