MENSA QUESTIONS

Credit: GAMES Magazine
September, 1984

Dr. Abbie Salny

1. Find a word that in one sense means the same as the phrase on the left, and in another sense means the same as the phrase on the right.

RUN AWAY ...................................... FASTEN SECURELY

CUT / SEVER ................................... STICK TO

APPROVE ......................................... CONDEMN

2. Insert the same three-letter word in both sets of blanks below to make two sets of two new words each.

Example:

F _ _ _ RESS

TR _ _ _ UAL

Answer:

ACT - yielding FACT and ACTRESS / TRACT and ACTUAL

PL _ _ _ LER

GR _ _ _ IQUE

HINT:

2. The first letter is A

Answers:

1. BOLT / CLEAVE / SANCTION

2. ANT (PLANT-ANTLER / GRANT-ANTIQUE)