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easternculture on 09/01/2013 - 23:24 us.mensa.org (8457 clicks)

This might not interest everybody but its not a bad idea

During the month of January, you can take American Mensa's online Home Test for free. Regularly priced at $18, the online test is designed to preview what it's like to take the official Mensa qualifying test. So give your mind the workout it deserves and apply that $18 savings toward a gym membership!

You'll want to get a test key first, so click the link below and complete your purchase at $0. You'll receive a test key in email that you can use or give to a friend!

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  • shmahoo on 10/01/2013 - 11:26

    dupe - sorry

  • shmahoo on 10/01/2013 - 11:44
    +1

    I got 100%, and on the results screen it told me to turn around, lift up the head on the statue behind me (I didn't even know we had one like that) and press the secret button under there. Our bookcase opened up, revealing a secret doorway, behind which was a mysterious butler, who welcomed me with a warm towell and my uniform, and I was ushered into a boardroom with other members. We all sang the secret song (I'd tell you, but ….. you know, being a "secret" and all), played Tri-Ominos (remember them?), and then I left and went back to playing Words with Friends on my computer.

    • slowmo on 10/01/2013 - 16:20

      did they mention a tranquilizer dart or something?

  • Vladdo on 10/01/2013 - 11:59

    Congratulations! You scored a 64 on the Mensa Home Test.

    Scores between 63 and 70 from the online test are above the 86th percentile and indicate an approximate IQ range between 116 and 125. This high score indicates a strong possibility that you may qualify for membership in Mensa!

    I'd love to know the answers to some of the questions :(

  • cozmo on 10/01/2013 - 12:02

    500

    There is no web application configured to service your request

    • shmahoo on 10/01/2013 - 12:08
      +1

      keep in mind, this website was most likely coded by a MENSA member !!

  • peeweekathi on 10/01/2013 - 12:19
    +1

    I give everyone a +1 for being so clever, +2 for the fun reading of witty comments, +3 for the tears of laughter:)

  • phunkyfeelone on 10/01/2013 - 12:19
    +1

    Section 1, Question 11, Option 4: Is that a dildo, and if so, is the answer "things that screw?" (given the light bulb as the clue)

  • peterpeterpumpkin on 10/01/2013 - 12:26

    Too many words on the web page. Guess it's not for me…

  • 2enjoy on 10/01/2013 - 12:53
    +1

    its soooo sloooooow… sheesh.. all that wait for a lousy score of 59!
    <—- loser

    • slowmo on 10/01/2013 - 16:21
      +5

      you will get higher if you stop your obsessions with acorns. ;)

  • anntip on 10/01/2013 - 12:55

    I need help. How does one register with an address field that only has USA as the country? ??

    • cozmo on 10/01/2013 - 13:00
      +2

      put anything in and use postcode/zip of 90210

    • Darkstyles on 10/01/2013 - 13:04
      +1

      That's part of the test :)

  • Darkstyles on 10/01/2013 - 13:02
    +1

    WTF they're using the Imperial system - when the rest of the world uses the Metric system… Clearly they aren't so smart after all!

    • J 1 on 10/01/2013 - 14:48
      +1

      WINNER, BEST COMMENT AWARD 10/1/2013
      (USAmericans might think I'm awarding an award for 1st October?)

    • johnno07 on 11/01/2013 - 01:21
      +3

      Except of course that the units of measurement are completely irrelevant. Those garden tiles could have been measured in parsecs and the answer would have been the same.

  • itzwazza on 10/01/2013 - 13:06

    This is awesome! Thanks for the post!

  • chansthename on 10/01/2013 - 13:07
    +1

    Careful, score too highly and they kidnap you. If you ask them why you'll only get “Why kidnap you? Why put a sack over your head and drag you here in the middle of the night? Why is there an astronaut in the corner making paninis? Simple: we don't want you to tell anyone about this, and if you do, we don't want them believing you. Isn't that right, Black Hitler?”

    • J 1 on 10/01/2013 - 14:49

      Chicken Panini with avocado?
      That'd be my order thanks.

      • slowmo on 10/01/2013 - 16:24

        i think Paninis is a euphemism for another similar sounding word, and 'making' is a codeword for another action….

    • chansthename on 10/01/2013 - 17:11

      In case people don't know, that's a quote from Community (a really awesome show)

  • leclark on 10/01/2013 - 13:10
    +3

    You guys crack me up! If I was a genius, and I'll know that when I finish the test, I would be able to figure out how to do +1, +2, etc. And I would also bloody know how to get back My Documents where they used to be :{ Get back to work!

