Explaining the Mensa Norway IQ Test Puzzles (145+ IQ Answers)
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- I Decided to remake my first video of the Mensa Norway IQ Test considering the test was outdated + I felt like I could improve the quality of the video further.
Link to IQ test: test.mensa.no
My next video will be dedicated to the old Puzzle 31 of the IQ test and why it was impossible for people to solve the puzzle.
In this video I go through each of the puzzles and try to explain what the correct answer is and why.
Please let me know in the comments if you find interesting IQ Tests that you want me to check out!
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My next video will be about the old puzzle 31 of the Mensa Norway IQ Test and how it was impossible to solve it. Here is specific videos about the last 4 puzzles (they might have more comments and help if you are looking for a specific solution):
Puzzle 32: czcams.com/video/cEjsGrydzmE/video.html
Puzzle 33: czcams.com/video/cZUr0JYe7zg/video.html
Puzzle 34: czcams.com/video/ks7Js7mJHz4/video.html
Puzzle 35: czcams.com/video/sW-uSRaIcRs/video.html
can you make a video on this test with solutions. maybe it is just me but i found it a little harder than this one. hr.iq-test.cc/start?qid=30
Hello, PLEASE make a video about bakaiq.com/iq-tests/free/bit1/index.php?fbclid=IwAR1JpKRgsUdEKtojB2RwKI12NT9DUmtFQW5OcvKr3o9luZ0QNqrfsaEh6Ow, it is extremely challenging and rewarding
@@Zindsaw Taking the test now.
@@MisterSpeedStacking Taking the test now.
@@PuzzlesAndSolutions Please tell me how it went haha
The interesting thing about puzzles in IQ test is that they often contain multiple correct patterns so they can be solved by different ways of thinking.
i’m always disappointed when i hear him explain how he gets the answer, only for him to get the same answer as me.
Yep
I agree - there were a few times I noticed patterns different to him that were there but would've landed me on the wrong answer.
Like Puzzle 14 - if you look at the pattern of the lines going DOWN the columns instead of using diagonals you see a different pattern. You see an asymetrical pattern of 45 degree turn, 45 degree turn, 90 degree turn. Following THAT pattern gets you a different answer - you get C
And that exact pattern is actually how you solve puzzle 17 later on.
@@phantomluts I also went with C on that. I felt it was the intended pattern to find, and the obvious repetition pattern was there for partial credit or something.
@@jaywalker7721 if u look at rows, there's an circle and a horizontal line in every row so circle with horizontal line must be the answear, i dont fuck with diagonals... rows are safer haha, c can't be cus there not an pattern for that line anywhere in that puzzle
Diagonals has risen my IQ by around 20 points in 20 minutes 😂
Same 125 with out diagonals and 145 with)
LOL
@@ANGola0 a real iq test only applies when you havent studied for it, and it doesnt use the same paterns for every question.
a real iq test combines mathematical + logic based tests and takes hours to complete.
@@noidontthinksolol Most people arent studying for the online mensa iq test, they just take it for fun. And its still fairly accurate for what its worth lol
@@noidontthinksololthats just incorrect. You dont hybernate for 30 since birth and then wake up and take an iq test
It's so interesting that we worked out the right answers in different ways. The way I worked it out felt more intuitive or something. This feels so systematic! Thanks for the upload.
same here! I go around with the exact answers, but I'm like..."this dude's mind runs so complicated!" :)
@@Maryparfait so basically you looked up the solutions?
@@Louis13XIII Well, I follow the rythm of the video: I see the exercice, pause, reply on a notebook, then listen to the solutions comments. And usually I go: ??!!!! Why so complicated!
@@atelierparfait what’s your thought process?
@@Louis13XIII most times is a geometry pattern thing, where you have an axis or point of symetry, so it can "pop" in front of the eyes.
Else, it's been a while since I have done this particular one, but I remember 2 or 3 at the end of the series, that I just used "pivot + colour", and he went all about shapes and positions etc....
People that legitimately take Mensa tests practice patterns like crazy for many, many hours before they take an actual test. Doesn't matter if they are actual questions on said test or not. Therefore, most people in Mensa probably shouldn't even belong in Mensa. You would have to find someone to take the test who has never studied patterns in any way to get a true reading, therefore it's next to useless.
Exactly! I'm a super intelligent guy with iq=156 and I don't think people are supposed to be given a cheat sheet beore the test. What is the point then? I classify intelligence with at clear distinction between being CLEVER and being SMART. You can NEVER be taught to be SMART. But you can learn to be CLEVER. This video is teaching how to be clever. My IQ was measured as part of a head-hunting process for a management position I had. There were 36 questions and I answered all correct (but I didn't have time to think through the 2 last questions and just made a mark on what I thougt to be the correct answer, and they turned out to be correct too. I never bothered to be a Mensa member as I don't see the point of being a member in a club just to be together with other so-called smart persons. What is the point of that?? I prefer to be alone, sit at my desk or lie down on my bed and just stare into the air while I take a walk in my brain. I constantly experience new things and inventions and have a wonderful time alone in my own universe. I wish more people would / could do the same.
I wondered something similar after reading that they accept SAT scores. Wouldn't a standardized test like that measure something completely different than a pattern test like this would, at least for someone who never practiced patterns? It seems to me that the SAT would measure someone's ability (or maybe just dedication) to learn, not the ability to walk in cold and figure something out for himself. MENSA claims that IQ scores are immune to practice, but I am sure that if I now took the test after watching this single video, my score would be boosted substantially. So yeah, it all seems a little fishy to me.
@@billscannell93 You are correct. You would absolutely do better. It's nothing but a glorified club.
I think it's only cheating If someone obtains the correct answers WITHOUT understanding how the sequences work. If a person is shown how it works and they understand, that is only like learning maths at school. If a person even after watching this video still doesn't understand even after having it explained to them then they would be cheating if they just gave the answers without understanding.
@@Diamondsparkle788 I understand why you think you are correct BUT you are wrong. Trust me - you are! With your reasoning everybody that understands Einsteins theories should have a part of the Nobel prize they gave to him. It is the CAPABILITY of being able to find a solution (on your own) a good IQ-test is supposed to measure. Being able to replicate the procedure / solution to get to the result is the being CLEVER part I mentioned in my pevious comment. Finding a solution on your own is the being SMART part I also mentioned.
This video explains the puzzles better than the older one. thanks man.
I never considered using diagonals! I only used horizontal lines. I got 138, so I think I managed to find some weird patterns anyway
same I never saw them as diagonals, I always thought it was the boxes shuffling in each row while taking the test
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I got 138 too
@@josephyohan3839 Nice! I took a paid test and got 131 lmao. Didn't join mensa because fuckem but at least I can say it's a choice
@@dzarko55 Narcissism, no one asked what your IQ was bro it’s just a puzzle test
Not sure if diagonals are needed or intended to be used for any of these... Normally you should be able to solve both from left to right, and also from top to bottom
Let me exemplify on four of the easier puzzles:
Puzzle nr. 8: Pattern: Always 5 dots in the middle. Over and under the five dots you will always find 1 middle dot, 2 side dots, and 3 middle dots.
Puzzle nr. 11: Add new shapes, Remove repeating shapes.
Puzzle nr. 12: Clockwise rotation. Row or column always have two black, and one grey.
Puzzle nr. 13: All rows and columns will contain A) circle, triangle, and square and B) black, grey, and white figure .
Exactly, I was able to solve all the questions up to Q32 and Q34 without any diagonals, I'm stumped at 33 and 35 however. I'm confident that it can be solved left to right. Q34, if you look left to right, the 2 white dots are rotating anti-clockwise and never repeating.
Agreed. A lot of the questions were made more complicated by incorporating those lines. Most were basic “spot the difference in this pattern,” which could be solved by just counting the relevant elements in each square. I’m not convinced this is a good example of a quality IQ test.
I did the Mensa test twice. The first time I received a score of 143, the second time I received 102. I never take these tests seriously
Wait you did an official one IRL or these online training versions?
I got 102 first
i got 90 in one on the internet and 111 in one irl, i think different ways of thinking between different cultures play a big role.
Did you click some of the answers randomly without knowing if they were correct?
Heres an observation, I have watched this video and picked up some of the problem solving strategies such "not in common" and "Diagonal processing" . As a result, I get 6 questions extra correct and my iQ score goes up 20 points. Therefore, the difference in my IQ is not my speed, or the correct answer, but my ability to identify the problem solving strategy. In my first go, I would never have spotted these problem solving strategies and probably would have sat there for 15 minutes each question until I got it right but due to a practice effect, I get better and better. Surely, this questions the validity of this measure.
The validity of the test, or the validity of your scores on subsequent tests? If the latter, then I agree. Only your first score is valid. Your inability to spot the diagonal logic on your first attempt is factored into finding your score. Most people were unable to do that and this is reflected in the fact that you'd likely receive a 99th percentile or higher score if you did. The IQ score is based on how you did compared to other people's first attempts as well. The fact that you can learn a different approach and then get a higher score because of it doesn't make the test itself less valid due to how the norming process works.
@@philj9594 It makes no sense that the broad array of human mental feats can be summarized into a single dimension, one number, which you can use to line people up like you can line up people by height. Your mind is not a piece of string that can be measured. It is unfathomably complex. You, a person, are smart because you can think about the world: guess about it, change it, poke it, run away from it, and create it as you please. You are not smart because you can recite five letters backward within the allotted time or perceive a diagonal pattern in a test.
@@FernandoJaccoudIts an estimate, and is a good indicator of potential in many fields. Ofc not a limiter, but the avarage for an lawyer will be far abover avarage than a janitor. Ofc its flawed, but best way we have of testing fluid intelligence
@@philj9594 People that legitimately take Mensa tests practice patterns like crazy for many, many hours before they take an actual test. Doesn't matter if they are actual questions on said test or not. Therefore, most people in Mensa probably shouldn't even belong in Mensa. You would have to find someone to take the test who has never studied patterns in any way to get a true reading, therefore it's next to useless.
@@olaikintel First of all, it doesn't measure fluid intelligence because you can learn for it.
So it tests if you know a certain solving strategy, that is by definition, not your fluid intelligence.
Of course, remembering solving strategies or even coming up with one does indeed correlate to intelligence but those can't even be distinguished. Which raises the question: What is it even good for?
If you want a prediction for success in a certain field, a specialized test, specifically designed for that field, will give you a much better prediction.
A test like this is only good for discriminating against those who score low or to bolster the ego of those who score high.
for question 14
answer C seems correct to me
When you look at the pattern of rotation of the line from left to right, it always does a 45 degree and then a 90 degree turn
and the shapes cycle through
That isn’t consistent, the second row starts vertically and then shifts 90 degrees first, while the other two rows shift 45 degrees.
@@Borgia5119 you’re right but I see that as a pattern where row 1 and 2 tell me
“A 90 degree shift of the line will always be followed by a 45, and a 45 shift always by a 90 degree one” I might have over-analyzed for an unintended pattern here
@@VirtualRiot I also saw this when I did that question at first, that’s just what I concluded (I think there’s another question like this, not sure)
No its not, no other shape has a line in that direction
Its about the simplest solution. Each row has all 3 shapes and all 3 line positions, thats simpler than "if 45 then 90, if 90 then 45"
For question #32, I used this logic, on left box flip vertically right side, on middle box flip vertically left side, combine them and that's the right box
I solved by flipping both left and middle box and the third box figure was the common or overllaping figure of left and middle box
Weakness
I took the mensa iq test today and boy.. its nothing compared to anything you find out there. constantly pressured by time (like 15 hard questions in 3minutes), and you barely have any puzzle tests, except at the beginning and some in between here and there, and none of them are as the ones you see with easy logical patterns. I was shocked, but felt great!
They are easy for the most part. Clockwise rotation, 1 of each per row, and overlapping, that sums up most of em till the last few ones.
