Match Wits With Mensa: The Complete Quiz Book
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Summary
Puzzle fans have bought more than 650，000 copies of the Mensa Genius Quiz series—the only books that let readers “match wits with Mensa，” comparing how well they do against members of the famous high-IQ society。 Here， in a giant omnibus edition， are four best-selling titles: The Mensa Genius Quiz Books 1 & 2， The Mensa Genius Quiz-A-Day Book， and The Mensa Genius ABC Book。 Here are more than 800 fun mindbenders to exercise every part of your brain—word games， trivia， logic riddles， number challenges， visual puzzles—plus tips on how to improve your thinking skills。 All the puzzles have been tested by members of American Mensa， Ltd。， and include the percentage of Mensa testers who could solve each one， so that you can score yourself against some of the nation’s fittest mental athletes。
Reviews
Forked Radish
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An example of Mensan genius: "What is the easternmost （sic） state in the United States？ Alaska—also the westernmost （sic）; the 180th parallel runs through it， so it is both。" Wrong， it's Maine。 East and West are relativistic， unlike North and South， unless you believe in the validity of arbitrary， imaginary meridians。 But the question also reveals the deeper Mensan mentality of favouring the artificial over the actual， much like the nonsensical concept of I。Q。 in the first place。 Intelligence is An example of Mensan genius: "What is the easternmost （sic） state in the United States？ Alaska—also the westernmost （sic）; the 180th parallel runs through it， so it is both。" Wrong， it's Maine。 East and West are relativistic， unlike North and South， unless you believe in the validity of arbitrary， imaginary meridians。 But the question also reveals the deeper Mensan mentality of favouring the artificial over the actual， much like the nonsensical concept of I。Q。 in the first place。 Intelligence is a volatile process and not a categorisable "thing"。 Therefore， I。Q。 is simply an updated and abstracted phrenology。 。。。more
Christopher Manske
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For puzzles and problems to enjoy noodling over， this book is a distant second to Henry Earnest Dudeney's work - see my review on my favorite puzzle book here: https://www。goodreads。com/review/show。。。 For puzzles and problems to enjoy noodling over， this book is a distant second to Henry Earnest Dudeney's work - see my review on my favorite puzzle book here: https://www。goodreads。com/review/show。。。 。。。more
William Schram
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Mensa is an exclusive club for people in the highest echelons of IQ test results。 Match Wits With Mensa reproduces the joy and excitement of answering questions and solving puzzles。 If this sounds great， you might love this book。The book is a collection; an omnibus edition of four books in one。 As an indication of how old it is， Isaac Asimov wrote the introduction and I am pretty sure he died in 1992。 Therefore， some of the trivia is slightly dated。 This is quite limited though and should not de Mensa is an exclusive club for people in the highest echelons of IQ test results。 Match Wits With Mensa reproduces the joy and excitement of answering questions and solving puzzles。 If this sounds great， you might love this book。The book is a collection; an omnibus edition of four books in one。 As an indication of how old it is， Isaac Asimov wrote the introduction and I am pretty sure he died in 1992。 Therefore， some of the trivia is slightly dated。 This is quite limited though and should not detract from the enjoyment。The puzzles and quizzes varied widely in difficulty。 Some of them were quite easy and obvious。 Others were from ancient times。 They cast a wide net。 I will be honest with my readers in this sense; I am not a genius or a member of Mensa。 I had taken an IQ test several years ago and the result was 117。 Higher than average but still not Mensa levels。 This doesn’t really mean anything though。 Most IQ tests test your ability to take IQ tests。 This is a tautology in that sense， but it isn’t important to the book。Anyway， I really liked the book。 I bought it used， so someone wrote in it with a pen， which is something I loathe。 I can understand the desire to make the book yours， but it really lowers its resale value。 。。。more
David Schramm
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Fun。 Did it bit by bit and rather enjoyed the challenge。
Sharon Beers
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This is challenging， frustrating and fun - a book to keep readily at hand。
Jordan
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