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==Early life, education, intelligence tests==
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Rosner grew up in [[Boulder, Colorado]].<ref name="krier1992">{{cite news|author=Krier, Beth Ann|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-07-28/news/vw-4603_1_exceptional-children|title=As Whiz Kids Grow Up; Do Exceptional Children Become Exceptional Adults? Not Always. Sometimes There Are A Few Bumps Along The Way|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|date=July 28, 1992}}</ref> After he graduated from high school and attended [[University of Colorado, Boulder]] on and off, appearing as a body builder in early choreography by Nancy Daw Kane. <ref name="bibson1986">Gibson, Daryl. "'Genius' launches trial flight of scientific theory," ''[[Boulder Daily Camera]]'', April 5, 1986.</ref><ref name="smith1986">Smith, L.L. "Letter to the Editor," ''[[Colorado Daily]]'', April 10, 1986.</ref><ref name="jones1986">Jones, Tao. "Worse than you suspected: Boy wonder takes to skies with theory of the Bland Universe", ''[[Colorado Daily]]'', April 4, 1986.</ref> As an aspiring media figure, he placed a number of ads with titles about physics in the entertainment trade journal ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' while attending college.<ref name="rosner1986">Rosner, Rick. Advertisements, ''[[Daily Variety]]'': "Gravitation is relativistically attenuated", January 22, 1986, p. 10; "Mach's Principle applies to gravitation", January 26, 1986, p. 30; "In a universe containing only two objects, the objects wouldn't be gravitationally attracted to each other", February 2, 2007.</ref><ref name="zaslow1990">Zaslow, Jeffrey (May 29, 1990). [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB372E95690BA23&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Aspiring actors place hopes in classified ads.] ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''</ref> Rosner moved to [[New York]] and wrote for [[MTV]]. When his wife got a job offer in California, they moved west.<ref name="krier1992"/>
Rosner grew up in [[Boulder, Colorado]].<ref name="krier1992">{{cite news|author=Krier, Beth Ann|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-07-28/news/vw-4603_1_exceptional-children|title=As Whiz Kids Grow Up; Do Exceptional Children Become Exceptional Adults? Not Always. Sometimes There Are A Few Bumps Along The Way|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|date=July 28, 1992}}</ref> After he graduated from high school and attended [[University of Colorado, Boulder]] on and off, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity, Rosner appeared as a body builder in early choreography by Nancy Daw Kane. <ref name="bibson1986">Gibson, Daryl. "'Genius' launches trial flight of scientific theory," ''[[Boulder Daily Camera]]'', April 5, 1986.</ref><ref name="smith1986">Smith, L.L. "Letter to the Editor," ''[[Colorado Daily]]'', April 10, 1986.</ref><ref name="jones1986">Jones, Tao. "Worse than you suspected: Boy wonder takes to skies with theory of the Bland Universe", ''[[Colorado Daily]]'', April 4, 1986.</ref> As an aspiring media figure, he placed a number of ads with titles about physics in the entertainment trade journal ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' while attending college.<ref name="rosner1986">Rosner, Rick. Advertisements, ''[[Daily Variety]]'': "Gravitation is relativistically attenuated", January 22, 1986, p. 10; "Mach's Principle applies to gravitation", January 26, 1986, p. 30; "In a universe containing only two objects, the objects wouldn't be gravitationally attracted to each other", February 2, 2007.</ref><ref name="zaslow1990">Zaslow, Jeffrey (May 29, 1990). [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB372E95690BA23&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Aspiring actors place hopes in classified ads.] ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''</ref> Rosner moved to [[New York]] and wrote for [[MTV]]. When his wife got a job offer in California, they moved west.<ref name="krier1992"/>


