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- [ ] I wish to go directly to the Mensa-supervised test. Please send me
- the name and address of the nearest proctor (a $25 fee is to be paid
- to the proctor.) I understand that if I score in the top 2%, I will
- be invited to join Mensa.
-
- [ ] I claim exemption form testing and enclose prior evidence of
- intelligence test scores in the top 2% of the general population.
- Enclosed is my U.S. $15 (check or money order) non-refundable
- evaluation fee. (If the evidence is being sent to us directly by a
- psychologist or testing institution, please note that the score must
- be sent on an official letterhead and signed by the psychologist or
- institution responsible for the testing.)
-
- Amount enclosed: $___________ (All checks must be drawn on U.S. banks in
- U.S. funds.)
-
- I learned about Mensa through: Usenet newsgroup "rec.org.mensa"
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
- Prepared by Phil Hill, Boston Mensa
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- 6) How do I Re-Join Mensa?
-
- If you were a member at any time in the past contact the national office
- and they can reinstate your membership after the payment of the current
- year's dues.
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- 7) What are Mensa's dues?
-
- Current dues are only $39 a year. There are special student, family and
- lifetime memberships dues when membership is offered. This includes a
- subscription to the national newsletter (The Bulletin) and a
- subscription to the newsletter for the your local group.
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- 8) What does "Mensa" mean?
-
- The word "Mensa" means "table" in Latin. The name stands for a
- round-table society, where race, color, creed, national origin, age,
- politics, educational or social background are irrelevant.
-
- Officially, Mensa's stated purposes are "to identify and foster human
- intelligence for the benefit of humanity; to encourage research in the
- nature, characteristics and uses of intelligence; and to provide a
- stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members".
-
- Mensa takes no stand on politics, religion or social issues. Mensa
- encompasses members from so many different countries and cultures, and
- with many different points of view. For Mensa to espouse a particular
- point of view would go against it's role as a forum for all points of
- view.
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- 9) Where do I get more Information?
-
- U.S.A: American Mensa Ltd., Department Usenet, 2626 East
- 14th, Brooklyn, NY, 11235-3992, USA, Phone:
- (718)934-3700 or (800)66-MENSA, Fax: (718)332-1133,
-
- Australia: Australian Mensa Inc, P.O. Box 213, TOORAK VIC 3142
- Australia. Phone: (61) 7 378 2810 Fax: (61) 7
- 221 1461
-
- Austria: Karin Schmidl-Tremba, Mensa Oesterreich, Postfach 502,
- A-1011 Wien, Austria, Phone: (43) 5222 304684
-
- Belgium: Andre Jacquet, Mensa Belgium-Luxembourg, Rue de Mazy
- 13,, B-5800 Gembloux, Belgium, Phone: (32) 2 640
- 6481,
-
- Canada: Wendy Marsh, Executive Director, POB 505, Station St.,
- Toronto, Ont., M5M 4L8, Canada, Phone: (416) 497-7070
-
- Channel Islands: Dr. Jacqueline Berlet, 4 Choisi Terr., Les Gravees,
- St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Phone: (44) 481-22515,
-
- Czechoslovakia: Jan Fikacek, Chairman, Borskeho 664/33, 15200 Prague
- 5, Czechoslovakia, Phone: (42) 1798 9608,
-
- Denmark: Maria McGrail, Kronprinsesse Sofies, Vej 43, 3 Tv,
- 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark, Phone: (45) 31 860 737
-
- Finland: Seppo Jarvinen, Laajavuorenkuja 8 E 56, 01620 Vantaa,
- Finland, Phone: (60) 878-2319
-
- France: Francois Adrien, International Liaison, 9 Av du
- General Mangin, 78000 Versailles, France, Phone: (33)
- 1 3955 1048, Fax: (33) 1 4767 5415
-
- Germany: Hans Lippmann, Chairman MinD, Kapuzinerstr 7, 8390
- Passau 12, Germany, Phone: (49) 851 2510, Fax: (49)
- 851 31532
-
- Great Britian: Harold Gale, Executive Director, Mensa House, St.
