Solving The Mensa Norway IQ Test Puzzles (145+ IQ Answers)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- A friend sent me this video some days ago and i found the puzzles quite entertaining so i decided to make a video going through each one.
Link to IQ test: test.mensa.no
Managed to solve every puzzle but puzzle 31 where i had problems figuring out the pattern of the black squares, if you found some solution for puzzle 31 please send me a message explaining it.
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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Updated Video with better graphics: th-cam.com/video/zD2Emo560u8/w-d-xo.html
In-depth video explanations for the 4 last puzzles:
Puzzle 32: th-cam.com/video/cEjsGrydzmE/w-d-xo.html
Puzzle 33: th-cam.com/video/cZUr0JYe7zg/w-d-xo.html
Puzzle 34: th-cam.com/video/ks7Js7mJHz4/w-d-xo.html
Puzzle 35: th-cam.com/video/sW-uSRaIcRs/w-d-xo.html
hi i think D is the answer to 31. i think you're probably allowed 1 freebie to be wrong. basically I had one (to my knowledge incorrect) and the rest correct (assuming correct) and then tested with 31 being B or D. with D i get 145+ and with B i get 142.
If I correct my initial incorrect answer, it doesn't matter what I put for 31 because I get 145+ both times. Feel free to keep trying. Perhaps if your IQ is lower they grade it differently. Also the reason why I suggest this is because in your video where you prove that D increases your IQ, the bottom left where you place D also has it as like 9X IQ as well for a couple frames before it goes down to 82 which I thought was really interesting since it was the only one that like "changed its mind"
I have a proof for 31 to be D though. You basically create a mapping which results in a key as seen here:
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here are my notes on that problem
first row middle col proves fuzzy (w+f = f)
column 1 proves fuzzy + fuzzy = W. as well as the right diagonal from middle top will also show fuzzy+fuzzy = W.
COLUMN 2 proves black + white = fuzzy;
-> top right -> bottom right diagonal => black white = F
but basically its looking at rows / cols / and diagonals (only left to right diagonals) to create mappings. I think doing right to left diagonals created some inconsistencies so I ignored those. but if you follow those you can create the mapping as seen above. hope this helps.
@@kat5kat2 Hey, to your first comment about giving the same IQ for "higher IQ score" no matter if you pick B or D. This IQ test allows 1 wrong answer without having any effect on the IQ score. You could get 145+ IQ from 34 correct and 1 wrong. That is why when I tested which answer gave the highest IQ I got some answers wrong on purpose. Otherwise there would be no way of telling which answer is giving the higher IQ (you can test this yourself :P).
For the mapping part, I used the same method for solving the puzzle at first and yes it does lead to D being the correct answer. I think it's flawed to think this way tho because if we look at the first row we have (black + black = white) while in the second row we have that (black + black = fuzzy). We have the same input but two different outputs so there cant be a simple mapping problem where one combination of squares leads to a single output square.
But yes I totally agree that D is very logical and might even be the correct answer, but we first need to understand the pattern of the black squares in order to determine if D is correct instead of A and B.
Just let me know if I understood your mapping incorrectly.
@@robertserban2008 I'm pretty confident it's answer A which is correct. Care to explain your logic behind getting to answer C?
Have you found the correct explanation for puzzle 31 ?
I found a simple pattern might be correct might not be , feedback always welcome.
If the answer is B this pattern could in theory work.
If we look at the Columns vertically, let’s call them 1 2 3 from left to right.
In column 1 there are 4 white squares 3 striped squares n 2 black squares, they form a sequence of 4,3,2 , numbers decreasing .
In column 2 there are 3 black , 3white and 3 stripe squares, it’s sequence is 3,3,3
In column 3 if we choose B , we will have 5 striped , 3 white and 1 black square. It will give a sequence of 5,3,1 decreasing in and odd numbered sequence.
There are also 3 grey in column 1 and 3 white in column 3 , while we have column 2 that has 3 of each pattern.
Is this scale Stanford-Binnet or Weshsler?
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what's amazing about this test is that even if I am thinking of another approach but I still get the same answer
so it is reasonable in many ways
So, do I. Every time I use different approach but reaching the correct answer.
The more interesting question is whether or not you could find valid reasons for other answers.
Dunnow why you think it's amazing as ive noticed such with almost every problem in the world
@@dhruvdust1812 like what?
Not for question 14 tho. If you thing about horizontal patters (repeating on each of the 3 rows) the lines rotating 45 degrees and 90 degrees on each row is a valid pattern. But C is considered wrong answer...
I did this blind before and always reach 131. Reason I looked up this video is because no matter how long I stared at the dot puzzle (e.g. 34) I couldn't find a logical pattern. Interestingly, I solved almost all puzzles very differently from your explanations.
Most of them can be solved in few ways. Kind of fun, but it also leads you to believe the next one has something to do with the previous logic, and I got stuck this way, not looking at the clock. I just re-did it as I was curious about the next tests, and I still didn't break the dot ones and the last one, so here I am, looking at this video and bashing my head...
I found the puzzle pattern 34 after analyzing it by trial and error by different approaches STANDARD: the black and white dots have mandatory positions they must occupy. The black dot, for example, should occupy 2 times the middle of the line on the left side, and once in the middle of the straight line. To be more precise, it is not the points that need to occupy these certain spaces, but the specific spaces that must be occupied by a point with its respective color. In the last sequence, in the first block, we see that the black dot follows the pattern, being once at the bottom of the line on the left side, and once in the middle on the right. Now, according to the pattern analyzed in the previous sequences, the black dot has to allocate 2 times the left middle of the line. then we confirm that the answer will have a black dot in the middle left of the line. This logic also occurs with white dots, with a different pattern than black dots. we have a divergence if we look at the second block of the first sequence, we see a white dot in the middle right of the line, but in the second sequence it is not repeated. Could it still be repeated in the last sequences, making option F run too? perhaps, but as the pattern that follows the second sequence ignores this, it can be said that it is outside the true pattern presented, with option A being the correct one. google translator was used to translate this text into English.
