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Dr. Abbie F. Salny was the supervisory psychologist for
American Mensa and Mensa International for more than 25
years. Quiz © 2011 by Dr. Abbie F. Salny andAmericanMensa
from the Mensa Page-A-Day Calendar (Workman Publishing).
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The following questions are provided by
the folks at AmericanMensa, theHigh IQ
Society. Can you provide the answers? If
you find that youdoneed somehelp, the
answersareonpage68.
Thenamesof threecountriesare interlettered
below. Can youfind them?
TTAHUUARS IKTL
ERAAYLN IDA
Howmany common English words can you
make from the letters below, using all six letters
once in eachword?
ADEGNR
Jennywas buying rubber stamps. She spent
one-third of the original amount plus $5 in the
first store, one-third of what was left plus $5
in the second store and one-fifth of what was
left in the third store, leavingherwith$20. How
muchdid she startwith?
Add a di˜erent letter to each box below so
that all the boxes are identical, then find the
threewords that canbemade from thecombina-
tions of letters.
S A E A S E
R P S P A R
A line from Shakespeare’s King John —often
misquoted— has been put into very fancy lan-
guagebelow.Canyouput itback into theoriginal
English?
Toaddadditional aurousmaterial toanalready
pure itemof thesamematerial, toaddaddi-
tional color to thebloomofabulbflower…
What two words, formed from different
arrangements of the same eight letters, can be
used to complete the sentencebelow?
InoneEuropeancity, themain
________carriesmailboxesbecause
its________ isnear themainpostoƒce.
What is the smallest number that is divided
by 3, 4 and 5 with a remainder of 1, 2 and 3,
respectively?
BONUSQUESTION: Harvard sociologist David
Riesman criticizedpost-WorldWar II Americans
as conformists inwhichbook?
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