Solving The Mensa Norway IQ Test Puzzles (145+ IQ Answers)

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

Updated Video with better graphics: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHWVdqClaptjq5o In-depth video explanations for the 4 last puzzles: Puzzle 32: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXbNpHqorsmto6c Puzzle 33: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYu4o2OAjspqsMk Puzzle 34: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaSae6Ztoq97sJY Puzzle 35: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYiQpoaIlq6WiNU

[@kat5kat2]

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: gyazo.com/b094b728c6965531939ee363f1c0f408 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.

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

​@@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.

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

@@robertserban2008 I'm pretty confident it's answer A which is correct. Care to explain your logic behind getting to answer C?

[@nevashnaidoo2104]

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.

[@amarimamovic8695]

Is this scale Stanford-Binnet or Weshsler?

[@Pixel5564]

damm my IQ went from 40 to 145! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FIXING MY BRAIN

[@kersyfababaer2138]

Lol

[@TMarkusW]

😂😂

[@gabrielsykes4125]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Ren-hx2cl]

Bruh

[@pianoverse5317]

Bruh

[@gus4446]

started the video with 10 iq. now have a -100 iq, headache and self esteem terminated.

[@husanboyrustamov6111]

Puzle 18 is wrongly answered u indiacrazy 😂

[@channeldeleted2253]

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

[@spartakbugarski3281]

So, do I. Every time I use different approach but reaching the correct answer.

[@nicelypenn]

The more interesting question is whether or not you could find valid reasons for other answers.

[@dhruvdust1812]

Dunnow why you think it's amazing as ive noticed such with almost every problem in the world

[@cruelworld1902]

@@dhruvdust1812 like what?

[@rasputinpootin]

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...

[@orbedus2542]

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.

[@NikolaiTsekov]

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...

[@Wozzzy]

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.

[@Fightm0nger]

Dude.... You are my replica... The comment you typed exactly described my test. Mark the word.... "EXACTLY"

[@snyggmikael]

I did all of them without looking in 5 seconds. I think I have an IQ of 5000 but not sure

[@Bigbrodonateddollarsthroughsup]

This guys way of explaining would make the alphabet more complex than quantum physics

[@troyvalencia]

Imagine the one who take a mensa test and answered random letters then got it all perfect

[@michaochman544]

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.

[@AxelRicknell]

@@michaochman544 Just gotta be lucky with the 5 difficult ones

[@whyandwhat8]

Oh my god wow

[@chrisluders9592]

@@AxelRicknell 1/7776 chance

[@hagartm]

That probably requires an alien level of ESP so it's kinda ok. 😀

[@afrosheenix]

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.

[@pcsheep3978]

Yeah

[@BimmerWon]

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.

[@tedthatguy1208]

Ahhhhhhhhhh so that why I did bad then!

[@paddleed6176]

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.

[@BimmerWon]

@@paddleed6176 it’s not false. Do some research on it and then tell me what you think.

[@Drone256]

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.

[@jonahlevi3178]

Yeah the timing part makes you stressed and forget what you're doing

[@avipandit581]

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 .

[@andyn6053]

loool I only managed to answer the 32 first puzzles but got and IQ of 128 as score.

[@Wozzzy]

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

[@zoey5104]

For 31, I think the answer is A, if you sum all the gray bloks you'd get 10, then sum all the white blocks you'd get 9 leaving 8 black blocks. Therefore, you'd only need 3 black bloks.

[@SwiterCZ]

Exactly, I also realised that

[@lorenas307]

#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.

[@jordanneal8979]

For #11, you can also solve it this way... If you look at the boxes in each corner, they lead to an additional grouping by shape that forms another square within the main image(4 total). In each corner, the shape that corresponds to the primary shape comprising the pattern of the mini box appears by itself giving you A.

[@nilsg9895]

That’s how I solved it

[@theus2373]

yeaah, Man, i figured out that too, but at only the dots on left bottom.

[@nodozhit]

You're right, as long as you can associate your preconceived pattern with the established sequence. But, wouldn't it be easier to start at the left of the top row and follow the left to right sequence for each row; then rationalize how the pattern is associated with completing the sequence?

[@nodozhit]

31 was tough. I decided to pick A, three black squares, because the only sequence I could recognize was a numerical sequence consisting of 8 black squares, 9 shaded squares, and 10 white squares.

[@georgepantzikis7988]

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.

[@ezfinesse7296]

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

[@georgepantzikis7988]

@@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.

