Official Mensa® Challenge – April 2026
🧠 April Mensa Challenge
Take your best shot. Put your skills to the test and see how many you can solve.
Think you’ve got what it takes? This month’s official Mensa® Challenge is packed with clever wordplay, logic twists and classic brain teasers. Don’t rush—some of these require a little extra thinking.
The Challenge
1. Debbie was in charge of the office party. She sold the first batch of tickets for a total of $100. Then, with everyone’s permission, she reduced the price by $1 and sold another 25 tickets for an additional $100. How many people bought tickets—and at what price?
2. Milton left half his estate to his favorite charity and one-third of the rest to each of his grandchildren. Each grandchild inherited $17,500. How much did the charity receive?
3. What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same six letters, complete the sentence below?
It is very ________ that children who get ____________ as presents can build them successfully without help.
4. A popular proverb has been translated into overly formal language. Can you return it to its original form?
If it were possible to peer to the rear of a floating mass of condensation, it would be obvious that the interior would contain an observed section of precious metal.
5. Take a word that means “convenient” and change one letter to find a delicious treat. What are the two words?
Don’t scroll yet…
Give it your best shot before checking the answers below.
Answer Key
1. 20 people bought $5 tickets, and 25 people bought $4 tickets
2. $52,500 went to the charity
3. seldom, models
4. Every cloud has a silver lining
5. handy → candy
