Match Wits with Mensa: The Complete Quiz Book

by Abbie F. Salny, Alan Stillson, Marvin Grosswirth

Book Overview

The ultimate book of Mensa-crafted puzzles, brainteasers, word games, number conundrums, and logical mysteries to test your intelligence

Puzzle fans have bought more than 650,000 copies of the Mensa Genius Quiz series-the only books that let readers "match wits with Mensa," comparing how well they do against members of the famous high-IQ society. Here, in a giant omnibus edition, are four best-selling titles: The Mensa Genius Quiz...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738202509
• ISBN13: 9780738202501
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Da Capo
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great fun!

I am amazed at the response I have had from my friends. We are having a lot of fun Matching Wits with Mensa. Try it at your next family gathering.

Parting with the critics

I must part with the critics. I enjoyed this one tremendously. Great fun. Recommended.

A brief comment

This book by well known and long-time Mensa member Marvin Grosswirth complements the several books that Dr. Abby Salny has put out. There's enough variety in the types of questions to keep just about anybody entertained, although a few of the questions I'm not used to seeing on the older, more traditional IQ tests. Supposedly almost a quarter of a million people have bought the various Mensa Quiz books, which is interesting, because Mensa's membership (I being one) has been gradually declining for a couple of decades. Overall a good book of puzzles, brain teasers and IQ questions to keep those mental muscles in tune, which is important--one of the most important things brain scientists have learned over the last several decades is that the brain is very much like a muscle--either you use it or lose it.

The ONLY Mensa Quiz book worth having

I can honestly say that I have never seen a Mensa book that so accurately reflected the challenges of being truly intellegent as this quiz book. I'm sorry that some of the other reviewers found the questions trival or inconsequential. However, I've found the book to be a lot of fun, and my husband-- a radio personality-- uses questions from it on the air constantly with great response.I think it's a winner!

Great questions

I brought this Mensa book with me when my family went sailing, and it was a big hit with all. It is great even for children, if they have adults helping them along with the questions. Being a kid myself, I found the a-b-c quizzes hte easiest and most fun, because it wasn't pure over-stuffed-brain-knowledge and way-above-my-head common sense. Even with those questions, though, I found the book very enjoyable and would recommend it to any and all people who are looking for a good challenge.