Classic Quiz - MENSA Style

1. What is heavier - pound of gold or a pound of feathers?

2. How far can a dog run into the woods?

3. A man is stalking a bear that has attacked his camp.
He reports later that naturally he went south.
What color was the bear?

4. Punctuate the following sentence so that it makes sense:
Jim where Bill had had had had had had had had had was right.

5. Six thousand, six hundred six dollars if written $6,606.
Now write eleven thousand, eleven hundred, eleven dollars as
fast as you can.

6. Divide 100 by 1/2 and add 10. What do you have?

7. If a teenager and a half can eat a pizza and a half
in a day and a half --- how many pizzas can a
dozen teenagers eat in three days?

8. Is this possible:
Today is the birthday of your father AND your grandfather.
PLUS, both are exactly the same age.

9. I have two coins that add up to 55 cents.
One of them is not a nickel. What are the two coins?

10. You have just tossed a coin that has come up heads for the
tenth time in a row. What is the probability that it will come
up heads the next time?

1. What is heavier - pound of gold or a pound of feathers? Gold?

2. How far can a dog run into the woods?

3. A man is stalking a bear that has attacked his camp.
He reports later that naturally he went south.
What color was the bear?

4. Punctuate the following sentence so that it makes sense:
Jim where Bill had had had had had had had had had was right.

5. Six thousand, six hundred six dollars if written $6,606.
Now write eleven thousand, eleven hundred, eleven dollars as
fast as you can.

6. Divide 100 by 1/2 and add 10. What do you have? This has to be a trick question because it sounds too easy. 60?

7. If a teenager and a half can eat a pizza and a half
in a day and a half --- how many pizzas can a
dozen teenagers eat in three days?

8. Is this possible:
Today is the birthday of your father AND your grandfather.
PLUS, both are exactly the same age. Yes, it is. The grandfather is my mother's father and my father would have to have been older when I was born.

9. I have two coins that add up to 55 cents.
One of them is not a nickel. What are the two coins?

10. You have just tossed a coin that has come up heads for the
tenth time in a row. What is the probability that it will come
up heads the next time?

1) the same
2) into the middle
3) white
4) can't be bothered to figure that one out lol
5) see above
6) 60??
7) ?
8) ?
9) is a nickel 50 cents? given that it is the answert would be one nickel and 5 cents
10) 1 in 2

6 = 210. having a blonde moment!

You're closer to being a genius than I am.

I wish

The only one I'll comment on is # 9: A fifty cent piece and a nickle. The question only states that ONE of the coins is not a nickle

If Mensa quizzes were like this, we'd all be members.

LOL i was on the right lines with that one, I just didnt know how many cents to a nickel

To be honest Mensa entry tests are quite easy. I think they dumbed them down a bit, makes sense cos you pay to be a member

I would say it is more likely that you are quite intelligent. After all, Mensa only accepts those in the top 2% as based on IQ testing. I hope you didn't waste $65.00 to find that out.

Ha, lol. The only one I may of got right is the one about
the coins!

I did a qualifying test years ago when I was a teenager. I was accepted and got my little certificate lol but they wanted ?10 a month membership and like most teenagers I was completely skint all the time! I couldn't really see the benefit of it.

According to them I have an IQ of 141. I can't see it myself, I was crap in school. I can learn something if it interests me but If I'm not interested in the subject then you are wasting your time trying to teach me, I have the attention span of a gnat!

I know that you come across as wise and caring!