This is the danish mensa test. It is professional. It has a timer, and answers rearrange so you can't cheat. I know the Maximum score of the test, so don't bother cheating those few of you who think they are mathematical geniouses and want to keep it that way in their fragile crystal dream. The max is lower than you think so be carefull. And no, the number is nowhere to be found and the homepage is in danish. So you can just as well take the test and flush out your dream castle ego of genious rather than use more time to try and cheat. And *DONT* mengle with the spread (called "spredning" in danish) afterwards. Let it be on 16. You'll only cheat yourself. No brag in this thread. Rather don't say anything at all.

That said, the test takes 40 minutes. I suggest you use all the time. You really need those last points. Don't get tricked with your first intuition, especially at the latter half of the questions. And for gods sake don't get sad when, not if, but when you score a lower number than you expected. Mathematical competence is but one of many human aspects. It is absolutely no measurement of how competent you are in real life. And your chance of success. And even when your score is lower than you expected, hard work and especially dedication can make up for a lot.

Now good luck and enjoy people. Use this oppotunity at least once to test yourself, in a somewhat professional manner. And remember that cheater's average IQ is 200, so even if you cheat you didn't do it very well. Have fun, and good luck again :)
http://mensa.dk/testdiniq.html


EDIT: And Ivanji or whatever you are called now, don't bother playing detective again and try and figure out what I scored or voted or whatever, like last time I posted a poll. I will not vote untill I am curious what people scored. And I'll most likely drop my vote in the lowest cathegory at that point. So don't assume too much. Again.

[ June 09, 2003, 00:58: Message edited by: Nobleman ]

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Poll Results: Test Your Mathematica IQ, Profesionally (28 votes.)

Test Your Mathematica IQ, Profesionally (Choose 1)
* My test score at spread 16 is 170, which is max - 4% (1)
* My test score at spread 16 is 161-169 - 0% (0)
* My test score at spread 16 is 151-160 - 0% (0)
* My test score at spread 16 is 141-150 - 0% (0)
* My test score at spread 16 is 131-140 - 25% (7)
* My test score at spread 16 is 121-130 - 36% (10)
* My test score at spread 16 is 111-120 - 25% (7)
* My test score at spread 16 is 101-110 - 11% (3)

Omregn til spredning (translate please):

15 -> 133
16 -> 135
24 -> 152

So, am I a genius yet :happy: , or rather an idiot :sosad: ?

Yes well, I've done quite a few tests in my life. Some real, some debatable, and a few obvious internet fakes. And every time I get a clear above the average result. Yet most people know more stuff than I do, are able to do more stuff than I do, are socially and mathematically more talented than I am, etc. By no means is my position in the society a good one. I just even managed to fail in a very, very imporant test where the rate for succeeding is around 40% (which should be the same as impossible to fail). And I tried more than I've tried for years to pass that test.

So what does that say? Even if there is some readable real IQ, it doesn't amount to anything in the harsh reality. 90% is up to your attitude and your previous experiences of life, upbringing etc. I know dumb people who make a very good living because they are hard-working. And I know (one friend of mine in particular) extremely talented people who can excel in anything they want, but amount to nothing because they can't come up with the drive to do it.

Of course, as Nobleman already said, this is obvious. Just call it my own comment for those few who either feel disappointed or bolstered by their results. As long as the results don't make you change your base nature, they will be of no importance no matter how extreme from either end. And if they do change your attitude of things, then you're off for a real slide down a rocky hill as then you're going to take in a whole lot of bull with other less-than-reliable tests bound to make you a victim for marketing and other sort of abuse.

That test was kinda nice, I got 116 when clicking past all questions that werent obvious. I just thought I would check it out. Generally though I either know an answer right away or I dont. I can never bother to think on it for long, dont know if that is because I would never get the answer anyway or because I am just lazy. I like to think I am lazy of course. ;)
I agree with Foradashtar though, there are so many sort of intelligence and ways to measure it and this is but one. There is this SAT like test here in Sweden that I scored very high on and that people I know get real high scores on Mensa tests scores low on.

The tests are fun if you get high on them as they boost your self esteem but one shouldnt knock oneself down if scored low.

I was however a bit worried by the lack of low options on the poll. I felt mighty stupid choosing the second to lowest one. ;)

124. Just like that. I am happy with the results.

EDIT: And Ivanji or whatever you are called now, don't bother playing detective again and try and figure out what I scored or voted or whatever, like last time I posted a poll. I will not vote untill I am curious what people scored. And I'll most likely drop my vote in the lowest cathegory at that point. So don't assume too much. Again.LOL! Don't take it personally. I just wanted to show off. :)

BTW - My new nick is Rutkowski.

Ditto Joacqin - it's embarrassing to be in one of the "dumbest" categories! I got 120, but please don't tell Mensa as I'd rather not have my membership revoked. I'm smart enough in Canada, based on my Stanford-Binet and GMAT scores, and that's the important thing! :lol: Of course, it's possible my IQ has dropped considerably over the last 10 years, which would be even more embarrassing.

