Mensa All-color Puzzle Book 2

Mensa All-color Puzzle Book 2
Author: Robert Allen
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2000
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781552095003

The perfect book for puzzle junkies. Progressing in degree of difficulty from easy to medium to hard, the variety of puzzles will appeal to all ages of puzzle-solvers. Color adds a new dimension to the puzzles not typically found in similar books.

Logical Deduction Puzzles

Logical Deduction Puzzles
Author: George J. Summers
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2006
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781402721335

It's not elementary, but you will need Holmes's famed powers of deduction to solve these crafty puzzles. Here's how it goes: at the end of each condundrum, you'll find at least one condition - and sometimes more - that the solution must meet.

Captivating Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Captivating Lateral Thinking Puzzles
Author: Paul Sloane
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2007
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781402732768

Are you good at thinking outside the box? Do you consider yourself logical? And, most important of all, do you love a good challenge? Then this Mensa collection of devious brain-bafflers will entertain you -- and your friends and family -- for hours.

Match Wits With Mensa

Match Wits With Mensa
Author: Marvin Grosswirth
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-11-25
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780738202501

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 Books 1 & 2, The Mensa Genius Quiz-A-Day Book, and The Mensa Genius ABC Book. Here are more than 800 fun mindbenders to exercise every part of your brain-word games, trivia, logic riddles, number challenges, visual puzzles-plus tips on how to improve your thinking skills. All the puzzles have been tested by members of American Mensa, Ltd., and include the percentage of Mensa testers who could solve each one, so that you can score yourself against some of the nation's fittest mental athletes.

Mensa Guide to Solving Sudoku

Mensa Guide to Solving Sudoku
Author: Peter Gordon
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2006
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781402740114

Here it comes: a revolution in sudoku solving! This is by far the most complete guide to cracking these addictive puzzles ever produced, with tricks even the experts won t know. While most books might have a few pages of introduction before proceeding straight to the sudokus, this one covers it all: hidden pairs, naked pairs, X-wings, jellyfish, squirmbag, bivalue and bilocation graphs, turbot fish, grid coloring, and chains. Every single one is here, and much more too, including the exclusive Gordonian logic methods (Gordonian rectangles and Gordonian polygons) that will turn even the hardest puzzles into a breeze. Of course, there are hundreds of sudoku for practice. A very special addition is a reprint of the very first sudoku ever published in 1979, from "Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games" magazine!"

Mensa Exercise Your Mind Math & Logic Puzzles

Mensa Exercise Your Mind Math & Logic Puzzles
Author: Dave Tuller
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2005
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781402725913

An old favorite--Mensa Math & Logic Puzzles--gets a brand-new look: it's now in color! And the puzzles are fantastic: they're the kind of challenge found at the World Puzzle Championships, and they require no language to solve. For example, you are given a grid of dots that has some numbers (0, 1, 2, or 3) in them. You need to connect the dots in one continuous path so that each number is surrounded by that many lines. So a "3" means that three of the four sides around it must be connected. All the puzzles are similar abstract exercises, and all have unique solutions that can be reached using pure logic. They're difficult--and really satisfying exercise for your brain.

The Mensa Genius Quiz-a-day Book

The Mensa Genius Quiz-a-day Book
Author: Abbie F. Salny
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1989-01-22
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780201135497

Test your wits with this all-new collection of mindbusters from Mensa, the high-IQ society. Master puzzler Abbie Salny provides a fun brainteaser, logic twister, math mystery, or word game for every day of the year. Whether you're mathematically, verbally, or visually inclined, you're sure to find twelve months' worth of exciting challenges inside.Included with each puzzle's solution is the percentage of Mensa members who answered it correctly, so you can score yourself against the people with the high IQs. With a puzzle for every date and an extra for leap years, you can match wits with Mensa 366 days out of every year! Here are a couple of sample questions, and the percentage of Mensans who answered correctly: February 24: Can you make three words from the letters LGNEA? (100%) May 14: You have fifty coins that total 1.00. If you lose one coin, what is the chance that it was a quarter? (15%)

Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles

Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles
Author: Fred Piscop
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2011-08-25
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0761163220

It’s puzzle nirvana for crossword lovers who have just a few minutes to spare, but still crave a challenge. Adapted from the popular Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles Page-A-Day Calendar, Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles strikes a perfect balance: The puzzles are tough enough to be sanctioned by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society, but are designed to be solvable in ten minutes or less. Expertly written by puzzle master Fred Piscop, Mensa member, author of the Mensa calendar, and frequent crossword contributor to both The New York Times and The Washington Post, these cleverly themed crossword puzzles will appeal to both seasoned solvers and novices looking to hone their skills. They are an addictive addition to your morning routine (just add coffee); perfect for evening downtime; just right for your commute on the subway, or while waiting at the doctor’s office or sitting in a restaurant—anytime you need a mental pick-me-up. The book’s chunky format, which works so well for puzzle books like The Original Sudoku series, fits easily into a purse or bag. An answer key is included at the back of the book.

The Giant 1001 Puzzle Book

The Giant 1001 Puzzle Book
Author: Robert Allen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Puzzles
ISBN: 9780812936551

No fewer than 1001 mind-bending puzzles have been specially created for this book. From quick puzzles that will take a couple of minutes to logic problems that will need hours of work, each puzzle is graded into three levels of difficulty. Attractively presented in full color, the book includes picture puzzles, mazes, math tests, lateral thinking and visual reasoning puzzles, plus spatial problems. This is a cornucopia of conundrums that includes a special selection of tsunami puzzles by a famous japanese puzzle constructor that will have you racking your brain for hours.

Cranium-Crushing Crosswords

Cranium-Crushing Crosswords
Author: Frank Longo
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2002-08
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780806984995

The answers are fairly common words and phrases--but the clues are diabolically difficult, with mischievous misdirections, trivia, puns, and other trickery. Try this: "change of heart" (15 letters). Answer: "organ transplant." "Finely crafted crosswords that will put your word and trivia skills to a severe test."--Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, "The New York Times."