Explaining the Mensa Norway IQ Test Puzzles (145+ IQ Answers)

I Decided to remake my first video of the Mensa Norway IQ Test considering the test was outdated + I felt like I could improve the quality of the video further.

My next video will be dedicated to the old Puzzle 31 of the IQ test and why it was impossible for people to solve the puzzle.

In this video I go through each of the puzzles and try to explain what the correct answer is and why.
Please let me know in the comments if you find interesting IQ Tests that you want me to check out!

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I appriciate any recommendation for fun puzzles/IQ tests so please send me a message or comment on this post if you have some :)

My next video will be about the old puzzle 31 of the Mensa Norway IQ Test and how it was impossible to solve it. Here is specific videos about the last 4 puzzles (they might have more comments and help if you are looking for a specific solution):

[latarnik]

The interesting thing about puzzles in IQ test is that they often contain multiple correct patterns so they can be solved by different ways of thinking.

[Auroth_DI]

Diagonals has risen my IQ by around 20 points in 20 minutes 😂

[fionaaron]

It's so interesting that we worked out the right answers in different ways. The way I worked it out felt more intuitive or something. This feels so systematic! Thanks for the upload.

[georgesia]

This video explains the puzzles better than the older one. thanks man.

[KingNiros]

People that legitimately take Mensa tests practice patterns like crazy for many, many hours before they take an actual test. Doesn't matter if they are actual questions on said test or not. Therefore, most people in Mensa probably shouldn't even belong in Mensa. You would have to find someone to take the test who has never studied patterns in any way to get a true reading, therefore it's next to useless.

[alexcandar]

Not sure if diagonals are needed or intended to be used for any of these... Normally you should be able to solve both from left to right, and also from top to bottom

Let me exemplify on four of the easier puzzles:

Puzzle nr. 8: Pattern: Always 5 dots in the middle. Over and under the five dots you will always find 1 middle dot, 2 side dots, and 3 middle dots.

Puzzle nr. 11: Add new shapes, Remove repeating shapes.

Puzzle nr. 12: Clockwise rotation. Row or column always have two black, and one grey.

Puzzle nr. 13: All rows and columns will contain A) circle, triangle, and square and B) black, grey, and white figure .

[KumarKaneswaran-KumarKanes]

Heres an observation, I have watched this video and picked up some of the problem solving strategies such "not in common" and "Diagonal processing" . As a result, I get 6 questions extra correct and my iQ score goes up 20 points. Therefore, the difference in my IQ is not my speed, or the correct answer, but my ability to identify the problem solving strategy. In my first go, I would never have spotted these problem solving strategies and probably would have sat there for 15 minutes each question until I got it right but due to a practice effect, I get better and better. Surely, this questions the validity of this measure.

[dzarko]

I never considered using diagonals! I only used horizontal lines. I got 138, so I think I managed to find some weird patterns anyway

[VirtualRiot]

for question 14
answer C seems correct to me
When you look at the pattern of rotation of the line from left to right, it always does a 45 degree and then a 90 degree turn
and the shapes cycle through

[FangsIAm]

I took the mensa iq test today and boy.. its nothing compared to anything you find out there. constantly pressured by time (like 15 hard questions in 3minutes), and you barely have any puzzle tests, except at the beginning and some in between here and there, and none of them are as the ones you see with easy logical patterns. I was shocked, but felt great!

[kerkertrandov]

For question #32, I used this logic, on left box flip vertically right side, on middle box flip vertically left side, combine them and that's the right box

[mualpharhokappa]

I’m very surprised that this channel doesn’t have more views or subscribers, especially with recognition from a very popular IQ test from Mensa. Oh well, big brain society over here

[drednac]

I was stuck on last 3 tests, the thing that blew my mind is the diagonals. It seemed so unintuitive to me because it felt like there is no the same amount of information, however if we consider that the diagonals repeat by each 3 than you get equal number of information wrapped, but this seemed way too complicated compared to just vertical and horizontal lines. I was just assuming that there "format" is somewhat consistent because you can come up with infinite solutions for any puzzle if you look "outside the box" but those answers will likely be a lot more complicated, which seemed unlikely considering you have less than a minute for each answer in average. After taking this test I felt really dumb. I want to get properly tested for Mensa but not to become an member but to know if I am simply too dumb to be competitive in my field and to realize how fucked I am :D

[andyn]

This is the best explanations I have seen for solving the Mensa Norway IQ test!

[coryw]

I did the Mensa test twice. The first time I received a score of 143, the second time I received 102. I never take these tests seriously

[GoomySmash]

For number 33 I think the answer is B. There's a rule that's consistent for every tile that basically amounts to "for any given tile, you need to mix and match the triangles from the tiles immediately surrounding to make the shape of the given tile. Stated another way, if you add all of the immediate surrounding tiles together, you should be able to piece together the exact triangles in your given tile. If 1 or more tiles immediately surrounding has 1 or more of the exact type of triangle (same position, flip direction, color) you can use those to construct your given tile. Immediate diagonals are fair game, but you can't jump over a tile to get to the triangle you need."


The only way to make this rule work on every single tile including the bottom right one is to pick B. Any other tile you need to jump an entire block to have all the triangles you need to make the bottom left one. B you only need the tile directly above and directly diagonal to the left, so all 9 tiles follow the rule.

[MrMiniPancakes]

Kinda like the SAT where if you know a strategy, you can rig your score vs people who don’t practice

[davecullins]

There are so many instances in this test where I get to the exact same conclusion as you about what the right answer is, but I get there through other explanations.

[JurijFedorov]

Getting only 12 correct is below the level the test can score you at. Getting 13 correct gives you an IQ of 85.

Then 88, 92, 95, 97, 100, 102, 105, 107, 110, 112, 115, 118, 121, 125, 128, 131, 133, 135, 138, 142 and then the last 2 max scores.