YOUR IQ compared to" World Chess Champion" Garry Kasparov ..

#5 is the fibonacci sequence. I also doubt you have an IQ of 162.

Isn't IQ calculated by dividing your mental age by your physical age and multiplying that by 100? How do you calculate IQ without an age?

I got 9 (honestly) but my don't believe my IQ is anywhere near 142. I suppose I could argue that I got 10 given that Bombay is now called Mumbai.

Looking at the answers this test has a low correlation with IQ testing, meaning that it doesn't measure IQ. That's all there is to it. It's nonsense.

4 + 4 = 8

-1 = 7

6+ 6 = 12

-2 = 10

9 + 9 = 18

-3 = 15

13 + 13 = 26

-4 = 22

I must have a twisted mind, because I came up with the right answer for the wrong reason in case of 9) and 10).

In 9) I have observed that the separation between the letters ( as measured by the number of letters between them ) is always increasing by two, like 2, 4, 6, 8, if you insert the letter J ( there are 2 letters between B and E, 4 letters between E and J, 6 letters between J and Q, 8 letters between Q and Z ). Now this sequence happens to be the differences between subsequent square numbers minus one ( 4-1-1, 9-4-1, 16-9-1, 25-16-1 ).

In 10) I have observed that if you allow yourself to use the function 'floor' ( which just spits out the integer part of the number ) for both sequences the relation

x(n+1) = floor ( 1.5 * x(n) )

holds.

floor ( 1.5 * 4 ) = floor ( 6 ) = 6

floor ( 1.5 * 6 ) = floor ( 9 ) = 9

floor ( 1.5 * 9 ) = floor ( 13.5 ) = 13

floor ( 1.5 * 7 ) = floor ( 10.5 ) = 10

floor ( 1.5 * 10 ) = floor ( 15 ) = 15

floor ( 1.5 * 15 ) = floor ( 22.5 ) = 22

I don't know about the merits of IQ tests in general or this test in particular.

But question 10) seems rather arbitrary and unintelligent to me.

We may have to develop a test that can measure the intelligence of the IQ tests themselves.

Garry Kasparov and Susan Polgar have denied on several occasions taking any IQ tests. He can tell you himself on his Twitter account. He has said in many interviews he sometimes learn things about his life he didn't even know about!

In second grade my IQ was 136. I haven't taken an IQ test since then.

IQ is bs.

Because IQ comparisons make some people feel bad, they're all going to be standardized so that everyone's is the same. We'll all be borderline morons. No one will feel uncomfortable. The ants have taken over the earth.

@CrazyJae 136 is in the 99th percentile!

I didn't read the entire thread, so maybe it has been pointed out already, but this ...

7. Which is the odd one out?
Paris, Washington, Oslo, Cairo, Bombay, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin

7. Rio de Janeiro. Rio is in the southern hemisphere. All the others are in the northern hemisphere.

... is not the only technically correct answer. Washington is also a technically correct answer, given that it is a state, while the rest are cities. If they meant the District of Columbia, AKA: Washington, D.C., then that's what they should have said. Even if they had specified D.C., it could still be the correct answer, given its status as a federal district which is not part of any U.S. state.

There are possibly other technically correct answers that could be conjured up if one were an expert on each of them in the list.

8. One of these things does not belong:

a. Aluminum       b. Sauerkraut
c. Giblets            d. Diode

A, B, and C will all conduct electricity in either direction; D won't.

This talk of and obsession with IQ belies a lack of self confidence. Kasparov offering Blue a draw when he'd gained a slight but clear advantage midway in the ultimate game for the man or machine title. When I was a kid My father was an enlisted man in the Navy and had  somehow gotten ahold of his official psych evaluation. I read it after I found it on top of the refrigerator.Among other things I learned my father had an IQ of 122. I grew up to find out my IQ was considerably higher than that. We played casual games for 50 years and aside from occasional ??? move games on his part I never beat him. I read books, did problems to no avail. He knew I'd never beat him. He was supremely self confident about that. There was no question that I was more intelligent than he was, but so what. What was true in Chess was true in so many other areas for Dad that I'll never be as smart as he was. Smart where it counts.

  An IQ test usually contains; Verbal Intelligence, Mathematical Ability, Spatial Reasoning Skills, Visual/Perceptual Skills, Classification Skills, Logical Reasoning Skills and Pattern Recognition Skills.

Ref: http://www.iqtestexperts.com/iq-test-parts.php

Out of the 21 sub categories only 2 or 3 are covered in this 10 questions test. Not even enough to call it a test of any kind.I would call this test trivia questions.

5 questions are about math series. You either know or do not know this type of math or spend a long time to try to figure out and if you are familiar with this type of math it takes about 2 to 3 minutes to find the 5 answers.

The other 5 questions are mostly about knowledge if you do not know the planets in our system you are at a disadvantage. Same reasoning applies to the other questions.

I doubt that Kasparov took this test, actually I do not believe it.

I did however enjoyed solving and answering the questions.

I thought that the whale was the odd in the group but for a different reason than being a mammal. Some whales have teeth and others do not have teeth, I thought it was a trick question so I picked the whale since all of the other fish species do have teeth and also because it was the larger in the group.

The question about planets is also confusing, as since 2006 Pluto is not a planet anymore and the Greek called Mercury Hermes and Apollo. So I picked Pluto as even when it was a planet it was the furthest away from the sun and additionally the smallest one in the group. So at times too much knowledge can mislead you.

I know that my reasoning is odd but this is how I think.

By assigning a number to each of the first letter of the words we get the sequence: A=1, S=19, G=7 and D=4. All are prime numbers that is they can only be divide by their assigned number except D=4 which can be divided by 4,2 and 1. So I say that Diode does not belong here.

Further more Suerkraut and Giblets can be cooked in an aluminum pot while is it not recommended to cook diodes on the stove nor the oven by the way.

Cooking a diode would be bad.