World's top 10 brainiest people with the highest IQ

New Delhi: The average IQ has been found to be 100 as most people score between 70- 130 on an adult IQ test. While there are few extraordinary brainy people who have scores more than that. Let's take a look at some of the most gifted brainiest of the world: 1. Terrence Tao – 230 IQ He is an Australian mathematician. The smarty could carry out arithmetic and English at the age of two. A recipient of the Fields medal in 2006, Tao holds the James and Carol Collins chair in mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles.He got his PhD when he was only 20 from Princeton and became a full professor at UCLA when he was 24. 2. Christopher Hirata – 225 IQ He got a gold medal at the age of 13 at international physics Olympiad. By the time he was 22 years old, he was able to earn his PhD from Princeton. He has been working for NASA's project on how to colonize Mars.3. Kim Ung Yong – 210 IQ This South Korean has a tremendous capacity for both numbers and languages. He started speaking when he was only six months old. By the time he was three years old, he could read several languages already, including Korean, Japanese, German and English, as well as solve complex calculus problems. He also wrote poetry in Chinese and Korean and compiled enough essays and poems for two books. He was already auditing college courses when he was four. NASA then invited him to study in the U.S. when he was eight. 4. Dr. Evangelos Katsioulis – 198 IQ Dr. Evangelos Katsioulis is a Greek national who works as a psychiatrist. He has earned degrees in three fields, namely philosophy, medical research technology and psychopharmacology. Katsioulis is also a good painter and a decent swimmer. 5. Rick Rosner – 192 IQ Contrary to his IQ level, his resume can not say that he is so intelligent. He has spent a number of years as a bar bouncer. He has also worked as one of those waiters who go around in roller skates. In addition, Rosner has no qualms showing off his body, having been a stripper and nude model in the past. What sets him apart is his 192 IQ. He has put it to good use by joining the television game show called “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” And he does not want to rest on his laurels, as he spends up to 20 hours a day completing IQ exams in a bid to get further up this list. 6. Mislav Predavec – 192 IQ Mislav Predavec is the founder and president of the GenerIQ Society, an elite organization of some of the most intelligent people in the world. Predavec is a Croatian professor of mathematics based in the country's capital of Zagreb. He is also the owner and director of a trade company. 7. Garry Kasparov – 190 IQ He is a chess grandmaster from Russia who became the youngest undisputed world champion when he was 22 years old. He beat the then-champion Anatoly Karpov after a grueling duel in 1985.Kasparov was recognized as the “classical” world champion until 2000, when he as defeated by Vladimir Kramnik. Still, he holds the record for the longest reign at number one. 8. Kenneth Ferrell – 190 IQ Kenneth Ferrell is a North Carolina-based doctor who is a member of a number of elite IQ organizations, like the GenerIQ Society, Epimethius Society and the Order of Imhotep. He treats IQ exams as fun hobbies. 9. Marilyn vos Savant – 190 IQ She is a popular columnist for Parade Magazine. Through “Ask Marilyn,” readers can send puzzles and questions on different subjects for vos Savant to solve and answer. Her IQ was the last recognized highest IQ by Guinness before the category was retired in 1990. 10. James Woods – 180 IQ James Woods is a movie, television and stage actor. He has won two Emmy Awards for his performances in “Promise” and “My Name is Bill W” and has been nominated twice for the Academy Awards. He also played the lead role in the television series entitled “Shark.” Aside from acting, Woods is also some sort of math whiz, having studied linear algebra in UCLA while he was still in high school. He was also a full scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before the acting bug hit him.