Intertel facts for kids

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Intertel

Formation	23 November 1966 (1966-11-23)
Founder	Ralph B. Haines
Type	High IQ society
Membership	1,700+
Official language	English

Intertel is a special club for people with very high intelligence. It was started in 1966. To join, you need to score in the top one percent on a smartness test. This means you are smarter than 99 out of 100 people who take the test. Intertel is known for being even more selective than another well-known high-IQ group called Mensa.

How Intertel Started

Intertel was created in 1966 by a person named Ralph Haines. He was inspired by the founders of Mensa, another group for smart people. Ralph wanted to make a club for very intelligent people. This club would help them connect and share ideas.

Intertel became the second oldest group of its kind. Mensa was the first. Both groups wanted to bring together people with high IQs. They believed these people could learn from each other.

What Intertel Does

One of Intertel's main goals is to help with research. Members often take part in studies about high intelligence. This helps scientists learn more about how very smart brains work.

In 1978, Intertel started an award called the "Hollingworth Award." It was named after Leta Stetter Hollingworth. She was a psychologist who studied gifted children. The award honored people who did great work in this field. It was given out every year until at least 1993.

People in Intertel

Many interesting people have been members of Intertel. Here are some of them:

See also

In Spanish: Intertel para niños

• Triple Nine Society, another high IQ society for even higher scores