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[ ] I wish to go directly to the Mensa-supervised test.  Please send  me
    the name and address of the nearest proctor (a $25 fee is to be paid
    to the proctor.) I understand that if I score in the top 2%, I  will
    be invited to join Mensa.

[ ] I claim  exemption  form  testing  and  enclose  prior  evidence  of
    intelligence  test  scores  in the top 2% of the general population.
    Enclosed is my U.S.   $15  (check  or  money  order)  non-refundable
    evaluation  fee.  (If the evidence is being sent to us directly by a
    psychologist or testing institution, please note that the score must
    be  sent on an official letterhead and signed by the psychologist or
    institution responsible for the testing.)

Amount enclosed: $___________ (All checks must be drawn on U.S. banks in
                               U.S. funds.)

I learned about Mensa through: Usenet newsgroup "rec.org.mensa"
                               Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
                               Prepared by Phil Hill, Boston Mensa

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6) How do I Re-Join Mensa?

If you were a member at any time in the past contact the national office
and  they can reinstate your membership after the payment of the current
year's dues.

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7) What are Mensa's dues?

Current dues are only $39 a year.  There are special student, family and
lifetime  memberships  dues when membership is offered.  This includes a
subscription  to  the  national  newsletter   (The   Bulletin)   and   a
subscription to the newsletter for the your local group.

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8) What does "Mensa" mean?

The word "Mensa"  means  "table"  in  Latin.   The  name  stands  for  a
round-table  society,  where  race,  color, creed, national origin, age,
politics, educational or social background are irrelevant.

Officially, Mensa's stated purposes are "to identify  and  foster  human
intelligence  for  the benefit of humanity; to encourage research in the
nature, characteristics and uses  of  intelligence;  and  to  provide  a
stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members".

Mensa takes no stand on politics,  religion  or  social  issues.   Mensa
encompasses  members  from so many different countries and cultures, and
with many different points of view.  For Mensa to espouse  a  particular
point  of  view  would go against it's role as a forum for all points of
view.

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9) Where do I get more Information?

U.S.A:            American Mensa  Ltd.,  Department  Usenet,  2626  East
                  14th,    Brooklyn,   NY,   11235-3992,   USA,   Phone:
                  [phone] or (800)66-MENSA, Fax:  [phone],

Australia:        Australian Mensa Inc, P.O. Box 213, TOORAK VIC 3142
                  Australia.  Phone:  [phone] Fax:  (61) 7
                  221 1461

Austria:          Karin Schmidl-Tremba, Mensa Oesterreich, Postfach 502,
                  A-1011 Wien, Austria, Phone:  [phone]

Belgium:          Andre Jacquet, Mensa Belgium-Luxembourg, Rue  de  Mazy
                  13,,  B-5800  Gembloux,  Belgium,  Phone:   (32) 2 640
                  6481,

Canada:           Wendy Marsh, Executive Director, POB 505, Station St.,
                  Toronto, Ont., M5M 4L8, Canada, Phone:  [phone]

Channel Islands:  Dr. Jacqueline Berlet, 4 Choisi  Terr.,  Les  Gravees,
                  St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Phone:  [phone],

Czechoslovakia:   Jan Fikacek, Chairman, Borskeho 664/33,  15200  Prague
                  5, Czechoslovakia, Phone:  [phone],

Denmark:          Maria McGrail, Kronprinsesse Sofies,  Vej  43,  3  Tv,
                  2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark, Phone:  [phone]

Finland:          Seppo Jarvinen, Laajavuorenkuja 8 E 56, 01620  Vantaa,
                  Finland, Phone:  [phone]

France:           Francois  Adrien,  International  Liaison,  9  Av   du
                  General Mangin, 78000 Versailles, France, Phone:  (33)
                  1 3955 1048, Fax:  [phone]

Germany:          Hans Lippmann, Chairman  MinD,  Kapuzinerstr  7,  8390
                  Passau  12, Germany, Phone:  [phone], Fax:  (49)
                  851 31532

Great Britian:    Harold Gale,  Executive  Director,  Mensa  House,  St.
                  John's  Square,  Wolverhampton,  WV2  4AH,  UK, Phone:
                  (44) 902 772771, Fax:  [phone]

Hong Kong:        Don Meyer, A2, 6th Fl., Elm Tree Towers,  8  Chun  Fai
                  Rd.   Hong  Kong,  Phone:  [phone], Fax:  (852)
                  834 0703