[@ezfinesse7296]

@@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.

[@kajekage9410]

@@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.

[@2radix774]

i got 143, ur stupid

[@IbizanHound2]

Small correction at 3:07 column 3 is column 2 rotated by 180 degrees, not 90.

[@Benjyy_lll]

0:37 A 1:00 E 1:16 F 1:42 F 1:52 D 2:15 E 2:37 E 3:09 C 3:33 D 3:49 D 4:24 A 4:40 A 5:03 B 5:24 A 5:42 F 6:03 B 6:21 D 6:48 C 7:13 A 7:35 A 7:58 E 8:15 F 8:23 F 8:49 E 9:13 F 9:24 A 9:32 A 10:14 C 11:09 E 12:59 B 13:35 A 14:22 E 15:15 A 16:01 D

[@dksdmusic]

Can you please explain #23 again? Thanks.

[@oscarschuit]

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.

[@ominousplatypus380]

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

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

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?

[@yuvalzaydner5440]

@@PuzzlesAndSolutions also 32. those are hard

[@emilp7362]

same here

[@JM-dy4ty]

The “results” feel like inventing one’s own pattern to fit in with the “correct” answer.

[@conceptualelegance]

so 32 was accessible for you ^_^

[@thomashoffman5217]

I got 122 as a 30 year old now. As a kid I was "gifted" and tested twice at 8 and 14 and scored 143 and 138 respectively. It was a different test but from what I can remember it was pretty similar. A lot of patterns. I don't know...even as an intelligent adult, IQ really means nothing when it comes to functioning in the world. I think your intellectual curiosity and ability to logically deduce things goes way further. Also, people love to use their IQ as a flex which is pretty fuckin lame...working in engineering, there are a lot of really dumb "geniuses".

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

Yeah totally agree with you that there are more important aspects than IQ. I mean I just do these tests cause I like puzzles and making people solve puzzles. IQ tests seem to make people interested in solving puzzles -> so I go through them. I think however you can decline in mental capabilities with an unhealthy lifestyle or brain disease. My hypothesis tho, is that you either have taken inaccurate tests as a child, you have been unlucky while taking this one, or you are just bad at these specific type of puzzles (matrix puzzles) while good at other IQ related puzzles. I have a friend that is studying to become a doctor, she always get top grades due to her memory being very strong, but when it comes to intelligence and solving puzzles/math problems, it takes her a while. Studying requires mostly putting in effort and a good memory in my opinion.

[@thomashoffman5217]

@@PuzzlesAndSolutions Well let's hope I don't have a brain disease! I was a littleeee stoned when I took this the other night though :P. Would be curious to see how I do now not in an "altered" state. Probably around 5 points more, I'd guess MAXIMUM...too late for that though, unless there are alternate versions. I usually do very well with syllogisms, and K-level puzzles, but that's probably from programming and always having to think of base cases/outliers. Who know?! I'm satisfied with 122.

[@jpa_fasty3997]

I really wouldn't read too much into your score on this particular test. It's 35 Qns in 25 minutes. Given that narrow of a time constraint, the same person could score wildly different results based on something as arbitrary as whether they'd had a coffee or not. Particularly given that the 6 most difficult questions appear at the end of the test, so if you pace it badly and don't get to attempt those Qns, you lose the opportunity to score a very high mark.

[@deadeye8]

I preferably never did an controlled IQ test but all my frnds nd neighbor nd family says im gifted , but i myself feel dumb asf, yet a little more physically active then others i first time did this test at 16it said my iq is 142 then again i did it today at 18yo it says im at 138, i agree with you , btw any suggestion to how not be dumb

[@Fro9bone]

You may have taken a Cattell as a kid (σ = 24), leading to an apparent lower score on this one (σ = 15)

[@dylanyapp1283]

Puzzle #31: There’s only whites and stripes, the black blocks are meant to trick you into thinking they are part of a pattern but they’re really just covering a white or striped block. The logic is: white + white = white stripes + stripes = white stripes + white = stripes white + stripes = stripes black blocks are just covering either a white or striped block Using this logic the answer should be stripes, white, stripes which is D

[@jebril]

The guy is just making up whatever logic he wants to explain what the test makers answers are he doesn't actually know himself and the test makers made mistakes themselves apparently this question was updated to correct the issues you pointed out. Guess all the geniuses failed to see that one, good on you though. Shows how much bullshit there is out there and Norway is a country that's mostly up its own ass

[@jonathanodude6660]

B is the correct answer, he tested it.

