Mensa mini-quiz: High I.Q. organization holds convention in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB ) -- Some of the country's smartest people are in Louisville for this week for the a convention.

This year the largest international chapter of Mensa will bring its annual event to Kentucky. This five-day event happens every year during the Independence Day holiday and is an opportunity for members of the high I.Q. organization to connect with colleagues and friends.

American Mensa Society member Nguyen Pham posed three questions to the WDRB in the Morning team to gauge their answers.

Here are the questions given to Candyce Clifft and Sterling Riggs on air (and yes, they got them all right.)

Which is more, seconds in 100 hours or inches in 100 yards?

Answer: Seconds in 100 hours (360,000 seconds against 3600 inches in 100 yards)

What is the "opposite" of the scrambled word LNOEDITGU?

Answer: LATITUDE. The scrambled word is LONGITUDE.

How many animals of each kind did Moses take on the Ark?

Answer: None. Noah was the Ark man, not Moses.

Mensa Mini Quiz Courtesy: Dr. Abbie F. Salny

More than 250 lectures and presentations will be featured at the Mensa event. Topics include grant writing, toy design, Asperger's, and the challenges of going to space. The Gathering is closed to those who are not members of Mensa. However, the public is invited to participate in the American Mensa testing sessions. These testing sessions allow test takers to experience the official Mensa Admission test battery and discover whether they qualify for membership into the largest high I.Q. organization in the world. Plus, all test takers will receive a one-day admission to the 2015 Mensa Annual Gathering. A test sessions is scheduled Saturday, July 4. For current information on the event, including test sessions, CLICK HERE.

This longtime tradition attracts both national and international members. Last year's event in Boston, Mass., brought in more than $700,000 in hotel revenue. The event will be in San Diego, California in 2016.

American Mensa is an organization open to anyone who scores in the top 2 percent on an accepted, standardized intelligence test. Mensa has more than 56,000 members in the United States and more than 110,000 members globally. For more information about Mensa, CLICK HERE or call (800) 66-MENSA.

TRY THIS MENSA MINI-QUIZ:

The following questions are similar to those administered on the Mensa Admission Test. Take the challenge and find out if you are Mensa material. (Answers are below.)

1. What is the 4-digit number in which the first digit is one-fifth the last, and the second and third digits are the last digit multiplied by 3? (Hint: The sum of all digits is 12.)

2. Jane went to visit Jill. Jill is Jane's only husband's mother-in-law's only husband's only daughter's only daughter. What relation is Jill to Jane?

3. Which of the words below is least like the others? The difference has nothing to do with vowels, consonants or syllables. MORE, PAIRS, ETCHERS, ZIPPER

4. Tabitha likes cookies but not cake. She likes mutton but not lamb, and she likes okra but not squash. Following the same rule, will she like cherries or pears?

5. What is the number that is one more than one-tenth of one-fifth of one-half of 4,000?

6. In a foot race, Jerry was neither first nor last. Janet beat Jerry, Jerry beat Pat. Charlie was neither first nor last. Charlie beat Rachel. Pat beat Charlie. Who came in last?

7. Find the number that best completes the following sequence. 1 2 4 7 11 ? 22

8. Marian bought 4 oranges and 3 lemons for 90 cents. The next day she bought 3 oranges and 4 lemons for 85 cents. How much did each lemon and orange cost?

9. Start with the number of total mittens the numbered kittens lost, and multiply by the voting age in the U.S. What's the answer?

10. There is at least one nine-letter word that contains only one vowel. Do you know what it is?

**Mensa Mini Quiz courtesy Dr. Abbie F. Salny

SCORE YOUR MINI-QUIZ

Answers

1. 1,155

2. Jane's daughter (Jane's mother's husband is Jane's father, his daughter is Jane, and Jill is her daughter.)

3. Zipper (The others can be anagrammed into the names of cities: Rome, Paris, Chester.)

4. Cherries (Tabitha only likes food with two syllables.)

5. 41. (4000 / 2 =2000, / 5 =400, / 10 = 40, + 1= 41)

6. Rachel

7. 16 (Each number adds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively, to the proceeding number.)