Italy:            Menotti Cossu, Via Cassia  1326,  00123  Rome,  Italy,
                  Phone:  [phone]

Japan:            Mensa Japan, 2-8-19-101, Takamatsu,  Toshima-ku,  171,
                  Tokyo, Japan

Malaysia:         Heah Kok Soon,  97a  Jalan  SS21/1A  Damansara  Utama,
                  Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Phone:  [phone]

Netherlands:      Edu Braat, Postbus 100, 3500  AC  Utrecht,  Nederland,
                  Phone:  [phone]

New Zealand:      Piet van der Meyden, Box 35080, Browns  Bay,  Auckland
                  10, New Zealand, Phone:  [phone]

Poland:           Dr. A. Fal, Chairman, Mensa  Polska,  Ul  Szronowa  7,
                  53-023, Wrocaw, Poland, Phone:  [phone]

Romania:          Mr. & Mrs. Daniel  Serbanica,  CP  22-509,  Bucharest,
                  Romania, Phone:  [phone]

Singapore:        Kwek Kok  Kwong,  Secretary,  Blk  103,  #25-51  Jalan
                  Rajah, Singapore 1232

South Africa:     Paul Ross, Box 1409, Rivonia 2128 South Africa, Phone:
                  [phone]

Spain:            Jose Maria Albaiges, Numancia 87, Esc.  B 12 3, 08029,
                  Barcelona,  Spain, Phone:  [phone], Fax:  (34)
                  3 238 1646

Sweden:           Goran Pettersson,  Ostermalmsgaten  27  11  S-114  26,
                  Stockholm, Sweden, Phone:  [phone]

Yugoslavia:       Josip Saban, President,  Avenija  Borisa  Kidrica  9a,
                  41020  Zagreb,  Yugoslavia,  Phone:   [phone],
                  Fax:  [phone]

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10) What other High-IQ Societies are there?

The currently active societies include:

American Mensa, Ltd., 2626 E. 14th St., Brooklyn,  NY  11235-3992  (718)
934-3700--Open  to  individuals  who  have  scored  in  the  top 2% on a
standardized intelligence  test.   Founded  in  1945  by  R.Berrill  and
L.Ware.  Name of Journal:  Mensa Bulletin

Camelopard Society, P.O.   Box  16898,  San  Diego  CA  92116--Open  to
individual  who have scored in the top 2% on a standardized intelligence
test.  Founded in 1988 by Lendon Best.  Name of Journal:  G'raffiti

International Society for Philosophical Enquiry, c/o Walter Gannon, 1925
Alexander  Drive,  Troy, MI  48083--Open to individuals who score in the
99.9th  percentile  on a standardized  adult intelligence test.  Founded
1974 by Chris Harding.  Name of Journal:  Telicom

The International High Five Society, 3546 Devon Hill  Road,  Toledo,  OH
43606-1102    (419)    474-3809    FAX:     (419)    474-1009,   e-mail:
[e-mail].--High Five is open to  anyone  testing  above
the 95th percentile on a standardized test of intelligence.

Intertel, P.O.  Box 150580, Lakewood, CO 80215 [phone]-- Open  to
individuals  who  have  an  IQ  at  or  above  the 99th percentile on an
accepted test.  Founded in 1967  by  Ralph  Haines.   Name  of  Journal:
Integra

Mega Society,  c/o  Rick Rosner,  5139  Balboa  Blvd  #303,  Encino,  CA
91316-3430--Open to individuals with an IQ in the 99.9999th  percentile.
Founded in 1982 by Ronald K Hoeflin.   Name of Journal:  Noesis

One-In-A-Thousand, PO Box 539, New York,  NY 10101  (Ronald  K. Hoeflin,
Founder)--Open  to  persons  with  measured  IQs in the top 1/10% of the
population.  Name of Journal:  Oaths

Prometheus Society,  c/o Robert Dick,  13 Speer Street,  Somerville,  NJ
08876--Open to individuals exceeding the 99.997th percentile of  general
intelligence.  Founded in 1982 by Ronald K Hoeflin.   Name  of  Journal:
Gift of Fire

Sinistral SIG, 200 Emmett Ave., Derby, CT 06418 [phone]-- Open to
left-handed people whose IQs are in the top 2% of the population and who
are eligible to be members of Mensa.

Triple  Nine  Society,  PO  Box  29, Dover, MA 02030-0029--Open to those
individuals who  score in the top  99.9th  percentile on a  standardized
intelligence test.

