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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?

22/2/24

From each list of five words choose the odd one out. Then rearrange the initial letters of these odd ones out to produce a word related to the title.

RHODES, CRETE, SICILY, MYKONOS, CORFU
LISBON, FLORENCE, PRAGUE, VIENNA, BRUSSELS
STEEL, TUMBAGA, BRASS, IRON, BRONZE
TIBIA, RADIUS, CARPALS, SCAPHOID, HUMERUS
LEAD PIPING, SCREWDRIVER, CANDLESTICK, REVOLVER, DAGGER
MOUNTAIN, PYGMY, BARBARI, ANGORA, IMPALA
TITIAN, BERNINI, MATISSE, CARAVAGGIO, RAPHAEL

Puzzle courtesy of Mensa member Peter Hooton

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MISFITS. Sicily (The others are Greek islands), Florence (…Capital Cities), Iron (…Alloys), Tibia (…Bones of arm or hand), Screwdriver (…Cluedo murder weapons), Impala (…types of goat), Matisse (…Italian painters)

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