Mensa giant puzzle book

404 Pages·1998·18.343 MB·English

by  Robert Allen;

Over 500 brain-teasing visual, word and number challenges
to engage your mind and test your concentration

*MENSA*
THE GIANT BOOK
Text © Mensa Limited 1998, 2002
Design and Artwork © Carlton Books Limited 1998, 2002
This edition published by Barnes & Noble, Inc., by arrangement with
Carlton Books Limited.
This edition is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of
trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated
without the publisher's prior written consent in any form of cover or
binding other than that in which it is published and without a similar
condition, including this condition, being imposed upon the
subsequent publisher.
All rights reserved.
ISBN 0 7607 3790 8
Project Editor: Tim Dedopulos
Senior Art Editor: Zoe Maggs
Design: Jacqui Sheard
Production: Sarah Corteel
Printed and bound in Great Britain.
*MENSA*
THE GIANT BOOK
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CONTENTS
Introduction 6
Level 1 Puzzles 8
Level 1 Answers 107
Gargantua Mind Maze 115
Gargantua Mind Maze Answers 134
Level 2 Puzzles 136
Level 2 Answers 263
Level 3 Puzzles 272
Level 3 Answers 390
INTRODUCTION
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elcome to the Mensa Giant Puzzle Book. Inside
these covers, you will find hundreds and hundreds
of puzzles of all shapes and sizes to stretch your
mind and challenge your problem-solving abilities. You don't
need to be a genius to solve every brainteaser in this book. All
you need is a little common sense, some methodical thinking,
patience, and the determined will not to give up. After all,
these puzzles are not of any importance to the real world. It
doesn't matter whether you can solve them or not - except to
you. Just let yourself get hooked on thus book (the easy sec¬
tion is simply there to lure you in), and you will find the chal-
lenge irresistible. A curious relationship exists between a puz¬
zle setter and the reader. Each tries to read the other's mind,
to anticipate the mental processes that go into the construc¬
tion of a puzzle. It becomes a battle of wits in which both
sides strive for supremacy - and then you'll find that it mat¬
ters a lot whether you can complete the book. Reach for a pen
and settle down, because there's a long way to go.
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MENSA GIANT PUZZLE BOOK
If you like puzzles you will like Mensa, a society that exists
entirely for people who are adept at solving the knottiest
problems. If you would like to take the Mertsa test and meet
people of like mind, then write to us at British Mensa
Limited, Mensa House, St John's Square, Wolverhampton,
WV2 4AH England.
I should like to thank all those who helped with this book.
In particular, I should like to mention my wife Doris, our
friend Josie Fulton, and puzzler David Ballheimer, who edits
my outpourings without mercy and saves me from making
a fool of myself in public.
Robert Allen
Editorial Director, Mensa Publications
September, 1998
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PUZZLE 1