These focus on verbal and mathematical reasoning ... Giving pro-hopefuls the Wonderlic test became standard practice in the ...

Before an athlete can become an NFL star he has to train relentlessly, become a college standout, and then take a 50-question intelligence test in 12 minutes! Think you're smarter than an NFL player?

An curved arrow pointing right. Before an athlete can become an NFL star he has to train relentlessly, become a college standout, and then take a 50-question intelligence test in 12 minutes!

See how you score on some examples from a Wonderlic IQ test. Set your clock for five minutes, don't peek at the answers, and ... oh, yeah, run the 40 and give us some bench-presses first ...

So does the Wonderlic matter? According to Brad Kullman, a former GM of the Cincinnati Reds and founder of Max Q Performance, the test doesn’t account for traits that translate to football success.