- John's Square, Wolverhampton, WV2 4AH, UK, Phone:
- (44) 902 772771, Fax: (44) 902 22327
-
- Hong Kong: Don Meyer, A2, 6th Fl., Elm Tree Towers, 8 Chun Fai
- Rd. Hong Kong, Phone: (852) 831 5313, Fax: (852)
- 834 0703
-
- Italy: Menotti Cossu, Via Cassia 1326, 00123 Rome, Italy,
- Phone: (39) 6376 5965
-
- Japan: Mensa Japan, 2-8-19-101, Takamatsu, Toshima-ku, 171,
- Tokyo, Japan
-
- Malaysia: Heah Kok Soon, 97a Jalan SS21/1A Damansara Utama,
- Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Phone: (03) 718 9561
-
- Netherlands: Edu Braat, Postbus 100, 3500 AC Utrecht, Nederland,
- Phone: (31) 20 260 117
-
- New Zealand: Piet van der Meyden, Box 35080, Browns Bay, Auckland
- 10, New Zealand, Phone: (64) 9 478 9552
-
- Poland: Dr. A. Fal, Chairman, Mensa Polska, Ul Szronowa 7,
- 53-023, Wrocaw, Poland, Phone: (64) 9 478 9552
-
- Romania: Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Serbanica, CP 22-509, Bucharest,
- Romania, Phone: (40) 0 714 303
-
- Singapore: Kwek Kok Kwong, Secretary, Blk 103, #25-51 Jalan
- Rajah, Singapore 1232
-
- South Africa: Paul Ross, Box 1409, Rivonia 2128 South Africa, Phone:
- (011) 788-2903
-
- Spain: Jose Maria Albaiges, Numancia 87, Esc. B 12 3, 08029,
- Barcelona, Spain, Phone: (34) 3 430 1175, Fax: (34)
- 3 238 1646
-
- Sweden: Goran Pettersson, Ostermalmsgaten 27 11 S-114 26,
- Stockholm, Sweden, Phone: (46) 8 101524
-
- Yugoslavia: Josip Saban, President, Avenija Borisa Kidrica 9a,
- 41020 Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Phone: (38) 41 527 876,
- Fax: (38) 41 527 847
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- 10) What other High-IQ Societies are there?
-
- The currently active societies include:
-
- American Mensa, Ltd., 2626 E. 14th St., Brooklyn, NY 11235-3992 (718)
- 934-3700--Open to individuals who have scored in the top 2% on a
- standardized intelligence test. Founded in 1945 by R.Berrill and
- L.Ware. Name of Journal: Mensa Bulletin
-
- Camelopard Society, P.O. Box 16898, San Diego CA 92116--Open to
- individual who have scored in the top 2% on a standardized intelligence
- test. Founded in 1988 by Lendon Best. Name of Journal: G'raffiti
-
- International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, c/o Walter Gannon, 1925
- Alexander Drive, Troy, MI 48083--Open to individuals who score in the
- 99.9th percentile on a standardized adult intelligence test. Founded
- 1974 by Chris Harding. Name of Journal: Telicom
-
- The International High Five Society, 3546 Devon Hill Road, Toledo, OH
- 43606-1102 (419) 474-3809 FAX: (419) 474-1009, e-mail:
- 72717.3507@compuserve.com.--High Five is open to anyone testing above
- the 95th percentile on a standardized test of intelligence.
-
- Intertel, P.O. Box 150580, Lakewood, CO 80215 (303) 797-7210-- Open to
- individuals who have an IQ at or above the 99th percentile on an
- accepted test. Founded in 1967 by Ralph Haines. Name of Journal:
- Integra
-
- Mega Society, c/o Rick Rosner, 5139 Balboa Blvd #303, Encino, CA
- 91316-3430--Open to individuals with an IQ in the 99.9999th percentile.
- Founded in 1982 by Ronald K Hoeflin. Name of Journal: Noesis
-
- One-In-A-Thousand, PO Box 539, New York, NY 10101 (Ronald K. Hoeflin,
- Founder)--Open to persons with measured IQs in the top 1/10% of the
- population. Name of Journal: Oaths
-
- Prometheus Society, c/o Robert Dick, 13 Speer Street, Somerville, NJ
- 08876--Open to individuals exceeding the 99.997th percentile of general
- intelligence. Founded in 1982 by Ronald K Hoeflin. Name of Journal:
- Gift of Fire
-
- Sinistral SIG, 200 Emmett Ave., Derby, CT 06418 (203) 735-1759-- Open to
- left-handed people whose IQs are in the top 2% of the population and who
- are eligible to be members of Mensa.