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Society                 Minimum      Members     Potential
                       Percentile   Worldwide     Members#

High Five               95                 ?    250,000,000
Mensa                   98            80,000    100,000,000
Cameleopard             98               300    100,000,000
Sinistral SIG           98                 ?     10,000,000 ##
Intertel                99             1,700     50,000,000
Philosophical Enquiry   99.9             450      5,000,000
Triple Nine             99.9             420      5,000,000
One-In-A-Thousand       99.9              30      5,000,000
Prometheus              99.997           100        150,000
Mega Society            99.9999           17          5,000

#   Based on a world population of 5 Billion People.

##  Based on 10% of people being left handed.
    [I don't have better stats on hand - Phil]

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11) What famous people are in Mensa?

SOME PROMINENT MENSA MEMBER PROFILES

As this list suggests,  Mensa  is  a  remarkably  diverse  organization.
While  Some  Mensans  noted  here  are  well  known,  many  others  lead
interesting lives out of the public eye.

DONALD PETERSEN:  Former chairman  of  Ford  Motor  Company.   Has  B.S.
degree  in  mechanical  engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi (honorary engineering  society)
and Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society (natural sciences).  During his
career at Ford, he was involved in the development of two of Ford's most
successful  cars--the  Mustang and the Maverick--as well as the Mark III
and the Fairlane.  He is also a high-performance driver, having  trained
at  the  school  run by retired racing champion Bob Bondurant.  Petersen
was born  on  a  farm  in  the  Midwest  and  raised  during  the  Great
Depression.   Influenced  by  the  hardship and economic instability his
family endured, he used his intelligence to pursue a secure life in  the
corporate environment.

ALAN RACHINS:  Plays Douglas Brachman in TV hit "L.A.  Law." He left the
Wharton  School  of  Finance  against  his  father's wishes to pursue an
acting career.  During the '60s he was in the cast of "Oh  Calcutta,"  a
highly controversial play where cast members appeared nude on stage.

BOB SPECTA:  Professional domino toppler.  As a high school  senior,  he
originated  the "domino toppling" category in the Guinness Book of World
Records.  He travels internationally doing domino shows  and  races  and
has appeared on network TV programs and in commercials.  An accomplished
athlete, Specta is a veteran of 12 triathlons.

ADRIAN CRONAUER:  Radio personality  and  subject  for  the  move  "Good
Morning  Vietnam."  Started  his  radio  career at 12 in his hometown of
Pittsburgh, PA, where he hosted a children's amateur hour.  Worked as  a
DJ  at  various radio stations and in Saigon during the Vietnam War.  He
is also a lawyer.  Cronauer was originally attracted to Mensa because of
the work they do for gifted children.

GLORIA LA ROCHE:  Captain and instructor for United  Airlines.   Product
of  a  dysfunctional  home,  she  used  intelligence and perseverance to
achieve her childhood dream of  becoming  a  pilot.   She  says  it  was
extremely  difficult  for  a  woman  like herself to break into the male
dominated world of commercial aviation.

MARILYN VOS SAVANT:  Listed in the Guinness Hall of Fame for having  the
world's highest recorded I.Q.  (228).  She is the wife of Robert Jarvik,
inventor of the  Jarvik  7  artificial  heart.   She  also  writes  "Ask
Marilyn," a weekly column that appears nationally in "Parade" magazine.

GEENA DAVIS:  Actress.  Currently co-starring with Susan Sarandon in the
movie  hit  "Thelma  & Louise." Received an Academy Award nomination for
her role in "The Accidental Tourist."

HENRY  MILLIGAN:   A  boxer  and  a  scholar,  1983   National   Amateur
Heavyweight champion who fought and won against Olympic heavyweight gold
medalist Henry Tillman.  He once fought Mike Tyson in a televised fight.
Milligan  recently  worked his way through NYU Business School acting in
commercials (e.g., for "Sports Illustrated" sneaker phone promotion).

JOHN N. MOORE:  University of Virginia law professor who specializes  in
international  law.   The  Kuwaiti  Ambassador to the U.S.  hired him to
help the  emirate  recover  damages  inflicted  since  the  August  1990
invasion by Iraq.

MELL LAZARUS:  Draws syndicated newspaper comic strips "Momma" and "Miss
Peach."  President of national Cartoonist Society, he has also published
two novels and is now writing his third.

