Test your IQ ( the Classic IQ test )

[Steven_Draker]

Hey folks, for those of you who are interested try the Classic IQ test.

You’ll need about 20 minutes in order to complete the test.

You don’t have to be a math genius but it helps. I only got 136 points.

 

http://web.tickle.com/tests/uiq/

 

Steven Draker ~

[giovoni]

only? I've been told a written IQ test can't test much higher then that.. though I could have sworn I've seen scores in the 150's on tests before...

 

I 'only' got a 136 as well

[Guest gentle guy]

Steven and Gio, 136 is not "only."

 

If this were an authentic IQ test, 136 is in the highest range. IQs of 130 and over are considered "Very Superior."

 

Congratulations!

[Guest skrubber]

I was burnt out after the first page. Guess that says something about my stamina.

 

Everybody loves Backa Baa.

[Guest ortrud45]

I gave up as well ... I seemingly don't have enough mastery of the English language to understand all the questions!}(

 

Have a pleasant evening,

ortrud45

[AaronScottDC]

>Hey folks, for those of you who are interested try the

>Classic IQ test.

>You’ll need about 20 minutes in order to complete the test.

>You don’t have to be a math genius but it helps. I only got

>136 points.

>

>http://web.tickle.com/tests/uiq/

>

>Steven Draker ~

 

Yea!!!! I scored a 144!! Of course, with my math background, and the fact that the test has several math questions on it, isn't a big surprise. Also, I am not so sure that this is even close to an actual IQ test. It seemed to have far too many questions that are totally based on cultural "sayings" or common phrases. This test would be horrible for someone who wasn't raised in a completely American environment. Based on that, I give Steven even more credit for doing so well!

 

 

Aaron Scott DC

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[jackhammer91406]

Aaron,

I agree that the results may not be as accurate as the real test. I took the real test some years ago (which required several hours.)

My results were lower on this test, but of course I have destroyed a number of brain cells since then. I did score 140 on this test tho, so I ain't complainin'.

[Steven_Draker]

>Steven and Gio, 136 is not "only."

>If this were an authentic IQ test, 136 is in the highest

>range. IQs of 130 and over are considered "Very Superior."

 

Sweetie, I have no idea what the maximum score is.

I tried to do my best without cheating. Glad I did well.

 

Steven Draker ~

[Steven_Draker]

>This test would be horrible for someone who

>wasn't raised in a completely American environment.

 

Aaron, I wasn't born and raised in the US. However the test didn't seem to me very difficult except 3-4 questions based on the English language (where I doubt). I was pretty sure about the math questions given my background too.

 

Steven Draker ~

[LovesYng]

>My results were lower on this test, but of course I have

>destroyed a number of brain cells since then. I did score 140

>on this test tho, so I ain't complainin'.

 

Hey Jack, hope all of little Jack's brain cells are ok

 

When in doubt I whip it out!!!!!

[jackhammer91406]

>Hey Jack, hope all of little Jack's brain cells are ok

 

LY,

ME too, since he does all the thinking these days :+

[AaronScottDC]

>>This test would be horrible for someone who

>>wasn't raised in a completely American environment.

>

>Aaron, I wasn't born and raised in the US. However the test

>didn't seem to me very difficult except 3-4 questions based on

>the English language (where I doubt). I was pretty sure about

>the math questions given my background too.

>

>Steven Draker ~

 

 

Hey Steven,

 

Yeah, I didn't mean that the math problems or that some of the vocabulary questions would be difficult for non-americans. But, how about the kind that are more "common knowledge" phrases? Like the following:

 

 

22. The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never ________.

Complete

Accurate

Complex

Simple

Wise

 

25. A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the ________ of nothing.

Emotion

Value

Meaning

Color

Quality

 

28. Wisdom is knowing what to do next; __________ is doing it.

Virtue

Luck

Happiness

Sanity

Nostalgia

 

29. It is easier to _______________ than to offer a helping hand.

Raise a flag

Be on the ball

Lay down

Point the finger

Sing praises

 

30. True knowledge exists in knowing that you know ___________.

Everything

Nothing

The truth

The weather

The meaning of life

 

 

I just think these questions are a little unfair for anyone who hasn't spent a lot of time in English speaking countries. I also don't think they are very good at determining someone's IQ.

 

Now, the ones that had pictures and some of the math problems, those should be fairly unbiased questions and are better indicators of one's actual IQ, in my opinion.

 

 

 

Aaron Scott DC

http://www.erados.com/AaronScottDC

http://www.male4malescorts.com/reviews/aaronscottdc.html

[Rod Hagen]

#29 is "point the finger", right? I got one of the questions wrong, and it was either that one, or the final one with "which (blue) shape doesn't belong?"

[+ nycman]

>#29 is "point the finger", right? I got one of the questions

>wrong, and it was either that one, or the final one with

>"which (blue) shape doesn't belong?"

