HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: wiegand@rtsg.mot.com (Robert Wiegand)
Subject: Re: Poster of "other hi-IQ groups", please repost.
Reply-To: motcid!wiegand@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: "world"
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:29:47 GMT

shapiro@trade.enet.dec.com (Steve Shapiro) writes:


>In article <1992Sep9.153145.16658@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>,
>mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas) writes...

>>Hmmm....sounds pretty shakey to me.  I mean, how do *we* know that you are
>>you? 

>Well, when I awoke this morning I looked in the mirror and there I was. 

>If you would like to do the same, feel free to drop by. 8-)

>Regards,
>Steve.

You mean that if I look into your mirror in the morning I will see YOU?
:-)


-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert Wiegand - Motorola Inc.
uunet!motcid!wiegand
Disclamer: I didn't do it - I was somewhere else at the time.
From: ifaq570@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Kitchen)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: 12 coins and another puzzle.
Date: 15 Sep 92 17:01:52 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin


	I would say that you drank about .693147 liters of water.  It looks
like an inverse exponential function

				-x
	packages per liter =  e     * 2

So if you drank no water, the concentration would be 2.  As you drink the
koolaid, and it is replaced by water, the concentration drops exponentially.
To find out how much water was used... 

				-x
		1 package =   e     * 2

	        		-x
		     1/2  =   e

				-x
	-ln(1/2)  = -ln(      e    )


	-ln ( .5 ) = x

	x =  .693147181


	An interesting note to this is that you never run out of Koolaid,
it just gets weaker, and weaker, and weaker.
	I don't have my Calculus books around to check it, but I know that
it satisfies the initial conditions...  ;)

allen kitchen
LoneStar Mensa, Austin TX
ifaq570@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu

Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
Subject: Re: Poster of "other hi-IQ groups", please repost.
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 15:31:45 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.150158.9513@cbnewse.cb.att.com> gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
>>In article <13678294@gloin.unh.edu>, kalter@unh.edu writes:
>>|> Do you have addresses for the other groups?  If not, would be stisfied
>
>Well, there's me.  But there's only one in my group, and it's pretty
>exclusive.  The entrance exam has to do with DNA matching.  If you can
>prove you're me, you're in.
>
>GMS

Hmmm....sounds pretty shakey to me.  I mean, how do *we* know that you are
you?  After all, comparing your DNA to your own DNA doesn't really prove
anything...except that the DNA is equal to itself.  :)

-- 
                   "All my possessions for a moment of time."
                            -- Queen Elizabeth I
John Mechalas 
mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu                                 #include disclaimer.h
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Subject: Re: Poster of "other hi-IQ groups", please repost.
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:06:06 GMT

In article <BERNARD.92Sep9145511@sirius.gte.com> bernard@sirius.gte.com (Bernard Silver) writes:
>In article <1992Sep9.150158.9513@cbnewse.cb.att.com> gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
>
>   >In article <13678294@gloin.unh.edu>, kalter@unh.edu writes:
>   >|> Do you have addresses for the other groups?  If not, would be stisfied
>
>   Well, there's me.  But there's only one in my group, and it's pretty
>   exclusive.  The entrance exam has to do with DNA matching.  If you can
>   prove you're me, you're in.
>
>   My e-mail address is included in this post, if you're interested.
>
>
>I'm interested.  Before I apply, could you tell me some of the
>advantages of joining?  Do you (or is that "You") have a GMS
>newsletter, annual meeting or similar events?  
>
>I'm pretty confident of passing the test as all my life people have
>said to me "You look *exactly* like that nice Gilbert M. Stewart"
>--
>				Bernard Silver
>				GTE Laboratories
>				bsilver@gte.com
>				(617) 466-2663

Most excellent!  Newsletters consist of my posts, which can be
read on ROM.  I'm trying to work out a deal with Discover Card
to get discounts for me and members of my society.

So, now I know whose wallet was returned to me in the mail!
Sorry I maxed out your credit cards, man.  But I had to get
your car fixed after I totalled that bus.

GM("Identical Cousins, And You'll Find...")S

Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: ron@syacus.acus.oz.au (Ron Williams)
Subject: Re: Mensa on Letterman
Organization: ACUS Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Sydney
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 02:17:09 GMT

Okokok. It was Friday evening. I was tired, etc. (etc.). 

I still think this Letterman was taking the mickey, at least to some degree.
Maybe they've got a sense of humour. That doesn't necessarily translate into
the viewing audience laughing WITH the mensa participants. I, personally,
would never put myself in the position these people did.

