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1. The followingdescriptions are those of realmag-
azine titleswith only one letter changed.
(a) Cooktops for peopleon thego
(b) Entertainment for yourmobilehome
(c) Receipt for repairingagardenpot
2. Billy has one more sister than he has brothers.
His sister Barbara has one more brother than she
has sisters. If Billy had one less brother, he would
have three times asmany sisters as brothers. How
many boys and girls are among the siblings in the
family? (Hint: There are nomore than 10.)
3. The following puzzle consists of one word that
can be split into two words. Below are the corre-
spondingdefinitions.
One-word: forbidding
Two-words: amark left byabeer glass
MensaQuiz
The followingquestions areprovidedby the folks atAmericanMensa, theHigh IQSociety.
Canyouprovide theanswers? If youfind that youdoneed somehelp, theanswers areonpage74.
ByDr. AbbieF. Salny
spent half ofwhatwas left plus $2 on soda. In the
third, he spent half ofwhatwas left plus $2 on pa-
per plates. In the fourth, he spent four-sevenths of
what was left on condiments. He had $3 left. How
muchdid he startwith? (Hint:Work backward.)
7. First, unscramble the letters in eachword below;
then, unscramble the word order to create a Tom
Swifty sentence.
YBBHO YM SI DIAS
MOT HGTLYIL COCGNITELL
MPSAL FFANTIY
Bonus Question:
The Battle of Jutland was the
greatest naval battle ofwhichwar?
4. A simple substitution codehas beenused to con-
ceal a “quote.” Work out the code to decipher the
original words.
LittleMissMuffet:
J TIPVME IBWF XBJUFE VOUJM UIF
DVSET BOE XIFZ XFSF NBEF JOUP DIFFTF
5.What twowords, formed fromdifferent arrange-
ments of the same six letters, can be used to com-
plete the sentences below?
When the explorers crossed themountains,
their hopeswere _____. Onlyadesert appeared
ahead,withno _____ refuge from theheat.
6. Jimmywent shopping for aFourthof Julypicnic.
In thefirst store, he spent half ofwhat he hadplus
$10 on meat for the barbecue. In the second, he
American Mensa Limited, known as the High IQ Society, is
an organization for individuals who have one common trait: a
score in the top two percent on any supervised standardized
intelligence test. For more information about American Mensa
or to take the Mensa Home Test, visit
/
americanway or call (800) 66-MENSA.
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
MensaThinkSmartBook
. Quiz©
2009 by Dr. Abbie F. Salny and AmericanMensa Limited from
the
Mensa Page-A-Day Calendar
(Workman Publishing). The
2009 edition of the calendar is available for sale now.