Dude.... You are my replica... The comment you typed exactly described my test. Mark the word.... "EXACTLY"
I did all of them without looking in 5 seconds. I think I have an IQ of 5000 but not sure
This guys way of explaining would make the alphabet more complex than quantum physics
#31 I'm not sure: the only thing that repeats 2 times every sequence is that there are 2 equal outer squares, 2 times, not the same, so it could be F. The third sequence would therefore be accessory. It is logical but I do not know if it is the same logic that the inventor of this puzzle has in mind.
I did 105 with 26 answers out of 35. Did the test without knowing how many questions there were. and got lost in time, ended all of the sudden for me just as I was about to answer correctly #27. I like to take my time to find the solution, and have double-confirmation if possible. I'm 40 years old next month, I guess I'm your average no-brainer guy. These puzzles can be solved much quickly and efficiently if you like these type of puzzles and do them regularly; when you start this "iq" test you'll know much quicklier what to look for (patterns by rotations, additions of elements and substractions, looking for diagonales, etc.), you can pump your IQ level significantly by just practicing them.
Also this test is purely logic test, a real IQ test is much broader than that. I wonder if time wasn't a factor (or let's say 24hr), how much would I've gotten right.
Fun stuff!
Being able to recognize patterns on shapes isnt making you any smarter lowkey. An AI can do this
This is why the Ravens Progressive Matrices is considered to be a poor measure of intelligence. Solving the puzzles is something that can be achieved through practice; so your IQ result on this test can increase the more you take it, without your actual IQ necessarily increasing.
Totally agree, if two puzzles are similar enough it doesn't require intelligence to solve it. I pretty much just enjoy the puzzles themself and don't care much about the IQ score itself :P
Your intelligence can increase through "practice" tho. If we don't use our brains logical part it doesn't develop properly. Of course solving a couple of IQ tests wont increase it.
I read a story about a child being not being exposed to the outside environment and social stimuli their entire life pretty much. The child was like 12 years old and had the brain development of someone much younger, so environment (stimuli) effect the brain structure itself and increase intelligence.
This makes sense but when you apply to a bullshit society and take the provided test, you can only take each test once in a lifetime, and they record whether or not you have already. Plus I have a feeling the secrecy around the real, authentic tests means they aren't very similar to these practice or bench mark tests you can find online.
43K views. Weow.
Why don't you make a video about the new puzzle 31 from this test?
Could be a chance to share all the backstage stuff, our attempts to explain the old one, the videos, the discussions on reddit, everything.
Hey, sorry if i missed any of ur comments. Have been away visiting family and moving to a new appartment.
I was considering making such a video a month ago, but never started it. I will most like make it my next video or within the next 3 videos. I was considering making a remake of the mensa norway iq test aswell with better audio + the new updated version of the test.
I had a mild traumatic brain injury and dropped 5 points.
I think the solution to puzzle 21 would be (A) as the rule is if any line segment is common in first 2 columns of any row it would get cancelled out and if the any line segment is in either of columns then it would be appended in the final shape along the row.
It's interesting hearing your solutions for these puzzles, i got many of the awnsers right aswell, but came up with a completely different solution, for puzzle 8 for example my thought was that the third picture in each row is the same as the second picture in each row, but flipped horizontally
Yes, that was my thought process as well.
#25: The white does that overlap in rows 1 and 2 make up the dots in row 3, thats why there is only one.
The *black* dots in *column*(up and down) 1 that overlap with black dots in column 2 constitute the black dots in column 3.
For question #14 answer C also kinda makes sense (although answer A is correct). With the initial observation that the shapes stay the same along the diagonal going from top left to bottom right, you can also make the observation that the line within each shape rotates 45 degrees counter clockwise as the diagonal line (of the 3x3 square) travels down and to the right. This holds true for everything we see in the picture. I'm not sure if this is an answer that is also correct, if it was over looked, or if it is for some reason that I may be over looking it is deemed incorrect
I totally agree with you. I even argued with a real life friend about which one is the correct answer.
If we look at specific rows and their rotations:
row 1: A (rotated 45 degree counter clockwise) -> B (90 degree CC) -> C
row 2: B (90 degrees CC) -> C (45 degrees CC) -> D
but assuming D is identical to A then
row 2: B (90 degrees CC) -> C (45 degrees CC) -> A
We already know that C going to A is a 45 degrees counterclockwise rotation and A going to B is a 45 degrees counterclockwise rotation.
Therefore:
row 3: C (45 degree CC) -> A (45 degrees CC) -> B
So the second picture in the third row rotated 45 degrees in counterclockwise direction leads to a straight line.
That's what I said to argue for why A is correct. Hard to explain it in text but hopefully you understood it.
@@PuzzlesAndSolutions I feel like, since this is relatively at the start, it would make sense to go for the easiest explanation. Very simple rule is that in every row and column, if the first rotation is 45 degrees, the 2nd is 90. And if the first rotation is 90, the second rotation is 45. In this logic answer C would make the most sense. edit: thank you by the way for making this! aced a logic test after this.
@@julius9428 I think you are correct. When he got to that part of the video, I was like "no, it's definitely c!" and had to pause the video to see if anyone else had commented on this. In both the two other rows and columns, there is one rotation of 45 degrees and one of 90 degrees, so it doesn't make sense to do a 45 degree rotation two times in the last row. It would break the pattern. (I am not a native english speaker, so I'm sorry if the grammar is not correct).
Edit: I did the test all over again with the answers in this video, except on question 14 I answered C instead of what the guy in the video did, he answered A. I still got the same result as him; 145 or more. So we might be right about C being the correct answer to number 14.
@@PuzzlesAndSolutions Do you have access to the correct answers? Not sure what it's called in english, but something like an answer sheet or answer key? I guess what I am trying to say is; are these answers confirmed to be correct by Mensa, or is it your opinion that these are the correct answers? I really believe that c is the correct answer to #14. It's the most logical answer.
