2021 Mensa Answers
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- mopes, poems
- 16 (Two series, the first is 1, 2, 3; the second is the number squared.)
- 51¢ (Consonants are worth 7¢; vowels are worth 10¢.)
- NEGATIVISM (The missing letter is “V.”)
- CAN (CANDOR, CANCEL, CANDID, CANDLE)
| L | I | K | E |
| I | D | E | A |
| K | E | P | T |
| E | A | T | S |
- aspired, despair, praised
- Noah was on the Ark, not Moses.
- 12 months. They all have 28 days.
- Donald
- 25 25 “Two series, the first is 30, 29, 28…; the second is 20, 21, 22…”
- track meet
- minute, tear, content
- It can’t be done. If one portrait takes ten hours, no number of painters can do one in five hours
- Experience is what you get after you need it.
- CASH, BASH, BASK, BANK (There could be other ways.)
- $825 (300 ÷ 2 = 150 @ $5= $750) + (1/4 x 300 = 75 @ $3 = $225) + (1/4 x 300 = 75 @ $2 = $150) = $1,125 – $300 = $825)
- The missing letter is “W”: COWARDLY, WONDERFUL, WINNING, WATCHES.
- $2 (Each syllable is worth $1.)
- 5 (7 ‑ 5 [glass] = 2; + 3 = 5)
- 15 (The top number is multiplied by 2 for the lower left number; the top number is multiplied by 3 for the lower right number; all numbers in the corners of the triangles are added together and divided by the top number for the center.)
- “I really don’t think people will ever love cars the way they love their horses.” (Code – A = Z, B = A, C = B, etc.)
- a) piece, peace b) tide, tied c) wry, rye
| W | O | W | |
| I | R | I | S |
| G | E | N | T |
| S | K | Y |
- PORT (PORTRAY, PORTEND, PORTAGE, PORTICO)
- two girls and three boys. G + 1 = 3(G-1).
- DRAPERIES and DESPAIRER. The missing letter is “S.”
- a) cries, scribe b) regal, garble c) atlas, basalt d) yearn, nearby
- a) warts, straw b) evil, live c) ward, draw d) step, pets
- CHEDDAR, ROQUEFORT, LIMBURGER
- FAIL, PAIL, PALL, PALS, PASS (There may be others)
- A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED.
- A ROAD MAP TELLS YOU EVERYTHING EXCEPT HOW TO REFOLD IT.
- Thirteen triangles
- My hairdresser wants to dye my hair this awful red, but I really want royal purple.
- Are a slim chance and a fat chance identical?
- 30 miles. 20 hours up and 15 hours down
- NUPTIALS
- Her great nephew. (Her mother-in-law’s only daughter’s only daughter is Pat’s niece. The niece’s husband’s son is Pat’s great nephew.)
- 183 + 276 = 459, 186 + 273 = 459, 173 + 286 = 459
- Margot likes unknown authors. She only likes words with a silent letter.
- JACINTH; JANISSARY; JEFFERSONIAN
- SMART
- 40¢ (35¢ for the 7 that can be made from the 49 and an extra nickel for the one more that can be made from the 7)
- 123,654
- Each can be anagrammed into a word that names an occupation: TAILOR, BAKER, TEACHER, COBBLER.
- WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY.
- mastered, streamed
- 31 (A = 6, X = 7, Y= 8, Z = 9)
- brides, debris
- WINNIPEG, ANNAPOLIS, SARASOTA
- E (Subtract the second number from the first and take the first letter of the spelled-out result: eight.)
- 16 (3 + 12 + 1)
- Rachel is ten, Ryan is four.
- Did you notice that Camelot can be anagrammed into male cot? (Code: A = 26, B = 25, C = 24, etc.)
- ARMATURE
- Palm, Endive, Deodar, Aspen
- 62 (the days of the month doubled)
- Because ships going through the canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific don’t go east to west, but from west to eat. The isthmus has a sharp bend and ships sail east from the Atlantic.
- The missing letter is “Q”: QUESTION, INQUIRY, INQUEST, QUICK.
