Who is Marilyn Vos Savant

Marilyn vos Savant (; born Marilyn Mach; August 11, 1946) is an American magazine columnist who has the highest recorded intelligence quotient (IQ) in the Guinness Book of Records, a competitive category the publication has since retired. Since 1986, she has written "Ask Marilyn", a Parade magazine Sunday column wherein she solves puzzles and answers questions on various subjects, and which popularised the Monty Hall problem in 1990.

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Marilyn vos Savant was born Marilyn Mach on August 11, 1946, in St. Louis, Missouri, to parents Joseph Mach and Marina vos Savant. Savant says one should keep premarital surnames, with sons taking their fathers' and daughters their mothers'. The word savant, meaning someone of learning, appears twice in her family: her grandm...
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Noxi18195178: 150. “being defeated is often a temporary condition. giving up is what makes it permanent.” – marilyn vos savant
Nicolas50483167: “being defeated is often a temporary condition. giving up is what makes it permanent.” — marilyn vos savant, columnist
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Marbeast1: the perfect last name! who has the highest iq currently?smartest person in the world in 2023: smartest person alive, marilyn vos savant may well be the smartest person alive today. with an iq of 228, she holds the highest iq in the world by the guinness world records since 1990.
Leticiasbueno13: 150. “being defeated is often a temporary condition. giving up is what makes it permanent.” – marilyn vos savant
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Mr brain: Marilyn Vos savant use to have a iq of 228 . Depending on who you ask. She went down to 186.that is still 26 points above Albert einstein.i believe my 800 iq is doing fine. Depending on who you ask.

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