-
- Triple Nine Society, PO Box 29, Dover, MA 02030-0029--Open to those
- individuals who score in the top 99.9th percentile on a standardized
- intelligence test.
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- Society Minimum Members Potential
- Percentile Worldwide Members#
-
- High Five 95 ? 250,000,000
- Mensa 98 80,000 100,000,000
- Cameleopard 98 300 100,000,000
- Sinistral SIG 98 ? 10,000,000 ##
- Intertel 99 1,700 50,000,000
- Philosophical Enquiry 99.9 450 5,000,000
- Triple Nine 99.9 420 5,000,000
- One-In-A-Thousand 99.9 30 5,000,000
- Prometheus 99.997 100 150,000
- Mega Society 99.9999 17 5,000
-
- # Based on a world population of 5 Billion People.
-
- ## Based on 10% of people being left handed.
- [I don't have better stats on hand - Phil]
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- 11) What famous people are in Mensa?
-
- SOME PROMINENT MENSA MEMBER PROFILES
-
- As this list suggests, Mensa is a remarkably diverse organization.
- While Some Mensans noted here are well known, many others lead
- interesting lives out of the public eye.
-
- DONALD PETERSEN: Former chairman of Ford Motor Company. Has B.S.
- degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.
- He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi (honorary engineering society)
- and Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society (natural sciences). During his
- career at Ford, he was involved in the development of two of Ford's most
- successful cars--the Mustang and the Maverick--as well as the Mark III
- and the Fairlane. He is also a high-performance driver, having trained
- at the school run by retired racing champion Bob Bondurant. Petersen
- was born on a farm in the Midwest and raised during the Great
- Depression. Influenced by the hardship and economic instability his
- family endured, he used his intelligence to pursue a secure life in the
- corporate environment.
-
- ALAN RACHINS: Plays Douglas Brachman in TV hit "L.A. Law." He left the
- Wharton School of Finance against his father's wishes to pursue an
- acting career. During the '60s he was in the cast of "Oh Calcutta," a
- highly controversial play where cast members appeared nude on stage.
-
- BOB SPECTA: Professional domino toppler. As a high school senior, he
- originated the "domino toppling" category in the Guinness Book of World
- Records. He travels internationally doing domino shows and races and
- has appeared on network TV programs and in commercials. An accomplished
- athlete, Specta is a veteran of 12 triathlons.
-
- ADRIAN CRONAUER: Radio personality and subject for the move "Good
- Morning Vietnam." Started his radio career at 12 in his hometown of
- Pittsburgh, PA, where he hosted a children's amateur hour. Worked as a
- DJ at various radio stations and in Saigon during the Vietnam War. He
- is also a lawyer. Cronauer was originally attracted to Mensa because of
- the work they do for gifted children.
-
- GLORIA LA ROCHE: Captain and instructor for United Airlines. Product
- of a dysfunctional home, she used intelligence and perseverance to
- achieve her childhood dream of becoming a pilot. She says it was
- extremely difficult for a woman like herself to break into the male
- dominated world of commercial aviation.
-
- MARILYN VOS SAVANT: Listed in the Guinness Hall of Fame for having the
- world's highest recorded I.Q. (228). She is the wife of Robert Jarvik,
- inventor of the Jarvik 7 artificial heart. She also writes "Ask
- Marilyn," a weekly column that appears nationally in "Parade" magazine.
-
- GEENA DAVIS: Actress. Currently co-starring with Susan Sarandon in the
- movie hit "Thelma & Louise." Received an Academy Award nomination for
- her role in "The Accidental Tourist."
-
- HENRY MILLIGAN: A boxer and a scholar, 1983 National Amateur
- Heavyweight champion who fought and won against Olympic heavyweight gold
- medalist Henry Tillman. He once fought Mike Tyson in a televised fight.
- Milligan recently worked his way through NYU Business School acting in
- commercials (e.g., for "Sports Illustrated" sneaker phone promotion).
-
- JOHN N. MOORE: University of Virginia law professor who specializes in
- international law. The Kuwaiti Ambassador to the U.S. hired him to
- help the emirate recover damages inflicted since the August 1990
- invasion by Iraq.
-
- MELL LAZARUS: Draws syndicated newspaper comic strips "Momma" and "Miss
- Peach." President of national Cartoonist Society, he has also published
- two novels and is now writing his third.