According to scores on tests designed to measure high intelligence, it is reported that Rosner has one of the world’s highest IQs. In 1985, it is also reported that he scored 44 out of 48 on [[Ron Hoeflin|Ron Hoeflin’s]] Mega Test, the second-highest score among the nearly 4,000 people who took the test. In 1990, he received a perfect score on [[Ron Hoeflin|Hoeflin’s]] equally difficult Titan Test <ref name="miyaguchi">{{cite web|author=Miyaguchi, Darryl|title=Uncommonly Difficult IQ Tests: Introduction to the Hoeflin Tests: The Titan Test|url=http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/|accessdate=2007-12-23}}. From the article: “The Titan Test is a more difficult twin to the Mega Test.”</ref> and, in 1991, scored 47 in a second attempt at the Mega Test. His combined scores indicate an adult (deviation) [[Intelligence quotient|IQ]] in the mid- to high-190s <ref name="hoeflin1998">{{cite web|author=Hoeflin, Ronald K|title=The Statistical Technique for Combining IQ Scores|year=1998|url=http://www.megasociety.org/noesis/141/ferguson.html|accessdate=2007-12-23}}</ref><ref name="towers1998">Towers, Grady “Five Letters from Grady Towers”, 1998. http://megasociety.net/noesis/141/towers.html. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.</ref><ref name="towers1999">Towers, Grady. “Some Observations on the Titan Test”, 1999. Towers notes that small sample sizes, ceiling-bumping effects, and the lack of high-level conventional tests make it difficult to establish exact norms for the top end of the Titan Test. Towers includes a table equating a perfect Titan score with a Mega score of 46 (corresponding to an IQ of 198). Retrieved on 2007-12-23.</ref><ref name="vaughn1999">Vaughn, Fred et al. '1998/99 Membership Committee Report', The Prometheus Society Membership Committee (1999). A committee of ten people including four psychologists found that the Langdon Adult Intelligence Test, the Mega Test, and the Titan Test are able to discriminate at the 4.75 sigma (one in a million) level. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.</ref> From 1991 to 1997, Rosner was editor of ''Noesis'', the journal of the [[Mega Society]], an organization open to people who have scored at the one-in-a-million level on tests of general intelligence. Rosner has stated he hopes to top [[Evangelos Katsioulis]], whose IQ score of 198 is the highest certified score.<ref name="scinto">Scinto, Madeline (April 23, 2012). [http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/04/23/042312-news-smartest-man-1-6/ A beautiful, dirty mind.] ''[[The Daily (News Corporation)|The Daily]]''</ref>
According to scores on tests designed to measure high intelligence, it is reported that Rosner has one of the world’s highest IQs. In 1985, it is also reported that he scored 44 out of 48 on [[Ron Hoeflin|Ron Hoeflin’s]] Mega Test, the second-highest score among the nearly 4,000 people who took the test. In 1990, he received a perfect score on [[Ron Hoeflin|Hoeflin’s]] equally difficult Titan Test <ref name="miyaguchi">{{cite web|author=Miyaguchi, Darryl|title=Uncommonly Difficult IQ Tests: Introduction to the Hoeflin Tests: The Titan Test|url=http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/|accessdate=2007-12-23}}. From the article: “The Titan Test is a more difficult twin to the Mega Test.”</ref> and, in 1991, scored 47 in a second attempt at the Mega Test. His combined scores indicate an adult (deviation) [[Intelligence quotient|IQ]] in the mid- to high-190s <ref name="hoeflin1998">{{cite web|author=Hoeflin, Ronald K|title=The Statistical Technique for Combining IQ Scores|year=1998|url=http://www.megasociety.org/noesis/141/ferguson.html|accessdate=2007-12-23}}</ref><ref name="towers1998">Towers, Grady “Five Letters from Grady Towers”, 1998. http://megasociety.net/noesis/141/towers.html. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.</ref><ref name="towers1999">Towers, Grady. “Some Observations on the Titan Test”, 1999. Towers notes that small sample sizes, ceiling-bumping effects, and the lack of high-level conventional tests make it difficult to establish exact norms for the top end of the Titan Test. Towers includes a table equating a perfect Titan score with a Mega score of 46 (corresponding to an IQ of 198). Retrieved on 2007-12-23.</ref><ref name="vaughn1999">Vaughn, Fred et al. '1998/99 Membership Committee Report', The Prometheus Society Membership Committee (1999). A committee of ten people including four psychologists found that the Langdon Adult Intelligence Test, the Mega Test, and the Titan Test are able to discriminate at the 4.75 sigma (one in a million) level. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.</ref> From 1991 to 1997, Rosner was editor of ''Noesis'', the journal of the [[Mega Society]], an organization open to people who have scored at the one-in-a-million level on tests of general intelligence. Rosner has stated he hopes to top [[Evangelos Katsioulis]], whose IQ score of 198 is the highest certified score.<ref name="scinto">Scinto, Madeline (April 23, 2012). [http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/04/23/042312-news-smartest-man-1-6/ A beautiful, dirty mind.] ''[[The Daily (News Corporation)|The Daily]]''</ref>

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For other people named Richard Rosner, see Richard Rosner (disambiguation).
Rick Rosner
Born
Richard G. Rosner

(1960-05-02) May 2, 1960 (age 64)
Occupation(s)Writer, media figure
Years active1987–present