What was it like. I’m really nervous
@@lenathegawdxd766 Everything else was okay but like 5 of them made me shake in my boots
I was stuck on last 3 tests, the thing that blew my mind is the diagonals. It seemed so unintuitive to me because it felt like there is no the same amount of information, however if we consider that the diagonals repeat by each 3 than you get equal number of information wrapped, but this seemed way too complicated compared to just vertical and horizontal lines. I was just assuming that there "format" is somewhat consistent because you can come up with infinite solutions for any puzzle if you look "outside the box" but those answers will likely be a lot more complicated, which seemed unlikely considering you have less than a minute for each answer in average. After taking this test I felt really dumb. I want to get properly tested for Mensa but not to become an member but to know if I am simply too dumb to be competitive in my field and to realize how fucked I am :D
Got 135, last three had me stuck
@felipejoys Well, nobody is perfect, we all have been dealing with the cards we have been given .. Being over 135 is decent, decent enough to feel damn lonely ..
this whole "diagonals" method seems like someone was stuck with the idea of "matrix determinants" then, went on to create these tests..
czcams.com/video/YsPMbFeoAno/video.html&ab_channel=Mathispower4u
@@drednac this seems like something the test creator came up with, something particular to him that only himself and a couple more could kind of "accidentally" find out (the diagonals) - because when you look at the 3x3 grid, you can make multiple correlations, moreover, you have to decide among all of those in seconds, so you have time to finish it on time.
so.. to me it's not much of an IQ test, but a "let's see who GUESSES what is the pattern i came up with?" (diagonals, in this case)
Getting only 12 correct is below the level the test can score you at. Getting 13 correct gives you an IQ of 85.
Then 88, 92, 95, 97, 100, 102, 105, 107, 110, 112, 115, 118, 121, 125, 128, 131, 133, 135, 138, 142 and then the last 2 max scores.
Dayum u really tested each one didnt ya
Damn that's interesting. I thought it was scored based on the percentile you are compared to other people who took the test. Apparently not.
34 - if you follow the pattern diagonally for the black dots but horizontally for the white ones, D could be the answer as each row starts with two white dots that move two times counterclockwise in every following suqare. Where you only see one white dot, the other one is hidden behind the corresponding black one.
I’m very surprised that this channel doesn’t have more views or subscribers, especially with recognition from a very popular IQ test from Mensa. Oh well, big brain society over here
Kinda like the SAT where if you know a strategy, you can rig your score vs people who don’t practice
That's very true before I watch this video I would have got none of these right because I didn't understand how these dumb puzzles work.
@@echoc3742so you’re dumb
True we have this exam in russia similar to sat, and from like 5th grade to 11th we start cracking those test day and night plus 2 hour additional school time instead of getting real knowledge that would help to prepare for tests 💀
For number 33 I think the answer is B. There's a rule that's consistent for every tile that basically amounts to "for any given tile, you need to mix and match the triangles from the tiles immediately surrounding to make the shape of the given tile. Stated another way, if you add all of the immediate surrounding tiles together, you should be able to piece together the exact triangles in your given tile. If 1 or more tiles immediately surrounding has 1 or more of the exact type of triangle (same position, flip direction, color) you can use those to construct your given tile. Immediate diagonals are fair game, but you can't jump over a tile to get to the triangle you need."
The only way to make this rule work on every single tile including the bottom right one is to pick B. Any other tile you need to jump an entire block to have all the triangles you need to make the bottom left one. B you only need the tile directly above and directly diagonal to the left, so all 9 tiles follow the rule.
That sounds way too complicated for a puzzle like this
Patterns are meant to be simple, like the diagonal pattern he shows
@@kerkertrandov459 the diagonal pattern he shows makes less sense cause why does the top middle box randomly have an extra white triangle for no reason and doesn't fit with the rest of the pattern. My rule is relatively simple. Probably takes less lines of code to write than the "correct" pattern
I agree with you, my reasoning is as follow:
@@GoomySmash in the test the correct answer is a
In between two SAT tests, I went through The Princeton Review Book, which instead of vocabulary words and math problems taught principles of the test itself. My score went up 110 points. Even with different questions, the “standardized” in tests can be hacked. My goal wasn’t to raise my self-esteem, but to get into an Ivy League school which my wealthy father then declined to pay for 😂
I have no regrets. Fight the Power!
fight the power? looks like the only thing you fight is the mcdonalds employee for forgetting extra pickles on your big mac
@@gligurr what?
@@stephaniehofeller1383 who?
@@gligurr whatever.
cares
There are so many instances in this test where I get to the exact same conclusion as you about what the right answer is, but I get there through other explanations.
Question 16 forms a really cool mirror if you fold it in half on a top right to bottom left fold.
Number 8 seems quite complicated for just number 8. I pick the only option that wasn't in the picture as an answer since every single element was unique as a pattern. Which could be technically considered a valid answer so I feel cheated :)
I was so frustrated about it that I ignored the first row and just said "the third picture is the same as the second one but turned upside down" and I'm surprised to see it is correct lol
@@schlaftablette360 that was what I did too. I flipped column 2 for the answer. this meant column 1 was useless information which seemed odd. but hey, correct answer lol
If you look at the 2nd column and 3rd column, the 3rd column is the 2nd column flipped - as seen in the top two rows, which is how I got C for that.
So if you learn all these rules e.g. diagonal patterns, quirky additions, rotations etc. and do a hundred examples of each surely your IQ will get better - like studying chess?
Your ability to see patterns would become better
@@utsavluthra6970that would improve cognitive problem solving skills as well, it would probably just be more you tapping into potential
@@humuhumunukunukuapuaa7372 I used to be pretty good at IQ tests (40 odd years ago) but these days... this one slaughtered me! Nonetheless, I will practise and - certainly all this diagonal stuff eluded me! Yep, must practise...
but should i call it cheating? if now i am aware where and how to looks for paterns? i thought only first atempt is consider as your true iq ?
@@noxuification1. Every person has different prior experience/knowledge, so it's only logical that everyone should prepare for the test for fair measurement.
2. IQ results are always being normalized to 100, because the more people have higher results due to studying etc., the higher the average is.
29 could have been explained better, some might be perplexed by 2nd row, squares of same color cancels each other out if they are on opposite side of the line, but if they are on same side they dont.
Since you guys here are probably smart so here is a riddle:
Four golfers named Mr. Black, Mr. White, Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue were competing in a tournament. The caddy didn't know their names, so he asked them. One of them, Mr. Brown, told a lie.
The 1st golfer said, "The 2nd Golfer is Mr. Black."
The 2nd golfer said, "I am not Mr. Blue!"