As an aside, I used to have a mensa membership years ago, but let it lapse.

--
Ron Williams                  ACSnet : ron@syacus.acus.oz
Ph : +61 2 390-1366         Internet : ron@syacus.acus.OZ.AU
Fax: +61 2 390-1391             UUCP : uunet!munnari!syacus.acus.oz.au!ron
Standard Disclaimers Apply
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: shapiro@trade.enet.dec.com (Steve Shapiro)
Subject: Re: An even SHORTER Puzzle
Organisation: SKS Computer Consulting, Inc.
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Marlboro, MA
Distribution: na
Date:  8 SEP 92 14:16:52 EST


In article <1992Sep7.042632.29653@ncsu.edu>, cjdcosta@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER
J DCOSTA) writes...

>On a day that he finds 36 cigarette butts, how many cigarettes will
>he get to smoke?
> 
>Make any "reasonable" :-) assumptions. This is fairly straightforward.
>Of course, the answer is NOT 6. 

7

(plus 1/6 towards his 8th)

Regards,
Steve.

/*********************************************************************
*                               *                                    *
* Steve Shapiro                 * All views and opinions expressed   *
* SKS Computer Consulting, Inc. * are my own and do not neccessarily *
* Specializing in: HP/SUN/UNIX  * reflect those of my clients,       *
* DEC/VAX/VMS/ULTRIX, IBM PC    * employers, employees, children,    *
* C, FORTRAN, PASCAL, PL/1      * parents, spouse or even myself!    *
*                               *                                    *
**********************************************************************
* The Contract Professional BBS, North Reading, MA                   *
* FidoNet 1:101/440 (508) 664-6354                                   *
* Steve.Shapiro@f440.n101.z1.fidonet.org                             *
*********************************************************************/
From: knechod@stacc.med.utah.edu (Kevin Nechodom)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: Brain teaser SOLUTION
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:09:50 GMT
Organization: University of Utah STACC

I can't believe I did this!
In article <1992Sep15.011107.7911@fcom.cc.utah.edu> knechod@stacc.med.utah.edu (Kevin Nechodom) writes:
[babble]
>Else, that last clue's revelation
>would not have brought information!
>With two, two, five, seven, and seven,
           ^^^
Should be:
With two, _five_, five, seven and seven,
[etc.]

Sorry.

>-- 
>Kevin Nechodom UofU STACC        | Great minds talk about ideas.
> UofU doesn't even know I exist; | Good minds talk about things.
> how would they care what I say? | Little minds talk about other people.
>knechod@stacc.med.utah.edu       | Which are you? (paraphrased from old RD)


-- 
Kevin Nechodom UofU STACC        | Great minds talk about ideas.
 UofU doesn't even know I exist; | Good minds talk about things.
 how would they care what I say? | Little minds talk about other people.
knechod@stacc.med.utah.edu       | Which are you? (paraphrased from old RD)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: cjdcosta@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER J DCOSTA)
Subject: Re: simple puzzle
Originator: cjdcosta@zepplin.ece.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: cjdcosta@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER J DCOSTA)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 03:51:21 GMT



A little modification of the original problem:-

You have 27 coins, one of which is HEAVIER than the rest. 
Once again, find the minimum number of trials with a 
weighing balance that you'd need to single this coin out.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|   Christopher J. D'Costa           cjdcosta@eos.ncsu.edu |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: crossgl@infonode.ingr.com (Gordon Cross)
Subject: Since we are on the topic of puzzles ...
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 13:23:44 GMT


Given a simple balance scale, what is the minimum number of weights needed to
accurately measure an unknown weight between 1 and 100 pounds to within 1
pound.  To complete this puzzle, list the poundages of each weight you are
using.
-- 

Gordon Cross          UUCP:     uunet!ingr!infonode!crossgl   "all opinions are
111 Westminister Way  INTERNET: crossgl@infonode.ingr.com    mine and not those
Madison, AL 35758     MA BELL:  (205) 730-7842               of my employer."
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: cjdcosta@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER J DCOSTA)
Subject: Re: Math Quiz-tion
Originator: cjdcosta@zepplin.ece.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: cjdcosta@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER J DCOSTA)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 03:24:15 GMT


I wrote:
> >But given any arbitrary integer, is it
> >always possible to find two other integers, 
> >so that the three can be related in the
> >same way that (3,4,5) and (5,12,13) and 
> >several other numbers are related ?

Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca replied:
>the solution is as follows:
>
>If i (the arbitrary integer) is even, then:
>
>
>     j  =  (i^2)/4  -  1    and    k  =  (i^2)/4  +  1
>
>eg. if i = 14; j = 48 and k = 50.
> 
>If i (the arbitrary integer) is odd, then:
>
>     j  =  (i^2  -  1)/2    and    k  =  (i^2  +  1)/2
>
>eg. if i = 17; j = 144 and k = 145.


and (I think) Dave Aronson concurred:

>Yes.  For an odd one, use half the numbers on either side of its square.  For
>an
>even one, use double the numbers that you would for half of it.


.....And I thought I was the only one. :-(  I sort of "discovered" this
result (Sundar's version) a few years ago. Please tell me this isn't some
common corollary from a primary school textbook?
From: drichter@owlnet.rice.edu (David Richter)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: Problematic smurfs!
Date: 8 Sep 92 16:39:10 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rice University

In article <79009@ut-emx.uucp> alexpace@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Alex L. Pace) writes:
>
>In article <15117@claris.com> mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep01.152304.11249@bnr.ca>, radams@BNR.CA (Rodney Adams) writes:
>>
>>>  It is with three individuals each wearing one of five hats - three
>>>  brown, two black.  They are standing in a line and can only see
>>>  those in front of them.  The last in line can see the color of
>>>  the hats of the two in front of him.  The second in line can see
>>>  only the one in front of him, and the first in line can't see
>>>  anyone's hat.  They can't talk or leave until they are certain what
>>>  color hat they have on.  After a long time the person first in
>>>  line leaves.  What color hat does he have on?
>>
>>The third guy doesn't see two black hats; otherwise, he would leave.  If the
>>second guy saw a black hat, he'd know that he had a brown hat (because the
>>third guy would have left), and he'd leave.  So, the first guy knows that he
>>has a brown hat, and leaves.
>
>HOW CAN THE SECOND GUY SEE A BLACK HAT ON THE HEAD OF THE 1ST WHEN THE
>FIRST IS ACTUALLY WEARING A BROWN ONE?
>
>What if the thrid guy sees two brown hats and does not leave because his
>may be either brown or black.  The second guy also sees a brown hat and
>knows that third guy didnt leave.  As far as he knows, there are 2 reasons
>that the 3rd guy didnt leave: 
>      A - Both the 1st and 2nd hats are brown (as is the case)
>      B - The first guy has a brown hat and the 2nd has a black hat,
>          this would also lead to uncertainty on the part of the 3rd.
>So, the 2nd guy doesnt leave.  The first guy doesnt leave either.
>
>Alex

If B is brown and K is black, then

if KK? then it must be KKB, so third would leave

if KB?, BK?, or BB?, third doesn't leave

Since the third doesn't leave, the arrangement must be KB, BK, or BB.

If the the situation is K?, then the second person knows it must be KB (there is no
other possibility), and s-/he would leave.

Since neither the second person nor the third person leave, the first person must be
wearing a brown hat.
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: skh4161@mvs.draper.com (Kjeld Hvatum)
Subject: Re: Re: A question of conscience? (Was: Why does a person join mensa?)
Organization: Draper Laboratory
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 23:26:00 GMT


>From: Richard H Schwartz <rhs@world.std.com>
>Message-ID: <Bsw4BG.AM2@world.std.com>
>
>SSR48327@VAX1.UTULSA.EDU (Syed Shibli) writes:
>
>>  I'm interested to know how much of an influence such standardized
>>  scores will have on your chances of getting employment.
>...
>>                     When do such scores come in during the interview
>>  session or as job applications are being screened by the recruiters?
>>  Will it make a hell of a lot of difference, if at all?
>
>It's pretty unlikely to come up *in* the interview.  Your resume's job
>is not to tell your interviewer the things you will cover in the interview.
>Your resume's job is to get you the interview, and good scores may do that.
>But you never know... they may have just the opposite effect if the
>employer is trying to avoid hiring over-qualified people.

In fact, I've seen a table in some kind of personnel manual listing
maximum recommended IQ's for a number of job categories.  It would
render many Mensa members unemployable.

>The only time I remember being *asked* my scores in an interview (a
>phone screen, actually) was when I interviewed with a high-tech Wall
>Street firm called D. E. Shaw & Co.  This was a case where I didn't have
>them on my resume, and they wanted them.  They use them to help decide
>who gets to the next step of their hiring process.

