Mensa Quiz..Checks your Intelligence Quotient!

IQ TEST::slight_smile:

Boys and Girls Check out if you have the thinking and analyzing capabilities that very smart people have…:desimunda:

You have half an hour to answer 30 questions. All are not shown here only those without pictures for the remaining go to the website…:slight_smile:

**1. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like: **
1600; 1700.


**2. If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes? **

**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? **

18:30 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:30

**4. Which of the following proverbs is closest in meaning to the saying, “Birds of a feather, flock together.”? **

“One swallow doesn"t make a summer.”“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”“A man is known by the company he keeps.”“Fine feathers make fine birds.”“Don"t judge a book by its cover.”

**5. What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 400? **

2 5 8 10 40

**6. If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7"s will you pass on the way? **

10 11 19 20 21

**7. Each number shown below follows a certain rule. Figure out the rule and fill in the missing number. **

January20 April10 May5 November15 July?
5 10 15 20 25

**9. Two men, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 meters, turn left and walk another 3 meters. What is the distance between them? **

2 meters 6 meters 10 meters 12.5 meters 14 meters

**10. If a circle is one, how many is an octagon? **

2 4 6 8 12

**11. Which of the following sentences given below means approximately the same as the proverb: “Don"t count your chickens until they are hatched?” **

Some eggs have double yolks, so you can"t really count eggs and chickens.

You can"t walk around the henhouse to count the eggs because it will disturb the hens and they won"t lay eggs.

It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet happened and may not ever happen.

Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in your count of future chickens.

**12. There are 1200 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? **

Yes No

**13. Which word of four letters can be added to the front of the following words to create other English words? **

CARD BOX CODE BAG HASTE

**14. Following the pattern shown in the number sequence below, what is the missing number? **
1 8 27 ? 125 216

36 45 46 64 99

**15. What is the following word when it is unscrambled? **
H C P R A A T E U

**16. The same three-letter word can be placed in front of the following words to make a new word: **
LIGHT BREAK TIME

**17. The same word can be added to the end of GRASS and the beginning of SCAPE to form two other English words? **

18. Needs picture

**19. Only one other word can be made from all the letters of INSATIABLE. Can you find it? **

**20. Which vowel comes midway between J and T? **

A E I O U

**21. Pear is to apple as potato is to? **

Banana Radish Strawberry Peach Lettuce

**22. Which of the following is least like the others? **

Poem Novel Painting Statue Flower

**23. Which of these is the odd one out? **

Cat Dog Hamster Rabbit Elk

**25. Continue the following number series with the group of numbers below which best continues the series? **
1 10 3 9 5 8 7 7 9 6 ? ?

**11 5 10 5 10 4 11 6 **

**28. Which number comes next in this series of numbers? **
2 3 5 7 11 13 ?

14 15 16 17 18

**29. Which letter comes next in this series of letters? **
B A C B D C E D F ?

C D E F G

Here is the website of Mensa for the rest of the test!!!
http://www.mensa.org/workout2.php?

Re: Mensa Quiz..Checks your Intelligence Quotient!

  1. 1600
  2. 6 typist
  3. i failed :barbie:

but lemme give shot to some of them

  1. Which of the following proverbs is closest in meaning to the saying, “Birds of a feather, flock together.”? :konfused
    “A man is known by the company he keeps.”

  2. What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 400?
    2 5 8 10 40 (:crying:)

  3. If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7"s will you pass on the way?
    10 11 19 20 21

  4. If a circle is one, how many is an octagon?
    2 4 6 8 12 :bummer:

  5. Following the pattern shown in the number sequence below, what is the missing number?
    1 8 27 64 125 216

  6. What is the following word when it is unscrambled?
    H C P R A A T E U
    parachute

  7. The same three-letter word can be placed in front of the following words to make a new word:
    LIGHT BREAK TIME
    Tea

  8. The same word can be added to the end of GRASS and the beginning of SCAPE to form two other English words?
    Land

  9. Which vowel comes midway between J and T?

A E I O U (wow never thought of that :hehe:)

  1. Pear is to apple as potato is to?

Banana Radish Strawberry Peach Lettuce :hehe:

  1. Which of these is the odd one out?

Cat Dog Hamster Rabbit Elk (:bummer:)

  1. Continue the following number series with the group of numbers below which best continues the series?
    1 10 3 9 5 8 7 7 9 6 11 5

  2. Which letter comes next in this series of letters?
    B A C B D C E D F E

Re: Mensa Quiz..Checks your Intelligence Quotient!

I got 20 right out of the 30 on the website, you seem to have done better…you definitely can belong to Mensa…:slight_smile:

Re: Mensa Quiz..Checks your Intelligence Quotient!

dont tell me :eek:

btw i do belong to Mensa :shireen:

incase you dont know i was joking…hehehehe

Re: Mensa Quiz..Checks your Intelligence Quotient!

Quite a neat trick with the white letters…You had me fooled…:biggthumb

Re: Mensa Quiz..Checks your Intelligence Quotient!

ya…i learnt this from nemo :hehe: (so credit goes to him not to me)

ps. do u really have to make it red? :smilestar:

Re: Mensa Quiz..Checks your Intelligence Quotient!

No I only want it read…:smiley: