By Tamara Simon
Instructions:
How smart are you? Take this quick test to peek inside the power of your brain. Test adapted from the Mensa test by Dr. Abbie Salny and America Mensa Ltd.
1) While Bill was ironing his G-string, a person knocked on his door. It was his mother in laws only daughter’s husband’s son. What relation was this person to bill?
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2) What’s the missing number in the series?
- 1 3 9 ______ 81 243
3) Which of the proverbs below best matches the meaning of “All that glitters is not gold”?
- A penny saved is a penny earned
- You cant tell a book by its cover
- A fool and his money are soon parted
- Just because Boy George wears makeup doesn’t mean he can sing
4) Unscramble the letters to reveal this health term
- E E L L O C T O S H R ____________________________________
5) If Britney is 10, Wolfgang Mozart is 20, and Prince and Sting are both 5, but Elvis is 10, how much is Madonna by the same system?
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6) After paying for the Cabbage Patch Kid you bough on eBay, you have just $9.60 in your pocket. You haven an equal number of quarters, dimes, and nickels, but no other coins. How many of each of the three coins do you have?
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7) Which of the following is least like the others?
- Lungs
- Ears
- Brain
- Legs
- Groin
8) How many 9s do you pass when you start at 1 and count up to 100?
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9) One four-letter word will fit on all three lines below to make new words with the word preceding and the word following (example: In [DOOR] STOP). The same word must be used for all three lines. What’s the word?
- BACK __ __ __ __ SOME
- FREE __ __ __ __ MADE
- FORE __ __ __ __ BAG
10) What is the tree that contains all the vowels: A E I O U (though not in order)?
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11) The following is a common proverb in disguise. Put it in its common form. A finely chosen pomegranate consumed at every eastwardly arrival of sunlight prevents the healer of all bodily malfunctions from knocking at the entrance of your abode.
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12) The spy was captured easily, and his message proved to be so simple that the lieutenant saw its importance immediately. Here it is. What does it say?
- Albert: Tom tricks Aretha’s cuddly kitt, answer today: do another wiggle now. Martha’s ovaries not dancing. Are you?
Information provided by Rocky Mountain GYN & Hormone Center, Dr. Tamara Simon
951 E. Plaza Drive Suite 170 Eagle, Idaho 208-939-3505
ANSWERS, BRAIN TEST
- His son. Draw a box and label it Bill. Draw another box for his mother in law and connect them. Draw a third box for his mother in law’s only daughter, who has to be Bill’s wife. Then a fourth box, who also has to be Bill’s son – and very disturbed at his father as well
- 27. Each number has three times the value of the number preceding it.
- B, general knowledge question.
- Cholesterol
- Madonna is 15 in the system that awards 5 points for each syllable in the name
- 24
- Brain. All others have hair-legs and groin on the skin, while the ears and lungs have tiny hairs called cilia that serve a cleaning function
- 20
- Hand
- Sequoia
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away
- Attack at dawn Monday. The lieutenant lifted the first letter our of each word and strung the letters together.
Score
11-12: Among the most intelligent people around
8-10: Very intelligent
5-7: Respectable score
4 or below: Chalk it up to a bad day