C is correct
So I got a 107 on my first try then watched this and broke it down before you did and while 3 made no sense to me I was able to get a 133 after your lesson :P
@user-rz4on4df7r not really. But thanks for your input after a year
How do you not second guess yourself? I see patterns upon patterns and I don’t know which is the right one. Is there a rule that you have to choose the simplest one you can find or what?
i thought that you were only allowed to try find an answer by looking at the patterns from left to right, like when you're reading. I could recognise that there were familiar patterns when I tilted my head back to try see the bigger picture, but thought those would be red herrings.
Or.... Maybe I'm just bitter about my low score and I'm trying to find excuses to heal my self esteem. Truly intelligent people (IQ greater than or equal to 140) would have probably thought out side the box.
Nevermind, I'll go cry now byeeeeee
Hey, sorry for the late reply. Im pretty sure you can look at a puzzle in anyway you want as long as you find an easy and predictable pattern. Alot of people seems to have a problem with looking on the diagonals but it seems to be required to solve some of the harder puzzles.
Did you solve all of this questions in only a few minustes at the first omg you are totally a genius
obviously not, lol
Can you please explain #23 again? Thanks.
A bit late, but hopefully still nice to read for you. The solution is that in each row the following is happening: First you look at the black dot. You will notice that it takes all three positions in each row, so either left, in the middle or right. That means it has to be in the middle in the final answer because in the third row it has already been left and right. This means that either answer A, or E or F is the right answer. Then you look at the square: in every row it is either white, black or it is missing. In the third row it has been missing or black, so now it's white. That already leaves only answer F to be the correct one. You can check this further by looking at the triangles, those are either single white, single black or double white. In the third row there is a double white, a single white so the answer has to contain a black triangle. Answer F is the right answer.
Small correction at 3:07 column 3 is column 2 rotated by 180 degrees, not 90.
I got a lot of the same answers you did, but this just confirms how much I overanalyze. Our breakdowns are wayyy different.
Puzzle 31. This is also another abstract addition quiz. To get "?", we have two choices: make component-wise abstract addition on the last row or on the last column. If we go for the last row, "white square" + "white square" is not defined anywhere. So, we should go for the last column, and we need to figure out values for two additions: "white square" + "hatch square" and "hatch square" + "hatch square" to get "?". On the first column, add the first two cells and let it equal to the last cell, we know that "hatch square" + "hatch square" = "white square". Performing similarly on the first and second rows consistently produce the result "hatch square" + "white square" = "hatch square". Now we need all information to add the last column. So, D is correct.
this is the only question i can’t understand, and didn’t he show that b was correct?
your theory doesnt hold for black + black
@@TheCsePower it does, black square + black square equals white square. But it doesn't really matter that much, as it's not included in the last column
I still don’t understand 😭
@@TheDoVErN You are absolutely correct. That's why all black squares are located at the top-left 4 cells, i.e., there are no black squares in the last row/column.
idk if you got these answers from some official site but I dont think all of your answers are correct. for example the last one is B, not D. Each row is combining to make an imaginary shape that we can't see, of the v, the top and bottom line, the side lines, and the upside down v. It would look like a box with two xs in it. in the first row, one structure repeats (the top line). In the second, two structures repeat (the top and the v), and in the third, three structures repeat (the top, the v, and the bottom line). Therefore it can only be B. (I think, the way you solved it, D B and E could all work)
But this is a really epic video
What does it mean if I can answer all of these, but not within the time limit of 10 minutes? 🤔 I notice I almost always get it eventually, but I'm not that speedy.
For puzzle #7, my solving method is this way..... :
1st row consist of black square is 1,2,3
2nd row consist of black square is 2,3,4
so for the 3rd row consist of black square is 3,4, and the answer is 5 black square...
So IQ test's are all about figuring out Patterns made by other people? But what if you think in different patterns compared to the person, or people that made the test.
To be smart you have to solve my riddle, because I am a genius and make the best riddles.
Mensa seem a little like a club were to get in you have to solve their special sudoku
I actually know a guy with 150 iQ and after trying to teach him cs go for over 1000 hours i give up.
I know hes way smarter than me but he still is nova 2 and just cant play the game good.
He loves the game and plays it all the time, but i guess some are just born gifted at different things.
TLDR: if youre low/average iQ youre still way more skilled at certain things than geniuses will ever be.
IQ doesn't reflect reaction time or aim
@@Cien22n2 yeah. Or map knowledge, timings apparently. Its so weird , hes the smartest guy ive met and he can tell me "how did you do that!? Thats incredible" when i do an average play in cs go.
I just had the faulty thinking that smarter People "must be better at everything"
I was ignorant
I solved puzzle 33 the following way:
Striped Triangle Facing ↖️ = -1
Striped Triangle Facing ↘️= 1
White Triangle Facing ↖️= 1
White Triangle Facing ↘️ = -1
|Sum Striped| = |Sum White| = 1
Total Sum = 0
Following those rules, the only valid answer is E.
Question 31.
At first glance i thought D but more rules applied for B(for me at least). So a Quick answer for me would be B. I Will look a little bit more after i finish The video. This question i think is out of my range doe since it has more rules that i would look for at least on a Quick test. I get a bit lower scores than most people here(Last test 123.7 and I dont regulary do them).
I find it pretty fun so i might start do some more but i have so many unanswered questions about the tests it self thus The reason im here trying to see other peoples thought process. Tyvm for the video.
*Finished The video now and read some comments. I saw you answer B but you later came to The conclusion that D is correct. Think ill look at it again and see if i still find more rules for B than for D.
I thought B was correct as well. I don't know which comment you were referring to about D being correct in front of B but after speaking to the creator of the Mensa Norway test, he explained that answer D is the officially correct answer.
The puzzle is supposed to be a simple addition puzzle but there is a mistake in it... and he replaced it after our conversation :P
appreciate the positive comment :)
@@PuzzlesAndSolutions did they corrected the answer as being D or they changed the pattern?
A is correct in my opinion, because every other answer you can find in the squares even though there ara mixed up. Only 3 black figures is missing.
It's A. It's actually really simple. The rule is no pattern can repeat itself and no adjacent square can be the same except when they are all the same colour. Also all three colours (or shades) must appears in every column and row as well as diagonally.
