After a bar fight some 10 years ago that left him with some teeth knocked out, Avery found himself in the dentist's office. I mailed it in, and then I was invited to Washington for formal testing. That generally means a score of 132 or higher. Some folks might think that means you're Ivy League elite. Their ranks include actress Geena Davis, former cruiserweight boxing champion Bobby Czyz and Playboy Playmate Julie Peterson.
Some members are truly wonders.
One of international Mensa's youngest members is supertoddler Raeed Khandaker, who, at age 2, could reel off the alphabet in English, Arabic and Bengali. But others seem to need the Mensa seal of approval at any cost. One full-fledged member took the test 27 times, proving Thomas Edison's axiom that genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. Men compose two-thirds of Mensa's American membership. But after the event, they wanted to stage another picture.