The parents of a Leeds schoolboy who scored the highest possible Mensa test - beating Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking - say he's treated no differently to other children his age.
Eleven-year-old Yusuf Shah registered 162, which is the maximum possible for under-18s and in the top percent of people of all ages. Stephen Hawking scored 160 and Einstein, though never officially taking the test, is believed to have scored the same, The Mirror reports.
Yusuf, from Wigton Moor, Leeds said he took the IQ test after his friends at school told him how smart he is and celebrated his incredible achievement with a meal at Nando’s with his family. Yusuf said: “Everyone at school thinks I am very smart and I have always wanted to know if I was in the top two per cent of the people who take the test. It feels special to have a certificate for me and about me.”
Read More: Leeds market trader launches free Christmas dinner deliveries to help struggling families
He with his brothers Zaki and Khalid, mum Sana and dad Irfan, hopes to study maths at Oxford or Cambridge.
Sana said: “I was so proud. He is the first person to take the Mensa test in the family. We thought he might be intimidated by the adults at the centre. But he did brilliantly.
"I still tell him that, ‘Your dad is still smarter than you’.
“We take it all light heartedly.”
Read next:
- Italian restaurant owner tells us to 'shut up' when we queried bill
- New Leeds Caribbean restaurant where customers rave about 'incredible food'
- 9 Yorkshire fish and chip shops named the best in the UK in Good Food Awards 2023
- German Doner Kebab opening new Leeds restaurant - and it will serve 'UK's first pink kebabs'
- Win tickets to the magical Christmas at Roundhay Park trail