[@user-jq2wg6vk4p]

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?

[@MegaBertz1]

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!

[@jebril]

Being able to recognize patterns on shapes isnt making you any smarter lowkey. An AI can do this

[@princesscharis]

i took the test and first score was 131, with time left, i retook it 2 more times and reached 138. Out of curiosity i wanted to see what im missing and did wrong. 2-3 patterns barely solved them. Was hunch than understanding the pattern. I wanna see my mistakes so thank you so much for this video.

[@idkactually8565]

3:04 or you could count every dot horizontally and you’ll see that it’s equal to 27 dots in every line

[@SpontaniaYT]

On question #34 you can also notice how it goes two, two three , two three four. And in the middle it goes: three , three , two. Meaning on the last row it has to be an option with two circles because it goes: Three , Three ___ (two).

[@michaeldawn8690]

I can't understand how the white dots function in puzzle 34. Can you explain, please?

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

1. black dots repeat on the diagonal from top right to bottom left. 2. white dots move 2 positions in a counterclockwise direction when moving towards the right in a row. AND white dots move 1 position in counterclockwise direction when moving downwards in a column. sorry for the late reply, and hopefully you understand this explanation :P

[@honggopurnomo6932]

You can look at the white dot placed in right side then moved to the top and finally got to the left it's simple

[@Jason-rd1ev]

I didn’t even look at the colors lol I just counted 2,3,4 for the first line 3,3,2 for the second and the third one has 3,3,x so it had to be 2

[@MageAtYou]

@@PuzzlesAndSolutions but what is blacks movement if you go from top-bottom in each column, or left-right in each row? I guess its that theres always one odd and 2 similar black positions?

[@coososksksso]

My solution was: each row contain a box with 2 black dots and 2 boxes with only 1 black dot. Which leads us to only one black dot. I noticed the white dots move in a counterclockwise manner; left, middle, right; or down, up, middle. Which means that the final answer has all white dots in the bottom left because the box before it has a white dot on the upper left. Thus making A the answer

[@LuxPsy]

For Puzzle 31 I chose D. I look vertically from up to down. For each column, the 3rd element (i.e., the bottom one) is an indicator of the comparison result of the 1st and the 2nd elements. From the left elements of the 1st column we learn that Strips + Strips = White, so the middle square of the answer must be White. That leaves only B, D, E. Next, the answer's left and right squares must be identical, because they are both the results of White + Strips (in the same order), so that leaves only D. Note: It seems that the order of the summation matters, hence top White + middle Black gives a different result than top Black + middle White.

[@P_duubz]

I also thought D was correct

[@ПрепушениРакун]

The only correct answer is A. And i think that test had error in this and it is changed. If you see into combinations we have three different shapes of squares and two of them shows in exactly five of combinations. The reason why they show five times is because, first they need to fill three of their owns, where i would call them mandatory. Where there is one of them, two of them, and all three are one shape. Then they also need to show in two others to fill two other combinations, if you ask why it is five, it is because in one combination there will be all three of them and that one combination will work for all three. So we see that black is in four combinations, others are in five, we see that stripes have all three combination, blanks have all three combination and the correct answer is A.

[@owenmusser9444]

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

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

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.

[@julius9428]

@@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.

[@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight]

@@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.

[@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight]

@@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.

[@LordoftheEldinRing]

C is correct

[@thaddiusglunt2424]

I can't understand this guy's explanations for 32-35 so here's my thought process on the solution for 32: Solve along the columns, completely ignore the middle row. The bottom box (same column) is the flipped version of the top box, however, white squares are ignored (Answer: A).

[@stultar]

nice observation

[@iBot.]

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.

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

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.

[@ezfinesse7296]

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.

[@TheSUPERSOLE]

Puzzle 23, is E. Only the vertickle and horizontal shapes are colour inverted. The diagnal are the same.

[@anarrivingwingedhussar9692]

I just never realized you were supposed to remove the overlapping lines when it came to the addition puzzles. Thanks for the video!

[@ndndnd1]

is it question 21?

[@anarrivingwingedhussar9692]

@@ndndnd1 20 & 21

[@BimmerWon]

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.

[@thaddiusglunt2424]

An IQ test score is only valid for the first attempt. Anyone can retake a test and improve their scores on that test.

[@JM-dy4ty]

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.

