MENSA Test #1
from GAMES May/June 1979



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1. Complete the analogy by entering a four letter word ending in e:

Thermometer is to temperature as clock is to _ _ _ _.

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2. Pamela's brother Felix has one more brother than he has sisters.

How many more brothers than sisters does Pamela have?

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3. Choose the lettered symbol in the bottom row which has the characteristic held in common by the three symbols in the top row.

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4. All GAMES Magazine readers are puzzle connoisseurs.

Some GAMES Magazine readers are astrophyicists.
Most GAMES Magazine readers are highly intelligent.


Therefore, (choose one):
(a) Most astrophyicists are highly intelligent.
(b) Some astrophyicists are puzzle connoisseurs.
(c) There are astrophyicists who do not read GAMES Magazine.

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5. What is the next term in this series?
7,12,27,72,

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6.

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7. "Don't trade horses midstream" means:

(a) You might fall off and get wet.
(b) Don't attempt something unless you are fully prepared.
(c) Decide what you're going to do before you do it.
(d) Don't change plans when something is half completed.

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8. If M x E = 6;
        N x S = 20;
        E x S = 15;
        E x N = 12;
        S x A = 30;
Then M x E x N x S x A = ?

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9. Find a word meaning the same as the left-hand word in one sense and the right-hand word in another sense.

hard _________ company

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10. Complete the series in the top row with one of the lettered diagrams in the bottom row.

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11. What letter is next in the series below?.

B, E, I, N, ___ ?

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12. Dopey is younger than Sneezy.
Bashful is older than Dopey.

Therefore, (choose one):
(a) Sneezy is older than Bashful.
(b) Bashful is older than Sneezy.
(c) Dopey is the youngest.

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13. Which one does not belong?.

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14. Needle is to thread as:
(a) Sew is to dress.
(b) Cotton is to dress.
(c) Leader is to follower.
(d) Follower is to leader.

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15. There is a rule of arithmetic which applies across and down the array below,
so that two of the numbers in a line produce the third number in each line.
What is the missing number?

  3   4     7
  7   5   12
10   9     ?

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16.Complete the analogy by entering a seven letter word ending in r:

Competition is to cooperation as rival is to _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

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17. Complete the series in the top row by choosing one of the lettered figures in the bottom row.

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18. If 7 belly dancers altogether lose 20 pounds in 8 hours dancing, how many more belly dancers would be needed to lose a total of 20 pounds in only 4 hours dancing, providing the new dancers shed weight only half as fast as the original 7?

(a) 7   (b) 21   (c)   27   (d) 14   (e) 12.

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19. 3 is to 9 and 18 as
      2 is to 8 and _____ .

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20. What is the price of the last item in the group?

Liniment $12;   Toga $20;   Onion $15;   Car $3;   Pizza _____

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21. Green is to yellow as orange is to:
(a) blue
(b) purple
(c) brown
(d) yellow
(e) white

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22. Which of the following words are closest in meaning?

(a) Autocracy and Autonomy
(b) Autonomy and Oligarchy
(c) Autonomy and Dictatorship
(d) Autocracy and Oligarchy
(e) Autocracy and Dictatorship
(f) Oligarchy and Dictatorship

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23.

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24. Which word does not belong?

(a) stone   (b) brick   (c) canoe
(d) pontoon   (e) anchor.

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25. The arrows represent a simple code.   Name a word they could spell when rearranged.

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26. Complete the following analogy:

C, G, Q are to F, V, R as T, X, H are to:

(a)   V, L, G
(b)   B, F, Y
(c)   W, M, I
(d)   N, Z, D

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Many thanks to Michael Kietzman for correcting my typo in question #2.

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Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher