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Monday, October 31, 2011

Devious Mind-Bending Puzzles: Official American Mensa Puzzle Book

Devious Mind-Bending Puzzles: Official American Mensa Puzzle Book Review


The more time you give to performing some mental gymnastics with these puzzles, the more creative and inventive you'll become. All you need to know is a little basic arithmetic-plus how to pay close attention so you don't get misled by the tricky, devious instructions.

1. What is 1,449 in Roman Numerals?
2. Unscramble this word into a familiar one: CRICKARFREE
3. What three letters can you add to form a new word from each of these words: RACKS, FLY, RAGE, BELL?

Answers: 1. MCDXLIX. 2. FIRECRACKER. 3. BAR.
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Monday, March 21, 2011

Cunning Mind-Bending Puzzles: Official American Mensa Puzzle Book

Cunning Mind-Bending Puzzles: Official American Mensa Puzzle Book Review


Try any of these 150 word, number, and logic puzzles, and you'll encounter some surprising new ways to analyze, observe, and decide. You've been warned, so don't get frustrated when you feel yourself getting pushed out of the ruts of your usual problem-solving skills. Try these sample warmup exercises:

1. If Molly's daughter is my daughter's mother, what am I to Molly?
2. Which is larger, one-third times one-third of a dozen dozen, or one-third dozen halved and cubed?
3. How old is the man who told his friend, "Four years from now I'll be twice as old as I was fourteen years ago"?

Answers: 1. I am Molly's daughter. 2. The first calculation is larger. 3. He's 32 years old.
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