Today, 17 September, on BBC Radio 1’s Chris Moyles Show regulars Aled Jones and Comedy Dave took part in a Mensa Quiz on air. Chris set them 5 tough Mensa puzzles and then reviewed their answers – they both scored well, tying with 3 out of 5 correct answers. 

Did you hear them? How did you do? 

Missed it? Then catch up with the BBC’s iPlayer – Mensa Quiz on Chris Moyles Show Thursday 17 September. (Please note this takes you to an external website, and is only available for seven days) 

 

Why not try the Mensa Quiz questions yourself: 

1) Which three letter word can be attached to the end of the given words to form four longer words? DOCTOR ALIEN FABRIC CONSIDER 

2) If RM = 5, XK = 13 and JC = 7, what does SP=? 

3) What have the following words got in common? YARN, HURT, LONE, ARMY 

4) What number is missing from this sequence? 3, 7, 13, 27, 53, X, 213 

5) Ben has four dogs, eight hamsters and seven rabbits, how many horses does he have? 

 

If you answered them correctly then why not take a Mensa Supervised IQ Test.

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Answers:
1) Ate
2) Three – the difference between the two alphabetical places gives the number
3) They all make names - RYAN, RUTH, NOEL AND MARY
4) 107. 2x +1, then 2x – 1
5) Six. The number of letters gives the amount.