This was a very spatial IQ test, not just a mathematical one. In addition to the pattern-recognition ability that is essential to any measurement of IQ, you needed to be able to rotate shapes in your mind. Sometimes multiple shapes within shapes needed to be rotated in different directions. So I would expect men to do much better than women, since spatial perception has been linked with testosterone. It's a good IQ test though - to succeed at it, you must have excellent control of your spatial ability *and* mathematical ability *and* pattern recognition ability. Anyone doing well at it would definitely be unusually clever. Which is not to say that people who did miserably at it, like me, are not smart in other ways. Dig, dig. :)

I got a lousy score... 120. Maybe I should have spent more than 10 minutes doing it?

Well, I spent 25 minutes and got 124.

These tests don't tell the truth, but they give you some idea about it. I get usually 110-130 from IQ tests, so this result was average for me.

104. As I suspected, I am crap at Maths :)


My brain hurts :wail:

*Ahem* Arabwel, remember that fragile crystal castle I mention in the toppic starter?.. Look at that phrase again. and 120 is not lousy, unless you just insulted every normal and a little above normal person on earth. What is so wrong with beeing normal and even a little above normal? As I said in the intro this has nothing to do with your success and achievements in real life. No wonder you might be so frustrated with your life at times, with those high demands you push yourself around with. ;)

And Sprite, it is not your abilities that have diminished. Years ago all mensa tests and the like used a standard diviation (standard spredning for Oxy's translation :) ) of 24. Nowadays most mensa tests use 16 as standard diviation, which gives you a lower score. So don't be sad :) . And you are right. Its both a spacial and logic test. The infamous cognitive measurement known as "g". But I wanted a more mundane Thread title.

EDIT; This poll may also indicate a point I tried to persuit a few years ago, that roleplayers and people who generally participate vividly in fantasy settings and imagining roles are around 10 points above the average human IQ. Which is rather interesting, since these tests are often acused for not taking into account creative people's abilities. Keep up the good work people. With free statistic material for me. :1eye:

[ June 09, 2003, 18:44: Message edited by: Nobleman ]

is 119 good?

I don't know where, when, or who said this, but I'm going to quote it anyway; 'IQ is just a silly number of how well you solve puzzles'

119 is good, the averege person has an IQ of 100, so even 104 isn't bad either. And this IQ test, only test one aspect of intelligence. If you didn't make this test very well, you might score better at a test that tests a different part of the IQ.

I think I might have got the lowest :(

112.

Silverblade is absolutely right. I was reading an article in Parenting magazine several months ago that discussed nine separate areas of aptitude. It's essential to understand which type of intellect you're dealing with to maximize the person's capabilities, whether you're the teacher, the learner, or a parent.

That said, I'm keeping my score to myself! :p

Usually IQ tests take age into account, does this test assume we're all adults?

Yeah i wonder if the age has any effect on the resoulting score?
I suppose it does, but that's just my opinion.


Anyway i got 118 points out of it. Didnt bother to finish it becouse it got really annoying in the end (or rather a bit tough ;) ).


And i agree that IQ hasnt got much effect to a persons life (unless its in the extreme). Most of all IQ is IMO impossible to test. People differ greatly in different kinds of inteligence so you really cant tell by simply looking at the score you got. And there's the time and the mood in which you take it,....
Lots of factors is my point :)

I got a 130. I also had three numbers underneath it 15, 16 (greyed out), and 24. What did those mean? If I change that, my IQ changes.

122, and I got annoyed and guessed at the last half. Well, at least I know I fall in the 'average', whatever that may mean.

Spredning (spread) is just something like Inch, cm and so on. They use 15 spredning in the US and 16 in Europe and 24 some place else..

112. I think that what i got anyway. I'm not that fluent in dutch

Baezlebub -> As long as your Danish is not too bad, you have no problem understanding what is said about your test score.

:shame:

Hi again
Before everything gets out of hand with that word "spredning".

First off, its called dispersion in english, my bad. Sorry. Anyway you can never really calculate dispersion wrong. The only thing that number means is how concentrated around the average, the poll participants are. Which is entirely a subjective opinion.

Examples;
For example if we think that every person is around average we would calculate dispersion with a low number like 6 or 7. If we on the other hand think that the poll participants are very different from the average persons for some reason we would use a higher dispersion number like 24 to reflect that, and hence get poll participants scattered more on the IQ graph.

A less "wordly explanation".
You can say that the more dispersion you have, the more you hammer on the top of the graph, spreading everyone from the average blob out on whole x-axis.

Hmm... that wasn't as mathematical as I first thought. More like logical, anyways...

I'm with the (current) majority of voters here.