JUDGE ELLEN MORPHONIOS:  Nicknamed "Maximum Morphonios" for  her  strict
rulings  in  Florida.   Former  model  and beauty queen (Coconut Harvest
Maiden and Miss Southern Florida) and local radio personality, once said
she  "enjoyed  being  a  sex  symbol."  As  a  young  mother and a legal
secretary, she passed a Florida exam  that  allowed  her  to  enter  law
school without an undergraduate degree.

PATRICIA PRATTIS JENNINGS:  Pianist with the Pittsburgh  Symphony.   She
is the symphony's first black member and has performed internationally.

RICHARD BOLLES:  Author of the world's  top  selling  job-hunting  book,
"What  Color  is Your Parachute?" Revised annually, the book has been on
the New York Times Best Seller List for 228 weeks.  Bolles has  two  new
books  in progress--one on relationships, one on spirituality.  He is an
ordained Episcopal priest who graduated from Harvard University cum laud
with a physics degree.

VELMA JEREMIAH:  She is a retired attorney who graduated fourth  in  her
law  school class at age 47 and was one of the first women partners in a
major Oregon law firm.  She is a grandmother, a working  standup  comic,
and currently chairwoman of Mensa International.

JEAN AUEL:  Best-selling author of "Clan of the Cave Bear",  "Valley  of
Horses",  "The  Mammoth  Hunters",  and  "Plains  of Passage".  A former
technical writer, she turned her attention  to  fiction,  buttressed  by
much  historical  and anthropological research, touring areas she was to
write about and teaching herself to make stone-age tools.

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12) What is the Mensa Test Like?

                         THE MENSA WORKOUT!

Exercise those little, grey cells with these mental calisthenics and see
if  you  can  match  wits  with  Mensa.  This test consists of questions
distributed with two different Mensa pamphlets.  Give  yourself  an  one
hour time limit on this test.

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1. Which of the lettered designs best completes the following sequence?

      [o]    [.]    (o)

      A: (.)
      B: (o)
      C: [.]
      D: [o]

2. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144
   but not 145.  Does she like 1600 or 1700?

3. Only one other word can be made from the letters of INSATIABLE.   Can
   you find it?

4. Put the appropriate plus or minus signs between the numbers,  in  the
   correct places, so that the sum total will equal 1.

        0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  = 1

5. What is the word coiled inside this circle?

                       T  P
                     I      U
                     A      N
                       L  S

6. If two typists can type two pages in two minutes,  how  many  typists
   will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?

7. If it were two hours later, it would be half as long  until  midnight
   as it would be if it were an hour later.  What time is it now?

8. Pear is to apple as potato is to?

      A: banana
      B: radish
      C: strawberry
      D: peach
      E: lettuce

9. Continue the following number series with the group of numbers  below
   which best continues the series?

          1  10  3  9  5  8  7  7  9  6  ?  ?

      A: 11  5
      B: 10  5
      C: 10  4
      D: 11  6

10. Which of the following is least like the others?

      A: poem
      B: novel
      C: painting
      D: statue
      E: flower

11. What is the following word when it is unscrambled?

        H  C  P  R  A  A  T  E  U

12. What  is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth  of
    400?

13. Which of the following  sentences given  below  means  approximately
    the  same  as  the  proverb:   "Don't count your chickens until they
    are hatched?"

      A: Some eggs have double yolks, so you can't really count eggs and
         chickens.

      B: You can't walk around the henhouse to count the eggs because it
         will disturb the hens and they won't lay eggs.

      C: It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet
         happened and may not ever happen.

      D: Since eggs break so easily, you may not  be  accurate  in  your
         count of future chickens.

14. The SAME three-letter word  can be placed in front of the  following
    words to make a new word:

        _ _ _ L I G H T    _ _ _ B R E A K    _ _ _ T I M E


15. Which  of the figures below the line of drawings best completes  the
    series?

    +--------+    +--------+    +--------+    +--------+    +--------+
    ||||||   |    |||      |    ||||     |    |||||    |    ||       |
    |        |    |        |    |        |    |        |    |        |
    |        |    |        |    |        |    |        |    |        |
    |       ||    |||||    |    |     ||||    |||      |    |   ||||||
    +--------+    +--------+    +--------+    +--------+    +--------+


    A: +--------+    B: +--------+    C: +--------+    D: +--------+
       |||||||  |       |   |    |       |||||||  |       |        |
       |        |       |        |       |        |       |        |
       |        |       |        |       |        |       |        |
       |  |     |       |||||||  |       |        |       |  |||||||
       +--------+       +--------+       +--------+       +--------+

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How Did You Do?

