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Not Smart Enough for MENSA?

How about exercising your brain with the DENSA Test?

As some of you may know, MENSA is the international high IQ society. It began in 1946 and now has approximately 100,000 members in 100 countries. The "only" qualification one needs to join is an IQ in the top 2%.

Local chapters host regularly scheduled member meetings and social events. Larger groups typically organize a wide range of special interest events as well.  Those in major cities such as New York and Los Angeles can have something planed for almost every day/night of the month. There are also regional gatherings throughout the year and an annual nationwide convention in July that draws thousands of members and guests from around the world.

But the fact is that even intelligent people will occasionally do less than intelligent things and that's how DENSA got started. Members often compete with each other to determine exactly who in the group has done the dumbest thing. The winner receives a prize.

And while there's no prize here, you can still try your luck on the ten questions listed below. The answers are on the Comments Page that follows.

And if you want more information on the real - as opposed to the make-believe - organization, go to www.MENSA.org.

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1) How many two-cent stamps are there in a dozen?

2) Divide 30 by ½ and add 10. How much do you have?

3) How many birthdays does the average man have?

4) A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 die. How many do you have?

5) Is it legal in California for a man to marry his widow's sister?

6) Some months have 30 days and others have 31. How many have 28?

7) How many outs in an inning?

8) Do they have a 4th of July in England?

9) How many animals of each sex did Moses take on the ark?

10) A doctor gives you 3 pills and says take one every half hour. How many minutes will they last?

 



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Stephen Benedict-Mason is a psychologist, a former university professor, syndicated newspaper columnist and radio talk-show host.

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