@@PuzzlesAndSolutions I chose D only, I don't remember the reason but it should be the correct one
I solved puzzle 8 by ignoring the position and rotation; each row equaled 27 in one form or another so I reasoned whatever the missing arrangement was it had to sum it's row as "27", which left only C. Probably took longer than you, rotations make my head spin :D
My iq went from 0 to 600 THANKS YOU SO MUCH FOR “FIXING MY BRAIN”
I could not understand Ur explanation for puzze 33. Can you explain in writting? Thank you Very much
Yeah, so if you look from the top right to the bottom left diagonal there is a pattern moving downwards:
from row 1 to row 2 on this diagonal the "right side" of the pictures is flipped over. Where the top side is prioritized over the bottom side, which you can see in the main diagonal. If there is no top triangle on the right side then the bottom is flipped over to the top.
If a triangle is flipped over onto the other side where there already is a triangle, then the triangle flipping over sits on top of it.
From row 2 to row 3 the "left side" of the pictures is flipped over. Where the bottom side is prioritized but if there is no bottom side then the top side is flipped over. Again if there is a triangle on the other side then they just stack on top of each other and the one being flipped over shows.
The diagonal from top right to bottom left corresponding to picture 9: is the (picture 2, picture 4, picture 9) diagonal. Moving one row down the diagonal from row 2 to row 3, is the same as going from picture 4 to picture 9 following these rules. On the left side of picture 4 there is only one triangle on the bottom side which is then flipped over to be on the top side. Leaving a picture identical to picture E.
Summary of rules on the diagonal:
Row 1 to Row 2 (flip over right side: if triangle on top then flip over to bottom, otherwise flip bottom over to top)
Row 2 to Row 3 (flip over left side: if triangle on bottom then flip over to top, otherwise flip top over to bottom)
If triangle is flipped over on top of another then the triangle which is flipped over shows rather than the one which was flipped over.
I still don‘t know why there are two rules in one puzzle. Is it to show which parallels belong together?? Furthermore how should one know it’s a parallel puzzle? At the beginning I spent time to find a color code which could be also a possibility to solve the puzzle but unfortunately it didn’t match with the results. It’s kind of a time killer 😂 Or is there a trick to recognize which type of puzzle it is...
@@thehumbleone7989 The key to IQ tests is just to find some pattern and see if it holds true on several occasions, then you can assume it will hold true for your answer. There are several more complicated rules in harder puzzles in order to see how good you are at coming up with these solutions :P
Also what do you mean by parallel puzzle? Do you mean diagonal puzzle?
Puzzles & Solutions yeah I messed up parallel and diagonal lol. The problem is that one is used to one pattern puzzles so you wouldn’t expect a more complex one. If you try to find only one rule then your gonna lose a lot of time. But now I know better
How you solved question 8 at 2:40 fascinates me. You looked for patterns in the diagonals of repeating dot sequences. From the beginning I always check for patterns left to right, so I saw that the top and the bottom of each row always include 1,2 or 3 dots and never repeat. So I just filled in the last square with the missing numbers of dots.
Also solved 23 at 7:58 in a different way: I noticed that in every row there are 3 black circles (but never in the same position), 3 white triangles, 1 white square and 1 black triangle. So I solved for F because it contains the missing elements and a black circle in a different position relative to its row.
@@rgloxton137 Yeah in general i often look for obvious patterns on the rows then columns and if i can't find any then i just look at the diagonals. Have ran into a few IQ test questions where it seems like you could just look at the diagonals for an obvious answer but it leads to the wrong answer (the pattern is inconsistent on all the diagonals but i miss it when i try to be quick). Wish i had some better visuals to explain the diagonals when i made this video.
You could also find patterns in question 23 by looking at the columns:
-each circle is in each position exactly once (just like in the rows)
-there are exactly 2 squares in each diagonal which repeat in the same position in the different pictures
-in one of the pictures there are 2 triangles -> in the other two pictures there is one triangle in each picture and they are only in the positions of the two triangles in the picture with 2 triangles.
using these observations on the last row:
-has to be circle in the middle (because there is a circle on the left and right in previous pictures)
-has to be a square on the right (because there is a square on the right in 1 previous picture)
-hast to be triangle on the left (because there is one triangle on the left and two triangles in the middle in previous pictures)
(triangle, circle, square) is the correct sequence of shapes -> F is correct.
still feel like it's way easier to just look at the diagonals rather than deriving all these rules on the columns/rows.
@@PuzzlesAndSolutions Your way is definitely faster and thanks for the detailed explanation. Always fascinated to see peoples perspectives beyond my own. Also your visuals worked just fine, didn't have any trouble following. I'll have to remember some of this for other puzzles.
At 2:40 the way he solves it is more complex than how I solved it. The pattern from left to right all the way to the end is just simply going:
Row 1: Neutral, Up, [Down]
Row 2: Neutral, Down, [Up]
Row 3: Neutral, Up, [Down]
You got 23 wrong. Diagonals are mirror image. Answer is E
Not me watching this and taking the test at the same time :) lol I got 145 IQ
Wouldn't B make more sense for #17 6:14
I didn't understand the number 29. Can you please explain me?
FYI, a rotated square is called a "DIAMOND".
Puzzle 31: B is the correct answer because there has to be one black square on the third row. First row has 3 blacks, second has 2..
I don’t think that this questions in fact tell your IQ. This are very especific questions which, in my opinion, show how good are you thinking strategically.
Your IQ is your abitily to learn and to analyze. So yes, it shows how good you are at thinking strategically.
I think the solution of the thumb-nail is < e >... ...but that is a 10 second reflection... ...and thus I am not sure... ...but if you spot the five diagonals you end up with the need of white and black triangles, this being a paradigm in all other diagonals... ...the antithesis from the row above in the first and last pic led me to < e >, the last row shows rotation the others do not, and the additions and cancellations in the the other rows seem to be a smoke-screen... ...but again it occurred to me after some 10 seconds, and with my idiosyncratic diaphasis I need to take the solution or leave it be at that point, since I need to block and alienate continuesly, what they throw at me... ...otherwise I would have taken some closer look for some seconds more, and I don't know if I would have made the same choice...
