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1.Aneight-letterword iscoiled in theboxbelow. Find
it by beginning with the correct letter and moving
clockwise or counterclockwise around the box, using
each letter only once.
A N A
R I
C A D
2.All of thevowels (including “y”) havebeen removed
from the following famous person’s name andquota-
tion. Can you read the name and the quote?
MRNTNTTLTTHMTCK
3. After your guests leave and you are cleaning up,
you find an equal number of dimes, quarters, and
nickels under the sofa cushions. The coins add up to
$8. Howmany of each coindo you have?
MensaQuiz
The followingquestions areprovidedby the folks atAmericanMensa, theHigh IQSociety.
Canyouprovide theanswers? If youfind that youdoneed somehelp, theanswers areonpage 112.
ByDr. AbbieF. Salny
8. The poem below can be completed by finishing
each couplet with words that sound the same but
have differentmeanings.
Thenovelistwho liked to ____
Knewher grammarmust be ____
Or else she’dalways hear a _____
Because the editor is in the _____
So she changedher ribbon tobright _____
Andall her books arenowwell ______
9.What letter comes next in the following series?
AZBYCXD ?
Bonus Question:
What musical era is characterized
by composers such as Schumann, Verdi, andMahler?
4. What twowords, formed from different arrange-
ments of the same eight letters, can be used to com-
plete the sentence below?
Thevisitorswent to the ______of aworld-
famous church, but the admission chargewas
____ than theyhad expected.
5.Alice likescentsbutnotdollars. She likesdimesbut
not nickels. She likes francsbut not rupees. Following
this logic, will she like pounds or shillings?
6. To the best of our knowledge, only one otherword
can be made from all the letters in the word
vaca-
tionist
. Can youfigure outwhat it is?
7.Whichwordbestfitswith the followingset? (Ithas
nothing todowith letters or syllables.)
Apple Melon Plum Pear ____
1) Tomato 2) Beans 3) Spinach
American Mensa Limited, known as the High IQ Society, is
an organization for individuals who have one common trait: a
score in the top 2 percent on any supervised standardized in-
telligence test. For more information about American Mensa
or to take the Mensa Home Test, visit
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Dr. Abbie F. Salny was the supervisory psychologist for
American Mensa and Mensa International for more than 25
years. She is a coauthor of the
Mensa Think Smart Book
. Quiz
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