The 3rd golfer said "Mr. White? That's the 4th golfer."
And the 4th golfer remained silent. Which one of the golfers is Mr. Blue?
The official answer is the 3rd golfer is MR. Blue but I have a big problem with that answer.
Since Mr. Brown told something (a lie) it has to be either number 1 or number 3 so only two options for being Mr. Brown.
if 1st is Mr. Brown then there is a paradox because he lies which means that 2nd golfer isn't Mr. Black he also isn't Mr. Blue as he said it himself he also isn't Mr. White as it is 4th golfer but he also can't be Mr. Brown since it is 1st golfer.
So the only way this can be consistent is that the 3rd is Mr. Brown. Here the 2nd golfer is Mr. Black as 1st said it, and since 4th isn't Mr. White because 3rd lies, only 1st can be Mr. White therefore Mr. Blue has to be the remaining 4th golfer.
Am I right or is there a catch?
sorry for the slow response. I think you are correct.
if 1 was Mr. Brown then "2 is not Mr. Black", "2 is not Mr. Blue", "4 is Mr. White" -> "2 is not Mr. White" -> "2 is Mr. Brown" -> "2 has to be Mr. Brown" -> Paradox.
If 2 was Mr. Brown then "2 is Mr. Blue" -> paradox
if 3 was Mr. Brown then "2 is Mr. Black", "4 is not Mr. White", "4 is not Mr. Black", "4 is not Mr. Brown" -> "4 is Mr. Blue" -> "1 is Mr. Mr. White": 1=white, 2=black, 3=brown, 4=blue.
if 4 was Mr. Brown -> "he didnt speak" + "he told a lie" -> paradox
Yup as per me u r right
Well, the actual "fun" starts with puzzle #30. To me, #30 and #33 seem the most devious.
32 confused me by the flip. 34 also showed similar white dot pattern in rows and columns. 31 was easy, 35 was fun.
30 doesn't really have a purely logical pattern. It is a mathematical pattern that involves cyclic groups with modulo 3.
And 33 is quite a "flippant" one. Flipping and hiding doesn't help the pattern stand out much.
I would probably need a lot of time and external motivation to figure these two on my own.
Question 30 has two solutions.
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What is the word that sounds like "pestle" that he keeps using? Is it "puzzle"?
I think F is a better solution for 16. Each row has a solid, a hatched, and a blank figure; each row also has one "up umbrella" and two "down umbrellas". Each column has a solid, a hatched, and a blank figure; each column also has one "up umbrella" and two "down umbrellas".
OK. I'm an old man (65 now), and I was taking such tests as a young man (say, ages 15 through 22). And things might have changed.
The main thing I see here (as I recall - it's been a long time) is that I never considered looking for two diagonal patterns (going down left and then down right) to work a bunch of the puzzles. I wonder now if that's why some of them just seemed completely incomprehensible to me.
I don't recall getting any training or teacher hints in school for how to approach such puzzles (but I might have just forgotten, as that would have been over 50 years ago).
At least after having seen you do this the first time on problem 8 (which stumped me), I was able to use that trick a lot (like you) in the following puzzles.
So is this actually about "IQ", or knowing HOW to take such tests? In college, if you learned the material fairly well, a LOT of success was being GOOD at taking the tests, not panicking if you initially didn't know how to work a STEM problem on a test, etc.
very good explanation, the end is really hard. I am pretty sure that training helps here a lot otherwise you try to check for some to complicated rules.
For no. 33 I expected it to be more complicated, thinking the when the triangle flips, it reveals the alternate colour. I saw all the pattern, but it doesn't fit with the alternating variation.
I asked a question for the "Mensa Hungary" video. Let me repeat here: What IQ range do you think the Mensa Hungary test measures? (If we're realistic.)
Probably 2 standard deviations at most: so from 70 to 130 ish. The questions seemed a bit easy to me.
It would probably depend on how hungry you were.
@@frankdrums761 you got sense of humour. Just forget being funny, that's not you.
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To be honest I don’t really like the “diagonal approach” at all, it feels kind of cheaty or overcomplicated to a ridiculous point.
As an example:
I was really struggling in order to solve puzzle number 34 looking for crazy difficult double mirroring patterns, horizontally and vertically and looking for communalities, etc.
Finally I managed to get a really simple solution that matches only answer A (the correct one) but only looking at horizontal lanes of 3:
Blacks are always at the same positions: one dot left, one dot left and two dots at both sides of the vertical lane. Whites are always, left, right and both sides. Answer A is the only one that matches the criteria among all the solutions.
I think the diagonal approach seems to be a tool that might have a point, but it really seems counterintuitive if you try to genuinely solve the puzzles and you are not merely trying to solve them on a standardize and systematic way.
omsim
For question #8, u take middle box, flip it vertically and get right box
Only 7 questions in, but my man, you are really over-complicating these answers. On 7, for example, use the rows and just count. 1,2,3, 2nd row, 2,3,4, 3rd row, 3,4, then the answer, 5 dots. Previous question was exactly the same. Actually, they all were very similar. There was no need to bother with any rotations with 1-7.
Edit - Number 31 is also crazy simple. Reading the boxes like a book: just look at what number 4 and 7 have in common, then look at what 5 and 8 have (same upside down L pattern). Now you know that 6 and 9 will have a repeating pattern (backwards L), and D is the only answer.
My main issue is I kept counting the shapes to see if there was a pattern in the numbers, as well as seeing if there was a pattern in the movements of the puzzles. I never thought about cancelling out what the first two pictures had in common or what their differences were then subtracting or adding the outliers. So I guess I am just dumb
17:50 your answer is accidently correct. You did not acknowlegde the middle row of the puzzle which is relevent, every row is always relevent. Following your logic, it does not explain the reason the black box ends up on top, and not in the middle with one white on top and one white below.
shut up bro
His explanation was completely correct.
Well obviously that's a function of the accidental intelligence component of the universal medula ob short galla
Check my other reply in the comments where I explain why the black box ends up on top.
I think that the more obvious rule in n.35 is that in each row, the 1st column always has only the lines that are not present in columns 2 and 3. In other words, 1+(2+3) must add up to a "complete" set of lines. So for picture 9, the only thing that matters is that it has 2 vertical lines on both sides that picture 7 and 8 are missing. Coincidentally, it also leads to option D.
