Official Mensa® Challenge – October 2024 | LOCAL Life

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Questions

1. “It’s remarkable how time flies,” said the husband to his young wife. “When we were married, 25 years ago, I was exactly twice as old as you.” He looked at her in astonishment, and continued, “But now I am only half again as old.” How old are they now, and how old were they when they were married?

2. You are at the track, watching your favorite horse lose by two lengths. If you can be distracted from this fact long enough to take a good look, you will see that there are 2 horses in front of a horse, 2 horses behind a horse, and 1 horse in the middle. How many horses are you looking at?

3. Give the word that is the opposite of the scrambled word below:
P P S S E I A N H

4. Jane is older than Susie. Susie is older than William. William is younger than Jane. William is older than Nancy. Nancy is younger than Susie. Who is the youngest (provided, of course all are telling the truth about their ages.)?

5. The number in the middle of each triangle is related to the numbers at the points. The same relationship applies to all 4 triangles. What should the center number be in the last triangle?