Shortest IQ test in the world: Eight out of ten people fail - there are only three questions
Created: 05/25/2022, 10:43 am
The human brain achieves enormous things.
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Do you consider yourself intelligent?
Then you should be able to answer these three questions correctly.
However, 80 percent fail at this.
This special IQ test* should only be manageable by 20 percent - 80 percent of the participants fail.
The IQ test contains only
three - apparently simple - questions.
Can you come up with the correct solution?
The so-hyped IQ test dates back to 2005 - and yet it still tempts minds to start smoking heavily.
There are three questions that you have to answer correctly in the IQ test.
Can you do it?
IQ test: The Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT)
The IQ test is called "The Cognitive Reflection Test" (CRT) and was created by Shane Frederick.
Frederick's IQ test has only three questions.
However, the test was lost in the amount of scientific work published.
He caused a stir on the internet for this.
“People with
higher cognitive abilities
, also called “
IQ
”, differ from people with lower cognitive abilities in a variety of important and unimportant aspects.
On average, intelligent people live healthier*, longer, earn more, have larger working memories, faster reaction times, and are more prone to visual illusions," Frederick's publication reads.
Video: Take a break
With his intelligence test, Frederick now wanted to show the difference between fast, conscious and slower, but reflective thought processes.
So now to the point: Are you in the
20 percent who can answer the following three questions correctly?
Read here
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IQ Test: Can You Answer These Questions?
A bat and a ball together cost $1 and 10 cents.
The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
If five machines take five minutes to make five things, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 things?
In a lake there is a spot with lily pads.
The size of the spot doubles every day.
If it takes 48 days for the lily pads to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the leaves to cover half of the lake?
Also interesting
: IQ test: how many squares do you see here?
IQ test: These are the correct answers
5 cents - most would probably say 10 cents here
5 minutes - many answer here 100 minutes
47 days - many would assume 24 here
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