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Mensa Puzzles No1
Contents
Introduction ↑
Questions ↑
Question 01 : Foot in Mouth ↑
Question
HAND is to GLOVE, as FOOT is to:
HAT, SHOE, HOP or WALK?
Answer
SHOE
You wear a glove on your hand.
So you wear a shoe on your foot.
If wear a hat on my foot, I end up hopping when I walk!
Question 02 : Dots and Dashes ↑
Question
What comes next in this sequence:-
Your choice is:-
Answer
Choice B.
The line is rotating around the dot from East to North to West and finally to South.
Question 03 : Animal Madness ↑
Question
Which of the following is the odd one out?
DOG, CAT, HORSE, FISH or COW.
Answer
FISH
It is not a mammal.
Also, it swims better than dogs, cats, horses and cows.
Question 04 : Off the Rails ↑
Question
BOAT is to SEA, as CAR is to:
PATH, ROAD, SKY or RAILS?
Answer
ROAD.
A BOAT travels on the SEA.
A CAR travels on a ROAD.
If your car were on a path, you would …run people over!
If your car were in a sky, you would …need wings!
If your car were on rails, you would …need to avoid the trains!
Question 05 : I've gone dotty ↑
Question
Which is the missing section from the image below?
Choose from:
Answer
Box 3 (top right).
Because it is the same “density” of dots and fits like a jigsaw.
If you ask me, the whole problem is a bit dotty!
Question 06 : Colour blind ↑
Question
Which is the odd one out?
BLUE, RED, LOUD, GREEN or PURPLE?
Answer
LOUD of course.
Its not a colour!
Well, apart from my shirt, which is bright yellow and blue. That is very loud!
Question 07 : Shape shifting ↑
Question
After this sequence, which shape comes next:-
You have a choice of:-
Answer
Option C
The first two shapes are mirror images.
So, you need to find the mirror image of SQUARE/TRIANGLE.
The answer is TRIANGLE/SQUARE.
Question 08 : Even I don't know ↑
Question
What number would you expect to come next in the following sequence:-
1, 3, 5, 7, ?
Answer
9
They are all odd numbers, and the next is 9.
Question 09 : Its all adding up now? ↑
Question
What is the next number in this sequence?
1, 2, 4, 8, ?
Answer
16
Each number is 2 x the number before it.
So 2 x 8 = 16.
Question 10 : This is much harder ↑
Question
What is the next number in this sequence?
31, 28, 31, 30, ?
Answer
31
They are the number of days in a month (assuming it is not a leap year).
January = 31
February = 28 (29 in a leap year)
March = 31
April = 30
May = 31 [THE ANSWER]
Question 11 : Farm-more difficult ↑
Question
Which is the odd one out?
SHEEP, LION, HORSE, PIG or COW?
Answer
LION
The others are all farm animals.
Unless you know of a lion farm?
Question 12 : Eat your vegetables ↑
Question
Which is the odd one out now?
CARROT, PEA, CABBAGE, EGG, or CAULIFLOWER?
Answer
EGG
The others are all vegetables.
Unless you know of an egg that grows on a tree!