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To get some feeling for the
differences between a 1945 IQ test for college students and equivalent
tests today, here are 10 examples of questions that are very similar
to those appearing in 1945. There were 90 questions on that test,
to be answered in 30 minutes. These would be questions typical
of that test, except that, tonight, I can't include graphical
questions. These tests were accurate in their day. It may be noted
that the types of questions on them are slanted toward crystallized
intelligence rather than fluid intelligence. For this reason,
they might not be as subject as other tests to the Flynn Effect.
I believe this test went up to an IQ of 160.
A full-blown, 90-item test could probably
be arranged. I would have to depend upon its near-identity with
one of the original tests, or to an informal norming to establish
IQ scores for it. Please write me or post a message on the bulletin
board if you'd like to see such thing. Another option would be
to honestly norm, and if necessary, enhance, some of the IQ tests
that are currently available over the Internet.
These are among the easiest questions
on the test:
1. Tedious means 1.
difficult 2.
humble 3.
tiresome 4.
borderline 5. awkward
2. If 4 is less than 5 but more than 2, make a cross in the fourth blank; if less than 5 and less than 2, make a cross in the third blank. 1.___ 2. ___
3.___ 4.___ 5. ___.
3. The study of ________ is a prerequisite
to becoming a professional weather forecaster. 1. mensuration 2. dramaturgy 3. paleontology 4. choreography 5. meteorology.
These are intermediate-level questions:
4. 16,
14, 13, 11, 10, 8, __, __. What
two numbers come next? (1) 6
and 5 (2) 7 and 5 (3) 7 and 6 (4) 7 and 4 (5) 6 and 4.
5. Square is to triangle
as cube is to (1) cone (2) sphere (3) ellipsoid (4) parallelipiped (5) octohedron.
6. 2, 4, 6, 18, 21, 84, ___, (1) 88 (2) 332 (3) 87
(4) 252 (5) 168.
7. Ethnic is to Somaliland
as religious is to (1) heretic (2) race (3) persecution (4) Moslem. (5) conviction.
8. A gabardine is a (1) gown (2) weapon (3) glove (4) footwear (5) handkerchief
These are the last four (hardest)
questions on the test:
9. Make a cross in the blank representing
the number of odd numbers smaller than ten that are exactly divisible
by fifty-one divided by seventeen. (1)
__ (2) __ (3) __ (4) __ (5) __
10. Habit is to desuetude as deteriorate is to (1) decay (2) building ameliorate delete destroy
11. 3125,
256, 27, __ What number comes next? (1) 1 (2) 9 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) 8
12. To
descry is to: (1) bemoan (2) shriek
(3) repine (4) warn (5) discover