74 AMERICANWAY
JANUARY 1 2008
D I V E R S I O N S
1. The following 14 letters can be rearranged into a
four-word phrase that expresses frustration about
fruitless speed.
AAH IDNRRUUYWTP
2.Matcheachof thestreets in the liston the leftwith
its corresponding city in the list on the right.
1. RodeoDrive
a. Rome
2. ViaVeneto
b. London
3. ParkLane
c. NewYork
4. LombardStreet d. BeverlyHills
5. TheBowery
e. SanFrancisco
3. Four florists decided to coordinate their deliveries.
Eachdelivered60parcels aday in six hours. The driv-
ers had nowork for two hours. The florists then com-
bineddeliveries.Theywerethenusing fourtrucks.How
many truckswould theyneed todeliver240parcels?
MensaQuiz
The followingquestions areprovidedby the folks atAmericanMensa, theHigh IQSociety.
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ByDr. AbbieF. Salny
letter in any direction. (Hint: Startwith anA.)
A M M S E T
C O I O H S
E T T R U A
E K E S W D
S P E U E N
M I N T S A
7. All the vowels (including Y) have been removed
from the following song line. Can you read it?
BTFLFRSPCSSKSFRMBRWVSFGRN
Bonus Question:
On the 1970s TV series
All in the
Family
,whatoldcardidArchieandEdithBunker sing
about during the opening credits?
4. Find the one three-letter word that can be placed
on each line below to form a newword.
___scape
___farer
___side
___son
5. Fill in the following word square using three E’s,
two eachof the lettersA, G, I, N, andT, andone each
of the lettersD, S, andW (for a total of 16 letters) so
that eachword canbe read across anddown.
S I N G
I
N
G
6. An observation is coiled in the gridbelow. To spell
it out, startwith one letter andmove to an adjacent
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