-
- JUDGE ELLEN MORPHONIOS: Nicknamed "Maximum Morphonios" for her strict
- rulings in Florida. Former model and beauty queen (Coconut Harvest
- Maiden and Miss Southern Florida) and local radio personality, once said
- she "enjoyed being a sex symbol." As a young mother and a legal
- secretary, she passed a Florida exam that allowed her to enter law
- school without an undergraduate degree.
-
- PATRICIA PRATTIS JENNINGS: Pianist with the Pittsburgh Symphony. She
- is the symphony's first black member and has performed internationally.
-
- RICHARD BOLLES: Author of the world's top selling job-hunting book,
- "What Color is Your Parachute?" Revised annually, the book has been on
- the New York Times Best Seller List for 228 weeks. Bolles has two new
- books in progress--one on relationships, one on spirituality. He is an
- ordained Episcopal priest who graduated from Harvard University cum laud
- with a physics degree.
-
- VELMA JEREMIAH: She is a retired attorney who graduated fourth in her
- law school class at age 47 and was one of the first women partners in a
- major Oregon law firm. She is a grandmother, a working standup comic,
- and currently chairwoman of Mensa International.
-
- JEAN AUEL: Best-selling author of "Clan of the Cave Bear", "Valley of
- Horses", "The Mammoth Hunters", and "Plains of Passage". A former
- technical writer, she turned her attention to fiction, buttressed by
- much historical and anthropological research, touring areas she was to
- write about and teaching herself to make stone-age tools.
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- 12) What is the Mensa Test Like?
-
- THE MENSA WORKOUT!
-
- Exercise those little, grey cells with these mental calisthenics and see
- if you can match wits with Mensa. This test consists of questions
- distributed with two different Mensa pamphlets. Give yourself an one
- hour time limit on this test.
-
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-
- 1. Which of the lettered designs best completes the following sequence?
-
- [o] [.] (o)
-
- A: (.)
- B: (o)
- C: [.]
- D: [o]
-
- 2. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144
- but not 145. Does she like 1600 or 1700?
-
- 3. Only one other word can be made from the letters of INSATIABLE. Can
- you find it?
-
- 4. Put the appropriate plus or minus signs between the numbers, in the
- correct places, so that the sum total will equal 1.
-
- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 1
-
- 5. What is the word coiled inside this circle?
-
- T P
- I U
- A N
- L S
-
- 6. If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists
- will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?
-
- 7. If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight
- as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now?
-
- 8. Pear is to apple as potato is to?
-
- A: banana
- B: radish
- C: strawberry
- D: peach
- E: lettuce
-
- 9. Continue the following number series with the group of numbers below
- which best continues the series?
-
- 1 10 3 9 5 8 7 7 9 6 ? ?
-
- A: 11 5
- B: 10 5
- C: 10 4
- D: 11 6
-
- 10. Which of the following is least like the others?
-
- A: poem
- B: novel
- C: painting
- D: statue
- E: flower
-
- 11. What is the following word when it is unscrambled?
-
- H C P R A A T E U
-
- 12. What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of
- 400?
-
- 13. Which of the following sentences given below means approximately
- the same as the proverb: "Don't count your chickens until they
- are hatched?"
-
- A: Some eggs have double yolks, so you can't really count eggs and
- chickens.
-
- B: You can't walk around the henhouse to count the eggs because it
- will disturb the hens and they won't lay eggs.
-
- C: It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet
- happened and may not ever happen.
-
- D: Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in your
- count of future chickens.
-
- 14. The SAME three-letter word can be placed in front of the following
- words to make a new word:
-
- _ _ _ L I G H T _ _ _ B R E A K _ _ _ T I M E
-
-
- 15. Which of the figures below the line of drawings best completes the
- series?
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- +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
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- A: +--------+ B: +--------+ C: +--------+ D: +--------+
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-
- How Did You Do?
-
- If you answered at least nine questions correctly, you've done fairly
- well. Mensa recommends you send for a preliminary test which you can
- take at home without supervision. Although this preliminary test is not
- required to qualify for membership, many individuals who have
- successfully passed the supervised qualifying test have stated that the
- preliminary test was extremely helpful in preparing them. This is
- especially true if it has been some time since you have taken any kind
- of timed, written examination.
