PHIUPJ CARTER

KEN RUSSELL

By M E N S A M e m b e r s and

rnigmasig Puzzle Compilers

' Also in

Orient Paperbacks

A Mensa Book of Logic Puzzles/Alan Wareham

A Mensa Book of Brain Teasers/Alan Wareham

World's Most Baffling Puzzles/Charles Barry Townsend

The World's Best Puzzles/Charles Barry Townsend

The World's Most Challenging Puzzles/Charles Barry Townsend

Puzzles to Puzzle You/Shakuntala Devi

More Puzzles to Puzzle You/Shakuntala Devi

Figuring: The Joy of Numbers/Shakuntala Devi

FIRST MENSA

PUZZLE BOOK

By MENSA Members and

Enigmasig Puzzle Compilers

Philip J Carter

Ken Russell

ORIENT PAPERBACKS A Division of Vision Books Pvt Ltd New Delhi • Bombay • Hyderabad

All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,

stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any

means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, orotherwise,

without the prior permission of the copyright owners.

ISBN-81 -222-0161 -X

1st Published in Orient Paperbacks 1994

2nd Printing 1996

A First Mensa Puzzle Book

© Text Philip Carter & Ken Russel

© Illustrations Ward Lock Limited

Published in arrangement with

Cassell pic. England

Published by

Orient Paperbacks

(A Division of Vision Books Pvt. Ltd.)

Madarsa Road, Kashmere Gate, Delhi-110 006

Printed in India at

Kay Kay Printers, Delhi-110 007

Cover Printed at

Ravindra Printing Press, Delhi-110 006

C O N T E N T S

Acknowledgements 9

About Mensa 11

Mensa Selection Procedure 13

How to get the most out of this book 15

1. All Different * * 18 IS. Connections * * 26

2. Weather Spells * * 18 16. Matehplay * 27

3. Cubes** 19 17. Triangles I * 27

4. Magic Word Square * * 19 18. Emgmagram I * 28

5. Letter Search * * 20 19. Space Rebus * 29

6. Door Numbers * 21 20. Mnemonic * 29

7. Cipher * * * 21 21. Magic Square * * * 3 0

8. Double-Barrelled * 22 * 22. Cryptic Note * 30

9. The Gallopers I * * 22 23. Volkswagen Wheels * 31

10. The Square Boggle * * * 23 24. Roll Around** 31

11. Conundrum * 23 25. Shaggy Dog Rebus * 32

12. Diamond Crossword * * 24 26. Hiring a Bus * * 32

13. Heads and Tails * 25 27. Enigmagram II * * 33

14. Speed Merchant * * 25 28. Heart Location * 34

29. What's in the Bottle ? * 34 49. See-Through Words * * 46

30. Corner Cutting I * * 35 50. Fair Shares * * 47

31. Maze * * 35 51. Magic Word Square * * 47

32. String of Beads * * 36 52. Disordered Sports * * 48

33. Grandma's Tea * * 37 53. Connections * * * 48

34. Magic Square * * 37 54. Enigmagram IV * * 49

35. Twins * 38 55. Number Plate * * 50

36. Definitive Rebus * * 39 56. Spider's Web * * 50

37. Letters * 39 57. Empire State *# 51

38. Diamond Crossword * * 40 58. Middles * * 51

39. Triangles II * * * 41 59. Swap Round * * 52

40. Dice I * * 41 60. Letter Maze * * * 52

41. Numbers * * 42 61. Boys' Names * * * 53

42. Corner Cutting I I * 42 62. Missing Letters * 53

43. Catchpenny * * 43 63. Triangles I I I * * * 53

44. The Gallopers I I * * 43 64. Hole Numbers * * * 54

45. Cryptophone * * * 44 65. Forest Man Rebus * * 54

46. Enigmagram I I I * 45 66. Noughts and Crosses * * * 55

47. Arthurian Rebus • 46 67. Octagon * 55

48. Wave Word * 46 68. Notable Rebus # * 56

69. Scales * * * 56

70. Centre of Gravity * * * 56

71. Mozart Rebus * * 57

72. Temperature * * * 57

73. Royal Rebus * 58

74. Hexagon * * * 58

75. Dice I I * * 59

76. Pyramid Selling * * 59

77. Matches *** 60

78.66 Rebus * 60

79. Girls' Names * * * 61

80. Playing Cards * * 61

81. Birds and Beasts * 62

82. Square Cut * * * 62 m

83. Knockout Rebus * * 63

84. Rope Ladder * 63

85. Number Magic Square * * * 64

86. Hour Glass Figure * 64

87. Crocodile * * * 65

88. Squaie up **,65

89. V * * * 6 6

90. Annie Oakley Rebus * * 66

91. Magic Square * * * 6 7

92. Figure Facts * * * 67

93. Square Count # * * 68

94. Cannon Balls * * 68

95. Sphrynidae Rebus * * 69

96. Symbols * * * 69

97. Country Rebus *** 70

98. Birds * * * 70

99. Heptagon * * * 71

100. Trees I * 71

101. Telescope * 72

102. Broom Boom Rebus * * 72

103. Alphabet X-Word * * * 73

104. Baseball Rebus * * 73

105. Newspaper * * * 74

106. Cards * * 74

107. Tiles * 75

108. Hanging Rebus * * 75

109. Routes * 76

110. Drink Up * 76

111. Dice I I I * 77

112. Alphametics * * 77

113. Pyramid * * 78

114. Optician * 78

115. Animals * * * 7 9

116. Rodent Rebus * * 7 9

117. Clock * 80

118. Roulette * * 80

119. Golden Spelling * * 81

120. Trees I I * * * 81

121. Flags I * * 82

122. Numbers 4 Letters * * * 82

123. Unlucky for Some* 83

124. Steps * * 83

125. Target * * * 84

126. Bricks * * 84

127. Flags I I * * 85

128. Shop * 85

129. Coins * * 86

130. Eastern Rebus * * * 86

Answers 87

A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S

This book is dedicated to our wives, both named Barbara, who have

encouraged us to compile new and interesting puzzles, and have

checked all of the answers.

We also wish to acknowledge the continued support given to us by

Victor Serebriakoff, the International Honorary President of Mensa,

who is a great puzzle innovator. We are also indebted to Harold Gale,

the Mensa Chief Executive (another prolific puzzler) and we wish to

thank the members of the British Mensa Committee who gave per-

mission for the use of the Mensa name.

Note: All references to Mensa relate to British Mensa Ltd.

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