If you want to take your brain for a quick jog round the block, look no further than these six questions from Mensa, the high-IQ society. No part of your mental agility will be left untested, so take a deep breath and allow yourself 20 minutes.
1. Fill in the square below, so that three other words can be read downward and across. What are the words?
2. What number should appear next in this sequence?
5 8 24 27 81 84 252 255 ?
3. Rearrange the letters of these words to name three drinks. What are they?
defence of a cool male
4.Assume you’re using a calculator and enter the numbers in the order shown, replacing each question mark with a mathematical sign. What are the highest and lowest numbers you can score (you must use all four mathematical signs)?
5. A 250-metre-long train, travelling at 120kmph, enters a tunnel of 2 kilometres in length. How much time will elapse between the moment the front of the train enters the tunnel and the moment the end of the train clears the tunnel?
6. Rearrange the order of the following words and place one on each row of the grid. If placed correctly, two professions will be read down the shaded columns. What are they?
goose, story, rainy, cruel, scrub
SO HOW DID YOU SCORE? One point for every correct answer
0–1 Whoops! A bit of an own goal.
2–3 Pretty solid. Out of the drop zone.
4–5 Climbing the table You’re in sight of the title.
6 Back of the net! League champions!
