2-yr-old joins Mensa with IQ higher than Obama, Cameron
London, June 27: A two-year-old toddler in UK has become the youngest ever member of the genius club Mensa, after he scored an incredible 141 on an IQ test.
Adam Kirby's score reportedly ranks him above US President Barack Obama and British Premier David Cameron.
The
toddler
was
invited
to
join
the
elite
group
after
demonstrating
his
ability
to
read
Shakespeare
and
understand
Japanese,
Spanish
and
French,
the
'Daily
Express' reported.
He stunned his parents Dean and Kerry-Ann Kirby by spelling 100 words and mastering both his times tables and the periodic table of chemical elements.
"Adam's
abilities
are
outstanding.
While
most
children
are
just
learning
to
stand
up
or
crawl,
Adam
was
reading
books.
His
development
was
mind-blowingly
quick,"
Dean,
a
33-year-old
IT
consultant
from
Mitcham,
South
London,
said.
"We used to show him cards with the words hippopotamus and rhinoceros on them and he could identify the right animals most of the time," said Mr Dean.
Adam's IQ of 141 - just four shy of the Genius category - compares with the average Briton's score of 100.
At two years and five months, Adam is the youngest boy to join Mensa, the report said.
Only Elise Tan-Roberts, from London, who is now six, was younger, joining at two years and four months.
"We look forward to Adam joining and expect him to have a very bright future," Mensa CEO John Stevenage said.
PTI