World's Smartest Toddler? | Elise Tan-Roberts of London, England | ABC News

At 2 years old, Elise Tan-Roberts has one of the world's highest IQs.
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The majority of parents believe their children are geniuses, but toddler Elise Tan-Roberts has the official seal of approval to back up the boast..

At 2 years and 4 months old, Elise becomes the youngest member ever of the high IQ fraternity Mensa .

Not only does Elise know her shapes, but the London resident also can count in Spanish. But her favorite thing to do is recite world capitals.

She knows 35 of them, including Paris,Tokyo and Washington D.C.

Little Elise's IQ is an astonishing 156. Compare that to Albert Einstein's 160, and you realize just how smart Elise really is considering she still has so much to learn.

Though Mensa can only test people older than 10, Elise was accepted because of a previous "evidence application" that confirmed her IQ score was within the top 2 percent of the population, according to British Mensa's Web site.

Before Elise took Mensa's youngest-ever honors, the title of youngest female ever admitted to Mensa was held by Georgia Brown. Georgia had been the youngest girl when she joined in 2007 at 1,041 days old. The youngest boy and youngest member ever accepted was Ben Woods, who joined Mensa in the 1990s at 1,035 days old, according to Mensa's Web site.

Elise was 845 days old when she joined the international high IQ club.

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[MAY 2009]

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[tokenrare]

Is anyone else laughing at the fact that mensa is the name of that organization?

[FckYourMorals]

They say Einstein's was 160... HE NEVER TOOK AN IQ TEST.

[TheSweetSarahize]

@iluvjb5678 Uh... NO! "Most people do NOT have a 150 IQ. The AVERAGE IQ in America for example is about 100. Any IQ over 132 is already in the TOP 2% percentile of all IQ's and THAT is the qualification for MENSA membership. No matter how you slice it her IQ is within the top 2% percentile meaning it is higher than 98% of the jealous commenters here.

[sethaus75]

If 70 year old American politicians describe the U.S. capital as Washington (omitting the DC), why shouldn't a 2 year old child do the same?

[zwiiyt]

@enforceone So where did the europeans get their ideas from? The arabs? Oh, but where the did arabs get their ideas from? The indians..

[zwiiyt]

@Aprilshowersss No. It's more of of an indication of 'race' quotas' in institutions. Why don't we just wait a few years and then see how clever this girl is. So far, i am not at all impressed.

[zwiiyt]

It's ludicrous to expect an IQ test to at the age of 2 to indicate her IQ as a teenager/adult. Why don't we just wait until she is a bit older and then get excited. Besides, i have seen people as young as her possess far superior abilities at the age of two than her. William Sidis is just one example. )

[transform83]

@crisisdead1 PROVE IT BUTT FACE

[transform83]

@ROBLOXingHabbo OH SHUT THE FUCKING HELL UP YOU MOTHER FUCKER!!!!!

[TaylorSwiftFan101234]

She's 2!!!!!! Leave her alone!

[SuperRandomTing]

WHICH!

[kwamemali]

Lol at comments the girl is FUCKING TWO yall want her to build a car or sumthing to prove she has a high iq