[@eemelikarjalainen3896]

Man you’re dumb as fuck for using that much of your time to an internet IQ test.

[@user-xs9hy5dn5n]

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

[@mikbrokke7197]

I think the correct answer for #31 is A because all given combinations are unique (regardless of place, for instance square is 1 black, 1 stripe and 1 white) and A is the only unique combination (3 times black) you can add

[@TemplarX2]

Yep not only unique but say we replace the shades or colours by 1,2,3. Such combo (2,2,3), (1,3,3), (3,3,1) are rejected. Adjacent numbers can only be the same only if they are all the same as in (1,1,1), (2,2,2) and (3,3,3). This is the beauty of Raven matrices. You really can't really learn for it (it has no social bias) and your score will remain about the same or improve slightly with practice. Making it the best test of raw intelligence. This is why the guy doing the test is basically less intelligent than us. He will always fail (random chance excluded) when it comes to this degree of difficulty.

[@yaowang1712]

I have tested several times with Puzzle 31,and keep the Answers of other Puzzles not change. the answer is really D, you can test again, I think you have made mistakes during your test. you can have one more try.

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

No joke, i tested it like 10 times in a row. I have heard a lot of other people also say its D, but like i always got a lower iq when i picked D compared to B. Il try to find the official answers of the test to see if its B or D.

[@exdablju]

@@PuzzlesAndSolutions We are trying to crack it out here you can check it out: www.reddit.com/r/mensa/comments/fhihho/a_litte_bit_help_needed/

[@nesialkanali5602]

@@exdablju yuuuuuu

[@Sofi-mt2lc]

Yeah I got D first try. It’s correct

[@WeHaveNoTalentSorry]

#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.

[@VirendraSingh-vj2pz]

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.

[@klayheiwari4810]

31: D. As per the other duplicate question, assuming the bottom squares are a function of the corresponding squares in the rows above, then the middle square must be white and the left and right squares must be identical. It leaves only D.

[@by9diz8]

It's B officially

[@АртёмНазаров-к3з]

Puzzle 35. I do not like diagonal stuff, so here is another solution, which I find more obtainable. We have 6 available patterns: TWO V-shape down, V-shape up, pair of horizontal lines, pair of vertical lines, one horizontal line. The rule is following. Every row and column must contain all of these patterns with the restriction, that every picture have exactly 2 of them. All of the pictures are obvious in following the rule, except for top left and bottom left. THe first one has TWO v-shape down, and the second one has a pair of horizontal and a single horizontal line. The missing picture is easily deduced.

[@monkmode217]

I got answer A

[@XX-11235]

I think that the more obvious rule in n.35 is that in each row, the 1st column always has only the lines that are not present in columns 2 and 3. In other words, 1+(2+3) must add up to a "complete" set of lines. So for picture 9, the only thing that matters is that it has 2 vertical lines on both sides that picture 7 and 8 are missing. Coincidentally, it also leads to option D.

[@my2cents2u]

I just finished an online Mensa test, and scored 105. : ( I'm generally fairly good at puzzle solving, but I just couldn't find any logic for some. After I watch this, I'll go back and re-test, and see if it helped.

[@saper6766]

Thank you for explaining the answers I could not find them anywhere.

[@anomalousacademy7155]

I didn't understand the number 29. Can you please explain me?

[@elecoustic123]

The answer to 31 is not B, it's A. If you look at what every option has in common, you're first presented with all options for colors, gray white black. Every arrangement following that presentation keeps the property of complete symmetry. Count which possible arrangements are missing from symmetrical presentations, you are left with 2 options, black white black, and black black black. Only the second option is available to select. Also, you assume that no option can repeat since it hasn't. Answer must be symmetrical and cannot be a repeat of what's already in the diagram. That also leaves A.

[@jonathanodude6660]

you can see him test each answer in the video.

[@malkinky]

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.

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

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.

[@tajdakrajnc6854]

Could you please xplain question 23 again, I don't understand why you use picture 4 to work out the answer. Thank you!

[@Woudloper]

I posted the exact same question just minutes ago.

[@manucanuck]

This was how I solved it. If you look into the patterns from all pictures there, there were 3 with 1 white triangle and 3 with 2 white triangles but there’s only 2 with a white square. So you can simply ignore the rest and work on the white square ones I.e picture 2 and 4. And if you look at picture 2, the pattern is black circle (BC) white square (WS) and black triangle (BT). Picture 4 is WS BT BC. Do you see the pattern being shifted to the left?