If they asked for SAT scores, it was illegal.
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: Poster of "other hi-IQ groups", please repost.
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:29:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: claris.15150

In article <1992Sep10.132020.7775@ryn.mro4.dec.com>, shapiro@trade.enet.dec.com (Steve Shapiro) writes:
> 
> 
> In article <1992Sep9.153145.16658@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>,
> mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas) writes...
> 
> >Hmmm....sounds pretty shakey to me.  I mean, how do *we* know that you are
> >you? 
> 
> Well, when I awoke this morning I looked in the mirror and there I was. 
> 
> If you would like to do the same, feel free to drop by. 8-)

We're on to you, Steve.  You're simply trying to get free diaper changers.
You can't Tom-Sawyer us that easily--we're inteligunt.
From: shapiro@trade.enet.dec.com (Steve Shapiro)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: An even SHORTER Puzzle
Date: 10 Sep 92 19:26:51 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Marlboro, MA
Organisation: SKS Computer Consulting, Inc.


In article <1992Sep10.140204.2437@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>, kaufman@gmuvax2.gmu.edu
(Ken Kaufman) writes...

>In fact, if we credit the butts as possibilities for future recursive
>recycling, we can easily sum the infinite series (6 + 1 + 1/6 + 1/36 + ...)
>and see that his supply of 36 butts can ultimately supply him with
>precisely 7.2 smokes.

Nope, .2 is not reasonable. First it is not an infinite series as a cigarette
butt has a physical limitation. If a butt is 1/6 of a cigarette, there is NO
WAY it can approach a limit which achieves 1/5. This would imply physical
characteristics which do not exist.

Also, your implied assertion is that a single butt is a smokable entity. Well,
with a filter or a holder it would be, otherwise one would have to have very
tough lips. However, filters and holders were not a part of the original
problem.

As an aside, consider this:

What if he lights subsequent cigarettes with the butts of the current
cigarette? Would that be considered a SINGLE (albeit somewhat lengthy) smoke?

But I digress... 8-)

Regards,
Steve.

/*********************************************************************
*                               *                                    *
* Steve Shapiro                 * All views and opinions expressed   *
* SKS Computer Consulting, Inc. * are my own and do not neccessarily *
* Specializing in: HP/SUN/UNIX  * reflect those of my clients,       *
* DEC/VAX/VMS/ULTRIX, IBM PC    * employers, employees, children,    *
* C, FORTRAN, PASCAL, PL/1      * parents, spouse or even myself!    *
*                               *                                    *
**********************************************************************
* The Contract Professional BBS, North Reading, MA                   *
* FidoNet 1:101/440 (508) 664-6354                                   *
* Steve.Shapiro@f440.n101.z1.fidonet.org                             *
*********************************************************************/
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca
Subject: Re: Math Quiz-tion
Organization: Civil Engineering, Univ of BC
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:00:29 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.063554.15825@ncsu.edu> cjdcosta@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER
J DCOSTA) writes:
>
>We all know the relationships 
>
>    2       2       2
>   3   +   4   =   5
>
>similarly,
>
>    2        2      2
>   5   +   12  =  13
>
>etc.
>
>But given any arbitrary integer, is it
>always possible to find two other integers, 
>so that the three can be related in the
>same way that (3,4,5) and (5,12,13) and 
>several other numbers are related ?
>
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>|   Christopher J. D'Costa           cjdcosta@eos.ncsu.edu |
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
If the relationship is given by the general form:

     i^2  +  j^2  =  k^2

the solution is as follows:

If i (the arbitrary integer) is even, then:

     j  =  (i^2)/4  -  1    and    k  =  (i^2)/4  +  1

eg. if i = 14; j = 48 and k = 50.
  
If i (the arbitrary integer) is odd, then:

     j  =  (i^2  -  1)/2    and    k  =  (i^2  +  1)/2

eg. if i = 17; j = 144 and k = 145.

