dAz Posted September 6, 2002 #1 Share Posted September 6, 2002 MENSA TEST Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it's important that we keep mentally alert. The saying: "If you don't use it, you will lose it" also applies to the brain, so......... Below is a very private way to gage your loss or non-loss of intelligence. So take the following test presented here and determine if you are losing it or are still a MENSA candidate. OK, relax, clears your mind and....... begin. 1. What do you put in a toaster? 2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk". What do cows drink? 3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a greenhouse made from? 4. Twenty years ago, a plane is; flying at 20,000 feet over Germany. If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany. Anyway, during the flight, TWO of the engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engine fails before he has time and the plane crashes smack in the middle of "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you bury the survivors - East Germany or West Germany or in "no man's land"? 5. If the hour hand on a clock moves 1/60th of a degree every minute then how many degrees will the hour hand move in one hour? 6. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales. In London, 17 people get on the bus. In Reading, six people get off the bus and nine people get on. In Swindon, two people get off and four get on. In Cardiff, 11 people get off and 16 people get on. In Swansea, three people get off and five people get on. In Carmathen, six people get off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven. What was the name of the bus driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAz Posted September 6, 2002 Author #2 Share Posted September 6, 2002 Answer 1: The answer is bread. If you said "toast," then give up now and go do something else. Try not to hurt yourself. Answer 2: Cows drink water. If you said "milk" your brain is obviously overstressed and may even overheat. It may be that you need to content yourself with reading something more appropriate such as "Children's World". Answer 3: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green bricks", what the heck are you still doing here reading these questions????? Answer 4: You don't, of course, bury survivors. If you said ANYTHING else, you are a real dunce and you must NEVER try to rescue anyone from a plane crash. Your efforts would not be appreciated. ..... Answer 5: One degree. If you said "360 degrees" or anything other than "one degree", you are to be congratulated on getting this far, but you are obviously out of your league. Turn your pencil in and exit the room. Answer 6: Oh, for heaven sake! It was YOU, you dummy. Read the first line!!! :s2 :s2 :s2 Daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceyKC Posted September 7, 2002 #3 Share Posted September 7, 2002 Nice one Daz!! :s2 (btw, is 2 out 6 any good?) ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAz Posted September 7, 2002 Author #4 Share Posted September 7, 2002 I do hope so becasue thats all I got... by any chance was it 1 & 3 you got right ? :s2 ;D Daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceyKC Posted September 10, 2002 #5 Share Posted September 10, 2002 Wow! How'd you know? Maybe we should start our own 'special' group!! ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo_Jones Posted September 10, 2002 #6 Share Posted September 10, 2002 I got those right aswell but I had to read the hour hand one, over a few times before I got it. Oh well suppose I'm not perfect then :s2 :s1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted September 10, 2002 #7 Share Posted September 10, 2002 I got 5/6 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceyKC Posted September 10, 2002 #8 Share Posted September 10, 2002 Tommy, there's a word for people like you.... GENIUS!! (actually, I thought of 'showoff' too, but we'll let that one go!!) ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted September 12, 2002 #9 Share Posted September 12, 2002 lol KC ;D In that case I better not say it was number 5 I got wrong. :sf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted September 13, 2002 #10 Share Posted September 13, 2002 Nice one Daz. I tottally lost it on that last one :se 5/6 aint bad though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Star III Posted June 15, 2006 #11 Share Posted June 15, 2006 i got all 6 right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex infernis Posted June 15, 2006 #12 Share Posted June 15, 2006 (edited) 5/6 Edited June 15, 2006 by pyrokinetic_1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWeather Posted June 15, 2006 #13 Share Posted June 15, 2006 5/6 I failed on the fifth one I said 360... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Paranoid Android Posted June 16, 2006 #14 Share Posted June 16, 2006 (edited) I saw the thread starter and thought "ooh, dAz is back". then my hopes were shattered Anyhow, I got 4/6 - though I have issues with some of the answers. 1. Good one - got me there on that one (though you can also put waffles and pop-tarts - and depending on the toaster, jaffles - in there as well ). 2. Got me on this one too, though not entirely accurate - cows drink their mothers milk 5. I got this one, and while mathematically the correct response, it just doesn't work in practicality. The hour hand moving 1 degree in an hour would imply that this particular clockface takes 360 hours to complete one circuit. What clock does that Yeah, I know this is supposed to be lighthearted, but that last one annoyed me Edited June 16, 2006 by Paranoid Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyDive Posted June 16, 2006 #15 Share Posted June 16, 2006 1) Bread... but i really wanted to wrtie pop-tarts 2)claves drink mothers milk, cows drink water 3)glass 4) There wouldn't be survivors after falling and crashing from 20,000 feet woud there? 5)1 6) Amber i didnt read the other posts so tell the Mensa ppl they spend to much time wrtiing the questions and its a give away that they are trying to trick you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxie Posted June 18, 2006 #16 Share Posted June 18, 2006 5 out of 6. I said Milk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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