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puzzle 23 is the hardest one for me. I got it right, but still don't know what he means with rotate picture number 4. Anyone who has an easier explaniation?
I figured it out like this: every image has one black ball and it changes place so it goes through all spots each row. It must be in the middle in the last image. This leaves us A, E or F. Next I looked at the triangles. Each row has one image with 2 white triangles, one image with 1 black triangle and one image with 1 white triangle. Last row must then have the remaining black triangle. This leaves us with answer F
i don't think you were supposed to look diagonaly or vertically. some of the rules work at those angles, but all the rules work if you only look at the rows.
So some of your explanations are insufficient or lucky guesses.
Nice! I got all like the 30 first puzzles right but I ignored the rest really since they were way too much thinking for me to the point where I couldn't get a logical answer, I got a score of 121 anyways.
At this rate everyone and their grandmother is going to be a genius, nice
I have done the real Mensa test in person,and should say this Norway test is close to the real thing apart from the last questions, which in reality are the ones determing if you are really in the top 1%! @puzzlesandsolutions there is one clarification, I feel I should point out and that is during the briffing on the real test, the organizers from Mensa pointed out specifically that there is no diagonal logic applied in the test, it is always horizontal and vertical, everything diagonal is coincidence.
#27 is E because after the obtuse looking left to right it becomes smaller so the pattern remains
I feel so dumb with 128 IQ in this test, but in depression I get 116 in paper test. I lost 2 of points because weak concretration xd
#25 took me ages to understand. I did not understand the use of the word "overlaps". You need to look for the circles and dots that are common to the first two boxes - using either columns or rows (going from left to right or top to down)
The correct answer is D for the #31. If you add the colors of the first two pics they from the color on the third. Works in columns and rows. For example stripe + stripe = white , white + black = white, black + stripe = white, white + Stripe = stripe
I thought like this at first but you could see its flawed if you compare the first row and second row.
first row, right square:
Black + Black = White
second row, middle square:
Black + Black = Stripe
So we have two outcomes for the same color inputs
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the "function/process/algorithm" doesn't hold up.
I answered A because it's the only one that is not already in the matrix. That question is a bit confusing imo
Puzzles & Solutions
You are right it cannot be the correct answer then. I even tried your method of answering different options and it gave me more points when i chose this one. strange.
QUESTION 35 IS NOT D. We can see that there 3 horizontal lines on each row, but with your answer there are 2 horizontal lines on the 3rd row. So the right answer is the shape you chose, with a horizontal line on it
Hey, have had plenty of people claim that other answers are correct for answer 35 but i'm pretty sure the way I solved it is the "officially correct way" to solve the puzzle. Also my way of solving the puzzle explains that there are actually 3 horizontal lines in picture 7 but 2 of the lines are stacked on top of each other. Also here is a video I made with better visuals + explanation for explaining this puzzle: th-cam.com/video/sW-uSRaIcRs/w-d-xo.html
I only tryied to solve questions 32/33/34 because others are easy and i was right in all 3, the 35 I didn't solve because i Saw the answer unintencionally😂😂
They were all easy for me and I’m and idiot. I solved 32 in like 5 seconds of logically thinking. And same for 33 and 34. I feel like these test don’t measure intelligence or else I wouldn’t be considered stupid.
@@Cax65You Said you made these questions in 5 seconds that means probabily you solved these type of questions. Sometimes i feel like an idiot like you or i have doubts in the most of days, althouth that doesn't mean you are not a genius at all if you make new IQ test with new type of questions for first time...., I'm 16 but i can learn and do inovative theories with maths more than 5/6 years at front Extreme curiosity for all, Extreme originality and creativity, deep philosofical theories and see infinite possibilities for all that people think that have 1 solution , but today and sometimes my brain doesn't work, i have doubts if my creativity/curiosity etc.. are real signs off my IQ/intelect and cause of that I really think I'm not a genius, I'm confuse and low self- stem now (Genius or ONLY inteligence not special but with a very different personality and ideologies from another persons)
@@Cax65 maybe you are a genius and you didn't use your capacity etc...., but a IQ test with time limit like mensa are not accurate for real genius they are ONLY made to people With max (145-160 of IQ) because the ONLY think you need is think fast with the same though process and that's ONLY important to solve normal problems of nowadays, a Creative genius need an incommun difficult test (highly DEEP though, very inteligent dediction and sometimes think very out of the box avaliation)
Maybe like me idk.... MY speed to make these test are bad because my i think very out of box and i find very DEEP patterns so i waste more than a PERSON to solve easy problems althouth i have doubts if i have capacity
xHack酷寒 editz That’s why I had problems with 31. I was too stupid to find a pattern ☹️
Puzzle 29 introduces gravity as a random possible rule
I got 138.. after watching this i have got 145 i think that is the highest can't score greater than 145.. 👷 is someone get 145+
I got 142 just did it and wanted to check my answers so I got to the amazing channel
lol i got 135iq first try but i went to watch this to see what is the answer of the last question cuz i dont really understand it
Can't understand a thing this guy says
I don't understand 29. If the two whites cancel each other out, why is there 2 whites left and not 0 in the answer? And why is the second row's last pic like that, what determines the order of the blocks? This one is very confusing 😂😭
At exercise number 30, where did you got square + square = dot?
I dont understand how Puzzle 14 is a... The first two columns move in both 45 and 90 degrees.. The last column first posistion move from 90 degress to 45 degrees.. Then i thought, if the 2 first columns moves in both 45 and 90 degrees, i would originally think that the last one would also.. So i picked c here
Im subscribed to your channel
how can u deduce that a square + square = a dot, in puzzle 30? i dont see how you formed that conclusion as I can't see any instances of that happening... hmmm
Just going by rows: the information given shows a dot + a dot = a square, and a dot + a square cancel out and = nothing.
Which means they are inverses of eachother, if either of them alone retains their original value - and if a square being combined with a dot gives you the base identity (in this case an empty space), a dot being combined with a dot is by definition the opposite of a square being combined with a square - they will take you in a loop.
