Issue link: https://www.e-digitaleditions.com/i/428873
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 100. Puzzle already worked? Check with a flight attendant to see if another copy is available. 7. Unscramble the letters in each word, then un- scramble the word order to create a Tom Swifty sentence. (Tom always speaks adverbially.) YM TACO A AINPPYLS PPRIZE DIAS STON'ED EDEN MOT 8. Each definition applies to a word that begins with the name of a three-letter body part. Can you find all three words? a. Military fleet _ _ _ _ _ _ (6 letters) b. Premature _ _ _ _ _ (5 letters) c. Bawdy in speech _ _ _ _ _ _ (6 letters) Bonus Question: Fill in the blanks to complete words to fit the definitions. Type of flight: T _ _ N _C _ _ _ I N _ _ _ A L Religious: T _E _ L _ G _C _ L Cookie Type: _ I _G _ _B _E _ D 1. The 12 letters below can be anagrammed into an adjective with enumeration (3-2-3-4) that describes something that is the best or most expensive of its kind. What is the phrase? E E F H I L N O O P T T 2. Each definition below applies to a word that begins with the name of a different animal. Can you find each of the words? a. Pitcher _ _ _ _ (4 letters) b. Treat as a celebrity _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7 letters) c. Sultan's wives and concubines _ _ _ _ _ (5 letters) 3. Justin is twice as old as Parker was two years ago. In two years, Parker will be four-fifths of Justin's age. How old are Justin and Parker now? 4. There is only one good anagram in English of the word heartsome. What is it? 5. The six words listed first have an unusual property in common. Which one of the words listed second has the same property? a. Emit, stop, straw, reflip, gateman, tressed b. Park, word, draw, hits 6. What two six-letter words that are anagrams of each other can be used to complete the sentences below? Several _ _ _ _ _ _ at a fancy restaurant found out too late that their pockets had been picked and they had no money. As a result, they _ _ _ _ _ _ hundreds of dishes as payment. 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 AA120114. 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 D EC E M B E R 2 01 4 97