[@TheJemShuffle]

Honestly I just needed an explanation on what it wanted me to find, thanks

[@companionchapel1033]

Puzzle 20 . I originally answered 'B' as the pattern is three right angles horizontal Row 1, six right angles Row 2, nine right angles Row 3 (pattern 3-6-9). I only see your answer 'A' by only allowing two right slash lines per horizontal row. I am still trying to understand your understanding of answer 'A'

[@sevenallway4212]

Puzzle 31 thoughts: I thought of putting them together by pairs. You've got two with white sides and a black/striped middle. You've got two with striped sides and white/black in the middle. You've got 2 which are completely full (white & striped). You got 1 that got striped, white and black. Which leaves black, striped, black. So I figured black, white, black would have been a better fit here to balance it out (which is not one of the solutions, but would be correct following that logic). But with IQ tests it's sometimes a matter of perspective and some answers could be correct as well. This answer could also be found by symmetry. For the numbering, I am counting from 1 to 9 like on a phone. 3 and 8 are flipped, 6 and 7 are flipped, 2 and 4 are flipped, which leaves once again our tile 1 (left above), which has all three colors and tile 5. Flipping 5 would get you black, white, black. I chose not to flip 1 in this situation as there is no similar tile to 1 where all three are flipped. Flipping 1 could be a solution as well though, which would be a mirrored B solution. ---- Separating the tiles that contain a black tile from the ones that don't, and then focussing on the ones that don't could be reason for an answer like C or D where there is no black tile. But as 3 and 8 are mirrored as well as 6 and 7, what would 9 be? ---- Counting could give you more ideas. There are currently 9 white tiles, 10 striped and 5 black. The thing is; you could work from here with this ratio or try to equalize. Equalizing could give you the all black solution resulting in 8 black, 9 white and 10 striped. The all black combo fits well with the all white and all striped that are already on the board. Personally I like the black, white, black pattern the best, but feel free to give arguments for different solutions.

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

I have spoken to a person who claimed they created the test (might be fake) and they said that the correct answer followed a simple addition logic leading to D as the correct answer. Further I pointed out that it did not follow this logic in the second row and second column. They then said that they might alter or remove the puzzle so its correct. I don't know if this is the real guy (he seems to be) but will make a video about it when I get a proper update on the puzzle or something. Also i have gone through so many different theories on this puzzle... Seems to me that there is no clear pattern which people just see instantly to get the correct answer. I got more IQ picking answer B in the previous version of the test but more IQ picking answer D in the correct version. Therefore i think they just did a screw up on the puzzle and this guy is legit.

[@orafoda-se1508]

@@PuzzlesAndSolutions I think the mistake we are making is assuming that for exemple if white + black is stripes on the first set, and on the 2nd set white + black is black for exemple than we give up on that type of logic completly when maybe some of the sum's are inconsistent and we only have the use the one thats actually consistent that is -> white + stripes = stripes. Thats how I got D. gyazo.com/2a0e56c66722e631ecab76b3677671c6

[@rodrigobarboza1592]

@@orafoda-se1508 SO, you pick up the "right " answer, but you believe that the explanation to solve it was not coherent enought?

[@GGG-hh5jo]

I found out that this test needs paper To handle the massive information While I'm here without any paper thing Just can't hold some information and ended up forget

[@connerrafferty4773]

I got 125 without paper on this test, I scored 147-152 on the Weschler v test so I wouldn't take the test too seriously, its basically just a practice, or a prep.

[@gordonramsdale]

@@connerrafferty4773 Seems very hard, scored 118, usually score like 125-130 on other tests

[@gordonramsdale]

@@connerrafferty4773 Also infamously the IQ test Hikaru Nakamara (Chess GM and child chess prodigy) got a 103.

[@Drone256]

For 33 I believe the correct answer is C and not E. Each row has a different count of hollow triangles and each column has a different count of hollow triangles. Only answer C allows for this.

[@Viktor-uv9fr]

That's not true?

[@popnaty8685]

31 is pretty simple. The only pattern/colour however you name it which does not repeat 3 times in a cell is the black square si A is the right answer.

[@lukelockhart8731]

I thought question 21 was adding the two broken shapes to make a whole. Was shocked to think I got some of these wrong when simple answers seemed much more intuitive. Guess I just have a very low IQ

[@jollyjokress3852]

It is the answer. You add two together to make the third symbol in a row or column and remove the overlapping stuff.

