Mensa International

Mensa International
Formation1 October 1946 (1946-10-01)[1]
Legal statusLimited non-profit organisation
PurposeHigh-IQ society
HeadquartersSlate Barn, Church Lane, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Location
  • Worldwide
Membership
~150,000[2]
International Chairperson
Björn Liljeqvist
Websitewww.mensa.org

Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world.[3][4][5] It is a non-profit organisation open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test.[6] Mensa formally comprises national groups and the umbrella organisation Mensa International, with a registered office in Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, England,[7] which is separate from the British Mensa office in Wolverhampton.[8]

  1. ^ "Mensa is 65 on 1st October – how Brilliant is that?". Mensa International. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AboutMensa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Percival, Matt (8 September 2006). "The Quest for Genius". CNN. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
  4. ^ Moore, Hilary. "American Mensa and Activepackets Team to Provide Mobile Users With Mensa Genius Challenge". American Mensa. Archived from the original on 7 December 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
  5. ^ Sharma, Mukul (30 January 2007). "IQ tests are about innate intelligence". The Times of India. India. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
  6. ^ Mensa International. "Getting Your IQ Tested - FAQs". Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Contact". Mensa International. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  8. ^ British Mensa. "Contact Us". mensa.org.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

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