By M E N S A M e m b e r s a n d rnigmasig P u z z l e C o m p i l e r s PHIUPJ CARTER KEN RUSSELL Download the full e-books 50+ sex guide ebooks 100+ ebooks about IQ, EQ, … teen21.tk ivankatrump.tk ebook999.wordpress.com Read Preview the book ' Also in Orient Paperbacks A Mensa Book of Logic Puzzles/Alan Wareham A Mensa Book of Brain Teasers/Alan Wareham World's Most Baffling Puzzles/Charles Barry Townsend The World's Best Puzzles/Charles Barry Townsend The World's Most Challenging Puzzles/Charles Barry Townsend Puzzles to Puzzle You/Shakuntala Devi More Puzzles to Puzzle You/Shakuntala Devi Figuring: The Joy of Numbers/Shakuntala Devi FIRST MENSA PUZZLE BOOK By MENSA Members and Enigmasig Puzzle Compilers Philip J Carter Ken Russell O R I E N T PAPERBACKS A Division of Vision Books Pvt Ltd New Delhi • Bombay • Hyderabad All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, orotherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners ISBN-81 -222-0161 -X 1st Published in Orient Paperbacks 1994 2nd Printing 1996 A First Mensa Puzzle Book © Text Philip Carter & Ken Russel © Illustrations Ward Lock Limited Published in arrangement with Cassell pic England Published by Orient P a p e r b a c k s (A Division of Vision Books Pvt Ltd.) Madarsa Road, Kashmere Gate, Delhi-110 0 Printed in India at Kay Kay Printers, Delhi-110 0 Cover Printed at Ravindra Printing Press, Delhi-110 0 C O N T E N T S Acknowledgements About Mensa 11 Mensa Selection Procedure 13 How to get the most out of this book 15 All Different * * 18 IS Connections * * 26 Weather Spells * * 18 16 Matehplay * 27 Cubes** 19 17 Triangles I * 27 Magic Word Square * * 19 18 Emgmagram I * 28 Letter Search * * 20 19 Space Rebus * 29 Door Numbers * 21 20 Mnemonic * 29 Cipher * * * 21 21 Magic Square * * * Double-Barrelled * 22 * 22 Cryptic Note * 30 The Gallopers I * * 22 23 Volkswagen Wheels * 31 10 The Square Boggle * * * 23 24 Roll Around** 31 11 Conundrum * 23 25 Shaggy Dog Rebus * 32 12 Diamond Crossword * * 24 26 Hiring a Bus * * 32 13 Heads and Tails * 25 27 Enigmagram II * * 33 14 Speed Merchant * * 25 28 Heart Location * 34 29 What's in the Bottle ? * 34 49 See-Through Words * * 46 30 Corner Cutting I * * 35 50 Fair Shares * * 47 31 Maze * * 35 51 Magic Word Square * * 47 32 String of Beads * * 36 52 Disordered Sports * * 48 33 Grandma's Tea * * 37 53 Connections * * * 48 34 Magic Square * * 37 54 Enigmagram IV * * 49 35 Twins * 38 55 Number Plate * * 50 36 Definitive Rebus * * 39 56 Spider's Web * * 50 37 Letters * 39 57 Empire State * # 51 38 Diamond Crossword * * 40 58 Middles * * 51 39 Triangles II * * * 41 59 Swap Round * * 52 40 Dice I * * 41 60 Letter Maze * * * 52 41 Numbers * * 42 61 Boys' Names * * * 53 42 Corner Cutting II * 42 62 Missing Letters * 53 43 Catchpenny * * 43 63 Triangles I I I * * * 53 44 The Gallopers II * * 43 64 Hole Numbers * * * 54 45 Cryptophone * * * 44 65 Forest Man Rebus * * 54 46 Enigmagram I I I * 45 66 Noughts and Crosses * * * 55 47 Arthurian Rebus • 46 67 Octagon * 55 48 Wave Word * 46 68 Notable Rebus # * 56 69 Scales * * * 56 89 V * * * 6 70 Centre of Gravity * * * 56 90 Annie Oakley Rebus * * 66 71 Mozart Rebus * * 57 91 Magic Square * * * 72 Temperature * * * 57 92 Figure Facts * * * 67 73 Royal Rebus * 58 93 Square Count # * * 68 74 Hexagon * * * 58 94 Cannon Balls * * 68 75 Dice I I * * 59 95 Sphrynidae Rebus * * 69 76 Pyramid Selling * * 59 96 Symbols * * * 69 97 Country Rebus *** 77 Matches *** 60 78.66 Rebus * 60 98 Birds * * * 70 79 Girls' Names * * * 61 99 Heptagon * * * 71 80 Playing Cards * * 61 100 Trees I * 71 81 Birds and Beasts * 62 101 Telescope * 72 82 Square Cut * * * 62 m 70 102 Broom Boom Rebus * * 72 83 Knockout Rebus * * 63 103 Alphabet X-Word * * * 73 84 Rope Ladder * 63 104 Baseball Rebus * * 73 85 Number Magic Square * * * 64 105 Newspaper * * * 74 86 Hour Glass Figure * 64 106 Cards * * 74 87 Crocodile * * * 65 107 Tiles * 75 88 Squaie up **,65 108 Hanging Rebus * * 75 109 Routes * 76 120 Trees I I * * * 81 110 Drink Up * 76 121 Flags I * * 82 111 Dice I I I * 77 122 Numbers Letters * * * 82 112 Alphametics * * 77 123 Unlucky for S o m e * 83 113 Pyramid * * 78 124 Steps * * 83 114 Optician * 78 125 Target * * * 84 115 Animals * * * 126 Bricks * * 84 116 Rodent Rebus * * 127 Flags I I * * 85 117 Clock * 80 128 Shop * 85 118 Roulette * * 80 129 Coins * * 86 119 Golden Spelling * * 81 130 Eastern Rebus * * * 86 Answers 87 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book is dedicated to our wives, both named Barbara, who have encouraged us to compile new and interesting puzzles, and have checked all of the answers We also wish to acknowledge the continued support given to us by Victor Serebriakoff, the International Honorary President of Mensa, who is a great puzzle innovator We are also indebted to Harold Gale, the Mensa Chief Executive (another prolific puzzler) and we wish to thank the members of the British Mensa Committee who gave permission for the use of the Mensa name Note: All references to Mensa relate to British Mensa Ltd s T R E A M L t T C E EDUCATION* s H s u C «- E R D E R G E