# What's your IQ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664 "2003-03-11T22:00:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/1 "2003-03-11T22:00:58Z")
According to my last test, my IQ score is 147. Not bad, but it seems somehow puny and inadequate when measured against mental heavyweights like Goethe ([210](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/1978713.stm)), Einstein (just above [160](http://www.geocities.com/einstein_library/iq_p.htm)), and William James Sidis ([250-300](http://www.quantonics.com/The_Prodigy_Review.html)). Speaking of Goethe, when I was being tested, the fellow who was doing the testing was reading questions out loud to me. He asked me, “Who wrote ‘Faust’?” I replied, “Christopher Marlowe! No, wait. He wrote ‘Doctor Faustus’. Go-eth wrote ‘Faust’. Go-eth. You know, the German dude.” My tester looked at me quizzically and asked, “You mean Gerta?” (‘Gerta’ being the correct pronunciation of ‘Goethe’). “Yes! That’s him! I knew who he was, I just couldn’t pronounce his name!” I said. .:Nichol:. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/2 "2003-03-11T22:04:58Z")
149 or 147, I can’t remember which. That in and of itself kinda suggests the latter. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/3 "2003-03-11T22:11:15Z")
I don’t know what my “official” IQ score is, but one internet IQ test said I was 131,and another said 127, a third said 124 … and I’m a high school dropout dontcha know! ---
**Author:** ![Cyrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Cyrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/4 "2003-03-11T22:14:30Z")
151 Un-official. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/5 "2003-03-11T22:15:22Z")
Official test when I was 10 - 138 Test on Internet - 155 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/6 "2003-03-11T22:31:31Z")
I have no idea. Nor do I particularly care to know. If it’s too low, I’ll be crushed and if it’s too high, I’ll feel I’m not living up to my potential. In this case, ignorance is bliss. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/7 "2003-03-11T22:52:04Z")
I have an 18 in both intelligence and charisma. I had to lower my wisdom considerably to get them, though. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/8 "2003-03-11T23:04:43Z")
Official test in high school - estimated at 190-200. The testers didn’t seem to be prepared very well for some reason and as a result they weren’t able to locate my score. Like **FCM** , I’d rather not know what my exact IQ is. The estimate does seem about right, I’m the type who just absorbed information throughout my school years and never studied for any class except for English. That might be due to my brain working faster than my mouth does. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/9 "2003-03-11T23:06:59Z")
Forgot to add: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/10 "2003-03-11T23:14:52Z")
Just remembered, I think I was offered some AP classes after that but I thought it was a bit late. I must have been at least a sophomore by the time I was tested. Besides, I kinda liked not having to pay much attention in class. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/11 "2003-03-11T23:22:57Z")
188 Doesn’t show does it? The article which is one of the links in the links from the OP [http://www.prometheussociety.org/articles/Outsiders.html](http://www.prometheussociety.org/articles/Outsiders.html) is quite interesting. So much so I managed to type up 12 pages of ramblings not really suited for this forum. Oh well, made work interesting 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/12 "2003-03-11T23:54:57Z")
When I was 6, I was tested at 157. I was very shortly afterwards diagnosed with severe ADHD. So it’s probably a bit higher than that. I still eat things off the floor. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/13 "2003-03-11T23:55:16Z")
1. … and a half. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/14 "2003-03-12T00:02:31Z")
I figure mine is at least 50. And probably less than 374. But I can’t be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/15 "2003-03-12T00:05:24Z")
About 160, and tested after I was more-or-less developed. Had I been tested when I was younger, the score probably would’ve been higher, due to the nature of the testing and scoring. Off the top of my head, I’d’ve scored about 20 points higher. I know way too much about the damned test–enough to know that it means just slightly more than jack squat. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/16 "2003-03-12T00:10:23Z")
200 +/- 3.5% 19 times out of 20. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/17 "2003-03-12T00:24:08Z")
Stanford-Benet, tested when I was 6 years old: I.Q. 167 Katell, tested when I was 25 years old: I.Q. 148 California Test of Mental Maturity, also tested when I was 25 years old: I.Q. 157 Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale: I.Q. 148 again. Geez, I wish these tests would make up their minds about me! ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/18 "2003-03-12T00:29:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angel of the Lord \* > \*\*I know way too much about the damned test–enough to know that it means just slightly more than jack squat. \*\* I think that everyone secretly really wants to know how intelligent they are, but since we’ve never developed anything better than the IQ test, we’re still depending on it to analyze us even though it’s not terribly effective. I went through a battery of IQ tests all through public school, mostly because the people in charge of my education were unable to agree on whether or not I was: (a) gifted, (b) average, or © retarded The tests didn’t seem to answer this debate, so I ended up in the interesting position of being a sixth grader enrolled in two gifted classes, one “special needs” class, and the rest regular classes. _That_ was peculiar, let me assure you. .:Nichol:. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/19 "2003-03-12T00:32:00Z")
Oh, and my penis is 10 inches long too. ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664/20 "2003-03-12T00:40:22Z")
**Jack** – Umm, thanks for sharing. **tracer** – I averaged your scores together and got 155. Makes about as much since as anything else, I suppose. .:Nichol:. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-iq/160664.md?page=2)