Richard G. "Rick" Rosner (born May 2, 1960) is an American television writer and media figure known for his high intelligence test scores and his unusual career. There are reports that he has achieved some of the highest scores ever recorded on IQ tests designed to measure exceptional intelligence.[1][2] He has become known for taking part in activities not usually associated with geniuses. Rosner claims that he has worked as a stripper, roller-skating waiter, bouncer, and nude model.[3][4][5][6][7][8] He has appeared in numerous documentaries and profiles about his activities and views. He has also appeared in both a Domino's Pizza commercial as well as one for Burger King and sued the quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire over an allegedly flawed question he missed as a contestant in 2000.[9][10] He writes and produces for quiz shows and for several programs produced by Jimmy Kimmel, including The Man Show, Crank Yankers, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! [11]

Early life, education, intelligence tests

Rosner grew up in Boulder, Colorado.[12] After he graduated from high school and attended University of Colorado, Boulder on and off, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity, Rosner appeared as a body builder in early choreography by Nancy Daw Kane. [13][14][15] As an aspiring media figure, he placed a number of ads with titles about physics in the entertainment trade journal Variety while attending college.[16][17] Rosner moved to New York and wrote for MTV. When his wife got a job offer in California, they moved west.[12]

According to scores on tests designed to measure high intelligence, it is reported that Rosner has one of the world’s highest IQs. In 1985, it is also reported that he scored 44 out of 48 on Ron Hoeflin’s Mega Test, the second-highest score among the nearly 4,000 people who took the test. In 1990, he received a perfect score on Hoeflin’s equally difficult Titan Test [18] and, in 1991, scored 47 in a second attempt at the Mega Test. His combined scores indicate an adult (deviation) IQ in the mid- to high-190s [19][20][21][22] From 1991 to 1997, Rosner was editor of Noesis, the journal of the Mega Society, an organization open to people who have scored at the one-in-a-million level on tests of general intelligence. Rosner has stated he hopes to top Evangelos Katsioulis, whose IQ score of 198 is the highest certified score.[23]

Media activity and appearances

Rosner began writing for quiz shows in 1987 on the MTV series Remote Control. He then scripted a number of clip shows, countdowns, and outtake programs in the 1990s. Rosner's 2000 appearance on the quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire led to a lawsuit over an allegedly flawed question he missed on the elevation of various country capitals.[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] His letter-writing campaign and attempts to get brought back on the show led to his being profiled in the Errol Morris series First Person. Jimmy Kimmel later hired him as a writer, producer and occasional on-air talent.[11][32][33] In 2008, he appeared in a Domino's Pizza ad for a line of oven-baked sandwiches.[34] On April 9, 2009, Rosner appeared on Bill Simmons' ESPN podcast "The BS Report." In May 2009 Rosner was featured on an episode of A&E Television's Obsessed. The episode focused on his obsession with working out due to a fear of aging and dying.[35]