I think the spreading thing is similar to "standard deviation", for those with knowledge in statisics.

yes, I used standard diviation a few posts up but my dictionary said the statistic term was dispersion. Nomatter what name, it is just a cosmetic haggle, the explanation I gave above fits like a glove.

I came in at 137, although I must admit to guessing on the last 6 because I had a meeting that came a little earlier than expected. Oh well, they looked tough anyway, so who knows how many I would have gotten right (or wrong).

He, he, he, Funny test. 87. :eek: Guess I won't make it into Mensa. :(

Snobs. :D

I have just received a 126, which proves the test to be wrong :D

Frankly, it's the lowest score I've ever got. I always get like 145-146 or Mensa levels. Perhaps it's some scale thing, but AFAIK the differences aren't that big. Next test, please :D

And yes, I don't need anyone to tell me that maths isn't exactly my area.

woo woo...i got 132

i was in special classes for the "gifted" as a child but then i grew up...boy what a mistake

Sorry, Chevalier. I guess your luck is out. :1eye:
And the test isn't only mathematical, its based heavily on sense of logic and pattern recognition and data processing like filtering out irrelevant data in your mind. All very helpfull tools in your everyday life. But I guess that didn't help your selfconfidence. :D But like any tool, they won't get the job done themselves. Hence succesfull life is not granted. and vice versa successfull lives can be lived without them. This cannot be said enough.

Anyway 126 with standard diviation 16 is good. You can honestly say to everyone you meet that you are smarter than them in the above terms, cause there is a fat chance they are statistically below your magnificent mind.

that's right chev...even the LNT beat you...umm...can you try not to drool so much? ;)

Reminds me of a line from the Simpsons..."Great, even Milhouse is scoring off me now!"


...and did *anyone* get that last one with the red, blue and green squares on the grid? the only thing I could come up with was possibly the blue one following the red one and the greens filling it out...but that didn't seem to be the case...now excuse me...i only have about three brain cells left and they are argueing heavily

Please, spare me this sarcasm, both of you. My mind is no more magnificent than any other mind and I'm not as self-confident as I would like to be. I just think something is wrong about the test because the difference in comparison to other, also from Mensa, tests is so big, OK? I also see that some other people's IQ must have fallen rapidly. It's better to know that you're stupid than to think you're a genius. It has so far produced quite a few surprising scores, so that's why I'm babbling.

[ June 12, 2003, 03:39: Message edited by: chevalier ]

awww chev *pinches cheek* it's just a wee little test...it doesn't mean anything...now clean my armor SQUIRE

awww chev *pinches cheek* it's just a wee little test...it doesn't mean anything...OMG :hahaerr:

Chev, I wasn't sarcastic. 126 is very good. And I meant what I wrote. Anyway, it has been said before, many many tests claim to measure "g" which is the foundation of the IQ scale we know today. Most of them fail miserably. Tons of them don't even know what they are measuring and in what context. Many of them fail deliberately to score some cheap points on your account for some product advancement or anything else. Now this one *is* a correct test. You can of course make your own system called CQ or LMAO and set your score to 145. or 2454 for all that matter. :)

PS: Please don't post ANY answers to ANY of the questions here. You'll figure it out later tonight if you really want to. You are the Late Night Thinker aren't you? Anyway if it is the one I think you are having trouble with, bear in mind that Superman can be a square too. :D

EDIT: Ahh. Doh. Just clicked through it to see which one you meant. I have PM-iled the answer, which I am pretty sure is correct.

[ June 12, 2003, 02:48: Message edited by: Nobleman ]

139, thats AFAIK one weeee little point below gifted, ah heck it just a weeee little test, right?

oh and SIlverblade, :lol:

[ June 13, 2003, 09:04: Message edited by: Morgoth ]

I think I might have got the lowest

112. As I said above, 104

I finally got some time to try this out and I think there may be a problem with the site. Here's what the page said...

Siden blev ikke fundet
www.sorcerers.net (http://www.sorcerers.net) har henvist dig til http://mensa.dk/testdiniq.html på denne server.

Linket er desværre forkert!

Webmaster er informeret om problemet!
Now, I don't read that language, but I'm guessing that it says to inform the webmaster that there is a problem. :(

http://mensa.dk/testiq.html

That's the current URL.

This is the message I get after pressing start on that site.

We are sorry! This test is only available in Denmark. Didn't want to do it anyway, see if I care, stuff your bloody test and your, your, (What else do Danes have?), well anyway stuff it.

*Bluin has a sulk and then goes to find a site that doesn't allow Danish people in.*


*Just kidding :rolleyes: *

@BigStick - It means:

Page couldn't be reached
www.sorcerers.net (http://www.sorcerers.net) have linked you to http://mensa.dk/testdiniq.html on this server.

The link is regrettably broken-

Webmaster is informed about the problem!

Um... you all know that there aint any point in revealing your score if you just "guessed" at half of the questions.