Author: Harold Gale
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games
ISBN: 9780812922134
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Put your verbal I.Q. to the test with this collection of word puzzles and mind games, from the folks at Mensa.
Mensa Presents Word Puzzles for Language Geniuses
Author: Harold Gale
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games
ISBN: 9780812922134
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Put your verbal I.Q. to the test with this collection of word puzzles and mind games, from the folks at Mensa.
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games
ISBN: 9780812922134
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Put your verbal I.Q. to the test with this collection of word puzzles and mind games, from the folks at Mensa.
Really Clever Crosswords
Author: David Levinson Wilk
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402709494
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Match wits with one of the country’s most popular crossword creators. Since his first puzzle was published in the New York Times when he was nineteen years old, the author has been challenging newspaper readers from New York to San Diego and Miami to Spokane. Offering the elegance and sophistication of the toughest daily crosswords yet remaining accessible to newcomers, these 72 puzzles will test your knowledge of history, pop culture, science, literature, sports, and more, as well as your ability to figure out clever themes. If you enjoy solving conundrums such as “What the Russians did in 1999” (10 letters), and “Jean-Claude Van Damme sits on the fence” (14 letters), these really clever crosswords are for you! Answers: PUTINPUTIN, BELGIANWAFFLES
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402709494
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Match wits with one of the country’s most popular crossword creators. Since his first puzzle was published in the New York Times when he was nineteen years old, the author has been challenging newspaper readers from New York to San Diego and Miami to Spokane. Offering the elegance and sophistication of the toughest daily crosswords yet remaining accessible to newcomers, these 72 puzzles will test your knowledge of history, pop culture, science, literature, sports, and more, as well as your ability to figure out clever themes. If you enjoy solving conundrums such as “What the Russians did in 1999” (10 letters), and “Jean-Claude Van Damme sits on the fence” (14 letters), these really clever crosswords are for you! Answers: PUTINPUTIN, BELGIANWAFFLES
Mensa Book of Words, Word Games, Puzzles and Oddities
Author: Abbie F. Salny
Publisher: Galahad Books
ISBN: 9781578660827
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Shocking origins! Altered meanings! Wild abuses of language! Who knew English was so full of fascinating surprises? For word lovers, these quizzes and games by Mensa member extraordinaire Dr. Abbie Salny will be a pure delight...and illuminating, too. She delves into the sometimes-unexpected etymology of a variety of words and reveals how they came to have their present meanings, examines derivations, and analyzes the frequently misunderstood, mispronounced, and misused. Then, she gathers them all into brain-teasing puzzles designed to test and improve the solver's vocabulary. For anyone seeking a bon mot or le mot juste, here's the place to find it!
Publisher: Galahad Books
ISBN: 9781578660827
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Shocking origins! Altered meanings! Wild abuses of language! Who knew English was so full of fascinating surprises? For word lovers, these quizzes and games by Mensa member extraordinaire Dr. Abbie Salny will be a pure delight...and illuminating, too. She delves into the sometimes-unexpected etymology of a variety of words and reveals how they came to have their present meanings, examines derivations, and analyzes the frequently misunderstood, mispronounced, and misused. Then, she gathers them all into brain-teasing puzzles designed to test and improve the solver's vocabulary. For anyone seeking a bon mot or le mot juste, here's the place to find it!
