Mensa Quiz
The following questions are provided by the folks at American Mensa, the High IQ Society.
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1 First unscramble the letters in each word below, then unscramble the word order to create a Tom Swifty sentence.
LYHCRAIMGN HTIS RFO I THGBOU YM MMO THOMRES YAD A RBCAETEL HWIT GLNADES DIAS MOT RYAE.
2 The following puzzle consists of one word that can be split into two words.
One word: containing wall apertures
Two words: 1) strong breeze
2) due, as a debt
3 A warning for drivers 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 a “W.” Four nulls.)
4 Decode the final words below to complete the rhyme.
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel;
that’s what they always say. I just hope it
isn’t … 1 6-18-5-9-7-8-20 20-18-1-9-14
20-8-1-20 9-19 19-16-5-5-4-9-14-7
13-25 23-1-25
5 Debby hit the jackpot on a machine in ?Atlantic City, but there was something odd about the payoff. It was $85, but it contained the same number of dimes, quarters and half-dollars. How many of each coin were there?
6 What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same seven letters, can be used to complete the sentence below?
As a _______ rule, the more
you _______ a photograph,
the fuzzier it gets.
BONUS QUESTION: What is the meaning of “opus”?
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Dr. Abbie F. Salny was the supervisory psychologist for American Mensa and Mensa International for more than 25 years. Quiz © 2012 by Dr. Abbie F. Salny and American Mensa from the Mensa Page-A-Day Calendar (Workman Publishing). Get your daily dose of puzzles by purchasing the 2012 calendar.