1. What did Alice eat from her Greek salad?

_ T _ _ _ _ _



2. What is the four-digit number, including no zeros, in which the first digit is the number of Muses, the second digit is the number of planets between the earth and the sun, and the third and fourth digits are the sum of the first two? The sum of all the digits is 13.



3. A boat is moored with three ladder rungs a foot apart, starting one foot down out of the water. The tide rises four feet. How many rungs are now out of the water?



4. What word logically comes next in the following sequence?

SAME MEAT ATTACH CHIME

a) WORD b) CHURCH c) MEASURE d) LIKE



5. Fill in the blanks to make one good 12-letter word.

_ M _ _ _ E _ R _ B _ E



6. Start with the number of aces in a bridge deck, add the number of the U.S. cross-country route that provides “kicks,” and divide by the only even prime number. What’s the answer?



7. Sally has twice as many sisters as she has brothers. Her brother Patrick has five more sisters than he has brothers. (Hint: There are no more than 10 children.) How many boys and girls are in the immediate family?



8. Delilah likes carrots but not peas, potatoes but not lettuce, and peanuts but not pecans. Following the same logic, will she like radishes or cucumbers?



9. Three American cities have been interlettered below. Figure out the pattern and find the cities.

DEFOSATRRTCROIWAAMTYNEENTO



10. Take the number of Graces, add the number of players in a sextet, and multiply by the witching hour. What’s the answer?



Bonus Question: What animal, person, or object is each of the following star constellations named for? (Example: Pisces = Fish)

A. Camelopardalis
B. Cetus
C. Cygnus
D. Mensa
E. Monoceros

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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 www.us.mensa.org/americanway or call (800) 66MENSA.

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 Mensa Think Smart Book. Quiz © 2005 by Dr. Abbie
F. Salny and American Mensa Limited from the Mensa Page-A-Day Calendar (Workman Publishing).
MENSA ANSWERS





1. Ate Feta

2. 9,211

3. As many as before (3). The boat and its
ladder rise with the tide.

4. Measure. Each word starts with the last two letters of the preceding word.

5. Impenetrable

6. 35 (4 + 66 = 70/2 = 35)

7. Three boys and seven girls. Sally has six sisters and three brothers. Each brother has two brothers and seven sisters.

8. Radishes. She only likes food that grows under the earth.

9. Sacramento, Detroit, Fort Wayne

10. 108 (3 + 6 = 9 x 12)

Bonus Question
A. Giraffe
B. Whale
C. Swan
D. Table (mountain is also acceptable)
E. Unicorn