It's probably a lot easier to conceptualize if you think of it as a sort of true/false/none matrix instead of a symbol based thing. The values are basically either on/off/empty, either you are at an empty value (none, or an on+off), or you get further away from the none value and progress through cycles two ons makes an off, three ons makes an on, four ons makes an off, etc etc.
Worth noting though, this particular problem the math also works out from top to bottom - I am pretty sure that's why he mentioned it offhand instead of explaining his reasoning, you don't need the up and down information to solve the problem but it does have an example of a square + square = dot in the middle column going down.
@@Hoobyj ah ok, makes a lot more sense now. thanks for the insight
I don’t make such deduction. But I just make a comparison with other answers. The top part and the bottom left part of the addition result is can be understood from row 1 and 2. Only option E had the matched result of the top part and the bottom left part matched with the understanding. Hence square plus square addition can be safely assumed as dots.
31 - black obscures (see puzzle 34 for proof). If you look diagonally 3 5 7 have white on left and right. 6 8 1 have stripes, so for 2 4 9 even tho 2 is obscured there are stripes on left and right on 4, so must be B or D. Seems like a coin toss, however seems like a B per this TH-camrs testing. One pattern might be every row needs at least one obscuring block, just a guess. So B.
I finally found a video that makes my brain hurt. 👍
Each attempt for an IQ test, I got extremely bored after couple of exercises. Still dont get it - swapping sides? Rotating? What the heck, feels like you inventing rules for each question... Maybe Im just dumb...
If you have trouble feel free to contact me, I'm sure I can explain (most) of them in another way
@@klazzi6 I'd love to read alternative explanations for 31-34. :)
@@palmtree24 31: Can't find the pattern to this one.
32: Pic1 + Pic2 in each row will be "added" together and then inverted/mirrored to create the last picture; Pic3. For a symbol to "stay" it needs to overlap with the same symbol. I will number the four "corners"/spots of the line 1-4, spot1 is at the top left of the line, spot2 is on the top right, spot3 in the bottom right and spot4 in the bottom left. For example: Look at Pic1 in Row1. It has a square + dot inside (spot1), a square (spot2) and a dot (spot3) with a total of four symbols. Pic2 in Row1 has a square + dot inside (spot2) and a dot (spot3) with a total of three symbols. It has nothing in the same place as the square + dot in Pic1 (spot1), therefore this will disappear in Pic3 (nothing in spot4 in Pic3). Then it has a square + dot inside in the same place as the square (spot2) in Pic1, therefore the square will stay (since it overlaps) but the dot will disappear, since there is no dot in spot2 in Pic1. Then we get to spot3 in Pic2, a dot. Pic1 also has a dot in this spot (spot3) therefore they overlap and will stay. Now to the tricky bit: What we have now in "our" Pic3 is a square in spot2 (Pic1 and Pic2 both had a square in this spot) and a dot in spot3 (Pic1 and Pic2 both had a dot in this spot) but the actual Pic3 has a dot in spot2 and a square in spot3. This means we have to invert/mirror "our" Pic3, so that it becomes the real Pic3. Then just apply this to the next to rows: Row2 has a square + dot overlapping in spot1 (becomes spot4 in Pic3) and as you can see there is a square + dot inside in that spot. Nothing in spot2 (becomes spot3 in Pic3) and there is nothing there. Square + dot inside overlapping in spot3 (becomes spot2 in Pic3) and there is a square + dot inside in spot2 in Pic3. And lastly a dot overlapping in spot4 (becomes spot1 in Pic3) and as you can see, there is a dot in spot1 in Pic3. Row3 has nothing overlapping in spot1 (becomes spot4 in Pic3) and there is nothing in spot4 in Pic3. A dot overlapping in spot2 (becomes spot3 in Pic3) and there is a dot there (solution A). Nothing overlapping in spot3 (becomes spot2 in Pic3) and there is nothing there in spot2 in Pic3. And lastly, nothing overlapping in spot4 (becomes spot1 in Pic3) and there is also nothing in spot1 in Pic3, therefore the solution is A.
33: This is diagonals, from top right, to bottom left. If you don't understand how this works, I will name each picture with 1-9, where 1 is the top left picture and 9 is the bottom right (1-3 in row1, 4-6 in row2, 7-9 in row3). Pic1, Pic6 and Pic8 is working together as a diagonal. Pic2, Pic4 and Pic9 works together as a diagonal. And Pic3, Pic5 and Pic7 works together as a diagonal. If we look at the easiest diagonal (3,5,7) you start at the top (Pic3). What happens from Pic3 to Pic5 is that the top right triangle get folded down, and "covers"/replaces the triangle in the bottom right. So if you look at Pic5, there is nothing in the top right corner, since this has been folded down to the bottom right corner. Then we go from Pic5 to Pic7. Now its the bottom left who "covers"/replaces the triangle in the top left. So if you look at Pic7, there is nothing in the bottom left corner, since this has been folded up to the top left corner. Then just apply to the other diagonals: In diagonal (1,6,8) you start in Pic1. Pic1 doesn't have anything in the top right corner, therefore the bottom right folds up instead and you get a white triangle in the top right (Pic6). Then from Pic6 to Pic8 you also have to do the reverse: We dont have anything in the bottom left to fold up to the top left, therefore we have to fold down the triangle (with lines inside) to the bottom left corner and now you have Pic8. For the last diagonal (2,4,9) you start in Pic2. The top right triangle (with lines inside) gets folded down and covers the bottom right triangle (white). Then the bottom left triangle (white) folds up and we get in Pic9 a picture with a triangle with lines in the bottom right, and a white triangle in the top left (solution E).