I got a 117. But frankly, if you do puzzles, you would get a higher score. If you do graphic design or art, you would get a higher score. I had a lower score because I’m not moving on until I see the answer, so I only progressed to, I think, #29. It was fun though.
as a designer I somewhat agree with your suggestion
I completely disagree. If the puzzles you do were literally matrices with very similar logic to what you see in this test, you'd be correct. But that is something that almost never happens. The reason I believe you are wrong is that when practice effect on IQ tests has been studied, it's been shown that doing a lot of different matrix reasoning tests only results in gains of maybe 5 points at the maximum and scores remain very stable for most people unless they repeat the exact same test or one with nearly identical logic. No amount of graphic design is going to magically raise your inductive reasoning capability. No need to feel insecure over a score of 117 though. That's perfectly respectable.
Im an idiot and I got 135 so If anyone thinks he is stupid because of bad iq test results dont because its about luck and it makes no sense
When I took an actual paid IQ test, the first most commonly known was pattern+logic+visuals.
Basically, you would need to use your imagination ability, along with logic when you find pattern.
The test was kind of like so zhere are no patterns like this in mensa test, so its more hard and accurate.
There were 4 tests: logic and visualization, working memory, reasoning, and not sure what the last one was.
It's not so bad until half way through and then wow it gets harder
After 20 it gets much harder yep, actually 20s are kinda doable but 30+ ones are really hard already
I belong at IQ 115… I tried to comprehend the questions I got wrong and they go over my head even when you explain hahaha. Right around 20 min in the video is where I check out.
18:28 What about the second row? Why did the black square went to the top and not the bottom?
Yeah, there seems to be no precedent for this implied elsewhere in this puzzle. Thought the exact same thing.
I scored within range, but I think these Mensa folks have got to be a certain kind of special to go through the trouble of joining such an organization!
Because u take the middle box's right side squares, and put them one by one on the right side of the left box, on the row. That results in the bottomest square being put on top last. Like a package in the warehouse. Whatever is on top, ends up being on bottom, and vice-versa. I worked 2 months as a warehouse worker during summer college, and this made perfect sense to me cuz that's how we'd put the packages from the floor on the pallet.
I kept scoring 131 and I didn't know why
Now I know
I never took in account the patterns had patterns within them
The way I thought has been totally flipped and now everything
I see everything
Everything is different now
Make it stop
This feels like madness
Through the eyes of a genius
Oh well guess I gotta live with it now it should ferment in my brain since I'm still growing its now apart of me :p
Lol
I did score 130 something, because those diagonals didn't make sense to me was too random
How can you solve 33 for example without diagonal? If would be impossibile
@@MarcoP1919i scored it correctly without diagonals, i used only horizontal lines. I found some kind of flipping pattern and I don’t remember correctly how it worked, but that wasn’t random guess
Is there any subjectivity to the "correct" answer? Do we preferentially see certain patterns: rotations, increase in number of an object, diagonals/orthogonals, etc. Other patterns (that we are blind to) might be just as "valid". This reminds me of the what-number-is-next questions as there are equations to produce any next number -- we are just partial to certain ones. Would a very intelligent alien choose the same answers on this test and for the same reasons?
So, it doesn't take into account how quickly you finish it? I got a 95 after a night of drinking, a couple Halcions, my bf talking to me, rushing, not double-checking, and getting over it. I didn't use any diagonals. I feel it would be cheating to retake it 😁
What is the probability that a person guessing all the questions in alphabetical order gets 35/35 answer correct?
I dont know what you mean by "in alphabetical order", but if you only pick random answers, it is (1/6)^35 which is like 5.817*10^-26 % chance or 0.00000000000000000000000005817%
He just showed the correct answers and they were not in alphabetical order, e.g. a, b, c, d, e, f, a, b, c, d, e, f... So the answer to your question is 0%. They literally have NO chance of getting every question right. In fact you could go back through the entire video and plug in a, b, c... and see how many you get right and that's your score. UNLESS it's a different test, e.g. the correct answers have been scrambled with same exact questions, then it's random and very unlikely; especially considering who would make a test where the correct answers are a reiteration of 6 alphabetized letters?
@@jeffknonig8743 i imagine for many people if somehow the correct answers were indeed a, b, c, d, e, f, a, b, c, d, e, f.. through the entire test, you would start doubting yourself and waste time double checking everything. i know i would!
I think 33 is B.
We have to split top and bottom because they work differently.
But top left-right and bottom left-right will work the same way.
Top shaded triangle+top no triangle = Top shaded triangle
Bottom shaded triangle + bottom no triangle = Bottom No triangle
Top no triangle + Top unshaded triangle = Top shaded triangle (Because it has to be different from bottom no triangle + bottom unshaded triangle)
odja bakkes skaan mea IQ van 91
Would you consider this a fairly accurate IQ test? It seems that most people regard it as one of the most valid online IQ tests. It apparently was normed with a large sample size. What makes me skeptical is that I've never seen anyone who has a score below 120. This is just my observation from reading the r/mensa forums. I myself scored @ 121, which is fairly close to what I've scored on other mensa tests and other standardized online IQ tests. You seem to have a lot of experience with these, so I would like to get your take on it.
I have taken the test and I've got a score of 97 (slightly below average) :/. I think it's accurate since I'm a bit slower to grasp things than most people. I think people who have superior reasoning skills naturally gravitate towards these tests (I'm an exception) and that's why you have never seen anyone scoring below 120.
97-112
@@Clank-rn1fk Well, keep in mind it is only a test of spatial intelligence. Most iq tests are "g-loaded" and test many different aspects of intelligence. Don't let that be the end all be all. Also, 97 is still average and having average spatial abilities isn't a bad thing.
@@dedsrsngl Are those the scores you gor?
@@jimraynor7788 no, I got 128 but its off or on by 15 points right? so 113-143. with 120 being the most accurate.
If you look at number 8. Another way of getting the answer is that all the dots in each row will add up to 27.
Just caught a piece while playing in background, but noticed #11 works both horizontally and vertically, providing the same correct answer. Makes me wonder if on the difficult puzzles you will need to check multiple directions to rule out the red herrings. However, my problem is I tend to overcomplicate these things.