 

I said "point the finger",...but then again I only got 140.

[Trixie]

Imagine my disappointment as I eagerly followed the link to Web Tickle.com, only to find that there was ABSOLUTELY NOTHING there about tickling at all! Instead, I was compelled to take a math-heavy "test", wherein I received 126 points, and was told that I am an "intuitive linguist".

Had I scored another 10 points or more, I imagine I could've qualified as an "over-priced hooker."

So there!

 

La Belle Trix

(I don't need to be smart, cuz I'm so pretty!)

[Guest YFSC]

>#29 is "point the finger", right? I got one of the questions

>wrong, and it was either that one, or the final one with

>"which (blue) shape doesn't belong?"

 

I don't know what "they" call "right," but "point the finger" is, or should be, right. (Remember the hand-glove word question? And the one with the pictures of a hand and a boxing glove?)

 

How do you know that you got only one wrong? They give a score but don't say how they arrived at it, how many were right or wrong, whether some "wrong" answers count more/less than others, or which questions are worth how much. They also don't say what the maximum score is.

[Guest YFSC]

>>>This test would be horrible for someone who

>>>wasn't raised in a completely American environment.

>>

>But, how about the kind that are more "common knowledge"

>phrases? Like the following:

>

>22. The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never ________.

>25. A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the ________ of nothing.

>28. Wisdom is knowing what to do next; __________ is doing it.

>29. It is easier to _______________ than to offer a helping hand.

>30. True knowledge exists in knowing that you know ___________.

>

>I just think these questions are a little unfair for anyone

>who hasn't spent a lot of time in English speaking countries.

 

Well, yes and no.

I agree that they can be "easier" or faster to answer and get right if you are familiar with the sayings, though I think that most of them are unfamiliar enough that many or most Americans (I don't know about English speakers in other countries) these days couldn't depend on that. And if recall of stock phrases is the basis for someone's answer, the questions are certainly not a good measure of IQ (leaving aside all the arguments about whether "IQ" is measured correctly or whether it is a valid measure of anything).

 

However, even persons unfamiliar with the specific sayings (American, English speaker, or not) can/should be able to figure out the correct answer for most of them based on logic, symmetry and parallelism (exactly the same qualities being tested by all those cute little figures, etc.) and a feel for language/figures of speech in general (in English, or in one's other native language, or in any language that the subject knows well), and that is a valid way of measuring "IQ," at least as valid a way as the figures, arrays, and math problems. This applies very clearly to 22, 25 and 29, a little less so to 28, and least to 30. (Of course, the subject does need to know English well enough to know the meanings of all the words.)

 

To be more specific (the bold, of course, is mine):

 

22. The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never <guess what>. (even without any multiple choice answers)

 

25. A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the ??? of nothing.

Which answer goes best as a contrast with price... Emotion? Meaning? Color? Quality? No, it's Value.[/b]

 

29. It is easier to _______________ than to offer a helping hand.

Well, let's see now... what would go well with offer a hand in this metaphor... Raise a flag? Be on the ball? Lay down <sic; of course it should be Lie down>? Sing praises? Why, no, it's Point the finger!

 

28. Wisdom is knowing what to do next; __________ is doing it.

This one is somewhat less susceptible to the approach that I am talking about. A few of the choices are pretty clearly out, but a few of them sound reasonable, though with a little reflection it seems pretty clear that the best partner for "wisdom" in an aphorism of this sort would be "virtue."

 

30. True knowledge exists in knowing that you know ___________.

This one is the least susceptible to the approach that I am talking about, though applying a little reflection and common sense leads to only one possible answer. "The weather" is obviously out. Of the other 4, three (Everything, The truth, The meaning of life) are rather prideful and boastful, aside from being essentially impossible, while the fourth, "Nothing," expresses humility. With just a teeny bit of cultural knowledge, to wit knowing that aphorisms don't usually promote boastfulness and vanity, and that they do usually advocate humility, which choice do you think would be "right"?

 

So someone who is adept at getting the other kinds of problems on such tests should be able to do fairly well on these, too, regardless of the environment he has lived in, as long as he knows English well enough to understand the meanings of all the words. For the most part they are just dressed-up variants of "A goes with B" and/or "A is to B as C is to D."

 

>I also don't think they are very good at determining someone's IQ.

 

I agree, but for essentially the opposite reason: they are not good measures precisely because someone may be answering based on familiar expressions, rather than on "mental gymnastics" (which is what good IQ questions should be based on). So, rather than being unfairly hard for people from non-Engish-speaking environments, it may be that they are unfairly easy for some people who are from English-speaking environments.

 

Now, whether IQ is a meaningful concept, the particular way in which "IQ" is customarily measured, and the use that can or should be made of those scores, are different matters, about which there has been a lot of controversy. And I'm not going to step into that one.