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Mensa Quiz So you think your IQ is in the top 2% of the population and you belong in the Mensa Society? Here are 10 sample Mensa questions, see whether you really belong: 1. How many four sided figures are in this diagram?
4. Pear is to apple as potato is to: (a) banana, (b) radish, (c) strawberry, (d) peach, (e) lettuce. 5. The same three-letter word can be placed in front of the following words to make a new word: LIGHT, BREAK, TIME 6. If a circle is one, how many is an octagon? 7. There are 1,200 elephants in a herd. Some have pink and green stripes, some are all pink and some are all blue. One third are pure pink. Is it true that 400 elephants are definitely blue?
2. Which same three-letter word can be placed in front of the following words to make a new word? SIGN, DONE, DUCT, FOUND, FIRM, TRACT, DENSE 3. If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now?
8. Four years ago, Jane was twice as old as Sam. Four years on from now, Sam will be 3/4 of Jane’s age. How old is Jane now? 9. What is the following word when it is unscrambled: HCPRAATEU 10. If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7’s will you pass on the way?
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Wisdom Key 8-10 correct: Genius alert! Umm, check out Mensa...for real. 5-7 correct: You probably won’t make the cut, but you are smart enough for people to believe you if you tell them that you are a member. (Essentially, I am telling you that if you are a liar, this would be a great lie for you to say.) 2-4 correct: You are half-smart. What’s the point? Either be smart or have fun, but don’t be in between! 0-1 correct: You are the Albert Einstein of our time! Instructions: 1) Place the palm of each hand over the corresponding temple while squeezing your head tightly. 2) Make a clockwise circular motion with your hands ten times. 3) Now make a counter-clockwise circular motion with your hands ten times. 4) Go to mirror and make sure you look like Albert Einstein. If you do not, repeat steps 1-3 until you do. (If that still doesn’t work, at least you massaged your brain muscles a bit...they can use it!)
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