11:50 my logic was just to add one horizontal and one vertical line, like an off-centre plus sign
on 29 they glossed over what was happening with the black boxes in the middle row? if you follow the logic of the white boxes shouldn’t there be 2 black ones left??
or if they don’t follow that logic and we can ignore them why did they mention the black box again after the solution?
Idk if this was a mistake but it’s an actual thing. Have you ever wondered why some written math tests have an unnecessary amount of word? It’s “fill”. It’s a useful tool if you tend to overthink equations/problems. It can help you better your logical reasoning, confronting problems more directly instead of swerving around irrational solutions that only makes sense to our selves.
puzzle 29 reminds me of mixing anti matter and matter X'D
anti matter in the left and matter on the right
when mixed, they destroy each other
@@robloxjoker1889 youre like subtractive intervirgin
@@Setnochima yea
or just - (-) = + but opposite
After solving tens of different IQ test I know every trick they can use and I'm officially a genius in solving IQ tests lol
Old score vs new score after learning the tricks? (If you took a previous test)
i guess first atempt shows your original iq
@@noxuification plenty of people do these kinds of puzzles out of magazines or books as a kid. if it takes 20 minutes and watching 1 youtube video to improve your iq by 10-30 points its not a good measure of intelligence to begin with
For me number 33 was the tricky one. Don't think I'd got that one right under time pressure.
You do a great job showing different solution strategies, but you always start by explaining the correct strategy. The missing piece is how to find out which strategy to apply. Should I look for rotations, reflections, diagonals or additions/subtractions? After all, we are highly time-constrained.
I've taken this test a few times every couple of months, and I get 131 every time. When you get to question 33 I can feel a barrier. It's not intuitive anymore for me at that point. Even the explanation seems contrived. So I think it is actually a really good test. I don't feel that I was unlucky or that I was cheated. I just feel like it was an accurate measurement of my limit. I wish my limit was higher but it doesn't do any good to lie to myself. I am taking the USA mensa test in a few hours. I feel pretty prepared.
Ey hope it went well
This video is by far better than your previous explanation of the Norway test.
In the 14 if u use diagonals why is the a?
8 is way easier than your solution shows, you just flip the second one in each row upside down lol
The one in the thumbnail took me longer than I tend to take (and I'm not even sure I fully see it, lol)...there tends to be a gray (stripped) triangle up and other one down, with the other triangles being white...so the last figure, among the multiple choice, the correct choice would be a figure with a triangle facing up, since there is already one with its triangle facing down, lol...but I somehow feel that's insufficient...there is also always a fully black (stripped) figure, that's already covered in the last row (I am assuming this going by rows, lol, and not by columns, I thought of that too)...hell, lol, the pattern seems to somewhat hold for columns too...at any rate, lol, the multiple choice should have a figure (perhaps 3, lol, since there is always oddly composed figure, I mean, with an odd number of triangles), perhaps it will have three triangles, but a dark (stripped) triangle that is "up", lol...took way too much time on that one, even if I'm correct, lol...
Tried the test and 15 problems into it my ADHD brain be like "come on, bitch. You don't need to sit through this"
I have seen noone talked about question 30, but there are two valid solutions based in different ways of thinking. One is alternative b and other, alternative e. Both are correct.
Trying to IQ tests while tired is a huge mistake.
I got to 11 and my brain was ready to shut down.
Managed to get to question 20 without a mistake and then just started missing obvious patterns.
u mean u got to the hard part and ur iq was too low to figure it out so u had to come to this video
@@resiliated9326 It's a standard IQ test. Nothing difficult about it.
I came to this video cause I wanted to see how many I got wrong and the test itself didn't have an answers page.
@@SamuraiPipotchi sure whatever helps u sleep at night
@@resiliated9326 I actually took the test a second after waiting a couple of months, while I was quite hungry and sleepy, and I went down from 138 to 128. Did I become dumber? I don't think so, you have to be very awake and focused to take it
@@abananainspace i think u got dumber ye sleep deprivation makes u dumb
I don't really know how to express the despair you feel when you try to guess the answer in advance and get it wrong when you aren't even half way through. Unlike everyone else here, I have never scored well on an IQ test. I searched the internet for articles to cling to saying it's all nonsense but tbh, there is clearly something happening in other people's brains that is not happening in mine. Not even the most forgiving sources suggest there is any hope of actually improving my IQ, so I guess I'll have to live with it. Gee, really sucks though.
Don't worry about it. If you've noticed I haven't seen anybody mention their IQ if it's lower than 130 or something. It seems we have a lot of geniuses in these comments am I right? But I got 115 which is above average and I got top of my class and I know for sure that there were people more intelligent than I was in school who maybe had top 10% IQ. So don't let this bother you
Consider yourself lucky. In my experience the happiest people are not the smartest. It is is a blessing and a curse for sure
Any test that doesn’t involve human interaction can lead to misunderstandings. Example, a test I was given had black and white pictures. One was of a glass with a line to indicate fluid level. All of the pictures were of water but for a geyser which I chose as it included steam. I later found out that I was somehow supposed to assume that the liquid in the glass was milk. Getting this “wrong” put me on the 110 or below track for the rest of the test, so it yielded a 110, 25 points below a score I had gotten on an interactive test a decade earlier and 30 points below another one, 5 years before that.
Yet, any test that does involve human interaction will involve both the bias of the test-giver and your comfort level with them. My anxiety levels strongly impacted any test score. Also, in certain tests, my PTSD driven answer to any question, be it plan of action or free association, is: escape, run away 😂😢😂. Apparently, this wasn’t always considered the “right” or at least not the normal response. I insist such things cannot be simulated and are a matter of opinion…
There are many more forms of intelligence than the ones measured in any kind of test. And even the tests themselves have many, varied flaws. After 16 years of marriage, my consistently higher scoring genius, now ex hubby declared that my unmeasurable ability to find far-flung commonalities, a particular type of query evidencing what could loosely be defined as intuition combined with a very high pain threshold meant that I would be better in battle 😂. In the real world, it translated to simply, better judgement.
We, as a species, don’t even agree on what, exactly, “intelligence” is. Any test can yield a high “intelligence” score simply because of a very specific skill, one of an infinite number of skills, most of which are untestable.
On the day you were born, you had already completed a feat of engineering that cannot be reproduced by any of these means: you constructed yourself with instructions written on your DNA, with raw materials provided by your mother, assimilated via the placenta that you, not mother, created.
I like your handle, btw. I quoted Seinfeld when I got back the 110,
“85…85 IQ!”
☮️♥️🏴
That's my issue with tests like mensa norway. They don't give the whole picture on your IQ. I'm not going to try and sugarcoat it for you with pseudoscientific rants about "muh multiple intelligences", but a real IQ test (of which this is absolutely not) will test many different facets of what we call the "g-factor". The g-factor is essentially what the IQ score is attempting to measure and a real IQ test is composed of many different tests that have been found to correlate strongly with g. I frequent an online group on reddit that is obsessed with cognitive tests (shoutout to r/cognitivetesting) and I see posts on there *all the freakin' time* of people with average or below nonverbal reasoning, but their IQ is still high! How? Well, they are good at all the other highly g-correlated tasks such as vocabulary, working memory, or processing speed. What you typically see with people who score low on stuff like mensa.no but still have a high IQ is that they have incredibly high verbal abilities to make up for it. (Vocabulary is the most correlated test to g btw). Something most don't even realize is that verbal ability is the best predictor of math ability! A lot of this stuff is counterintuitive and laymen that you see in comment sections like this quite honestly (and no offense) have absolutely *zero* clue what they are talking about (though they very much think that they do). I'd encourage you to get a second opinion on your cognitive abilities by booking a neuropsychological evaluation where they will administer the WAIS-IV. I think it would make you feel better.
Also, the internet can give you a very skewed idea of what a high IQ is. Even something as low as a 115 will make you stand out in the real world and represents a good deal of processing power (84th percentile!), but people online sometimes even act like 130 is low lmao.
You made number 8 more complicated than it really is. each row needed to add up to the number 27. So the last box you needed 8 dots to equL 27.
On question #19, it's more like, each shape: square, plus, circle, 4 dots, 45-degree rotated square, appears once on each row
Much better than your other video. It was almost like I was watching gibberish. Good touch.
Thanks for posting these solutions. They helped me learn a lot. However, I'm still confused about a few things.
18. The pattern you mentioned is not the only pattern in the puzzle. You can look at it and say the first and second columns are identical and the third column has an extra vertical line. By that pattern, answer E is the right answer. I hope they reward both solutions.
29. The pattern you found doesn't explain the second row - how do the two white squares end up at bottom and black square at top in the third column, when clearly the black square is at the bottom in the second column?
33. The type of pattern you're explaining , I don't think there aren't enough examples to support that pattern. Too many degrees of freedom, too few examples.
I think his explanation for number 11 is crap
I agree with your comment for 29. If you apply the logic to the columns instead of the rows it works better.
Question 32 is brilliant imo because it has a clear pattern yet contains irrelevant information. It forces you to discern very finely between the information that matters from the information that does not
I didnt understand some of the explanations. Some of them are a bit out there. Two dots equaling a square? What
Sorry this video is a bit old.
Each image have 4 positions: top left, top right, bottom left, and bottom right.
The are 3 possible things you can find in each position: nothing, a dot, or a square.
In any row/column, you have 3 images.
The object (nothing/dot/square) you find in a specific position in the third image, is a product of what you find in that specific position for the first and second image.
As I showed in the video in the first row, top right position we have: one dot, one dot, one square.
So having dots in the 2 first images, gives a square in the third image. You can see the exact same (dot + dot = square) in 3 other places within the matrix.
Its more like, u only have 3 states, either empty, a dot or a square. Like in math, two minuses equal a plus. So dot + square = nothing, two of the same = the other one, dot or square + nothing = dot or square
Surprised by the question 23: I answered D cause I immediately saw, for every row, a sequence of 1 black brick alone - 2 black bricks near each other - 2 black bricks spaced apart. Since in the third row miss the two black bricks spaced apart, and D is the only answer in that sense, I was completely sure it was the right one, without even considering other possibilities. My fault.
same lol, same.
I would have solved Q8 in different way
I would rather look at it at the simple way
I solved it in the way below
Upper row of the 1st line: 2 1 3
That of 2nd line: 1 3 2
3rd line: 3 2 1
same here.
7 - complicated explanation - easier explanation row 1 1,2,3 row 2 2,3,4 row 3 3,4, answer is 5 blocks which is E sequential order...
There is an inconsistency in the diagonal patterns, sometimes it applies to boxes which are hypothetically diagonal (like in puzzle 8, middle left - bottom right) and sometimes it doesn't (puzzle 12)
Noticed this myself too...guess this is what it means to be a genius haha, absolutely nothing!
I agree. I think this applies to puzzle 27 as well. It could be A or B depending on whether the direction of the shape follows the diagonal pattern or the horizontal pattern.
Number 8 really is not that complicated The answer is 8.Because that's how many more dots needed to = 27.The other two rows, if you count on the dots, have 27 dots.
On puzzle 35 Each row have 0 vertical lines, 1 vertical lines and 2 vertical lines with would give the answer E. Can you explain why that is wrong?
Hey! The 2 reasons I can think of:
-What you are mentioning is just 2 pieces of information where the first one has the value 0 and the second one has value 1, that doesnt mean that that the third piece of information will have value 2. For example lets say we measure heights of 2 people: the first one is 170 cm, the second one is 175 cm... does that mean that the third measurement SHOULD be 180 cm?... basically you are taking an assumption that there is a linear function + that these arent just a product of random chance... "Any 2 dots can have a line drawn through them such that they both are on the line"
-The patterns on the diagonals are repetition of shapes, the only shapes found in the pictures are these repetitions on the diagonals. We have 8 pictures with no additional lines besides the repetition on the diagonals but for some reason our answer should contain a bonus line THAT IS NOT DESCRIBED ON THE DIAGONALS just because there is this potential 0 1 2 pattern... Also you could explain why there is a 0 1 1 pattern based on the repetitions in the diagonals.
