Awards to high-range I.Q. test candidates© Paul Cooijmans
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Now and then a a prize is announced for the highest scorer on a particular test before a particular date. This is to encourage people to take that test, so that more data will come in for norming and other statistics. Below is list of awards thus won; the first was called "Prize For Genius", the later ones are called "Prize of the Beheaded Man", after the winner of the Prize For Genius.
| Award | Date | Test | Physical prize | Winner |
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| Prize For Genius | April 6, 2000 | Long Test For Genius (NL) | 2000 Netherlandic guilders | Walter van den Heerik (1961-2001) |
| Prize of the Beheaded Man | January 1, 2007 | Test of the Beheaded Man | Plane ticket voucher (declined) | Wesley Sampson |
| Prize of the Beheaded Man | January 1, 2008 | The Nemesis Test | None | Peter Heymans Wesley Sampson (equal) |
| Prize of the Beheaded Man | January 1, 2009 | The Sargasso Test | None | Martijn Tromm |
| Prize of the Beheaded Man | June 21, 2010 | Laaglandse Aanlegtest | Pietje the Parakeet (2006-2010) |
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| Prize of the Beheaded Man | December 21, 2010 | A Paranoiac's Torture: Intelligence Test Utilizing Diabolic Exactitude |
Other organizations that reward candidates for their efforts in taking the tests are the Order of Imhotep and the Order of Thoth.