Mensa International High IQ Society

August 10, 2011
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What is Mensa?

Mensa was founded in 1946. Mensa is an intelligent society that is non-political and free from all racial or religious distinctions. The Mensa society welcomes people from every walk of life whose IQ is in the top 2% of the population.

Mensa has three stated purposes:

to identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity,
to encourage research in the nature, characteristics and uses of intelligence, and
to promote stimulating intellectual and social opportunities for its members.

Today there are about 110 000 Mensa members in 100 countries throughout the world.

Mensans range from age from 2 to 100, but most are between the age of 20 and 60.

The word Mensa means Table in Latin.

Mensa is a round-table society, where race, color, creed, national origin, age, politics, educational or social background are irrelevant.

Mensa takes no stand on politics, religion or social issues.

How do become a Mensa member?

You have to attained a score within the upper 2% of the general population on the Mensa Intelligence Test that has been properly administered and supervised.

There is no other qualification or disqualification for initial Mensa membership eligibility.

There are two ways to prove that you qualify for Mensa:

take the Mensa test, or
submit a qualifying test score from another test. There are a large number of intelligence tests that are “approved”. More information on whether a test you have taken is approved, as well as information on the procedure for taking the Mensa test, can be obtained from the nearest Mensa office.

Mensa has no other eligibility requirements other than IQ testing.

The Mensa Test

If you’ve never taken an IQ test, or don’t want to get official copies of your previous test scores, then Mensa can test you.

First you need to do a pre-test that will be scored and if your score is high enough, you’ll be invited to take a qualifying supervised test.

The pre-test is just for practice and you can’t use it to qualify for Mensa.

Taking a pre-test is not required for admission, however, many people take it simply for the challenge.

Feel free to contact Mensa for more information or to arrange testing.

The Mensa Workout

You can also do the Mensa Workout intelligence quiz online: www.mensa.org/workout.php

The Mensa Workout gives you 30minutes to answer 30 questions.

When you submit your answers, your test is instantly scored, and you can see how your score measures up.

The Mensa Workout is not an IQ test, and can’t be used for qualification to join Mensa

The official Mensa website: www.mensa.org

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Fanous Mensans:

Scott Adams – Cartoonist
Simon Ambrose – Winner Britain’s Apprentice television show
Isaac Asimov – Vice-president of Mensa International
Jean Auel – Author
Yank Azman – Actor
Derek Keith Barbosa – Rapper
Ben Best – President of the Cryonics Institute
Richard Bolles – Author
Cyril Burt – Educational psychologist
Eileen Rose Busby – Antiques expert
Jacques Bergier – Chemical engineer
Asia Carrera – Former pornographic actress
Leslie Charteris – Writer and author
Jack Cohen – Reproductive biologist and popular science writer
Martin Cooper – Considered the inventor of the cell phone
Adrian Cronauer – Real-life inspiration for the movie Good Morning, Vietnam
Alexander Crutchfield – Businessman and financier
Bobby Czyz – Boxer
Geena Davis – Actress
Nelson DeMille – Author
Leon Feingold – Athlete
Brian J. Ford – Biologist
Buckminster Fuller – Visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor. Second President of Mensa
Antonella Gambotto-Burke – Author and journalist
Rolf Gindorf – Sexologist and gay activist
Nolan Gould – Actor, Modern Family
Marcus Grönholm – Two-time World Rally Champion
Jeremy Hanley – Former Chairman of the Conservative Party
Glenne Headly – Actress
Alfred George Hinds – British criminal and prison escape artist
Charles Ingram – Novelist and controversial quiz show participant
Lucy Irvine – Author
Myles Jeffrey – Actor in Early Edition.[6]
Maurice Kanbar – creator of SKYY vodka and inventor
Mell Lazarus – Cartoonist
Richard Lederer – Author
Scott “Raven” Levy – Professional wrestler
Ranan Lurie – Editorial cartoonist
Janet McDonald – Lawyer and author
Henry Milligan – Boxer
Adrian Moorhouse – Swimmer
Ellen Morphonios – Judge
Michael Muhney – Actor
Ellen Muth – Actress
Joyce Carol Oates – Author
Adam Osborne – Computer designer, software publisher
Brendan O’Carroll – Comedian.
Gareth Penn – Author
Markus Persson – Creator of Minecraft
Donald Petersen – Former CEO of Ford Motor Company
Julie Peterson – Playboy Playmate
Uroš Petrović – Author, President of Serbian Mensa
Nicky Piper – Boxer
Madsen Pirie – Philosopher and economist
Alan Rachins – Actor o
Sir Jimmy Savile – DJ
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. – Retired US Army General
Margot Seitelman – The first executive director of American Mensa
Victor Serebriakoff – Former international president of Mensa
Laura Shields – Model and actress
Sir Clive Sinclair – Inventor
Scott Sonnon – Public speaker and celebrity fitness coach
E. Lee Spence – Shipwreck expert,
Owen Spencer-Thomas – Television broadcaster and presenter,
Quentin Tarantino – American regisseur
Jamie Theakston – Presenter
Carol Vorderman – Presenter
Marilyn vos Savant – Last person listed in the Guinness Book of World Records under “Highest IQ”
James von Brunn – White supremacist and Holocaust denier
Lancelot Ware – Co-founder of Mensa

By Daleen Prinsloo on Aug 11, 2011