2022 Mensa Answers
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- JANGLE, JANISSARY, JACKET, JAUNTY, JABBER
- trance, recant
- 80 (1/4 of 80 = 20; 20 + 10 = 30, leaving 50; 1/5 of 50 = 10; 10 + 10 = 20, leaving 30; 1/2 of 30 = 15; 15 + 10 + 25, leaving 5)
- bring, brine brand, bland
- ADHERENT
- “I wanted to rent an apartment in the new building, but dogs are forbidden,” said Tom petulantly.
- ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
- c) NOTE (Each word in the sequence begins with two letters in alphabetical order.)
- He poured water very carefully from the lake into the tank to raise the water level.
- Dick (Joe only likes nicknames.)
- Good things come in small packages.
- Megan is two, Kevin is four.
- I never liked curds and whey to begin with (Code: 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, etc.)
- 8 (8¢ + 40¢ + 80¢ = $1.28)
- Look before you leap, but he who hesitates is lost.
- $1.05
- WALL (The three other words are art forms: PAINTING, SCULPTURE, MUSIC.)
- her sister-in-law (Her husband’s brother-in-law’s mother-in-law is her own mother-in-law; the daughter is her own husband’s sister.)
- RIDES OFF INTO THE SUNSET
- b) TUITION (Each word in the sequence begins with two letters in alphabetical order.)
- 426,713
- $90 (1/2 of $90 = $45; $45 + $5 = $50, leaving $40; 1/4 of $40 = $10; $10 +$10 = $20, leaving $20; 1/2 of $20 = $10; $10 + $5 =$15, leaving $5)
- BAR (BARGAIN, BARRAGE, BARGES, BARTER)
- Ted, Ed, Al
- KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL.
KEEP YOUR SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL.
DON’T KNUCKLE UNDER.
- DAHLIA, HYACINTH, FORSYTHIA
- two boys and three girls
- Sarah is 18; Margot is 6.
- 9 (The only one that, when spelled out, is not a three-letter word.)
- MAYHEM, MAGNET, MANTIS, MASTICATE, MAELSTROM
- Valerie is 14; Casey is 18.
- “My family has been in the fruit packing business,” said Tom cannily.
- CLERGY (The three other words can be anagrammed into geographical names: SPAIN, IRAN, YEMEN.)
- TANDOORI CHICKEN
- MISAPPREHENSION
- 60 cupcakes (Each girl eats 5 per hour.)
- Carol, Dan, Alice, Bob, Evan
- 192,837
- Southern Living – Southern Diving
- Vincent is nine; David is five.
- MINE, MILE, MILD, MOLD, GOLD (There may be other ways.)
- 11 (A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1)
- Each contains a three-letter word: COL or LAP; HOP or PIN; POT; CAR.
- MOUNTAINEER
- 27
- Water, water, everywhere, /Nor any drop to drink.
- $12 ($5 per consonant, $2 per vowel)
- DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP.
- 64,105 (The square of 4 is 16.)
- blasé, sable
- 20 (1,600 ÷ 4 = 400; 400 ÷ 10 = 40; 40 ÷ 2 = 20)
- BLUE
- 1 (Each weaver can weave 1 basket per day. Three weeks is 21 days.)
- nape, pane; cellar; caller, save, vase
- OSCILLATION
- 1) disclose 2) a. disc b. lose
- 987,654
- Money may not be the most important thing, but everything else is in second place.
- 3 (1 + 2 = 3, 2 + 3 = 5, 3 + 5 = 8, 5 + 8 = 13)
- TALL, MALL, MILL, MILE, MINE, MINI (There may be other ways.)