If you answered at least nine questions correctly,  you've  done  fairly
well.   Mensa  recommends  you send for a preliminary test which you can
take at home without supervision.  Although this preliminary test is not
required   to   qualify   for  membership,  many  individuals  who  have
successfully passed the supervised qualifying test have stated that  the
preliminary  test  was  extremely  helpful  in  preparing them.  This is
especially true if it has been some time since you have taken  any  kind
of timed, written examination.

Remember, on the supervised test, you must score at or  above  the  98th
percentile.   You  should feel comfortable and at ease with the types of
questions which will be asked.  The preliminary test  will  not  contain
any  of  the  same  questions  as  the  supervised test, however it does
contain similar questions and may help you get used to  the  process  of
test taking again.

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                           * A N S W E R S *

 1.  A
 2.  1600, Sally likes perfect squares
 3.  BANALITIES
 4.  0+1+2-3-4+5+6-7-8+9=1, There are  probably other solutions,  so  if
     yours is correct, give yourself full credit.
 5.  NUPTIALS
 6.  SIX typists, one typist types one page in two minutes.
 7.  9 p.m.
 8.  B: Both grow in the ground.
 9.  A: Alternate numbers go up by 2 and down by 1, starting with 1  and
        10.
10.  E: The only one that is not an artistic work made by man.
11.  PARACHUTE
12.  5
13.  C
14.  DAY
15.  C: The number of lines goes down opposite the face, up on the  side
        with the face and  the stick alternates  from top right to lower
        left.

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Commentary on the Questions and Answers

QUESTION #2 (Sally and her favorite numbers)

The answer that Sally likes perfect  squares  is  the  answer  that  the
question  writer  was  "looking"  for.   Mensans always like to bend the
rules a little, and find other  solutions  that  give  you  the  correct
answer:

* Sally likes numbers whose sum of the digits  is  odd.   Therefore  she
  likes 1600, not 1700.

Or other solutions that give the incorrect answer:

* Sally likes numbers in which the sum of the digits plus the number  of
  digits equals 12.  Therefore, she likes 225, 900, 144, and, of course,
  1700.

* Sally clearly likes the zeros of:
       x^4 + 404 * x^3 - 1792800 * x^2 + 32790000 * x - 49572000000
  so the numbers she likes are 144, 225, 900, and 1700.

Or even solutions that prove that neither answer is correct:

* Sally does *not* like 1600 or 1700, because neither number has digits
  which sum to 9. She *does*, however, like 1800.

QUESTION # 4 (Insert +/1 to make total equal one)

When many Mensans look at the answer and see "There are  probably  other
solutions,  so  if  yours  is  correct, give yourself full credit", they
usually wonder how many solutions there are.  How many can you find?

Still not challenged enough?  Let's bend the rules  a  little  bit,  the
question  doesn't  state that we *have* to put a sign between every pair
of numbers.   Adjacent  digits  would  therefore  form  a  number.   For
example:

   0 1-2 3+4 5+6 7-8 9 = 1  (01-23+45+67-89 = 1)

How many more can you find?

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                          * ANSWERS TO COMMENTS *
QUESTION #4, Part One

0+1+2+3+4-5+6+7-8-9 | 0-1+2+3-4+5+6+7-8-9 | 0+1-2-3+4+5+6+7-8-9
0+1+2+3+4+5-6-7+8-9 | 0-1+2+3+4-5+6-7+8-9 | 0+1-2+3-4+5+6-7+8-9
0-1-2-3+4+5+6-7+8-9 | 0+1-2+3+4-5-6+7+8-9 | 0+1+2-3-4+5-6+7+8-9
0-1-2+3-4+5-6+7+8-9 | 0-1+2-3-4-5+6+7+8-9 | 0-1+2+3+4+5-6-7-8+9
0+1-2+3+4-5+6-7-8+9 | 0+1+2-3-4+5+6-7-8+9 | 0-1-2+3-4+5+6-7-8+9
0+1+2-3+4-5-6+7-8+9 | 0-1-2+3+4-5-6+7-8+9 | 0-1+2-3-4+5-6+7-8+9
0+1-2-3-4-5+6+7-8+9 | 0+1+2+3-4-5-6-7+8+9 | 0-1+2-3+4-5-6-7+8+9
0+1-2-3-4+5-6-7+8+9 | 0-1-2-3-4-5+6-7+8+9

