A 12-year-old girl who had an inkling she might be quite clever
has taken a test and proved she was absolutely right.
Lydia Sebastian
achieved the top score of 162 on Mensa's Cattell III B paper, suggesting she
has a higher IQ than well-known geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
The comparison
doesn't sit well with the British student, who's currently in Year 8 at
Colchester County high school, a selective girl's grammar school in Essex,
England.
"I don't
think I can be compared to such great intellectuals such as Albert Einstein and
Stephen Hawking. They've achieved so much. I don't think it's right,"
Lydia told CNN.
Lydia sat the
test in her summer holidays, after raising the idea with her parents and
pestering them for the best part of a year.
It turns out the
test wasn't that hard after all.
"I was
really nervous before the test and I thought it was going to be really hard.
But as I started the test, I thought it was a bit easier than I thought it was
going to be," she said.
Lydia's not
quite sure what she wants to do when she leaves school, although she's leaning
toward something "based around maths, because it's one of my favorite
subjects."
"All I'm
going to do is work as hard as I can, and see where that gets me," she
said.
To put Lydia's
mark in perspective, the top adult score in the Cattell III B test, which
primarily tests verbal reasoning, is 161. A top 2% score -- which
allows entry to Mensa, the club for those with high IQs -- would be 148
or over. Lydia scored 162, placing her in the top 1% of the population.
If you think you
may have what it takes, try a few puzzles below, courtesy of British Mensa.
1. Shopping conundrum
Prior to a sale, 17 t-shirts sold at £8
each.
The summer sale
began and a further 85 t-shirts were sold at a reduced price.
The average
amount paid for each tee shirt over the whole time was £6.
What was the
sale price?
See the answer here
2. A question of marks
What number should replace the question
mark?
42 - - - 170
93 - - - 840
18 - - - 26
54 - - - 274
67 - - - ?
See the answer here
3. Sorting the wheat from the...
If Neil and Diane grow leeks,
Alec and Lisa
grow carrots
and Jacob and
Chloe grow beans.
Do Tom and
Andrea grow courgettes or marrows?
See the answer here
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