Mensa Quiz
The following questions are provided by the folks at American Mensa, the High IQ Society.
Can you provide the answers? By Dr. Abbie F. Salny
For the answers, visit our Puzzle and Quiz Answers page..
1. Fill in the following word square using five E’s; three V’s; two
each of the letters A, R, and S; and one each of the letters N and T
(for a total of 16 letters) so that each word can be read across and
down.
2. What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same seven letters, can be used to complete the sentence below?
For anyone who _______ to an acting career, _______ from a reviewer are welcome indeed.
3. The store owner didn’t want to be left with Christmas tree
decorations. A box cost $40 originally, so he reduced it 20 percent on
December 23. After Christmas, he reduced it another 50 percent. What
would the box cost after Christmas?
4. The following song title has been put into very fancy language. Can you put it back into ordinary English?
“It is truly my only and most earnest desire to receive a particular number of jaw fixtures as a present for the yule season.”
5. Take a word for multiple pieces of china, and change one letter to find a word that means “talks idly.”
6. Which of the following is the odd man out? The difference has nothing to do with letters or syllables.
Barbie Slinky Monopoly Chess
7. The following definition requires some thought, but the explanation includes all the facts.
Wicked. Animate, backward.
8. Make your way from heat to bake in only seven steps, changing one letter at a time to make a good English word at each step.
H E A T
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B A K E
9. Take a word that means “meek,” and change one letter to find a word that means “speak unintelligibly.”
Bonus Question: Which of the following is not an element: deuterium, praseodymium, actinium, or osmium?
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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