This Memory Test Will Reveal Your IQ

Teresa M.

5 Min Quiz

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About This Quiz

Are your friends always filling you in on what happened years ago, or are you the one reminding everyone about the details of that hilarious time you got caught skinny dipping? This quiz will put your memory through a set of rigorous tests! Once we see how good your memory is or is not, will be able to calculate your social IQ!

Unlike a standard IQ measurement, a social intelligence quotient measures how comfortable one is with themselves and in their interactions with others. Scores typically range from 100 to 140 with social geniuses being found at the top of the scale.

Learning whether or not your memory is as good as an elephant's will help us correlate your behaviors. After we analyze the way you tend to practice selective memory or the limits of your short-term thinking, we'll get a good idea how socially intelligent you are! If you are the person hobnobbing with everyone at a party, you are probably pretty high on the social IQ scale, but your memory will let us know for sure!

Share your earliest childhood memories and the things you remember about your most recent ex! The things you remember will point us in the direction of your social IQ. Do you remember what we just said? Let's find out!

Do you often walk into a room and forget why you are there?

All the time!

It happens more than I want to admit.
I don't do that very much.

It happens once and a while when I'm stressed.

How many times did it take you to pass your driving exam?

I don't have a driver's license.

I had to do it twice.
I got it right the first time.

I had to do it three times.

Do you remember you first day of Kindergarten?

I remember it really well.

I remember parts of it.
I don't remember it at all.

I didn't go to Kindergarten.

Do you remember your 6th grade teacher's name?

I have no idea.

I know it!
I think I remember.

I remember my teachers, but I don't remember the grade.

Do you know your phone number?

Of course, I do!

I haven't remembered it since cell phones were invented.
I don't, but I know many others.

Who doesn't know their own phone number?

Which item do you lose most often?

Keys

Glasses
Wallet

Shoes

Do you remember your passwords?

I remember all of them.

My computer does that for me.
I remember a few of them.

I never remember them.

Do you forget what you were going to say in the middle of a sentence?

I think it happens to everyone.

I rarely ever do that.
I do it all the time.

I don't think so.

Do you remember things you hear or things you read better?

I remember things I read better.

I remember things I hear.
I remember things I write down.

It's best for me to hear and read things to remember them.

How often do you lose your car in the parking lot?

Rarely

Occasionally
Frequently

Never

Where is your birth certificate?

My mom has it.

I have no idea.
It's filed away with important papers.

They didn't give me one when they sent me to earth.

How much do you remember from high school Algebra?

I remember all of it.

I don't remember any of it.
I remember some of it.

I never took Algebra.

Do you remember your first pet's name?

I remember it well.

I've never had pets.
My first pet is still with me.

I can't remember.

Have you ever tried to learn a new language?

I'm bilingual.

I've tried, but it's not easy to remember all that stuff.
I haven't tried.

I would like to try someday.

Have you ever left your card in the ATM?

I have done it more than once.

I've never done that.
I did forget it once.

No, but I've forgotten it at a store.

Do you need to have instructions repeated more than once?

I need them written out!

I do need them repeated.
It depends on the instructions.

I usually get it the first time.

Did your most recent ex leave socks around the house?

I have blocked my ex from my memory.

Indeed, my ex did leave socks around the house.
I can't recall.

I was probably the once leaving socks everywhere.

Do you remember the lyrics to a lot of songs?

I remember lyrics like I wrote them.

I do remember more than I think I should.
I rarely remember song lyrics.

I remember a few songs.

How easy is it for you to remember names?

It helps to meet them more than once.

I'm really good at remembering names.
I usually remember them.

I have a hard time with names.

Could you memorize lines like an actor?

We would have to cut after every line.

I don't know how they remember so much.
I think I could.

I'm sure than anyone could.

Do you remember any of the dances that were popular when you were growing up?

I remember the Electric Slide.

I remember the Macarena.
I remember the Fox Trot.

I have two left feet.

When is the last time you had a Slushie?

I must have been a child.

It was recently.
I cannot recall.

What's a Slushie?

Can you recite the Pledge of Allegiance?

I know most of it.

I know about half of it.
I know all of it.

I don't remember it.

Do you remember your dreams?

I remember the scary ones.

I remember most of them.
I remember parts of them.

I remember them for two seconds.

How many appointments have you forgotten about in the last year?

0

1
3 or more

2

Do your coworkers need to remind you to do things?

They are always reminding me of things.

It depends on the time of year.
I have a secretary to do that for me.

I set my alerts on my phone.

Do you remember how you answered the previous question?

I do not.

I sure do.
I'm going to go back and look.

I think I do.

Do you ever leave items behind at the grocery store?

I am always leaving something behind.

I have in the past.
I think it happens to everyone sometimes.

I haven't so far.

Do you usually remember everything you need from the store?

I have to keep a list.

I usually remember.
I always forget a thing or two.

I always remember.

Do you know all the words to the National Anthem?

I know every single one.

I know most of them.
I know about half of them.

I never learned them.

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