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28.04.03

TV ENTERTAINMENT


Test The Nation: The National IQ Test 2003


BBC ONE, Sunday 4 May 2003, 8.00pm


Have you got smarter in the last twelve months or has the year taken its toll on your brain cells? Test The Nation: The National IQ Test 2003 gives you the opportunity to find out.


Live in the studio, six groups of 50 people, plus eight brave celebrities including Arabella Weir, Richard Blackwood, Fearne Cotton, Matthew Pincent and Paula Radcliffe, sit down to take the 70 question IQ test devised by a leading psychologist.


Is mechanics know-how confined to what goes on under the bonnet? Do body-builders have mental muscle as honed as their physique?


City traders put their high-flying reputations on the line and musicians discover whether their IQ hits the right notes.


Tax inspectors find out if their test total adds up to a big return and blondes are back in the audience to see if they can at last lose their dumb blonde tag once and for all.


The all-new test is divided into five sections of timed blocks covering language, memory, logic, numbers and perception, with brain teasers and puzzles designed to deliver the ultimate cerebral challenge.


By the end of the programme, viewers find out their own IQ score and discover which of the celebrities are hiding grey matter behind those famous faces. The night's highest scorers - both in the studio and on the net - will be identified.


Presented by Anne Robinson and Phillip Schofield, Test The Nation viewers can join in with this live national event by logging onto the BBCi website (www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation), by pressing the red button on their digital TV remote or simply by using pen and paper.


Get your brain in gear with some trial questions!

Trial question 1
Trial question 2
Trial question 3

Click here for the answers.


Test The Nation: The National IQ Test 2003. BBC ONE, Sunday 4 May 2003, 8.00pm


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