Hopefully that makes sense, just tell me if you need some more explanation :)
The rows all have all 0 Vertical lines, 1 vertical line and 2 vertical line. Exept row 3
I think that the more obvious rule in n.35 is that in each row, the 1st column always has only the lines that are not present in columns 2 and 3. In other words, 1+(2+3) must add up to a "complete" set of lines. So for picture 9, the only thing that matters is that it has 2 vertical lines on both sides that picture 7 and 8 are missing. Coincidentally, it also leads to option D.
I got 11 A not through addition, but because choice A is the only one not present in the entire puzzle. Every square is unique.
I just tried this test and I absolutely did NOT understand how to do the questions.
I have a high level degree in social science, I have worked in forensic IT, I write creatively every day (sometimes thousands of words of edited content daily), I taught myself metalwork from CZcams videos, when my smart phone broke last month I literally put on a pair of jewellers glasses and replaced the battery myself .... and before I had even had breakfast today, I reformulated my homemade recipe for Greenland Wax, by changing the mix of paraffin wax and microcrystalline wax, to lower the melting point and make it easier to apply (even though this will mean a reduction in long chain molecules and probably reduce its overall lifespan in the garment)
Just did this test .... and apparently I'm a dumbass. 104.
Either this test is culturally or cognitively biased.... or I have lost over a quarter of my brain function since I was last tested. I am quietly confident that I would have noticed if I had suffered a TBI or smacked myself in the head with a hammer multiple times.
104 is not a dumbass, its above average.
Skill issue
Why do you think 104 is low?
On 33 you say only D and E have white triangle on top left, but so does F, or did I misunderstand?
Oh, you are totally right. No idea how I missed that one. It doesn't change the fact that we have to have the striped triangle on the bottom right so you could reason in the exact same way from picture D, E and F to answer E.
@@PuzzlesAndSolutions Good, I didn’t disagree with the answer, just being pedantic :)
explenation of 13 is plainly wrong imho, it's not a matter of diagonals, it can be solved just looking at colour and shape.
(Especially) question #14 has multiple right answers.
No its A
Every same shape has 2 horizontal and 1 diagonal lines, so according to logic it would be A.
I thought I had 33 but my answer wasn’t even an option.. The pattern I saw was subtracting the white dots of A and B from eachother and then mirroring the remaining white dots, if that makes sense.
How much have you scored on a real Mensa test? Thank you for your videos!
Thank you :) I haven't taken a real test yet, I might do it in the future tho.
@@PuzzlesAndSolutions How about now? Did you participate in one? ^^
@@Silcy6501 why do you care so much lol leave him alone
@@Louis13XIII Why do you care also? Leave me alone, If I was bothering him he wouldn't reply, and he didn't - end of the topic lol
@@Silcy6501 😂😂😂🤣his brain is rn
Again, question 14: would like challanging you with correct reply being D!
how? it would be a repetition of the first pic. for me the solution is easier anyway - in every row there is one circle, one triangle and one square, and in every row there is one horizontal line, one vertical and one diagonal line. so it's clear. but his explanation is also very clear.
So you are going to ignore entire 2nd row at 29. puzzle?
The method he used to solve some of the first few hurt my brain.
Hey! I'll
wait for your Puzzle 31 video anxiously.
Please make me look good in case you mention me! 😂
"Hi, your explanation of assignment 33 is incorrectly calculated, which, logically speaking, renders it inaccurate. Therefore, I am going to provide the correct explanation regarding the contrast, acknowledging that I will probably never achieve high scores due to the time limit in IQ tests, given my handicap. The pattern of repetitions is utilized in sequencing diagonally, where the repetition of the middle-top picture to the middle-left continues, and its repetition is mirrored in the bottom right."
I did 34 and 35 today. Its the same logic as i explained in 33.
Number 14: D is a viable option as well.
If we assume that every horizontal sequence has a circle, a square and a triangle, with the line moving in the same direction alternating 45 and 90 degrees rotation, D is a good option as well.
I think you mean option C, (D has the line in the same direction as the previous square, not 90 degrees). I also saw this solution, but I figured the other one fits better as it fits in all directions.
The only answer to it is A, the common pattern I found is that, every Horizontal Line has to contain one of each shape, and one of each line, we can see that A fits this pattern, and the reason C isn't an answer is because it is a foreign line (meaning that the line in C doesn't match with any other line in the sequences. For example, on the top line, we can see Circle-Diagonal, Square-Horizontal, Triangle-Vertical, and the pattern of using a new shape/line for each next occurring shape is consistent, which is another reason why A is the correct answer
Question 18 was a weird one for me. The duplicate columns just make it seem like extrapolating from the columns is wrong but the rows have a similar issue with the repeating shapes.
In the end I thought well the top row could just work out to be a rotation of the top row or whatever is happening in the top to make right most patter will be the same as what happens in the bottom row but rotated 90 degrees. Both interpretations give C as the answer
Q17: the answer should be B. They move 45 degree clockwise, not 90 degrees.
Great video! I need to practice putting things together in new ways and finding the patterns.
Answer 25 has a different answer. Answer D works too.
The reason is because theres always two circles. That's a pattern you can determine. So D or A. And theres always two squares with an identical number of dots. The third square has a different number. So it can be D.
This logic isn't wrong lol.
I commend the creativity
It's like that one video here on CZcams where Derek from veritasium asks people to spot the pattern from the series "1, 2, 4 ..."
Where most people responded that "those numbers are getting doubled each time," the answer that Derek was looking for was that those numbers were merely increasing.
It's that typa thinking that gets the right solution to his problem lol
I have up after question 4 because they were too easy, and nothing like real mensa questions I've seen before. Did the questions get progressively harder, cos I was too bored to stick around?
Question 30 can be letter B too. Two alternatives for one question.
i scored 143 on this website and came to this video to see if there was anything for improvement
Waitttt 9:21
#14, I see why you would say A but I can't help but think the answer should be C , right?
If we should be grouping them from top left to bottom right, we can determine that by the shape. So we see that the line going through the circle will rotate 45 degrees counterclockwise so the answer should be C
Can someone confirm?
I did the test again but with answer C, and the result is 145 or more too, so A and C is correct.
@@estelle_chenxing no u can have 1 wrong and it doesnt deduct points, A is correct likely
@@kerkertrandov459 Oh I didn't know that lol that you!
@@estelle_chenxing ye they said it in the video, haven't tested it tho
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