The Mensa Genius Quiz Book [Paperback]

Marvin Grosswirth (Author), Abbie Salny (Author), Isaac Asimov (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 22, 1982

Are You a Genius? Let the Mensa Genius Quiz Book help you find out. This collection of quizzes, puzzles, games, and strategies is guaranteed to tax your intelligence, provide hours of entertainment, and make you jumping-up-and-down-crazy for the right answers.You need an I.Q. in the top two percent of the population to join Mensa, but with the sample tests inside you can see how you’d rate alongside such famous M’s (as Mensans call themselves) as R. Buckminster Fuller. You’ll also find tips from Mensa members on how to boost your own intelligence, improve your memory, and think more effectively. A special section on how to take tests shows how anyone can do better on almost any test imaginable.Whether you’re verbally, numerically, or visually inclined, this is ”Rubik’s Cube of Books” is the book for you.

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About the Author

Abbie F. Salny, Ed.D., is the Supervisory Psychologist of American Mensa, has written many best-selling puzzle books, including The Mensa Genius Quiz Book. Members of Mensa have all scored in the top two percent of the population on a standard intelligence test.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 19th edition (January 22, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201059592
• ISBN-13: 978-0201059595
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,360,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars My two cents - it's worth little more, July 25, 2008

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This review is from: The Mensa Genius Quiz Book (Paperback)

Like its newer cousin which I unfortunately ordered at the same time - I found this book boring. Too many of the questions were really easy - and it wasn't because I'm too smart for the book. When you check the answers, quite a few of them indicate that 80%-100% of Mensans got the questions correct. On top of that nearly half the book is devoted to trivia and vocabulary. With these you either know the answer or you don't - there's no intelligence involved - only familiarity.

I assumed this book would entertain me for a day. I hoped it would entertain me for a weekend. Instead it bored me for a little over an hour as I took the quizzes. If you're looking for tests of logic, reasoning, and mathematics skills then this book will be of minimal interest to you.