List some distinct characteristics of intelligent people

This is a homework assignment of mine and it is to ask people "What do you think are some distinct characteristics of intelligent people?". I figured Reddit could help me out.

For all the people that think I am having you do a homework assignment for me. Let me clarify. This is the homework assignment to ask other people. The part that I will be turning in, is a paper about what responses did you get and how do I interpret the characteristic of intelligence.