So, MENSA has setup a protest in KY
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Took a cue from our wondrous and sarcastic president. 
... would often ask how I scored on the tests.
This was over 30 years ago, so I don’t recall all the details.
It all started when I looked through a local newspaper, noticing that a local Mensa chapter would proctor IQ tests at a nearby library on a particular Saturday. I was a decent student in school, but I was never IQ-tested and was curious how I’d do.
There was only one other guy who showed up to be tested, with an annoyed expression on his face, and he told me before the exams that he was required to be tested as a potential police officer. (I never heard of such a requirement for police officers around here, but I assumed that he was honest.)
The proctor was an old, bearded guy wearing coveralls. The front was partially unzipped below his chest, exposing gray chest hair and no shirt. Coincidentally, after the testing was done, he said that our local chapter of Mensa had one of the biggest “Nudist” SIGs (special interest groups) in the country. Lol.
We took two different tests.
I was pretty annoyed by one of them, called Cattell B, because it seemed to mostly test verbal ability. I’d always heard that IQ tests shouldn’t be based on a person’s education, but that particular test seemed to contradict those rumors. I’d never even seen some of the words, so how could I know their meaning?
The other one was called the California Test of Mental Maturity, I think. I could tell that I was answering nearly every question correctly, so it was more fun. Lol! It also didn’t seem to rely so much on a person’s education to perform well.
After a few weeks, the results were mailed to me and I was offered membership into Mensa.
I only scored in the top 7% on the “verbal” exam, but scored in the top 1% on the California test with a score of 148.
I paid the dues and later received some newsletters from the local chapter (and also the national magazine). Some of the local meetings seemed like they could be fun, especially if “BYOB” was listed, so I tried them.
Looking like a 14-year-old back then, the much older hosts and other guests seemed to always express concern about me bringing and drinking some beer. (18 was the legal age back then.)
Anyway, I never really felt comfortable at the meetings because I seemed to be treated like a curious misfit. It was during those interactions, when another guest would look at me quizzically, that he/she would ask how I qualified. Then they’d tell me how they qualified. It was from those conversations that I seemed to recognize a pattern — the high verbal scorers tended to be blow-hards who liked to talk about themselves using impressive oratory skills.
Maybe it would’ve worked out better if I’d been older when I joined? 
I never tried the Nudist SIG. Lol.
Edit:
I brought a pizza and 6-pack of beer to the last meeting that I attended, and the guy that answered the door shouted back to the crowd that the pizza delivery kid had already arrived. Lol. He asked about the other pizzas, and that’s when I explained that I was a guest Mensa member. He apologized and let me inside.
I encountered another boring “Charles Winchester III” type of guest for awhile, then snuck out.
In the next newsletter, there was an apology to the young guest who was mistaken as a pizza delivery person, implying that’s why I left so early. (Nope.)