-
- Remember, on the supervised test, you must score at or above the 98th
- percentile. You should feel comfortable and at ease with the types of
- questions which will be asked. The preliminary test will not contain
- any of the same questions as the supervised test, however it does
- contain similar questions and may help you get used to the process of
- test taking again.
-
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- * A N S W E R S *
-
- 1. A
- 2. 1600, Sally likes perfect squares
- 3. BANALITIES
- 4. 0+1+2-3-4+5+6-7-8+9=1, There are probably other solutions, so if
- yours is correct, give yourself full credit.
- 5. NUPTIALS
- 6. SIX typists, one typist types one page in two minutes.
- 7. 9 p.m.
- 8. B: Both grow in the ground.
- 9. A: Alternate numbers go up by 2 and down by 1, starting with 1 and
- 10.
- 10. E: The only one that is not an artistic work made by man.
- 11. PARACHUTE
- 12. 5
- 13. C
- 14. DAY
- 15. C: The number of lines goes down opposite the face, up on the side
- with the face and the stick alternates from top right to lower
- left.
-
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-
- Commentary on the Questions and Answers
-
- QUESTION #2 (Sally and her favorite numbers)
-
- The answer that Sally likes perfect squares is the answer that the
- question writer was "looking" for. Mensans always like to bend the
- rules a little, and find other solutions that give you the correct
- answer:
-
- * Sally likes numbers whose sum of the digits is odd. Therefore she
- likes 1600, not 1700.
-
- Or other solutions that give the incorrect answer:
-
- * Sally likes numbers in which the sum of the digits plus the number of
- digits equals 12. Therefore, she likes 225, 900, 144, and, of course,
- 1700.
-
- * Sally clearly likes the zeros of:
- x^4 + 404 * x^3 - 1792800 * x^2 + 32790000 * x - 49572000000
- so the numbers she likes are 144, 225, 900, and 1700.
-
- Or even solutions that prove that neither answer is correct:
-
- * Sally does *not* like 1600 or 1700, because neither number has digits
- which sum to 9. She *does*, however, like 1800.
-
- QUESTION # 4 (Insert +/1 to make total equal one)
-
- When many Mensans look at the answer and see "There are probably other
- solutions, so if yours is correct, give yourself full credit", they
- usually wonder how many solutions there are. How many can you find?
-
- Still not challenged enough? Let's bend the rules a little bit, the
- question doesn't state that we *have* to put a sign between every pair
- of numbers. Adjacent digits would therefore form a number. For
- example:
-
- 0 1-2 3+4 5+6 7-8 9 = 1 (01-23+45+67-89 = 1)
-
- How many more can you find?
-
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- * ANSWERS TO COMMENTS *
- QUESTION #4, Part One
-
- 0+1+2+3+4-5+6+7-8-9 | 0-1+2+3-4+5+6+7-8-9 | 0+1-2-3+4+5+6+7-8-9
- 0+1+2+3+4+5-6-7+8-9 | 0-1+2+3+4-5+6-7+8-9 | 0+1-2+3-4+5+6-7+8-9
- 0-1-2-3+4+5+6-7+8-9 | 0+1-2+3+4-5-6+7+8-9 | 0+1+2-3-4+5-6+7+8-9
- 0-1-2+3-4+5-6+7+8-9 | 0-1+2-3-4-5+6+7+8-9 | 0-1+2+3+4+5-6-7-8+9
- 0+1-2+3+4-5+6-7-8+9 | 0+1+2-3-4+5+6-7-8+9 | 0-1-2+3-4+5+6-7-8+9
- 0+1+2-3+4-5-6+7-8+9 | 0-1-2+3+4-5-6+7-8+9 | 0-1+2-3-4+5-6+7-8+9
- 0+1-2-3-4-5+6+7-8+9 | 0+1+2+3-4-5-6-7+8+9 | 0-1+2-3+4-5-6-7+8+9
- 0+1-2-3-4+5-6-7+8+9 | 0-1-2-3-4-5+6-7+8+9