34: This is also diagonals, exactly like the previous one. This means that we have the diagonals (1,6,8), (2,4,9) and (3,5,7). We start with diagonal (3,5,7). If you look at all the pictures, they have two black dots in the same spots. These are always "fixed" and doesn't change their position, but they have a purpose. You also have two white dots in each picture, but you can't always see two and this is because the black dots cover these, if they overlap. The white dots are moving together and clockwise. To determine their position I'm gonna name positions (Pos) from 1-6, and Pos1 is in the top right corner, Pos2 in the middle right and Pos3 in the bottom right. Pos4 in the bottom left, Pos5 in middle left and Pos6 in top left corner. We have two black dots, and they are fixed in Pos2 and Pos4 for diagonal (3,5,7). The white dots are starting in Pos6 and Pos1 in Pic3, and in Pic5 they have moved once, so Pos6 moves to Pos1, and Pos1 moves to Pos2. However, the white dot in Pos2 is now covered by the black dot, but it's still there. So from Pic5 to Pic7 we do the same thing: Pos1 moves to Pos2 (and gets covered by the black dot) and the white dot in Pos2 (which was covered) moves to Pos3 and is visible again. For diagonal (1,6,8) we have single black dot fixed in Pos5. We start in Pic1 where the white dots are in Pos4 and Pos5. Pos4 is visible and moves to Pos5 and gets covered. Pos5 moves to Pos6 and gets visible (check Pic6 to confirm). Then from Pic6 to Pic9, we then move from Pos6 to Pos1, and from Pos5 (white dot that is covered) to Pos6 and gets visible and we now have Pic9 with two visible white dots in Pos6 and Pos1, and still the fixed black dot in Pos5. Then lastly for diagonal (2,4,9) we also have a single black dot and it's fixed in Pos5 as well. We start in Pic2 where we have two white dots in Pos2 and Pos3. Then for Pic4 they move once clockwise (as usual) and we get from Pos3 to Pos4, and from Pos2 to Pos3. Then from Pic6 to get Pic9, we move from Pos4 to Pos5 (where the black dot is) and our white dot gets covered and then lastly from Pos3 to Pos4 and we have our final answer (solution A) with a white dot in spot4 and a white dot in spot5 (that is covered by the black).
Hopefully this helps, otherwise we might want to try voicechat to discuss further.
Is not C the right answer for 14? As the line shifts only 45 degrees to the left.
I had different patterns then urs in my head but still got most of the answer rights, I struggled in last 6 puzzles tho
VOCAL FRYYYYYY
thanks tho!
I got 131 1st time 30sec left to finish
I just did this and when hitting question 27 time got the best of me. 115 as a score.
Is 24 correct? I get similar answer except the triangle should be clear!
Terrible explanation
10:55 you do realize that looking at the 2nd column doesn't show us what square + square equales to? the only way you could find it out is by knowing that * + * = [] therefore [] + [] = [] + * + * = nothing + * = *
is 31 just an addition puzzle? black plus stripe is white
so is iq based of your first try of the puzzles or is the resulting iq after several tries viable
First try of the puzzles of course :P
Puzzles & Solutions damn it🥴
Just took mensa iq test i got 92 😂
And i solved the 145+ iq question in your thumbnail in 6 minutes.
Wtf😂
damn bro i alr feel stupid for failing them last quesations u dont need to reinforce that by saying how easy it was
This test completely lost me after about question 20. What didn't help was that I thought it meant that each question would be in the same format as the example at the start, meaning that it was based on row only and each row was a self-contained pattern. Stupid literal thinking!
At least it's shown me that I don't like puzzles much and it gave me a headache.
I had the same problem
@@Morgan34691 Glad I wasn't the only one!
I did not get the rule behind puzzle
Would someone explain to me the logic behind puzzles (25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34) differently, because i didn't get it :( please !
Puzzle #14 is left down to right up looking the line answer D!!!!!!
Theyre easy once youre taught how creative theyre willing to get with the rules, i was like why arent the rules applying to this new one anymore wtf am i not seeing
I realy enjoy these. Thank you very much
Idk if it’s just me but I feel like even scoring at the higher end of the average this doesn’t seem like a good test of IQ. Maybe pattern recognition is the best quantifier for IQ, but it feels like there’s probably a fairly significant portion of society that’s highly intelligent and not very good with PR of this kind. For example I’d say almost anyone with a very good memory could be highly intelligent, but maybe memory based intellect isn’t viewed in the same way due to its nature. Who knows
Är du Svensk?
Does anyone know that is this scale Stanford-Binet or Wechsler, I am pretty sure it's Wechsler, but it want to confirm it.
At Puzzle 22 the squares pushes the ball
i got 145 the first ry but, i wouldnt identify myself as highly intelligent ( to be fair i guessed on like 3 questions)
If you want to get an accurate measure you should just skip instead of guessing :P
@@PuzzlesAndSolutions I mean I really didn't randomly guess. But idk
Did you do it timed or did you take screenshots of the problems and input them after you were done solving?
1. A
2. E
3. F
4. F
5. D
6. E
7. E
8. C
9. D
10. D
11. A
12. A
13. B
14. A
15. F
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. A
21. B
22. E
23. F
24. F
25. E
26. F
27. A
28. A
29. C
30. E
31. B
32. A
33. E
34. A
35. D
started the video with 10 iq.
now have a -100 iq, headache and self esteem terminated.
Puzle 18 is wrongly answered u indiacrazy 😂
Imagine the one who take a mensa test and answered random letters then got it all perfect
IT is quite impossible. Chance to get a Perfect score at random are 1/6^35, which is unimaginably small number. You could try for millenia and still wouldn't get even close to the Perfect score.
@@michaochman544 Just gotta be lucky with the 5 difficult ones
Oh my god wow
@@AxelRicknell 1/7776 chance
That probably requires an alien level of ESP so it's kinda ok. 😀
Your explanations are a bit hard to understand because of the roughness of your voice. It’s like you’re talking as low and flat as possible. It might help if you lowered mic sensitivity and talked louder. Thanks for the video tho.
I got 142 on this when I first took it and I was confused by a number of the explanations. I used very different methods to solve these puzzles, and didn't even glance at the diagonals. Low key, this made me feel dumb because my thought process was a lot more common-sensical.