[@олегчалинцев]

the same thing, I thought we need to put together things consequently in the first line, than in the second and than in third

[@олегчалинцев]

@@jollyjokress3852 in 21 question column or row ? As far as can see the first 20 questions is always about horizontal rows

[@олегчалинцев]

@@jollyjokress3852 this logic works for question # 20, but it doesn`t work for #21, if we summarize picture from first horizontal line what we see ?square with cross in it, nothing was removed ? where is logic ? logic with removing of overlapping stuff works for 2 and 3 horizontal lines.

[@cierrarachael9949]

​@@jollyjokress3852the problem is that the first row adds box 1 and 2 together, forming the shape you get in box 3. It doesn't remove the overlap. Only row and 2 and 3 remove the overlap. That a makie no sense.

[@changelyng]

Puzzle 33: move up and to the right. ends stay the same, center square rotates. box 1 and 9 are identical if you expand.

[@x_gosie]

Now I can solve every Iq test, problem thanks for a better explanation!✨

[@miles2858]

umm

[@imaginarychip4916]

@@miles2858 ssshhhh ignorance is a bliss

[@GodModeMotivate]

I think you got number 14 wrong.. if you look at the diagonal from top left to bottom right you can clearly see the line rotating counter clockwise at a 45 degree angle. The answer is C not F... please explain to me if im wrong

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

Hey, sorry for being slow. Look at the diagonals from top right to bottom left on this one instead. You are wrong because if you look at the most top right diagonal: (picture 3, picture 4, picture 8) there is first a 90 degree rotation THEN a 45 degree rotation. Because of this you know that the rotation on the diagonals is not consistent -> the way you are looking at the puzzle is wrong. Basically if you want to look at a diagonal, the pattern has to hold up for all the diagonals.

[@GodModeMotivate]

@@PuzzlesAndSolutions whoops, you are right. Thanks for the explanation

[@VicoMMIII]

I managed to score 138 which I am actually very proud of!

[@bryank5070]

is 31 just an addition puzzle? black plus stripe is white

[@emerald_city3020]

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

[@emerald_city3020]

@user-rz4on4df7r not really. But thanks for your input after a year

[@Woudloper]

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?

[@aida1289]

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

[@weibrot6683]

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

[@MBTIMemes]

Yes, that was my thought process as well.

[@christoschristou8205]

Puzzle 12 i think is C . I find 2 patterns A) starting from left to right black turns grey and then back to black all time. So last shape should have grey B) corners are the same so just change the black to grey or grey to black.

[@thohoduc5987]

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.

[@shmurfy4971]

this is the only question i can’t understand, and didn’t he show that b was correct?

[@TheCsePower]

your theory doesnt hold for black + black

[@TheDoVErN]

@@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

[@winniep9074]

I still don’t understand 😭

[@thohoduc5987]

@@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.

[@skully366]

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.

[@iok21a]

#23 but why picture 4?

[@kwokkk8138]

Q18 6:22 Q23 7:59 Q31 11:17 Q32 13:00 Q33 13:30 Q34 14:23 Q35 15:17

[@o8livion]

can u translate 33 explanation too, please? =)

[@rian3233]

remember when you asked this? what a dumb question. weep. @@o8livion

[@DC-wp6oj]

Is 24 correct? I get similar answer except the triangle should be clear!

[@Darklion4]

Can u make a video for 32 , 33 , 34 solutions? I ve bad english and i Have some problems to understand , if u can do a video with visual explanation would be great

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

Sorry for the late reply, il think about making a longer and more visual explanation of them if more people want it.

[@summaseitu8422]

Si, anche io ho capito poco. Yes, I didn't understand the last ones too 😊

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

I have started to make videos for the last 4 puzzles, hopefully its more understandable and easier to see :P (first one is out, will try to get the 3 last ones out in the next 3 days)

[@LucaPizzoplus]

Yeah didn't get the 33. Still did scored 131 in the test, but the 33 swaps the triangles in a strange way every time and I don't understand the logic

[@Di3ago]

@@summaseitu8422 vero la 33 non ho capito niente

[@gymrat5014]

I did 125, before watching the video, glad you're here for me to realise what I wasn't seeing

