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By DR. ABBIE F. SALNY GAMES 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 68. Mensa The girls in the troop sold cookies at $2 a box. If seven girls sold one box each and the rest sold three boxes each for a total of $50, how many girls are there in total? Make three good English words below. ___IOCA ___THM ____VARK Start with the number of a famous highway, subtract the number of blackbirds in the pie, then add the number of the highest heaven. What number do you get? Can you fi nd a seven-letter word that can be cut into two words, each of which means the same as the original word? First unscramble the letters in each word be- low, then unscramble the order of the words to create a Tom Swifty sentence. YLQUERVNIGI DAIS MTO I HTSEO FIRUT-FDEVORLA SSSDERTE THAE LGTEANI. The Great Detective was touring rural England. At one crossroad, a sign that identifi ed each of Change one letter in the name of a magazine about a certain time in a female’s life to fi nd a magazine about one of her relatives. BONUS QUESTION: Who wrote the book Arrowsmith? American Mensa Limited, known as the High IQ Society, is an organization for individuals who have one common trait: a score in the top 2 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 co-author of the Mensa Think Smart Book. Quiz © 2011 by Dr. Abbie F. Salny and American Mensa Limited from the Mensa Page-A-Day Calendar (Workman Publishing). The 2011 edition of the calendar is available for sale now. r What two words, formed from diff erent ar- rangements of the same seven letters, can be used to complete the sentence that you see below? A MASTERPIECE TABLE SETTING ARRANGEMENT WAS _______ FOR THE VERY ELEGANT _______ WEDDING. fi ve roads had been blown over. How did he de- termine which road to take? How many common English words can you make from the letters below, using all seven let- ters once in each word? D E I O P S T Are You nspired to Save a Life? Everyone knows someone who has battled breast cancer. For our founder, Nancy G. Brinker, it was her sister, Susan G. Komen. When you join Passionately Pink for the Cure® raise money to support the work of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® cancer. Just gather a group of friends, we . We’ll provide lots of great ideas and helpful materials to get you started. Just request your Passionately Pink kit at passionatelypink.org. ©2009 Susan G. Komen for the Cure® The Running Ribbon is a registered trademark of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. This space provided as a public service. , you can help put an end to br ear pink reast k and k and

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