Three-year-old girl in UK scored an incredible 162 in a test of the high IQ society

Updated on: Tuesday, February 12, 2013

A three-year-old girl in UK has become one of the youngest ever members of Mensa with an IQ estimated to be even higher than physicist Stephen Hawking.

Alice Amos scored an incredible 162 in a test of the high IQ society Mensa - matching some of the world's most notable intellectuals.

The toddler, from Guildford, Surrey, is already bilingual, speaking both English and Russian, where her parents are from, the 'Daily Mail' reported.

Alice's advanced intellect means she is one of the "top one per cent", matching that of Hawking, who has never officially revealed his IQ, but which is estimated to be between 160 and 165.

Alice's score means she is only one of 18 pre-school members of the society.

She already spends her spare time reading Aesop's fables and other fairytales, also enjoying singing, dancing, painting, crafts and reading.

John Stevenage, CEO of British Mensa, said, "We are delighted that Alice has joined the society."

Stevenage said, "At Mensa we aim to provide a positive environment for gifted children as they develop and hope they will benefit from interaction with other bright children."

Alice was admitted to Mensa after her parents submitted a report by British psychologist Professor Joan Freeman. She scored 162 on the Stanford Binet test - an IQ quiz that looks to measure five factors of cognitive ability - fluid reasoning, knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visual-spatial processing, and working memory.

The youngster works to an advance level in both literacy and numeracy. Her IQ of 162 ranks her higher than a list of the world's greatest luminaries.

Former US presidents Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin and Bill Clinton could only muster 128, 160 and 137 respectively.

French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte scored 145 and Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud was still left trailing in the wake of Alice with a score of 156.

There are currently more than 1,000 members of Mensa aged under 18.

Three-year-old girl in UK scored an incredible 162 in a test of the high IQ society

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