The Dungeon Master

[Billy A. Anderson]

Goldie and Lemmy, thanks for two good posts that have said some good things about IQ tests that I can very much agree with.

Now, onto my IQ test, which I have not yet completed, but will later tell all of you other ZAQBers my score, to this point.

The test I use is in the book, HOW SMART ARE YOU ? TEST YOUR OWN IQ AGAIN, by NORM SULLIVAN, BLACK DOG & LEVENTHAL PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, 1995 Edition.

The test has 3 levels:

Elementary,Challenging, and Masterful, each question answered correctly counting for one point, with some complicated questions with many answers where one is answered incorrectly, scoring 1/2 point, and all of the correctly and 1/2 point correctly answered questions adding up to a person's total IQ score.

I have now completed the first two levels, and have started on the third level.

The elementary level has 4 tests:

Test 1 - 15 questions

Test 2 - 15 questions

Test 3 - 15 questions

Test 4 - 15 questions

Total of 60 possible for Level 1.


Level 2 is the Challenging Level, with 4 tests, again 15 questions each, for a total of 60 possible points

Level 3 is the Masterful Level, and is different in that it has only three, rather than 4 tests of 15 questions each, for a total of 45 possible points.

Add all of those questions, if answered correctly, and the maximum "composite" score is 165, although the "approximate" score is 140.

This has been a lot for me to type up, and I'm tired of tying, and have other things to do, but in my next post I will tell how I have scored so far on the tests.

[Billy A. Anderson]

OK, Folks!  

Time to add up Billy Anderson's composite IQ for all the tests he has taken through the first test of Group 3, the Masterful level.

In Group 1, the Elementary level, Bill'ys score was 18.5 points, a score of under 30 being Poor.

In Group 2, the Challenging level, Billy's score was 21 points, a score of 20-25 being Fair.

And, Billy has only done the first of the 4 tests of Group 3, the Masterful level, scoring 4 points, one half point below the average of 4.5 points.

Add up all the points Billy has scored on the tests, and his composite IQ score so far, is 43.5.

Looking at the rankings Goldie posted on December 3 of this year, Billy, had risen above 39 points which was called an idiot.

So, that's good that he is not an idiot.

But at 40-45 points, where he now stands, he has risen to what was formerly called an Imbecile, which was replaced by "Moderately MR," although I'd think that "MR" would probably be replaced by something considered less offensive today.

The max total points  of the 3 remaining tests of the Masterful level, if Billy got all of the questions correct, would be 45 points, and added to his "moderately MR" score so far of 43.5, his total composite score would be 88.5 with scores in the high 80s -109 being Dull Normal.

It's taken a lot of work on my part to type all of this up so far, and I still have those remaining 45 questions of the Masterful Level to answer.

Right now, I'm not sure exactly when I'll feel motivated to take on that task, but I'm sure the motivation will arise, and I'll finish my IQ test, and we'll know what Billy Anderson's total Composite IQ is.

I hope somebody here on the board has found this of enough interest to read.

[Killer Goldfish]

Just remember the guy I mentioned who took all those IQ tests. His results ranged from well above genius to moderate MR too. (These days MR has been replaced by DD, developmentally disabled, not a good abbreviation because it also stands for 'dually diagnosed' among several other terms).

If you have Moderate MR you are very unlikely to ever learn to read or write; managing basic self-care would be questionable; good decision-making close to impossible. You would already be on disability and/or living with relatives who take care of you because you just can't. You sure wouldn't be administering IQ tests to yourself on the Net.

[Billy A. Anderson]

Dec 11, 2019 10:11:23 GMT -5 Killer Goldfish said:

Just remember the guy I mentioned who took all those IQ tests. His results ranged from well above genius to moderate MR too. (These days MR has been replaced by DD, developmentally disabled, not a good abbreviation because it also stands for 'dually diagnosed' among several other terms).

If you have Moderate MR you are very unlikely to ever learn to read or write; managing basic self-care would be questionable; good decision-making close to impossible. You would already be on disability and/or living with relatives who take care of you because you just can't. You sure wouldn't be administering IQ tests to yourself on the Net.

Goldie, I am moving forward with the final 45 Masterful Levels.

From your description of a person having Moderate MR, that designation does not fit me at all.

However with 45 more points possible, I forget exactly what designation I would get from that high a score.

So far, I think three of the final 45 questions were quite obvious and easy to answer and I have already marked my answers.

I have any number of critiques I will make of the IQ tests I am taking, and the text does give hints on how to approach the questions as well as explanations of what the questions are trying to get at, which is in itself an admission that there are certain kinds of knowledge about tests and how to take them that can effect a person's score on the tests.

One friend of the family tells me I am "intelligent," and I think I am too, but I don't have any delusions that I have very high intelligence, and I long ago accepted that about myself.

He seemed to think my taking the tests was a bad thing to do, so there was no use to try to explain to him that I was having fun and learning  from taking the tests.


I'm taking things slow, and, and after getting my final composite test score, I will point out what type of questions gave me the biggest problems,  and cases where I think the correct answers to the questions are arguable, as well as some questions that would require knowledge of language, mathematics, literature and other subjects, that even the most super intelligent person could not figure out.

Anyone remember the "Sixth Finger" episode of the old Outer Limits TV show, where the man played by David McCallum (or is is spelled MacCallum?) was evolved into super intelligence, but said the intelligence did him no good without knowledge, so he demanded his woman to bring him stacks and stacks of books, so he could begin to learn things.