Me too, I also got 142 on this one and rarely found a use for diagonal patterns. Given, in order to increase chances of success, you have to look for all possible patterns and elements, but the way this guy does the puzzles it's almost like he knows what to look for rather logically coming up the answer; he seems to understand what the basic elements are of these types of tests and just runs through those in order to try and find the solutions for the videos. It would probably be more realistic if someone did the test in real time and got the same score as us, because then it would probably confirm the common sense approaches as being more "common" lol
@@ezfinesse7296 I think you've hit on the problem with these kinds of IQ tests: the questions fall into distinct categories which, once known, can be identified with ease. The 'commonality' type of question, for example (the one where the first and second shape create the third by either eliminating or only keeping the elements that are shared between them), is one that shows up a lot. If you are aware of this, when such a puzzle is presented to you, you can see it almost immediately and the actual solution becomes apparent after a few seconds of thought; however, if you were encountering it for the first time, it might take a good 30 seconds before you saw the pattern. From the looks of it, this guy has learnt the basic shapes as well as a few general principles to look out for - eg diagonals - and can fire through the questions without ever doing any actual thinking. The last few questions are generally trickier so he may have to spend some time on these, but even if he got them all wrong the previews questions would be enough to carry him to at least a 130. Practice and experience play way too big of a role in the Mensa-style tests.
@@georgepantzikis7988
*This is unnecessarily long, I apologize, it's just my thought process as to what the logical distinctions and justifications for the real tests over these tests might be on a few different fronts, feel free to ignore lol.*
I believe that's why the real tests are kept so secret. Notice how all these tests have similar types of patterns, but I doubt the certified IQ tests keep similar templates. Of course we know the difference between humans and animals is our pattern recognition that gives us abilities such as complex analysis skills and ability to accurately predict things based on those observations. Therefore there is merit to the idea of IQ and it's explanation for difference between average people and generational geniuses, and everyone in between. But this means that the tests must all rely on some form of pattern recognition, but not one that can be prepared for, so maybe first attempts and exposure to one or two of these tests is a good indication of baseline IQ, and anything more is an inflated value, but the real things must be different, I don't think such an oversight would be made to make the important and distinguishing questions so easily recognizable, especially when we consider that the test is adjusted each year to ensure an average score of 100 across the population, meaning the questions must be new or else the average would constantly increase due to exposure.
@@ezfinesse7296 real iq tests cover a broad range of testing styles not just the patterns. I supposedly have a high IQ and missed some questions because I couldn't get the pattern quickly enough. 1 or 2 I couldn't see at all because on the spot I didn't think of adding the symbols.
i got 143, ur stupid
Untimed IQ tests are more accurate. Some people have slow processing speed but a super high intellectual ceiling. Mensa just times them for convenience but they can give you a horribly inaccurate score. Also for people with an IQ over 140, timed IQ tests become less reliable. It’s likely Einstein would have got a barely above average score or less if he took this test in the allotted time.
Ahhhhhhhhhh so that why I did bad then!
False. The point of timing is the stress added. Yes, some people can figure these question out if they sit focusing on them for days, while others figure them out in a second, that's the difference in cognitive power.
@@paddleed6176 it’s not false. Do some research on it and then tell me what you think.
Einstein said it wasn't that he's so smart but that he works longer on the hard problems. It sounds like you want to measure productive capacity. Mensa wants to measure something that is more related to processing power.
Yeah the timing part makes you stressed and forget what you're doing
I found the first 32 questions rather straightforward but then I was completely stumped by the last 3. Even after seeing the solutions I'm not sure I understand them? The result it gave me was 135
I'm thinking about making a new video going in depth about the last questions with better explanation both visually and audio wise. So i'm wondering: was it just 33, 34 and 35 you would want a greater explanation with or are there other questions you would want me to explain?
@@PuzzlesAndSolutions also 32. those are hard
same here
The “results” feel like inventing one’s own pattern to fit in with the “correct” answer.
so 32 was accessible for you ^_^
It's fascinating how I reasoned many of these differently and reached the same conclusions. I see some rows advancing with the final box being a plus b where c subtracts a from b.
Yeah
Puzzle #33 was the one which was given to me to solve and to make complete logical sense out of it... It took me one hour to fully make sense out of it .
loool I only managed to answer the 32 first puzzles but got and IQ of 128 as score.
Originally I did this timed never having seen the problems before and got 118 IQ. Then I took screenshots of the problems, spent 3 hours on it, submitted my answers and got 142 IQ. I found out I got problem 33 wrong even though my logic was valid so I spent 5 hours on it solving it different ways and finally got one that worked and got that 145+ IQ chicken dinner.
An IQ test score is only valid for the first attempt. Anyone can retake a test and improve their scores on that test.
That’s only if you retake the test right after just having taken it. Retaking the test 6 months later isn’t going to “improve” your score because you know the answers or anything like that.
Man you’re dumb as fuck for using that much of your time to an internet IQ test.
Very poor explanation, 0/10
answers for the test
1A
2E
3F
4F
5D
6E
7E
8C
9D
10D
11A
12A
13B
14A
15F
16B
17D
18C
19A
20A
21B
22E
23F
24F
25E
26F
27A
28A
29C
30E
31B
32A
33E
34A
35D
I found the puzzle pattern 34 after analyzing it by trial and error by different approaches STANDARD: the black and white dots have mandatory positions they must occupy. The black dot, for example, should occupy 2 times the middle of the line on the left side, and once in the middle of the straight line. To be more precise, it is not the points that need to occupy these certain spaces, but the specific spaces that must be occupied by a point with its respective color. In the last sequence, in the first block, we see that the black dot follows the pattern, being once at the bottom of the line on the left side, and once in the middle on the right. Now, according to the pattern analyzed in the previous sequences, the black dot has to allocate 2 times the left middle of the line. then we confirm that the answer will have a black dot in the middle left of the line. This logic also occurs with white dots, with a different pattern than black dots. we have a divergence if we look at the second block of the first sequence, we see a white dot in the middle right of the line, but in the second sequence it is not repeated. Could it still be repeated in the last sequences, making option F run too? perhaps, but as the pattern that follows the second sequence ignores this, it can be said that it is outside the true pattern presented, with option A being the correct one. google translator was used to translate this text into English