[wolf78]

I knew it ;-) !

Of course I'm glad that I could contribute with my own IQ of 160+ .

[NZerFromHK]

I'm ethnically Chinese, and I think Chinese in Hong Kong collectively have a median IQ of around 115? 100 for NZ sounds right.

[goldstategop]

This Just In: French Dummies Score Low On IQ Tests. Film at 11.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Pro-Bush]

America is still #1

[globalheater]

This test might be highly controversial because of the means it used to elaborate these not so pregnant numbers. As a german I am certainly pleased that I have such a high chance to be statistically smart ;-)

It also shows that it's only good for europe that the poles are on board.

[Cvengr]

“The main environmental influence on IQ is diet,"

Reads as though a caterer is seeking a contract with MENSA.

[dirtbiker]

The main environmental influence on IQ is diet, and people in southeast Europe would have had less of the proteins, minerals and vitamins provided by meat which are essential for brain development.”

Now there is scientific PROOF that vegetarians are less intelligent.....(as if we didn't already know...)

[Vectorian]

Britain averages 100 but England averages 102 - trust the Scots to hold us back again! ;-)

[truemiester]

I took an IQ test.

I stapled and read it through a Bushnell 3 X 5 scope and marked my answers with a 160 grain boattail. A 5 knot wind dropped my IQ a few points.

I am hoping for a calm wind day next time!

[RoadTest]

Sure. The Popes slaughtered the smart Frenchmen for centuries. That's why they're left with an inferior gene pool.

[DustyMoment]

Let's be franco - EVERYONE on earth is smarter than the French. This latest round of riots by French "utes" is proof enough!!

[sergeantdave]

The dog has me trained to take him for a walk, the cat trained me to feed him at 8am, and the wife can ring a bell and I take the garbage out Friday morning 9am sharp.

I don't know what my IQ is but I think it's shot.

[A. Pole]

Professor Lynn, who caused controversy last year by claiming that men were more intelligent than women by about five IQ points on average, said that populations in the colder, more challenging environments of Northern Europe had developed larger brains than those in warmer climates further south. The average brain size in Northern and Central Europe is 1,320cc and in southeast Europe it is 1,312cc.

A nonsense. It is a well know fact that animals and men living in the colder climate tend to be larger. This professor's IQ must be low.

[DOGEY]

Of course I'm glad that I could contribute with my own IQ of 160+ .

Plus what?

[Tribune7]

He described it as “a hitherto unrecognised law of history” that “the side with the higher IQ normally wins, unless they are hugely outnumbered, as Germany was after 1942”.

And whose fault was it they were out numbered? Not too bright, now, were they?

[Tribune7]

This fellow says the Germans were the smartest.

[Old Professer]

I thought it was due to lead in wall paint.

[george wythe]

Top of the table were the Germans, with an IQ of 107

In college, I had a couple of friends who were German foreign students.

Not only were they smart, they also were unpretentious. They never bragged about being five times smarter than me; instead, they always tried to improve their English and score with the chicks :-)

[Sam Cree]

"populations in the colder, more challenging environments...had developed larger brains than those in warmer climates further south..."

This explains Florida, it seems.

[Constantine XIII]

“The main environmental influence on IQ is diet, and people in southeast Europe would have had less of the proteins, minerals and vitamins provided by meat which are essential for brain development.”

Yet another reason not to mess with Texas. :P

[liberte]

France's numbers are probably being pulled down by the large number of immigrants from nations where the average is in the 80's (i.e. nations with large numbers of Jihadis): "For instance, the average IQ of Egypt is 83, Iran is 83, Iraq is 84, Qatar is 78, compared to Germany at 103, and Italy at 102 and England at 100.(from "IQ and the Wealth of Nations", by Lynn and Vanhanen)" From Mark Steyn's mailbox