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Mensa Quiz The following questions are provided by the folks at American Mensa, the High IQ organization. Can you provide the answers? If you find that you do need some help, the answers are on page 88. Puzzle already worked? Check with a flight attendant to see if another copy is available. it's a) a whole word and b) divided into two separate words. a) Whole word: criticizing in a petty manner (7 letters) b) Two words: 1. a vehicle (3 letters) 2. a sound (4 letters) 6. Fill in the blanks to complete the word. _ M _ R _ S _ I _ N _ B _ _ Bonus Question: Find four women's names, each six letters long, hidden in the sentence below. (The letters are in consecutive order.) The strange lad with an earache loses it and rants and raves throughout his archery lesson. 1. Unscramble the letters in each word below, then unscramble the word order to create a Tom Swifty sentence. (Tom always speaks adverbially.) ALCO RIFE MOT ONEHUG SI LUFTAGLERY A FRO RETHE DAIS 2. Can you find words that contain the sets of double letters listed? WW UU EE EE OO KK EE 3. What two six-letter words that are anagrams of each other can be used to complete the fol- lowing sentence? Many _ _ _ _ _ _ -to-be who had booked the catering hall for their wedding receptions drove by after the big fire to view in horror the rubble and _ _ _ _ _ _. 4. Use the clues to fill in the blanks with words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings and different spellings. a) An appendage _ _ _ _ Story _ _ _ _ b) A matching set _ _ _ _ A fruit _ _ _ _ c) To lift up _ _ _ _ _ To tear down _ _ _ _ 5. Find the word that fits the definitions when Did you enjoy this Mensa Quiz? Take the Mensa Prep Test online right now for just $5. Go to us.mensa.org/mht and enter code AA100114. Mensa encourages and sup- ports knowledge-seekers like you. Discover how to join at us.mensa.org/join or call (800) 66-MENSA. A A .CO M/A M E R I C A NWAY O C TO B E R 2 01 4 8 5

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