HANDOUT 10-10
World War I Intelligence Test: Answers
1. C – tobacco
2. B – card
3. B – sheep
4. A – flour
5. D – red
6. A – fowl
7. D – author
8. A – BT Babbitt
9. C – writer
10. C – Franklin
11. B – it is more comfortable
12. A – it makes a man more useful and happy
13. C – tell him of his mistake
14. A – it is better for his health
15. B – signal the engineer to stop the train
16. C – use the sun or a compass for a guide
17. B – it is more honorable
18. A – it prepares them for adult life
19. C – they can make more by investing the money than the house would cost
20. B – it is more nourishing
HANDOUT 10-11
How Smart Are You? (MENSA intelligence test) Answers
MENSA is an organization of “intellectually superior” individuals, that numbers more than 100,000 members in 100 countries. To qualify for membership, a person must score in the top 2% of any standard intelligence test. These sample questions could determine whether a person is a likely candidate for MENSA.
1. Friday
2. A. P Y – the alternate letters starting with S spell “silver anniversary,” and this sequence completes the phrase “silver anniversary.”
3. 25
4. ANNIVERSARY
5. MENSA
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. TOM
10. HOUSE
11. JANE
12. 9 pm
13. B – both grow in the ground
14. A – alternate numbers go up by 2 and down by 1, starting with 1, and 10.
15. E – the only one that is not an artistic work made by humans
16. PARACHUTE
17. 5
18. C
19. LAND
Score 1 point for each correct answer. Add 5 points if they finished in less than 19 minutes, add 3 points if finished in less than 28 minutes.
Scores range from 0 – 25
24 = An excellent candidate for MENSA
19-23 = Can almost surely pass the MENSA supervised test
13-18 = A very good candidate for MENSA
9-12 = A fair candidate
Below 8 = Everyone has an off day!