[@whatamiandwhatcanibe2941]

id say this test is well designed for the most part. albeit with every online test comes a few difficulties: for starters im a fan of the compatibility of the item, being solvable with various pattern-structures. although 2 specific questions can be viewed as bias. and i will be addressing that: puzzle 29# , for puzzle 29 there are 2 answers. though i am well aware of the "intended" answer i will be expounding on 2 possible answers; we can tell the puzzle is simple addition/subtraction. black must add, white either subtracts or adds. thus the last row must have one black square and 2 white squares. as far as the movement go heres where the errors arise. logic 1: if white (item1) (item2) squares are in different places they pursue the first axiom (subtraction/addition) whilst altering positions (right,left). axiom 2 (black square always stays in the same place) thus leaving F. Logic 2. (leads to answer C no need to explain)

[@RogerS-r6l]

Can someone explain how we got that result on the SECOND CULUMN in the puzzle n 29???? Shouldn’t the black square be under the white ones?since nothing is canceled out and everything stacks so it should be black white white from the bottom up not white white black

[@NoFrameHell]

I solved it using columns from top to bottom, you can notice black squares and white squares from opposite sides subtract, for example in column 1 one white square from picture number 1 subtracts one white square from the opposite side of picture number 2 resulting in picture number 3. Imagine crossing an horizontal line through squares of the same color and different side and count it as a subtraction and a vertical line where squares of same colour add up as in column number 3 with the white squares. Hope this helps ya a little bit.

[@DovahElioth]

I could not understand Ur explanation for puzze 33. Can you explain in writting? Thank you Very much

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

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.

[@thehumbleone7989]

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...

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

@@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?

[@thehumbleone7989]

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

[@reinhardtristaneugen9113]

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... Le p'tit Daniel

[@testingbotacc]

3 x 3 grid puzzles where the solution needs to be found from diagonals, instead of from the rows and columns, are incredibly poorly designed since the groups of 1, 2, 3, 2, and 1 cells do not form a consistent set, but is rather an inconsistency to begin with.

[@slaanajovic196]

Thats exactly what i was thinking.I got a result of 129 iq on this test and i didnt get like 8 questions.ALL OF THEM WERE ONES WITH DIAGONALS.I simply wasnt thinking about that.

[@francesco1691]

I didn't get puzzle 23, why F and not E?

[@rosehathaway9129]

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

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

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.

[@TheSUPERSOLE]

Puzzle 25 is E.. the small dots mean dragged away from. So a dragged curcle appears in the box it touches

[@jaishreesurvase3130]

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

[@oscarmoxon]

31 is D, not B. The video gets it wrong.

[@mamamia5668]

#31 blacks and white alternate each turn if they aren't cancelled out by stripes. Tile[0][1] is consistent with this as it goes to tile[1][2] . Otherwise Tile[0][0] and tile [1][1] go to and B. (0 is row/column 1)

[@rgloxton137]

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.

[@rgloxton137]

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.

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

@@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.

[@rgloxton137]

@@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.

[@ghostnetwork469]

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]

[@Bears85yemi]

I got a lot of the same answers you did, but this just confirms how much I overanalyze. Our breakdowns are wayyy different.

[@6FootVampire]

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.

[@Cien22n2]

IQ doesn't reflect reaction time or aim

[@6FootVampire]

@@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

[@rafaelschurmanndeoliveira5019]

Bro i got 142 iq before seeing this video, i really am a genious or something?

[@Foxyte]

Can someone explain me #23 please?

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

This puzzle can be solved by looking at the top right to bottom left diagonals. On each diagonal the shapes are the same and they are just shifted once to the left each row we go down. Picture 4 is in the same diagonal as the answer so we just shift the shapes in picture 4 once to the left to get our answer. You could also easily go by rows/columns and see that each shape repeat on certain spots certain amount of times.

[@pabloavano]

@@PuzzlesAndSolutions Why is picture 4 on the same diagonal as the answer ? shouldn't picture 1 be in the same diagonal as the answer ? I'm confused...

[@pabloavano]

I got it. Top Left to Bottom Right, same diagonal: pic 1-6, pic 4-9. Top Right to Bottom Left, same diagonal: 2-4, 3-5-7, 6-8

[@mevass8822]

i didn't get 8. what exactly is repeating?

[@timytimotius4679]

Thanks, i need those 5 last answers.

[@Computertechlighthouse]

At exercise number 30, where did you got square + square = dot?

[@nnn-v6w]

I scored a 97 and I didn’t have enough time to finish all the questions. It’s funny because despite getting some of the answers correct I had a completely different approach to solving them. I guess that’s the difference between someone with a high IQ

[@slvdgeinthesnow8165]

I'll be doing the same.