  • Snoop on 10/01/2013 - 13:32
    +1

    I would not even consider attempting to take a test like this while I'm at my 'current' place of employment…
    This place dumbs me down so much!!! ;)

  • May4th on 10/01/2013 - 14:33
    +1

    they didn't specify whether finishing test early affects score as in some tests, which is important

  • johnno07 on 10/01/2013 - 16:41
    +1

    Congratulations!
    You scored a 73 on the Mensa Home Test.
    Scores between 73 and 80 are above the 98th percentile and indicate an approximate IQ range between 132 and 151. This high score indicates a strong possibility that you may qualify for membership in Mensa!

    Some of those picture questions probably tell you more about the quality of your vision than your IQ.
    But seriously, apart from some of that very obscure vocab at the end it seemed pretty… easy? Maybe it would be different in a testing environment with a pen and paper.

  • patinadiary on 10/01/2013 - 17:23
    +1

    scored a 71…there goes 30 minutes of my employer's time.

  • Knightelf on 10/01/2013 - 19:14

    Well according to this test, I guess 90% of the population can gain membership to MENSA. So much for top 3%.

    • J 1 on 10/01/2013 - 23:00
      +1

      Yes but don't forget that is 90% of the OzBargain population, not the general population.

      There is a big difference

  • tomorrows_angel on 10/01/2013 - 19:47

    Congratulations!
    You scored a 78 on the Mensa Home Test.

    Scores between 73 and 80 are above the 98th percentile and indicate an approximate IQ range between 132 and 151. This high score indicates a strong possibility that you may qualify for membership in Mensa!

    Wow… so my current job hasn't killed as many brain cells as i thought it had…

  • nmur on 10/01/2013 - 20:26
    +1

    Destroyed everything. Except the english parts. Which was like 1/3rd of the thing.
    I guess this is why I am an engineer ;~;

    I gotta read more books…

  • Candour on 10/01/2013 - 20:57

    test used to be culture biased
    after 60 years of slave labor in the professional salt mines intelligence is overrated
    EQ is more relevant in an anarchic society where mr spock does not rule but the ability to live with people who may not have your best interests at heart is more important.
    also money, power and 'success' depend on other street smarts and some luck.
    so we may be smart but unsuccessful, poor and weak.

  • Pollywaffle on 10/01/2013 - 21:50

    It says I have an IQ of 106. Clearly this quiz is a load of crap. I'm a dumbarse.

  • [Deactivated] on 10/01/2013 - 21:59

    I wonder what score jv will get?

    • cornbeef on 12/01/2013 - 18:27
      +2

      Either way he'll probably refute it.

  • Hintswen on 10/01/2013 - 22:24

    wasn't this always free? or did they start charging at some point.

    • slowmo on 10/01/2013 - 22:36

      you always had to pay… mensa IQ tests were the 'rage' amongst yuppie parents in the mid/late 80s, they would send their pre-teen kids to these tests and try to put them in schools that will allow them to 'jump' grades.

      it was in an era prior to "every kid gets a medal/no winners or losers" era, where the 'smart' kids gets to skip grades and attend special accelerated classes, and 'dumb' kids repeat grades.

      • Hintswen on 12/01/2013 - 11:56

        but the online test was free before I swear I did it years ago without paying

  • Taita on 10/01/2013 - 23:23

    I joined mensa quite some years ago, it worked wonders for my ego, impressed friends and family, and also 'may have helped' in when applying in graduate recruitment programs here in Australia. I must say that the members events were quite fun (I was a member overseas). But after a couple of years of maintaining my paid annual membership (about $60), it wasn't worth it anymore for me.

    Just remember, once u qualify for mensa, u don't have to be a paid member always. But once u qualify, you are always mensa material and can rejoin anywhere in the world .

    • slowmo on 10/01/2013 - 23:30
      +2

      that's odd, a chap in my primary class took the mensa test, and never had to pay annual membership? maybe he is one of those exceptional level ones. lol. his academic career took off from there, he changed to a renowned secondary school, then on to uni, and everything he studied was government scholarship.

      it's one of those cases where it's not just an ego boost, now he's probably earning a year what i could earn in a lifetime.

      • Taita on 10/01/2013 - 23:40

        You dont have to pay the annual membership. Qualifying and Joining Mensa are two diff things. If you qualify for mensa and u then want to join the mensa club activities then u have to pay the annual membership. Otherwise you can just keep your test results as proof.

        and btw I know that even if I had not taken the test my life acheivements would have been the same :) The test score was just to satisfy my curiosity.

