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Jeremy's 'Mensa is sh*t' Challenge


Alan Medic

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I got this tear off a day type calendar last Xmas for my son which he never used. Each day there is a Challenge with different difficulty ratings. If you want to have a go, the first correct answer can select a date for the next one. Here's January 2nd (DR2):


Which two letters can be attached to the beginning of the given words to give six longer words?


EASE EAT OWL AFTER ILL OWING

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I've got one for you first, Alan:


Jack has sixteen beans and Jill has twelve. Jack plants half his beans and a quarter of them germinate and grow into full plants. Each plant bears half a dozen beans. If Jack gives half his crop to Jill, what colour socks is Jill wearing?

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Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Was that Gr an abbreviation of growl Jeremy?

More like a groan


> I've never knowingly met a member of Mensa.

When I was working at my first job, the office stationary monitor was a proud member


> Would you like me to change the thread title?

Entirely optional

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Jeremy Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

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> > I've never knowingly met a member of Mensa.

> When I was working at my first job, the office

> stationary monitor was a proud member


I bet he could tell you that he didn't move around much too?

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*Bob* Wrote:

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> I've got one for you first, Alan:

>

> Jack has sixteen beans and Jill has twelve. Jack

> plants half his beans and a quarter of them

> germinate and grow into full plants. Each plant

> bears half a dozen beans. If Jack gives half his

> crop to Jill, what colour socks is Jill wearing?



* puts hand up *


I know this one, it's a trick question.


She's actually naked, right?



Nette::o

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