[@metta9743]

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

[@ghostnetwork469]

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]

[@kelvingevers3262]

Isn't puzzle 14 C, i agree that it is a circle but the line is wrong in answer A, to go from a square to a circle in a row, the line tilts 45 degrees to the left. And from a triangle to a circle the line tilts 90 degrees.

[@subscheme]

I didn’t think of anything as diagonal I assumed everything had to do with the rows( a mistake on my end) but I still solved some of the diagonal ones by thinking of the outer and inner part as a thing that cannot be reused in each row I got 128 on the test which i guess I’m fine with

[@professorx9932]

The Mensa test scores are somewhat deflated. I scored 128 too yet mostly score 135 IQ on pretty much every other test.

[@subscheme]

ah@@professorx9932

[@Hyugan12]

@@professorx9932 maybe you took a different test, Raven usually gives more iq points

[@professorx9932]

@@Hyugan12 I scored 128 when I was 9. I now can score 145 or more.

[@Hyugan12]

@@professorx9932 Iq does not increase that many, you probably took a Cattell and scored 145, which is 127 in weschler scale

[@d.lindstrom7130]

In #17 the answer is B not D,. Is it you or me who is wrong? I explain it like this if you think of a clock that shows only minutes not hours, hanging on a wall with start position at 12.00 and every 10 min we get a picture of the clock, then we can see in first row its 12:00, 12:10, 12:20. Then imagine someone hang the clock (the physical clock) wrong on the wall at same times as before, it would still be 12:00 12:10 12:20 and again in last row it’s hanging wrong on the wall but we only need to know start position to know the rest. Therefore the answer has to be B. Explain please to me if I am wrong because I really cant see how D or any other answer than B can be correct.

[@sarahwitkowski1211]

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.

[@demdimi9316]

Puzzle 22 explanation?

[@romario8569]

Looking at the comment section, seems like everyone is a genius.

[@jebril]

That's what they'd want you to believe hahahaha

[@memoobaba]

What song was being played at the end

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

New Year's Anthem by Quincas Moreira (You can find it in youtube's library of music) or by searching: kzbin.info/www/bejne/faizp6d5aM98hqM

[@memoobaba]

@@PuzzlesAndSolutions thanks man! quick reply lol

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

@@memoobaba haha, I just got on my pc as you commented, lucky :P

[@batonga9449]

i only managed to do 24 of them bc i ran out of time but they were all correct so i ended up with 112 :C, wish i had more time but i suppose thats the point with these tests

[@walidoutaleb7121]

a solution for question 31 would be to give numerical value to each block ex 1 for white 2 for stripe and 3 for black like that you can obtain number chains with rules and after you can see that d is the answer

[@PuzzlesAndSolutions]

I just made a video about puzzle 31 and how it was a flawed puzzle :P

[@TemplarX2]

Nope A. The solution is unique

[@TemplarX2]

@@PuzzlesAndSolutions No, you are flawed. Puzzle 31 has a clear rule to it and unique solution to it.

[@enplixies7548]

For puzzle 31, white blocks keep the color of it's partner while the other blocks seem to have inconsistencies which we see when we compare [black+black=white (found in the first 2 top boxes)] to [black+black=slash (found in the second 2 boxes)] this inconsistency make me believe that the horizontal comparison is not accurate as a test like this one would not have random outputs. If we look at vertical comparisons we see that we have the same problem with 2 boxes not giving the same outputs. The way you have to look at it is adding the 2 squares besides the desired tile. You have to add the tile above by the tile next to the desired block. Using this there were no inconsistencies and we also see that there are no ways to prove what slash + slash equals but we do notice that adding 2 of the same tiles get you a slash tile. using this method we see that we get slash+slash=slash, slash+white=white and slash+slash=slash. Even if this is incorrect we know that there is a pattern that forms when you add together 2 boxes with even sides (ex. black,white,black) you will have an outcome that results in a box with even sides.

[@shisha275]

I thought this question was obvious and i don’t see why people are complicating it You can clearly see the pattern if you go from top to bottom you get that Stripe+Stripe=white so your answer must have a white in the middle Then if you go from right to left you can see that White and stripe=Stripe and vice versa And you don’t need any blacks so the answer must be D You can correct me if there is something wrong with my conclusion

[@by9diz8]

@@shisha275 The answer is B officially

[@whoiton]

@@by9diz8 the correct answer is D - when choosing it, the score is 135. when choosing option B - the score is 133