Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles

Author: Fred Piscop
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 0761163220
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 444

Book Description
It’s puzzle nirvana for crossword lovers who have just a few minutes to spare, but still crave a challenge. Adapted from the popular Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles Page-A-Day Calendar, Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles strikes a perfect balance: The puzzles are tough enough to be sanctioned by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society, but are designed to be solvable in ten minutes or less. Expertly written by puzzle master Fred Piscop, Mensa member, author of the Mensa calendar, and frequent crossword contributor to both The New York Times and The Washington Post, these cleverly themed crossword puzzles will appeal to both seasoned solvers and novices looking to hone their skills. They are an addictive addition to your morning routine (just add coffee); perfect for evening downtime; just right for your commute on the subway, or while waiting at the doctor’s office or sitting in a restaurant—anytime you need a mental pick-me-up. The book’s chunky format, which works so well for puzzle books like The Original Sudoku series, fits easily into a purse or bag. An answer key is included at the back of the book.

One-Minute Brainteasers

Author: Alan Stillson
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806901879
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
These short, no-pencil puzzles demand that you shift into high gear because 60 seconds is all you have to solve them. And what a mix: vowel exchanges, rhyme time, hard-letter hangpersons, flowery show song titles, repeatersor words beginning with a letter or combination of letters that immediately repeat, and more. Ideal to help while away dark winter evenings and long journeys with children. "Menzed.""

Mensa® AARP® Challenging Brain Twisters (LARGE PRINT)

Author: Fred Coughlin
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 9781510755666
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Challenge yourself and excite your brain with this entertaining collection of new puzzles created in partnership with American Mensa and the AARP (American Association of Retired People). Young or old, your brain is essential to everything you do. You owe it to yourself not just to stay physically fit, but to stay mentally fit, too! This book of logic and number puzzles will help you do just that. A collaboration between Mensa and AARP, it is packed with brain teasers to exercise your mind and keep yourself sharp. Whether you are looking to practice your critical thinking skills or you just want to keep your mind sharp, these puzzles will provide a short workout for your cognitive lobes. In the end, you’ll have given your mind a problem-solving workout—and you’ll have had fun in the process. Challenge yourself and help keep your mind sharp with these brain-bending games and puzzles.

Mensa® for Kids: Fun Puzzle Challenges

Author: Evelyn B. Christensen
Publisher: Sky Pony
ISBN: 9781510738614
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Acclaimed teacher and puzzler Evelyn B. Christensen has created one hundred brand-new perplexing and adorably illustrated games for young puzzlers. There is something for every type of learner here, including number puzzles, word puzzles, logic puzzles, and visual puzzles. She has also included secret clues the solver can consult if they need a hint, making the puzzles even more flexible for a wide skill range of puzzle-solvers. Arranged from easy to difficult, this is a great book for any beginning puzzler. With the game types intermixed throughout, it’s easy for a child who thinks they like only math or only word puzzles to stumble across a different kind of puzzle, get hooked, and discover—oh, they like that kind, too! Regularly practicing a variety of brain games can help improve and develop memory, concentration, creativity, reasoning, and problem-solving skills. Mensa’s® Fun Puzzle Challenges for Kids is a learning tool everyone will enjoy!

Ultimate Mind Games

Author: Parragon Books
Publisher: Parragon Books
ISBN: 9781680524710
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ultimate Mind Games is a fantastic compendium that includes 400 puzzles to test your mind, set up over four sections so you can choose the puzzle that fits your mood. Become an all-around puzzler and improve your sudoku, word search, crossword, and brain game skills. The perfect way of improving your vocabulary, mental agility, and problem-solving skills, this puzzle-packed book will provide you with hours of mind-sharpening fun! 400 PUZZLES & SOLUTIONS Hours of fun and entertainment to enjoy, including solutions for each challenge EASY-TO-CARRY Pocket format, small enough to fit in a purse, briefcase, or backpack. Great for on-the-go wherever your travels take you. Just the right size to leave on your nightstand and coffee table VARIETY OF PUZZLES 150 sudoku puzzles, 77 word searches, 79 crosswords, and over 100 mind puzzles! MAKES A GREAT GIFT For the novice to expert this word search book makes a great gift! ON-THE GO POCKET PUZZLE COLLECTION Look for more puzzle books including Extreme word search and Fantastic Word Search

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%)

Mensa Publications Mighty Brain Teasers

Author: Robert Allen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780760737910
Category : Puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description

Mensa Mind Teasers

Author: Philip J. Carter
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402747953
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
SILLY TREES is an anagram of what 10-letter word? What’s the next number in the sequence 483, 759, 264, 837? What two words that sound alike mean AUDIBLY and PERMITTED? Don’t be surprised if the answers aren’t easy to figure out. These puzzles are from a rich and varied new Mensa collection, and they’re meant to challenge even the most experienced puzzle fans. Some of the mind teasers test for knowledge of specific facts, but most can be solved by pure brain power. Readers who don’t give up too soon, who look beyond the obvious, use their imaginations, and put their minds to work, will find a great sense of accomplishment and hours of fascinating diversion. (answers: tirelessly, 592, aloud and allowed.)

Quick-to-solve Brainteasers

Author: José Julián Mendoza Fernández
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806961514
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Don't think too hard or you'll never solve these logic puzzles and riddles. The answers to all 187 are easy once you catch the tricky wording. How can you tie a knot in a napkin by holding one end in each hand without letting go of it? Impossible, you say (or your friends will say, if you bet them). But: Cross your arms and hold a tip of the napkin in each hand. When you uncross your arms, the knot will be formed! Now try this riddle: I climbed up a cherry tree, where I found cherries. I did not pick cherries, nor did I leave cherries. How can you explain this? Answer: I climbed up a cherry tree with two cherries in my hand. I picked only one. I left the other one on the tree. I did not "pick cherries," because I "picked a cherry." Take this dare: My bird can fly faster than any supersonic plane. Here's how: If you put my bird inside any plane and make it fly in the same direction as the plane, it will go faster than the plane. 96 pages, 52 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

Two-Minute Brainteasers

Author: Alan Stillson
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402718274
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Got a couple of minutes to spare? Then test your smarts with this latest entry in the Mensa series-short, thematic, no-pencil word puzzles that really exercise the brain. Some of the subjects include "Special Days," "Celebrities," and "Hidden Things," and there are kid-friendly bonus sections, too. Fill in the blanks of the Q Puzzles: "A q __ __ __ __ __ at a meeting is a __ __ __ __ __ q __ __ __ __ __ __ for voting on motions," would make sense with the words quorum and prerequisite. Or try synanograms--a fun mix of synonym-finding and anagram solving. At the end, compare your results with those of Mensa members--the smartest two percent of the population.