Links
Amusements
NOTE: It seems many people like to put together collections of puzzles and label them "IQ Tests." You should be aware that the professionals and businesses who construct and publish clinical and academic tests of intelligence spend literally millions of dollars developing and norming them. They do not make them available to the general public, let alone publish them and their answers on the World Wide Web. Any self-styled "IQ tests" you find on the Web should be understood for what they are: A collection of challenging puzzles to be solved for your own amusement. Mensa does not accept scores on any of them as proof of qualification for membership.
Interactive Crossword (The Boston Herald.)
Interactive Crossword (uComics.)
Interactive Crossword (USA Today.)
Stillsonworks (Our own Alan Stillson's puzzle page.)
Uncommonly Difficult IQ Tests (Compiled by Darryl Miyaguchi.)
Web Puzzler (Interactive graphic puzzles.)
On-line Book Sellers
Advanced Book Exchange (Rare and out of print books)
Alibris (Out of print and rare books.)
AntiQbook (Antiquarian booksellers online.)
Bibliocity (Now merged with Alibris.)
Amazon.com (We are an Amazon.com affiliate. See our Book Store page.)
BookCloseOuts.com ("5 million books at blow-out prices.")
Book Finder (Search for out of print and used books.)
Powell's Books ("The largest new and used bookstore in the world.")
Toby Press ("Exclusive Fiction from Today's Finest Writers ... Direct to You")
BooksEnthusiast.com ("Large selection of hard to find books and brochures. The collection covers a wide range of subjects including art, literarure, science and much more.)
Humor
Science Jokes (Lots of them.)
Kid Stuff
CIA Kids Page (Yes, that CIA.)
KidsClick! (Web search for kids by librarians.)
Leonardo Home Page (da Vinci, of course.)
StarChild (A learning center for young astronomers.)
Libraries
Electronic Text Center Holdings (Texts on-line at the University of Virgina.)
Project Gutenberg (Public domain texts on-line.)
Miscellaneous
This day in history (The History Channel.)
Museums
The Exploratorium (San Francisco)
Griffith Park Observatory and Planetarium
Los Angeles County Museums and Exhibits (Yahoo!® Page)
The Smithsonian Institute (Washington, D.C.)
On-line References
The Encyclopedia Britannica (Yes, that Britannica, and it's free.)
The Encyclopedia Mythica (Give me that old time religion ...)
How Stuff Works (Explanations by Marshall Brain)
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (No, it doesn't include Monty Python's "Philosophers Song.")
Internet Hoaxes and Warnings (Things you should not pass on via e-mail or usenet.)
Merriam-Webster OnLine (Dictionary, thesaurus and more.)
Searchenginez (Internet search tools.)
Shakespeare (MIT's search engine)
Shakespeare (Someone else's search engine)
Visual Thesaurus (By Plumb Design)
Resources for the Gifted
College Degrees Without Classroom Attendance (Courtesy of David p. Hayes.)
Gifted Development Center (A service of the Institute for the Study of Advanced Development)
Gifted Resources Organization Page
The Rocamora School, Inc. (Resources on talent development, giftedness, awareness work and practical spirituality for adults.)
Science
The Alternate View columns by John G. Cramer from Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine
Astrolabes (An explanation by Romuald Ireneus 'Scibor-Marchocki.)
Earth & Sky (The radio show's Web site.)
Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center (NASA)
Geostationary Satellite Views (Your NOAA tax dollars at play.)
Nanotechnology (Itty Bitty Machines)
PlanetDiary (What's going on in the world.)
Science a GoGo (News)
Stephen Hawking's Universe (PBS)
High IQ Societies
NOTE: Some of these societies have multiple Web pages, all claiming to be "official." Politics within small organizations can be quite vicious (perhaps because the stakes are so miniscule). This can lead to multiple factions and splinter groups. We've done our best to choose among them, but can make no guarantees as to authenticity. The list below contains only societies for which some kind of Internet presence could be found.
For an interesting discussion of High IQ societies, see Darryl Miyaguchi's History of High IQ Societies.
| Society | Minimum Percentile |
| Mensa | 98 |
| Top One Percent Society | 99 |
| Intertel | 99 |
| Glia Society | 99.9 |
| International Society for Philosophical Enquiry | 99.9 |
| IQuadrivium | 99.9 |
| Triple Nine Society | 99.9 |
| One-In-A-Thousand Society | 99.9 |
| Prometheus Society | 99.997 |
| Mega Foundation | 99.997 |
| Mega Society | 99.9999 |
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