2023 Mensa Answers

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Answers:

1. INQUISTION
2. “I’ve been in my doctor’s waiting room for three hours,” said Tom patiently.
3. Mark, Bill, Kathy, Mike, Barbara, Carolyn
4. 8¢ (2¢ per consonant, 1¢ per vowel)
5. Clothes make the man.
6. He’s one egg roll short of a combination plate.
7. Edward, Andrew, Matthew, Steven
8. 1) ramekin 2) rationale 3) kidney
9. The number of seconds in a week (604,800) is larger than the number of feet in 100 miles (528,000).
10. The bonus word is BONUS. The numbers are 2 (descending powers of 2); 15 multiples of 3); 14 (one more than the prime numbers); 21 (each term is the sum of the two preceding it); 19 (subtract the next larger square, that is, -1, -4, -9, -16, -25, -36).
11. teacher, cheater
12. Peacocks don’t lay eggs; peahens do.
13. Kevin is 12; Mary is 5. 4 (M – 2) – M +7.
14. Venice, Basel, Warsaw
15. R (The letters spell out “reverse is harder” when you read the squares in reverse (right to left, not left to right) proceeding clockwise in each square from the lower right and finishing in the center.)
16. enlist, listen, silent
17. Lilies (Susan likes things that start with the same pair of letters twice)
18. BRAN
19. We really should install running water. (Code: B = A, C = B, D = C, etc.)
20. 11 and 10 (An algebraic equation is 2F + (F – 1) = 32.)
21. Round 2. Grow on trees
22. ENUMERATION
23. COLD, HOLD, HELD, HEAD, HEAT
24. DATER, RATED, TRADE, TREAD
25. Out of sight, out of mind.
26. 22 (Eleven years ago, she was 11.)
27. I’m going to invent elevator shoes.
28. a) storage b) savage c) carnage d) carriage
29. 1) intonation 2a) into 2b) nation
30. 423,157
31. All the world’s a stage…. (from Shakespeare’s As You Like It)
32. “There is enough coal for a fire,” said Tom gratefully.
33. MELON, PEACH, APPLE
34. Tom is 4; Ellen is 11. (The two algebraic equations are 2T = E -3 and 2 (E + 10) = 3 (T + 10)
35. his sister (Patrick’s sister’s husband’s mother-in-law is Patrick’s mother, and her husband’s daughter is Patrick’s sister.)
36. 1 – c, 2 – d, 3 – b, 4 – a
37. PANSY
38. parrot, hawk, thrush
39. INCONSIDERATELY
40. 9 (A= 1, B = 2, C = 3, D = 4)
41. Jim is 16; Jerry is 4.
42. Eric, Lloyd, Dennis Alvin
43. 563910
44. FERRYBOAT, MOTORCYLE, LOCOMOTIVE, TAXICAB
45. row, prow

cow, crow

46. $100 ($50 + $10 = $60, leaving $40; $20 + $4 = $24, leaving $16; $8 + $2 = $10, leaving $6)
47. OBJECTIVES (The missing letter is “J.”)
48. 1) candid

2) a. can  b. did

49. ARMY, ARMS, AIMS, RIMS, DIMS, DIME, DAME, NAME, NAVE, NAVY
50. $64 ($32 + $8 – $40, leaving $24; $12 + $2 = $14, leaving $10, $5 + $1 = $6, leaving $4)
51. Beth (Jean, Roger, Cindy, Rose, Beth)
52. You can’t tell a book by its cover.
53. OTTO, BOB, POP
54. Biters, Bestir; Nebula, Unbale; Daters, Stared, Trades
55. 981,753
56. layer, early
57. prince (princes, princess)
58. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
59. 8 (Consonants are worth 2; vowels are worth 1.)
60. Because 2,004 silver dollars is more than 2,003 silver dollars (the quantity, not the year, of course).