Handout 11-11
Joining MENSA
To qualify for MENSA, you must score in
the top 2% of any standard intelligence
test
Minimum of 132 on Stanford-Binet
Minimum of 130 on Wechsler
Each year about 30,000 people apply
for MENSA, only about 1 out of every
25 applicants are admitted
1.
FRIDAY
2. a. PY
3. 25
4.
5. MENSA
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. TOM
10.
HOUSE
11. JANE 12. 9PM
13. B
14. A
15. E
16.
18. C
19. LAND 20. C
PARACHUTE
The alternate
letters starting with
S spell “silver
anniversar”
17. 5
Both grow in
the ground
ANNIVERSARY
Alternate numbers
go up by 2 and
down by 1
The only one that
is not an artistic
work made by
humans
The number of lines
goes down opposite
the stick, and the stick
alternates from lower
left to top right
Scale
(Add 5 points if you finished in less than 20 minutes,
3 points if you finished in less than 30 minutes)
25
20-24
14-19
10-13
Below
You’re an excellent MENSA
candidate
You can almost surely pass the
MENSA supervised test
A very good candidate for
MENSA
A fair candidate
10 Everyone has an off day
Questions
1) What are some skills that might be
more important in determining success
in life than a score on an IQ test?
2) Do you feel that IQ tests in general
do a good job in measuring actual
intelligence? Explain.