Puzzles

One activity that many of our members enjoy is puzzling! You can test yourself for fun with our brainteasers. Our quizzes and conundrums are updated regularly, so do check back on the page for the latest content, and if you get really good at them, why not find out what your IQ is by booking a Mensa Supervised IQ Test?

12/9/24 – Awfully Good Oxymorons

An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms are combined e.g. OPEN SECRET

Pair the followings words into eight oxymorons.

ILL   MISUNDERSTOOD   UGLY   SILENCE

PRETTY   SWEET    HEALTH   TAKEOVER

DEAFENING   BITTER   FOOL   CLEARLY

SERIOUSLY   WISE   FUNNY   FRIENDLY

Puzzle courtesy of Mensa member Peter Hooton

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BITTER-SWEET, CLEARLY-MISUNDERSTOOD, DEAFENING-SILENCE, FRIENDLY-TAKEOVER, ILL-HEALTH, PRETTY-UGLY, SERIOUSLY-FUNNY, WISE-FOOL

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