-
- QUESTION #4, Part Two
- 0 1-2 3+4 5+6 7-8 9 | 0+1-2 3+4 5+6 7-8 9 | 0 1+2 3+4-5+6 7-8 9
- 0+1+2 3+4-5+6 7-8 9 | 0-1+2 3-4+5+6 7-8 9 | 0 1+2 3-4 5-6 7+8 9
- 0+1+2 3-4 5-6 7+8 9 | 0 1-2 3-4+5-6 7+8 9 | 0+1-2 3-4+5-6 7+8 9
- 0 1-2-3-4 5+6 7-8-9 | 0+1-2-3-4 5+6 7-8-9 | 0 1+2-3 4+5 6-7-8-9
- 0+1+2-3 4+5 6-7-8-9 | 0-1+2 3+4+5-6-7-8-9 | 0-1 2+3 4-5-6+7-8-9
- 0 1+2+3+4-5+6+7-8-9 | 0 1-2-3+4+5+6+7-8-9 | 0 1+2 3+4 5-6 7+8-9
- 0+1+2 3+4 5-6 7+8-9 | 0 1+2 3-4-5-6-7+8-9 | 0+1+2 3-4-5-6-7+8-9
- 0 1+2+3+4+5-6-7+8-9 | 0 1-2+3-4+5+6-7+8-9 | 0 1-2+3+4-5-6+7+8-9
- 0 1+2-3-4+5-6+7+8-9 | 0-1+2 3+4 5-6 7-8+9 | 0 1-2 3-4 5+6 7-8+9
- 0+1-2 3-4 5+6 7-8+9 | 0-1+2 3-4-5-6-7-8+9 | 0 1-2+3+4-5+6-7-8+9
- 0 1+2-3-4+5+6-7-8+9 | 0 1+2-3+4-5-6+7-8+9 | 0 1-2-3-4-5+6+7-8+9
- 0 1-2 3+4+5+6+7-8+9 | 0+1-2 3+4+5+6+7-8+9 | 0 1+2+3+4 5-6 7+8+9
- 0+1+2+3+4 5-6 7+8+9 | 0 1 2+3 4+5-6 7+8+9 | 0+1 2+3 4+5-6 7+8+9
- 0 1+2+3-4-5-6-7+8+9 | 0 1-2-3-4+5-6-7+8+9 | 0-1-2 3+4+5+6-7+8+9
- 0 1-2+3 4-5 6+7+8+9 | 0+1-2+3 4-5 6+7+8+9 | 0 1 2-3 4+5-6+7+8+9
- 0+1 2-3 4+5-6+7+8+9
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- 13) What unanswered questions does Phil Hill have?
-
- What can I do to make this Answers to FAQs better?
-
- Are the International Addresses I gave the best ones for people to use?
-
- Are all of the other high IQ societies still in existance, are the
- address, phone numbers, and information correct?
-
- Is one hour the correct time for the "MENSA WORKOUT" (taken from the
- 20-min workout [five questions] and the Mensa Mini-Test [ten questions]
- 5*3=15 [questions] so thus 20*3=60 [minutes])?
-
- Why do I keep on volunteering for things like this?
-
- What (besides from "42") is the meaning to Life, the Universe, and
- Everything?
-
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-
- This article was compiled by Phil Hill. Information was taken from
- several sources, including: the current Mensa brochure, the outdated
- Mensa brochure, the March issue of the Vermonter (Vermont Mensa's
- monthly publications), and the following from the CompuServe Mensa
- forum: the list of other high IQ societies, how to get verification of
- prior testing, "Amerian Mensa: A true meeting of the minds" - an
- interview with Dave Felt,
-
- My thanks to: Jean L. Cooper for compiling the original list of High IQ
- Societies; Dave Felt for his wonderful interview; Dr. Abbie F. Salny,
- university Psychologist, American Mensa, Ltd., for the article on
- obtaining prior evidence; James Cowie, Derek R. Foster, Valentin
- Pepelea, Glen Raphael, Tim W Smith and Jason W Solinsky for coming up
- with comments & alternate solutions for some of the questions;
- Christopher Wren for coming up with all the possible solutions for the
- insert an operator problem.
-
- The above information provided as a service to users of usenet. Mensa
- takes no responsibility for the actions of any organization other than
- itself.
-
- Phil Hill takes absolutley no responsibility at all.
-
- Portions Copyright (c) 1988, 1990 by American Mensa Ltd.
-
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-
- Revison History:
-
- 03/30/92 - Phil Hill - First Release
- 07/15/92 - Kjeld Hvatum - Update to High IQ Societies
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