October, 1988
 
The Mensa Mini Test
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How smart are you?  Have some fun with this mini-test.
 
1.  If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists
    will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?
 
2.  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?
 
3.  Pear is to apple as potato is to?
 
    a) banana   b) radish   c)strawberry   d)peach   e) lettuce
 
4.  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  ?  ?
 
    a) 11  5    b) 10  5    c) 10  4    d) 11  6
 
5.  Which of the following is least like the others?
 
    a) poem   b) novel   c) painting   d) statue   e) flower
 
6.  What is the following word when it is unscrambled?
 
    H  C  P  R  A  A  T  E  U
 
7.  What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of
    400?
 
8.  Which of the following sentences given below means approximately
    the same as the proverb: "Don't count your chickens until they are
    hatched?"
 
    a) Some eggs have double yolks, so you can't really count eggs and
       chickens.
 
    b) You can't walk around the henhouse to count the eggs because it
       will disturb the hens and they won't lay eggs.
 
    c) It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet
       happened and may not ever happen.
 
    d) Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in your
       count of future chickens.
 
9.  The SAME three-letter word can be placed in front of the following
    words to make a new word:
 
    _ _ _ L I G H T    _ _ _ B R E A K    _ _ _ T I M E
 
 
10. Which of the figures below the line of drawings best completes the
    series?
 
    [Figures drawn with ANSI symbols]
 
ЪВВВВВДДДї    ЪВВДДДДДД    ЪВВВДДДДДї    ЪВВВВДДДД    ЪВДДДДДДДї
іііііі   і    ііі      і    іііі     і    ііііі    і    іі       і
і        і    і        і    і        і    і        і    і        і
і        і    і        і    і        і    і        і    і        і
і       іі    ііііі    і    і     іііі    ііі      і    і   іііііі
ДДДДДДДБЩ    АББББДДДДЩ    ДДДДДБББЩ    АББДДДДДДЩ    ДДДБББББЩ
 
 
ЪВВВВВВДДї    ЪДДДВДДДД    ЪВВВВВВДД    ЪДДДДДДДДї
ііііііі  і    і   і    і    ііііііі  і    і        і
і        і    і        і    і        і    і        і
і        і    і        і    і        і    і        і
і  і     і    ііііііі  і    і        і    і  ііііііі
ДДБДДДДДЩ    АББББББДДЩ    АДДДДДДДДЩ    ДДББББББЩ
 
     a)            b)            c)            d)
 
 
Copyright 1988, American Mensa, Ltd.
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(Answers can be found in MENSAANS.TXT)
 
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