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Mensa Quiz-11/15/2007

by Dr. Abbey F. Salny

Mensa Quiz
The following questions are provided by the folks at American Mensa, the High IQ Society. Can you provide the answers? If you find that you do need some help, the answers are on page 152. By Dr. Abbie F. Salny

1. A tongue twister is coiled in the grid below. To spell it out, start with one letter and move to an adjacent letter in any direction. See if you can say it. (Hint: Start with a T. Three nulls.)

2. What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same eight letters, can be used to complete the sentence below?
The _______ with the magnificent voice knew he had no stage presence, so he took acting lessons and was able to _______ his opera role.

3. A simple substitution code has been used to conceal a quote. Work out the code to decipher the original words.
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater:
DSB WLVHM’G ZMBLMV HVIEV NV ZKKOV KRV LMXV RM Z DSROV? R’N GBKVXZHG!

4. You have an equal number of pennies, nickels, and dimes. You have $1.60. How many of each coin do you have?

5. Which word best fits with the following set?
Educate Bask Utter Cats ____
1) Open 2) Artist 3) Wind 4) Feature

6. Right now, Haley is twice as old as Chelsea. Six years ago, she was three times as old as Chelsea was. Their ages now, if added together, are the square of the number that is half Chelsea’s age now. How old are they now?

7. The following 14 letters can be anagrammed into a four-word song title that was heard often in January 2005.
A C E E F H H H I I L O T T

8. Simon bought a number of pies. He gave one-eighth each to Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and one-fourth to the Red Queen. He then gave four pies to his pet dog and was left with one-fourth of the original number. How many pies did he start with?

9. The following definition requires some thought, but the explanation includes all the facts.
Cupid’s specialty, musical style

Bonus Question: Who, without due process, was convicted of voting illegally after casting a ballot in the U.S. presidential election of November 1872?

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 www.us.mensa.org/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 Mensa Think Smart Book. Quiz © 2007 by Dr. Abbie F. Salny and American Mensa Limited from the Mensa Page-A-Day Calendar (Workman Publishing). The 2008 edition of the calendar is on sale now.

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