I.Q. scores have been measured since 1916, when Alfred Binet developed his intelligence scale. He graduated the scale in the following way:
IQ Scores
- 130+ Very superior
- 120+ Superior
- 110+ Above average
- 99+ Average
- 80+ Below average
- 70+ Borderline
- Less than 70 Extremely low.
Items included in IQ tests range from spatial awareness where you have to match patterns, to number sequences, and words. There is a free IQ testing site online.
IQ tests used to be standardized but now they are designed by many different organizations in an attempt to measure certain qualities in candidates. For example, Mensa, the High IQ Society, sets its own test which is very difficult in parts. One example of a Mensa question:
Take these letters:
C E I L M E R S S
Form two different 8 letter words from these letters. Each word must use all the letters.
Intelligence and personality have been combined to give sten and z-scores. These are often used by companies who want to recruit staff with particular traits and abilities.
Some very famous celebrities are know for their extremely high IQ level.
Bill Gates: Genius
Madonna 140
Al Gore 140
Hugh Hefner 152
Carol Vorderman 154
Bill Gates 160
Jill St. John 162
Jill St. John who claims the highest score on this list was a major American film actress during the 1960's and 1970's. Jill was admitted to the University of California at the age of 14.
Psychologists have estimated the IQ scores that some famous historical figures might have attained. This was done by looking at their work and their ideas and the way they put them together.
Leonardo da Vinci: Smarter than Bill Gates
George Washington 118
Napoleon Bonaparte 145
Albert Einstein 160
Charles Dickens 180
Michelangelo 180
Leonardo da Vinci 220
Leonardo da Vinci earns that massive score for his art but also for his helicopter concept . His solar power diagrams, calculator plans, and studies of plate techtonics. He had none of the modern day scientific equipment and he was way ahead of his time.