        • slowmo on 10/01/2013 - 23:49
          +1

          i know. what i meant to say he is a member for free.
          anyway, it doesn't matter what i said, i've not taken the test, and you are not keen on joining ;)

          my life achievements would be vastly different if I had the chance to re-do my early years, but mensa would definitely not play any part.

        • morpheu on 11/01/2013 - 13:25

          "even if I had not taken the test my life acheivements would have been the same"
          precisely why i don't see much point in these IQ tests! results are open to interpretation & personal opinion, how you define "intelligence" etc if you are good at your job and personal relationships what difference does it make? personally i think it's the geeks version of the "mine is bigger than yours" kiddy game
          also keep in mind, the most famous genius of all time Einstein once said "imagination is more important than knowledge"!

        • slowmo on 11/01/2013 - 13:35

          maybe the test is a good gauge if you are trying to employ someone like physicists?

  • easternculture on 10/01/2013 - 23:51

    Scotty is doing a "no show"
    Come on Scotty … post your results :D

  • bargaino on 11/01/2013 - 01:50
    +13

    You scored a 29 on the Mensa Home Test.

    Scores between 25 and 32 from the online test are above the 4th percentile and indicate an approximate IQ range between 67 and 75. This high score indicates a strong possibility that you may qualify for membership in our sister-organisation, Densa!

    • Explosions_Hurt on 12/01/2013 - 09:25
      +1

      WINNER! You sir win the inaugural Explosions_Hurt prize for best comment.

  • slowmo on 11/01/2013 - 02:10

    anyone managed to score a 0 and post what it says? ;)

    i think it's as hard to score a 0 as it is to get a 100%…

    • johnno07 on 12/01/2013 - 17:08
      +2

      In fact, you would need to be just as intelligent as a person who scored 100% to get 0% because you would have to know what the right answer is in order to not pick it. If you just randomly pick, you are going to get around 25%.

      • tomorrows_angel on 13/01/2013 - 10:28

        Hmmm want me to try? Is it worth the 32 minutes of my life to satisfy your curiosity? Note that while I'm smart enough, I have a distinct advantage. I know how these tests work. I know how to pick the patterns. I used to write them for an organization :) can almost guarantee I can score zero.

  • Make it so on 15/01/2013 - 12:22
    +1

    Anyone know how to convert scores from US to Australian? Is it an offset (+20)? A multiplier (x1.2)? A non-linear function? (²)?

  • ONLY1INVILLAGE on 16/01/2013 - 10:05

    How long does it take to do? Possible at work?

  • citybargainhunter on 16/01/2013 - 12:41

    will take it this weekend if I get some free time. struggling with my assignment at the moment.

  • anntip on 16/01/2013 - 15:53

    I scored 100 so I am definitely a genuis.

    • bargaino on 16/01/2013 - 16:08

      Thats very impressive, considering there are less than 100 questions.

      Most of the questions were disappointingly easy, considering it was a Mensa quiz.
      The arithmetic and logic questions seemed to test the same simple concepts several times each.
      (basic predicate logic and very simple number counting patterns)
      The left/right bit was interesting, but I was expecting something more like Ravens progressive matricies.

      The biggest challenge was trying to figure what the poor-quality drawings were meant to represent.
      How did people find the time allocation? From my memory long ago of these kinds of tests, there is usually a time pressure, but this test seemed rather generous.

      Some of the vocab was a bit archaic, making for some cultural bias.

  • strangeloops66 on 16/01/2013 - 22:42
    +1

    Where are you, Elaine?

  • Vladdo on 01/02/2013 - 12:21
    +1

    Every few days I keep getting spammed by mensa..

    "Hello - I'm the Local Membership Officer for Mensa in Georgia, and I just wanted to say thank you for your interest in American Mensa!"

    Her name is tiffany.. and I replied back saying 'Do you like to parrrrtay?"

    • [Deactivated] on 03/02/2013 - 21:12

      What did she say then?

      • Vladdo on 05/02/2013 - 21:40

        Nothing… something must be stuck in her mouth…

  • [Deactivated] on 03/02/2013 - 21:12

    Is the test still free?

    • crazyj on 06/02/2013 - 14:15

      LOL, no, refer first line of the OP's text -

      "During the month of January, you can take American Mensa's online Home Test for free."

      Expired, OP please update.

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