Til Hjalmar | High IQ Society | Abbie F. Salny | Abidjan

1. Fill in the blanks below to complete three words that contain the letters JAN.

J A N _ _ _ _ _ _ (hired fighter)
_ _ _ _ J A N (foreign city)
J A _ _ _ N _ _ _ _ (plant holder)

2. James is now half as old as Tim was six years ago. Three years ago, Tim was three times as old as James. In six years, Tim will be twice as old as James will be then. How old are they now?


3. A sad truism is coiled in the grid below. To spell it out, start with one letter and move to an adjacent letter in any direction. (Hint: Start with an E.)


4. Six boys can eat six pizzas in an hour and a half. How many pizzas could three boys eat in seven and a half hours?

5. The following 13 letters can be anagrammed into a two-word phrase meaning endless void.

B E I L M O O P S S T T T

6. The Great Detective was worried about his friend Til Hjalmar. Til had been a spy, and the detective feared Til was now in danger. When the Great Detective could not reach Til by phone, he drove four hours to his friend’s house. A man opened the door and explained that Til had left a note in case the Great Detective came looking for him. Til was out hunting for his passport, the man explained, and he was housesitting. He handed the Great Detective the note. It read: “Hi! Evidently lost passport. Checking every lead. Local authorities researching this.” The Great Detective took the note, thanked the man, and returned in five minutes with the police to rescue his friend. Where was Til and how did the Great Detective know?

7. Supply the missing number:







8. All of the vowels (including y) have been removed from the following two proverbs. Can you read them?

B R D S F F T H R F L C K T G T H R

H L F L F S B T T R T H N N N

9. What is the number that is one-half of one-quarter of one-tenth of one-half of 2,400?

Bonus Question: What is the English equivalent of the following foreign names: Giovanni, Ivan, Sean, Carolus, Guillaume, and Jaime?







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Mensa Answers

1. Janissary, Abidjan, jardiniere
2. James is 12 and Tim is 30.
3. Experience is what you get after you need it.
4. 15 (each boy eats five pizzas in seven and a half hours)
5. Bottomless pit
6. The Great Detective was clued in by the first letter of each word in the note: H-E-L-P C-E-L-L-A-R T.
7. The missing number is 8 (+=5; -=3; 0=2; s=1).
8. “Birds of a feather flock together”; “Half a loaf is better than none.”
9. 15 (2,400/2=1,200; /10=120; /4=30; /2=15)
Bonus Question. John, John, John, Charles, William, and James