Official Mensa® Challenge – April 2025

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Questions

1. Half a crate of eggs holds half a dozen cartons, each of which holds half a dozen eggs. The truck just delivered a crate and a half. How many eggs?

2. What do the two words, UNDERSTUDY and OVERSTUFFED have in common? It has nothing to do with the number of letters, syllables, or vowels. 

3. Unscramble the letters in each “pie” segment, then find the missing letter that completes each word. (The missing letter, indicated by the question mark, is the same for each word.)

4. The office party was going to be quite an event. The committee spent half of what they had collected, plus $2 for soft drinks and snacks. They spent half of what was left, plus $2 for paper plates and cups, and half of what was left, plus $3 for tea and coffee. They had $8 left. How much did they start with? (Hint: Work backwards.)

5. What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same nine letters, can be used to complete the sentences below?

A _____ mother-in-law can find many ways to disparage her son-in-law to ___________.

Answers

1. 108 

2. Both have the letters RSTU in alphabetical order.

3. The missing letter is Z:  ZEBRA, WIZARD, ZOOLOGY, MAZES

4. $100 ($100 ÷ 2 + $2 = $52, leaving $48; ÷ 2 + $2 = $26, leaving $22; ÷ 2 + $3 = $14, leaving the $8.) 

5. versatile, relatives