Mensa Workout

Overall, I believe I scored a bit low on the MENSA "workout." My official score was 17 correct answers out of a possible 30. A bit disappointing indeed. I really did not know what to expect before conducting the test, but when I did it, I was a little disheartened. I do think it was somewhat difficult. However, I did expect to score at least 20 correctly. There are numerous reasons why I believe I performed at a sub-par level. First of all, I did the test upon waking. I had not eaten or even thought hard about anything. I was still in a somewhat foggy state. Also, there were components on the test that I have always been weak on such as word scrambles word problems. When looking back at items like these on the test, I answered nearly all them incorrectly.
After reviewing the questions a multiple times, I do believe that this “workout” is somewhat culture-biased. Some aspects of this test, I think, are simply irrelevant to some of the worlds diverse cultures. Many of the worl...