Kim Peek

Kids IQ Test Center

Kim Peek whose life's story was the inspiration for the movie Rain Man is a savant who has an amazing IQ score of 184.

Everything that Kim has read since the age of 3, he has retained, nothing was forgotten. He is able to read two pages of a book at once, one with each eye, and he is also able to read upside down and mirror image writing with equal ease.

Kim is a math genius and can calculate events on a calendar calculating at breathtaking speeds for any event in history. Kim also knows every zip code in America --- and not only the codes themselves but thousands of details about the zip code area.

However, all of this talent remained largely hidden --- his parents did not realize that he had a mind and memory better than a whole stadium full of encyclopedias --- because they had been told from a young age that he was mentally retarded.

"He can recite cast lists and lines of dialogue from any of the scores of books, movies and plays he's read or seen, including Shakespeare ----but he can't explain what they mean. He has a perpetual calendar in his head to identify any day or date in history or the future --- but he can't figure out how to sharpen his pencil."

If you have not seen the movie Rain Man you should see it. It is a fantastic film.