Sundar Prasad
Ocean Engineering
UBC, Vancouver
From: ta-vg11@muddnext21.cc.columbia.edu (Vikas Gupta)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: 4 triangles of equal size out of 6 straws of equal length.
Date: 11 Sep 92 17:35:48 GMT
Organization: Columbia University

In article <39@genco.bungi.com> rad@genco.bungi.com (Bob Daniel) writes:
> 
> 
> Last time I was at a bar in San Francisco, I was playing straw games  
with
> the bartender.  She had one that took me about 10 minutes to solve (with  
a
> couple beers in me :-).  She has tried it on atleast 100 people and said
> that only one person other than myself has gotten it.  Judging from the
> patrons of the bar, I didn't get the feeling that many there would give
> it much effort.  Nevertheless, it might make a great addition to
> Mensan testing.
> 
> With 6 straws of equal length, make 4 triangles of equal size (in area).
> 
> 
> Hint:  It would be difficult to represent the solution graphically in
> an ascii reply.  It can be easily explained, however.
> 
> Bob Daniel
> rad@genco.bungi.com




HINT: ITS a 3D problem :) :) :) :) :) :)



VIKAS
> 
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: ecsd@tfs.com (Eric C. S. Dynamic)
Subject: Re: Admission Requirements - please help
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 12:02:51 GMT

You seem to know of "hella lot more groups than I heard of".
So, how do I join all of them (what are their addresses?)
Feel free to say "look 'em up yourself."

Thanks, either way.
-ecsd
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: skh4161@mvs.draper.com (Kjeld Hvatum)
Subject: Re: Since we are on the topic of puzzles ...
Organization: Draper Laboratory
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:45:00 GMT


>Given a simple balance scale, what is the minimum number of weights needed to
>accurately measure an unknown weight between 1 and 100 pounds to within 1
>pound.  To complete this puzzle, list the poundages of each weight you are
>using.

Though these puzzles seem appropriate to this newsgroup, anyone wanting
a supply of good puzzles and informed discussions can find them in
rec.puzzles.  Or maybe it's just fun to see how how Mensa members
(supposedly) fare?  The above puzzle has been widely published, as have
many of the other puzzles previously posted in rec.org.mensa.
From: news@athena.mit.edu (News system)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Mensa in Boston/Cambridge
Date: 6 Sep 92 16:56:08 GMT
Distribution: rec.org.mensa
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	I am inquiring about the Mensa community in the Boston area.  I'm an
	So can anyone point out some advantages of renewing my membership?
								-Stan

This article was probably generated by a buggy news reader.
From: clong@remus.rutgers.edu (Chris Long)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: TOPS Meeting
Date: 5 Sep 92 08:46:05 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


There is apparently a TOPS gathering on Saturday, September 26, in
Manhattan.  I'm tempted to go just to meet Ronald Hoeflin.  Is anyone
else considering going?
-- 
Chris Long, 265 Old York Rd., Bridgewater, NJ  08807-2618

"In a study of schoolboys, an educator discovered a correlation between size
 of feet and quality of handwriting.  The boys with the larger feet were,
 on the average, older."        Wallis & Roberts, _The Nature of Statistics_
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Subject: Re: WARNING! (Re: Since we are on the topic of puzzles ...)
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 17:20:30 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.165135.18385@bnr.ca> "Rodney Adams" <RADAMS@BNR.CA> writes:
>In article <1992Sep10.132344.5693@infonode.ingr.com>, crossgl@infonode.ingr.com (Gordon Cross) writes:
>|> 
>|> Given a simple balance scale, what is the minimum number of weights needed to
>|> accurately measure an unknown weight between 1 and 100 pounds to within 1
>|> pound.  To complete this puzzle, list the poundages of each weight you are
>|> using.
>|> -- 
>|> 
>|> Gordon Cross          UUCP:     uunet!ingr!infonode!crossgl   "all opinions are
>|> 111 Westminister Way  INTERNET: crossgl@infonode.ingr.com    mine and not those
>|> Madison, AL 35758     MA BELL:  (205) 730-7842               of my employer."
>
>DO NOT POST THE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM!!!!!  This problem is found on 
>the self-administered Mega Test, for which one can use references BUT
>NOT CONSULT OTHER PEOPLE.
>
>If Gordon can prove that he has taken the Mega Test (perhaps by sending
>a copy of the score report via snail mail) then perhaps someone could e-mail
>the answer, since the test can only be taken once.  However, please do 
>not sacrifice the legitimacy of the Mega Test (or others like it) by 
>making public any of the answers.  

So, what's the Mega Test like, how long is it, how do you get it, etc.?

GMS
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: jlc5f@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Jean L. Cooper)
Subject: Re: Post a mini-faq more often??
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:19:57 GMT

There are no college groups as such, since they
are simply part of the local group.  Some local
groups make a point of encouraging college groups,
but most do not.  Probably because few of the
college age people who are qualified actually join.
--
Jean L. Cooper    (BITNET: JLC5F@virginia.edu   CIS: 70253,1114)
"The true University of these days is a Collection of Books." 
                                           --Carlyle                        
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa