Test your Mensa skills

1) Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like?
A. 1600 B. 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?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 12 E. 36

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?
A. 18:30 B. 20:00 C. 21:00 D. 22:00 E. 23:30

4) One of the following proverbs is closest in meaning to the saying, “Birds of a feather, flock together.” Choose one:
a. “One swallow doesn’t make a summer”
B. “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”
C. “A man is known by the company he keeps”
D. “Fine feathers make fine birds.”
E. “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?
A. 2 B. 5 C. 8 D. 10 E. 40
6) If you count from 1 to 100, how many 7’s will you pass on the way?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 19 D. 20 E. 21

7) Fill in the missing number:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ___, 34, 55

8) 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?
A. 2 meters B. 6 meters C. 10 meters
D. 12.5 meters E. 14 meters

9) If a circle is one, how many is an octagon?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8 E. 12

10) One of the following sentences given below means approximately the same as the proverb: “Don’t count your chickens until they are hatched.” Choose the one:
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 happened yet and may never happen.”
D. Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in your count of future chickens.