QUESTION #4, Part Two
0 1-2 3+4 5+6 7-8 9 | 0+1-2 3+4 5+6 7-8 9 | 0 1+2 3+4-5+6 7-8 9
0+1+2 3+4-5+6 7-8 9 | 0-1+2 3-4+5+6 7-8 9 | 0 1+2 3-4 5-6 7+8 9
0+1+2 3-4 5-6 7+8 9 | 0 1-2 3-4+5-6 7+8 9 | 0+1-2 3-4+5-6 7+8 9
0 1-2-3-4 5+6 7-8-9 | 0+1-2-3-4 5+6 7-8-9 | 0 1+2-3 4+5 6-7-8-9
0+1+2-3 4+5 6-7-8-9 | 0-1+2 3+4+5-6-7-8-9 | 0-1 2+3 4-5-6+7-8-9
0 1+2+3+4-5+6+7-8-9 | 0 1-2-3+4+5+6+7-8-9 | 0 1+2 3+4 5-6 7+8-9
0+1+2 3+4 5-6 7+8-9 | 0 1+2 3-4-5-6-7+8-9 | 0+1+2 3-4-5-6-7+8-9
0 1+2+3+4+5-6-7+8-9 | 0 1-2+3-4+5+6-7+8-9 | 0 1-2+3+4-5-6+7+8-9
0 1+2-3-4+5-6+7+8-9 | 0-1+2 3+4 5-6 7-8+9 | 0 1-2 3-4 5+6 7-8+9
0+1-2 3-4 5+6 7-8+9 | 0-1+2 3-4-5-6-7-8+9 | 0 1-2+3+4-5+6-7-8+9
0 1+2-3-4+5+6-7-8+9 | 0 1+2-3+4-5-6+7-8+9 | 0 1-2-3-4-5+6+7-8+9
0 1-2 3+4+5+6+7-8+9 | 0+1-2 3+4+5+6+7-8+9 | 0 1+2+3+4 5-6 7+8+9
0+1+2+3+4 5-6 7+8+9 | 0 1 2+3 4+5-6 7+8+9 | 0+1 2+3 4+5-6 7+8+9
0 1+2+3-4-5-6-7+8+9 | 0 1-2-3-4+5-6-7+8+9 | 0-1-2 3+4+5+6-7+8+9
0 1-2+3 4-5 6+7+8+9 | 0+1-2+3 4-5 6+7+8+9 | 0 1 2-3 4+5-6+7+8+9
0+1 2-3 4+5-6+7+8+9

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13) What unanswered questions does Phil Hill have?

What can I do to make this Answers to FAQs better?

Are the International Addresses I gave the best ones for people to use?

Are all of the other high IQ  societies  still  in  existance,  are  the
address, phone numbers, and information correct?

Is one hour the correct time for the "MENSA  WORKOUT"  (taken  from  the
20-min  workout [five questions] and the Mensa Mini-Test [ten questions]
5*3=15 [questions] so thus 20*3=60 [minutes])?

Why do I keep on volunteering for things like this?

What (besides from "42") is the  meaning  to  Life,  the  Universe,  and
Everything?

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This article was compiled by Phil  Hill.   Information  was  taken  from
several  sources,  including:   the current Mensa brochure, the outdated
Mensa brochure, the  March  issue  of  the  Vermonter  (Vermont  Mensa's
monthly  publications),  and  the  following  from  the CompuServe Mensa
forum:  the list of other high IQ societies, how to get verification  of
prior  testing,  "Amerian  Mensa:   A  true  meeting  of the minds" - an
interview with Dave Felt,

My thanks to:  Jean L. Cooper for compiling the original list of High IQ
Societies;  Dave  Felt  for his wonderful interview; Dr. Abbie F. Salny,
university Psychologist,  American  Mensa,  Ltd.,  for  the  article  on
obtaining  prior  evidence;  James  Cowie,  Derek  R.  Foster,  Valentin
Pepelea, Glen Raphael, Tim W Smith and Jason W Solinsky  for  coming  up
with   comments  &  alternate  solutions  for  some  of  the  questions;
Christopher Wren for coming up with all the possible solutions  for  the
insert an operator problem.

The above information provided as a service to users of  usenet.   Mensa
takes  no  responsibility for the actions of any organization other than
itself.

Phil Hill takes absolutley no responsibility at all.

Portions Copyright (c) 1988, 1990 by American Mensa Ltd.

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Revison History:

03/30/92 - Phil Hill            - First Release
07/15/92 - Kjeld Hvatum         - Update to High IQ Societies
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