References

  1. ^ Morris, Errol, “One in a Million Trillion,” First Person (2000)
  2. ^ Prager, Joshua Harris 'Let's See Now, Complain Is to Club As Order Takeout Is to Restaurant,' The Wall Street Journal, Wednesday, May 14, 1997
  3. ^ Morris, Scot. "Games". Omni magazine January 1986.
  4. ^ Anderson, Jack; Van Atta, Dale (1988-11-28). "Is the new Chief of Staff too smart?". The Deseret News. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link): "Tied with Sununu were… Solomon Golomb… and Rick Rosner, a University of Colorado physics student who made his living as a roller skating waiter and a stripper. Rosner's method of undressing was to set his clothes on fire."
  5. ^ Chotzinoff, Robin (November 20–26, 1985). "Is This the Smartest Man in America?". Westword. Includes photos of Rosner stripping with paper suit on fire.
  6. ^ Rosner, Rick. When Good IQs Happen to Bad People. Noesis 57, January 1991. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  7. ^ Moore, Michael, Markoe, Merrill (1994). "Talk Show". TV Nation, episode 6, NBC TV. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Rivera, Geraldo. “People with an X-Rated Past”, Geraldo, December 1989.
  9. ^ Bronstad, Amanda (June 7, 2004). "Fine Print Stymies game show writer's try in front of camera". Los Angeles Business Journal. Retrieved 2007-12-23. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) [dead link]
  10. ^ Jennings, Ken. Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, New York: Villard, pp. 110–111. ISBN 14000064457
  11. ^ a b Gay, Jason (December 15, 2002). Kimmel Hires Jilted Contestant. New York Observer Cite error: The named reference "gay2002" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  12. ^ a b Krier, Beth Ann (July 28, 1992). "As Whiz Kids Grow Up; Do Exceptional Children Become Exceptional Adults? Not Always. Sometimes There Are A Few Bumps Along The Way". Los Angeles Times. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ Gibson, Daryl. "'Genius' launches trial flight of scientific theory," Boulder Daily Camera, April 5, 1986.
  14. ^ Smith, L.L. "Letter to the Editor," Colorado Daily, April 10, 1986.
  15. ^ Jones, Tao. "Worse than you suspected: Boy wonder takes to skies with theory of the Bland Universe", Colorado Daily, April 4, 1986.
  16. ^ Rosner, Rick. Advertisements, Daily Variety: "Gravitation is relativistically attenuated", January 22, 1986, p. 10; "Mach's Principle applies to gravitation", January 26, 1986, p. 30; "In a universe containing only two objects, the objects wouldn't be gravitationally attracted to each other", February 2, 2007.
  17. ^ Zaslow, Jeffrey (May 29, 1990). Aspiring actors place hopes in classified ads. Chicago Sun-Times
  18. ^ Miyaguchi, Darryl. "Uncommonly Difficult IQ Tests: Introduction to the Hoeflin Tests: The Titan Test". Retrieved 2007-12-23.. From the article: “The Titan Test is a more difficult twin to the Mega Test.”
  19. ^ Hoeflin, Ronald K (1998). "The Statistical Technique for Combining IQ Scores". Retrieved 2007-12-23.
  20. ^ Towers, Grady “Five Letters from Grady Towers”, 1998. http://megasociety.net/noesis/141/towers.html. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  21. ^ Towers, Grady. “Some Observations on the Titan Test”, 1999. Towers notes that small sample sizes, ceiling-bumping effects, and the lack of high-level conventional tests make it difficult to establish exact norms for the top end of the Titan Test. Towers includes a table equating a perfect Titan score with a Mega score of 46 (corresponding to an IQ of 198). Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  22. ^ Vaughn, Fred et al. '1998/99 Membership Committee Report', The Prometheus Society Membership Committee (1999). A committee of ten people including four psychologists found that the Langdon Adult Intelligence Test, the Mega Test, and the Titan Test are able to discriminate at the 4.75 sigma (one in a million) level. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  23. ^ Scinto, Madeline (April 23, 2012). A beautiful, dirty mind. The Daily
  24. ^ The Daily Show's Moment of Zen for July 12, 2001: Rosner loses on Millionaire
  25. ^ Byrd, Veronica (July 30, 2001). "Passages: Legal Matters". People magazine. p. 67.
  26. ^ Fonseca, Nicholas (July 27, 2001). "Monitor: Courts". Entertainment Weekly. p. 14.
  27. ^ Costas, Bob (December 4, 2001). "Richard Rosner, former contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and his attorney, Rene Tovar, discuss the reasons they are filing a lawsuit, claiming that a question was unfair". The Today Show, NBC News.. Transcript available at Lexis-Nexis (subscription required).
  28. ^ Chotzinoff, Robin (November 2, 2000). "Surrender, Regis". Westword. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
  29. ^ Li, David K. (December 22, 2001). "Hey Judge, Thanks a Million". New York Post.. "ABC Says Wrong Is Right on Quiz Show". New York Post. November 28, 2001.
  30. ^ Rosner, Rick. “Ex-Contestant Wants to Question the Answers”, Los Angeles Times, February 2, 2001.
  31. ^ Stouffer, Linda; Vercammen, Paul. “Who Wants to Sue a Millionaire?” CNN Live at Daybreak, CNN, July 12, 2001. Transcript available at Lexis-Nexis (subscription required).
  32. ^ Crank Yankers. "Helen Higgins has her Film Developed," Crank Yankers, episode 2.17, October 28, 2003. In this episode, photos are shown of a puppet's head on Rosner's body.
  33. ^ Jimmy Kimmel Live! "Rick Week", 2003; "Will Rick Eat It?", episode 255, March 10, 2004 (In episode 264, March 23, 2004, Rosner ate a dirty hot dog.); "So You Think You Can Dance Naked on top of a Fifth Grader, Asshole?" (Fox promo parody), episode 917, September 6, 2007.
  34. ^ Bialyk, Carl (March 11, 2009). In Ads, 1 Out of 5 Stats Is Bogus* Wall Street Journal
  35. ^ Alan Prendergast (9 June 2009). "Rick Rosner's latest gig: obsessed, in treatment". Denver Westword. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

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