The Mensa Genius Quiz-a-day Book
Author: Abbie F. Salny
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780201135497
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Test your wits with this all-new collection of mindbusters from Mensa, the high-IQ society. Master puzzler Abbie Salny provides a fun brainteaser, logic twister, math mystery, or word game for every day of the year. Whether you're mathematically, verbally, or visually inclined, you're sure to find twelve months' worth of exciting challenges inside.Included with each puzzle's solution is the percentage of Mensa members who answered it correctly, so you can score yourself against the people with the high IQs. With a puzzle for every date and an extra for leap years, you can match wits with Mensa 366 days out of every year! Here are a couple of sample questions, and the percentage of Mensans who answered correctly: February 24: Can you make three words from the letters LGNEA? (100%) May 14: You have fifty coins that total 1.00. If you lose one coin, what is the chance that it was a quarter? (15%)
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780201135497
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Test your wits with this all-new collection of mindbusters from Mensa, the high-IQ society. Master puzzler Abbie Salny provides a fun brainteaser, logic twister, math mystery, or word game for every day of the year. Whether you're mathematically, verbally, or visually inclined, you're sure to find twelve months' worth of exciting challenges inside.Included with each puzzle's solution is the percentage of Mensa members who answered it correctly, so you can score yourself against the people with the high IQs. With a puzzle for every date and an extra for leap years, you can match wits with Mensa 366 days out of every year! Here are a couple of sample questions, and the percentage of Mensans who answered correctly: February 24: Can you make three words from the letters LGNEA? (100%) May 14: You have fifty coins that total 1.00. If you lose one coin, what is the chance that it was a quarter? (15%)
MENSA THINK-SMART BO
Author: Abbie F. Salny
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780060912550
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Written by the members of Mensa, here is a fascinating, enlightening program for strengthening the mind. Games, exercises, and mental fitness tests will help readers to open their minds and think smarter.
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780060912550
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Written by the members of Mensa, here is a fascinating, enlightening program for strengthening the mind. Games, exercises, and mental fitness tests will help readers to open their minds and think smarter.
Mensa® Brain Games
Author: David Millar
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 9781510738621
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The third book in this brand-new series with American Mensa, Mensa’s Galaxy of Brain Games contains more than one hundred math, logic, and word puzzles for hours of brain-training fun! The book's wide variety of challenges includes twists on popular puzzles such as word sudoku, large, intricate mazes, and creative story logic puzzles. Additional unique riddles and brain teasers provide an excellent opportunity to sharpen intellectual skills in new and exciting ways. Solving times range from a few minutes to an hour or so, allowing for brain training whenever you need it. Challenge yourself and keep your mind young and sharp with these brain-bending games and puzzles. Try one to get your brain going in the morning, or work together to solve with your friends and family!
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 9781510738621
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The third book in this brand-new series with American Mensa, Mensa’s Galaxy of Brain Games contains more than one hundred math, logic, and word puzzles for hours of brain-training fun! The book's wide variety of challenges includes twists on popular puzzles such as word sudoku, large, intricate mazes, and creative story logic puzzles. Additional unique riddles and brain teasers provide an excellent opportunity to sharpen intellectual skills in new and exciting ways. Solving times range from a few minutes to an hour or so, allowing for brain training whenever you need it. Challenge yourself and keep your mind young and sharp with these brain-bending games and puzzles. Try one to get your brain going in the morning, or work together to solve with your friends and family!
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3054
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3054
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Amazing Crosswords for Kids
Author: Trip Payne
Publisher: Puzzlewright
ISBN: 9781402710391
Category : Crossword puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Payne, a genius of crossword creation, is back with a seventh collection designed especially for puzzle-loving kids. Consumable.
Publisher: Puzzlewright
ISBN: 9781402710391
Category : Crossword puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Payne, a genius of crossword creation, is back with a seventh collection designed especially for puzzle-loving kids. Consumable.
Mensa Math & Logic Puzzles
Author: Dave Tuller
Publisher: Sterling
ISBN: 9780806941998
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
"These visually unique braintwisters will put your puzzle-solving abilities to the ultimate test!"--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher: Sterling
ISBN: 9780806941998
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
"These visually unique braintwisters will put your puzzle-solving abilities to the ultimate test!"--Page 4 of cover.
Giant Book of Mensa Puzzles
Author: Robert Allen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844424450
Category : Puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
You don't need to be a genius or a professor of mathematics to have hours of fun with this book - just some logical thinking, a little common sense, a bit of general knowledge and the stubbom determination not to be beaten! Pit your wits against Mensa's masterminds with this huge collection of brain teasers. This book contains more than 500 puzzles and tests of all kinds to delight and bamboozle every type of puzzler.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844424450
Category : Puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
You don't need to be a genius or a professor of mathematics to have hours of fun with this book - just some logical thinking, a little common sense, a bit of general knowledge and the stubbom determination not to be beaten! Pit your wits against Mensa's masterminds with this huge collection of brain teasers. This book contains more than 500 puzzles and tests of all kinds to delight and bamboozle every type of puzzler.