The Mensa Genius Quiz

So you think you're smart . . . well, try these quizzes, puzzles, games, and strategies compiled by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society. You need an IQ in the top two percent of the population to join this elite group. Take the sample tests inside to see how you rate alongside such famous Mensans as Buckminster Fuller, Theodore Bikel, and Isaac Asimov. Subjects range from math and logic to culture and trivia.

More than half a million readers have taken up the challenge of the Mensa Genius Quiz Books. Now this all-new collection of word games supplies more mind-bending, cranium-crunching fun for all. Every puzzle in The Mensa Genius A-B-C Quiz Book is built around letters, words, and common phrases. These brainteasers make us view words in new ways, stretching our vocabularies and untwisting our tongues. Each quiz has been tested by members of American Mensa, so you can compare scores. Be warned-these puzzles aren't as easy as A-B-C! Here's a sample of the word games inside, along with the percentage of Mensa testers who could solve each one: What letter comes next in this series: M,V,E,M,J,S,U,N,... (75%) What English word contains this letter sequence? URTSH (55%) Make a seven-letter word from the letters in: Cape Fear (70%).

Test your wits with this all-new collection of mindbusters from Mensa, the high-IQ society. Master puzzler Abbie Salny provides a fun brainteaser, logic twister, math mystery, or word game for every day of the year. Whether you're mathematically, verbally, or visually inclined, you're sure to find twelve months' worth of exciting challenges inside.Included with each puzzle's solution is the percentage of Mensa members who answered it correctly, so you can score yourself against the people with the high IQs. With a puzzle for every date and an extra for leap years, you can match wits with Mensa 366 days out of every year! Here are a couple of sample questions, and the percentage of Mensans who answered correctly: February 24: Can you make three words from the letters LGNEA? (100%) May 14: You have fifty coins that total 1.00. If you lose one coin, what is the chance that it was a quarter? (15%)

With over 1,500 questions, and including separate picture quizzes and IQ-style tests, The Mensa Quiz Book is the ultimate challenge for any aspiring quizzer to trial themselves against the best of the very best.

IQ and genius are often muddled up, the one mistaken for the other. However, new theories suggest that there may be seven key types of intelligence. This makes it vital to understand exactly what intelligence is. This book examines several of the world's greatest historical geniuses, concentrating on the common threads between their lives to find valuable insights into the way genius is formed. Once the nature of genius is established, The Genius Test offers a range of absorbing tests that will allow the reader to gain an idea of both IQ and level of genius. Specially devised tests challenge the reader in their capacity for the mental elements that go into producing genius. There even exercises to help the reader unleash their maximum mental potential.

The ultimate book of Mensa-crafted puzzles, brainteasers, word games, number conundrums, and logical mysteries to test your intelligence Puzzle fans have bought more than 650,000 copies of the Mensa Genius Quiz series-the only books that let readers "match wits with Mensa," comparing how well they do against members of the famous high-IQ society. Here, in a giant omnibus edition, are four best-selling titles: The Mensa Genius Quiz Books 1 & 2, The Mensa Genius Quiz-A-Day Book, and The Mensa Genius ABC Book. Here are more than 800 fun mindbenders to exercise every part of your brain-word games, trivia, logic riddles, number challenges, visual puzzles-plus tips on how to improve your thinking skills. All the puzzles have been tested by members of American Mensa, Ltd., and include the percentage of Mensa testers who could solve each one, so that you can score yourself against some of the nation's fittest mental athletes.

Are You a Genius? Let The Mensa Genius Quiz Book help you find out. This collection of quizzes, puzzles, games, and strategies is guaranteed to tax your intelligence, provide hours of entertainment, and make you jumping-up-and-down-crazy for the right answers.You need an I.Q. in the top two percent of the population to join Mensa, but with the sample tests inside you can see how you'd rate alongside such famous M's (as Mensans call themselves) as R. Buckminster Fuller. You'll also find tips from Mensa members on how to boost your own intelligence, improve your memory, and think more effectively. A special section on how to take tests shows how anyone can do better on almost any test imaginable.Whether you're verbally, numerically, or visually inclined, this "Rubik's Cube of Books" is the book for you. Includes an introduction by Isaac Asimov.

IQ and genius are often muddled up, with one being mistaken for the other. However, various theories suggest that there may be seven key types of intelligence. This book examines several of the world's greatest historical geniuses, concentrating on the common threads between their lives to find insights into the way genius is formed.