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Chemsha Bongo
« on: September 04, 2014, 08:11:42 PM »
Lets see who are our MENSA members here in Nipate. No cheating and include the time it took you to do this. I will give answers later.

1. What is the 4 digit number in which the first digit is one fifth of the last, and the second and third digits are the last digit multiplied by 3? (hint: The sum of all digits is 12)

2. Jane went to visit Jill. Jill is Jane's only husband's mother in law's only husband's only daughter's only daughter. What relation is Jill to Jane?

3. Tabitha likes cookies but not cake. She likes mutton but not lamb, and she likes Okra but not Squash. Following the same rule, will she like cherries or pears?

4. In a footrace , Omondi was neither first nor last. Wambui beat Omondi. Omondi beat Mutuku. Ruto was neither first nor last. Ruto beat Kwamboka. Mutuko beat Ruto. Who came in last?

5. What is the number that is one more than one tenth of one fifth of one half of 4,000?

6. Find the number that best completes the following sequence. 1 2 4 7 11 ? 22

7. Raila bought 4 Oranges and 3 lemons for 90 cents. The next day he bought 3 Oranges and 4 Lemons for 85 cents. How much did each lemon and Orange cost?

8. Start with the number of total mittens lost by 3 Kittens, and multiply by the voting age in the United States. Whats the answer?

9. There's at least one 9-letter word that contains 1 vowel. Do you know what it is?

10. Using all the letters each time, can you make at least 3 words from the letters REIAMN..


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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2014, 07:12:39 AM »
Omg Bimnji from RCB!!! Welcome, welcome!  ;D

This is too hard. I'm giving it to my students.  :)

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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2014, 07:16:04 AM »
Actually the first one just popped in my mind now, only 5 is divisible by 5 single digit. So 1155.

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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2014, 07:19:39 AM »
2. Husband's mother in law doesn't make sense. Shouldn't it just be Jane's mother?

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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2014, 07:26:59 AM »
3. Cherries.

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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2014, 08:00:11 AM »
4. Kwam- 10 secs probably wrong.

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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2014, 08:01:33 AM »
5. 41

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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2014, 08:02:13 AM »
6. 16

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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2014, 08:02:58 AM »
7. Nothing. It's Raila.

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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2014, 08:04:25 AM »
8. 216

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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2014, 08:07:22 AM »
9.Lipskcznm - polish surnames.

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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2014, 08:09:23 AM »
Reiamn

man, ran, aim, men, ear

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Re: Chemsha Bongo
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2014, 10:52:19 AM »
1. sijui
2. Jill is Janes mother
3. cherries
4. kwamboka
5. 41
6. 16
7. sijui
8. sijui mittens ni what
9. strengthy?
10. remain; airmen; marine