pop 0 #1 October 28, 2002 MENSA IQ Test Answers appear after the questions... NO CHEATING!!! 1. The maker doesn't want it; the buyer doesn't use it; and the user doesn't see it. What is it? 2. A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were both born in Boston, Massachusetts. The child is not a United States citizen. How is this possible? 3. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth? 4. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible? 5. Captain Frank and some of the boys were exchanging old war stories. Art Bragg offered one about how his grandfather led a battalion against a German division during World War I. Through brilliant maneuvers, he defeated them and captured valuable territory. After the battle he was presented with a sword bearing the inscription "To Captain Bragg for Bravery, Daring and Leadership. World War I. From the Men of Battalion 8." Captain Frank looked at Art and said, "You really don't expect anyone to believe that yarn, do you?" What's wrong with the story? 6. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth? 7. In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall in the same year? 8. A woman from New York married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break any laws. None of these men died, and she never divorced. How was this possible? 9. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989 American dollar bills? 10. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25? 11. How could you rearrange the letters in the words "new door" to make one word? Note: There is only one correct answer. 12. Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin's egg. Why not? 13. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"? 14. In Okmulgee, Oklahoma, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not? 15. There were an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission to the International Home Show," One of them was the father of the other's son. How could this be possible? 16. After the new Canon Law that took effect on November 27, 1983, would a Roman Catholic man be allowed to marry his widow's sister? 17. How many outs are there in an inning? 18. How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the Ark? 19. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5' 10" tall. What does he weigh? 20. A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left? ANSWERS 1. A coffin. 2. The child was born before 1776. 3. Mount Everest (it just hadn't been discovered). 4. Clara lives in the southern hemisphere. 5. World War I wasn't called "World War I" until World War II. 6. The word "and". 7. They fall in the same year every year. New Year's Day justarrives very early in the year and Christmas arrives very late in the same year. 8. The lady was a Justice of the Peace. 9. One thousand nine hundred and ninety dollar bills are worth one dollar more than one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollar bills. 10. Only once, and then you are subtracting it from 20. 11. "one word" 12. Penguins live in the Antarctic. 13. Neither. The yolk of the egg is yellow. 14. You have to take a picture of a man with a camera, not with a wooden leg. 15. They were husband and wife. 16. No. A dead man can marry no one. 17. Six . Three in each half of the inning. 18. Moses took no animals. It was Noah on the Ark. 19. Meat. 20. Nine.7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antimike 0 #2 October 28, 2002 ashamed only 10 out of 20 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #3 October 28, 2002 dont feel bad....that's exactly what i got7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #4 October 28, 2002 Well i decided to cheat and just read all tha answers along with the questions. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #5 October 28, 2002 QuoteWell i decided to cheat and just read all tha answers along with the questions. That's called thinking outside the box :)7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megscott73 0 #6 October 28, 2002 I got 10 out of 20 also.....thought I was a little smarter than that! ======================= "What I want is what I've not got ,but what I need is all around me"-DMB Meghan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #7 October 28, 2002 12 but I have a couple of alternatives which I think are legitimate, correct answers... #6. Any word in a dictionary after "earth" and before "heaven". #8. They were married in a country that allows polygamy. The question just said they were "from" New York, not that they got married there. #14. There isn't a man in Okmulgee, OK with a wooden leg at the time you're there to take a picture. #15. The plumber & the electrician are the same person. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antimike 0 #8 October 28, 2002 Zennie I hope you didnt count those poor excuse for answers in your 12 total Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #9 October 28, 2002 Quote I hope you didnt count those poor excuse for answers in your 12 total LOL no. But ya gotta admit, they are technically correct. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #10 October 28, 2002 >12 but I have a couple of alternatives which I think are legitimate, > correct answers... In addition, you can subtract 5 from 25 an infinite number of times. No matter how many times you perform the operation, 25-5 still equals 20. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #11 October 28, 2002 Quote In addition, you can subtract 5 from 25 an infinite number of times. I had the same answer but different reasoning. You can subtract 5 *starting at* 25 an infinite number of times. Most people would stop at 0. Your answer jibes with theirs so I think you are also correct. Actually, I like your better. - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonic 0 #12 October 28, 2002 My answer to number 6 was simple - Death----------------------------------- It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NtheSeaOrSky 0 #13 October 29, 2002 My personal fav at the office today: You are in a car race and you pass the number 2 car, what position are you in?????? Everyone argued 1st vehemently. (The answer is second.)Life is not fair and there are no guarantees... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #14 October 29, 2002 I got 13 the way they were meant, and these two: >2. A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were >both born in Boston, Massachusetts. The child is not a United >States citizen. How is this possible? I got really inventive with this one... Hypothetically, if there was an embassy in Boston, in which the parents were both born, they would have been born in a foreign country. And kid should be born in the embassy too, just to uphold family tradition.>10. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25? I was thinking along the same lines with Zennie; but that really doesn't count. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBile 0 #15 October 29, 2002 Me Bile. Me thick. Gerb I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FliegendeWolf 0 #16 October 29, 2002 Quote1. The maker doesn't want it; the buyer doesn't use it; and the user doesn't see it. What is it? Hmm... It's really not uncommon for people to buy their own caskets before they die so that their family members don't need to deal with it later.A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #17 October 29, 2002 2. Another possibility: though both parents were born in Boston ,Mass, they emigrated to another country and became citizens there, and renounced their American citzenship. Then they returned to Boston Mass for a visit and the wife gave birth to the child. Result: Child is not a US citizen because parents are not US citizens. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #18 October 29, 2002 Number 5. "After the battle he was presented with a sword bearing the inscription "To Captain Bragg for Bravery, Daring and Leadership. World War I. " The story doesn't actually SAY how long after the battle. The veterans of Batallion 8 may have not given him the sword until after WWII, at which point the "Great War" was called World War I. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #19 October 29, 2002 I seem to remember just being born on US soil makes you an citizen... There was/is a large number of mexican mothers crossing the border late into their 8th month just to give birth in America and have their child become a legal citizen right off the bat.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #20 October 29, 2002 Quote I got 10 out of 20 also.....thought I was a little smarter than that! Did better than me. I'm qualified to be a door stop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
