MensaQuiz
The followingquestionsareprovidedby the folksat
AmericanMensa, the
High IQSociety
. Canyouprovide theanswers? If you find that youdoneed some
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twohours. How longwill it take the twoof them
together toeat 36 ice-cream cones?
6.
Each letter of aneight-letterword is in the
box. Find it bybeginningwith the correct letter
andmoving clockwiseor counterclockwise
around thebox, usingeach letter onlyonce.
A B A
R N
A S D
BonusQuestion:
Inamotorboat, Brad left at 2
p.m. Saturdaywith fuel for twodays. Hearrived
at 2p.m. Sundaywithanempty tank.Withno
weather phenomena,what happened?
1.
A simple substitution codehasbeenused to
conceal a “quote.”Workout the code todeci-
pher theoriginalwords.
HumptyDumpty:
16-12-5-1-19-5 4-15-14-20 3-1-12-12
13-5 1-14 5-7-7-8-5-1-4
2.
What two seven-letterwords that areana-
gramsof eachother canbeused to complete
the sentencebelow?
Theprettyglass_______ fell off the
girl’s foot, tumbledoff thebridge
anddisappearedunder the_______.
3.
Makeyourway fromSHOE toCOAT inonly
four steps. Todo so, changeonlyone letter at a
time. Note that youmust comeupwithagood
Englishwordat each stepalong theway.
SHOE
————
————
————
COAT
4.
What two six-letterwords that areanagrams
of eachother canbeused to complete the fol-
lowing sentences?
The iratecustomerbegan to______ theclerk.
“Imailed in the formsbutwasdenied the
______ thatyoupromised,”hesaid.
5.
One teenager eats ice-cream cones at the
rateof 36 in threehours. Her friend likes them
evenmoreand caneat the samenumber inonly
AmericanMensa is anorganization for peoplewith IQs in
the top2percent of thepopulation.Members come from
allwalksof lifeandenjoyhundredsof opportunities to
share ideas andmeet newpeopleeachyear. To learnmore,
visitwww.us.mensa.org/americanway, call us at (800)
66-MENSAor connectwithusonFacebookatwww
.facebook.com/americanmensaor onTwitter atwww.twitter
.com/americanmensa.
Dr.AbbieF.Salnywas thesupervisorypsychologist forAmerican
Mensa andMensa International formore than25 years. Quiz©Dr.
Abbie F. Salny andAmericanMensa from the
Mensa Page-A-Day
Calendar
(WorkmanPublishing).
AA.COM/AMERICANWAY
MAY 01, 2013
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