Toronto Mensa

Puzzles, Games and Brain Teasers

Puzzle 1

By changing the second letter of each word below, you can make another valid word. Can you change each word such that the second letters will reveal an eleven letter word when read downwards. Therefore, what now reads VOKAHLIUPPW will be a real word.

OVAL
POST
SKIN
MALT
WHEN
SLAB
MISS
FUND
APED
SPED
SWAY

Puzzle 2

Which of the following statements is true?

1. None of these statements is true.
2. One of these statements is true.
3. Two of these statements are true.
4. Three of these statements are true.
5. Four of these statements are true.
6. Five of these statements are true.
7. Six of these statements are true.

Puzzle 3

The BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel. In order to open the safe you have to press every single button once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the button marked E. Each button clearly states which button to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 buttons and 3R means move right 3 buttons. Can you determine which button you must start with?

2R

1D

2D

2L

1L

1L

1L

1U

2R

2L

2D

1D

1R

2D

3R

5R

2D

2L

1R

1U

4D

2D

1R

2R

3L

2U

2D

1D

2U

1U

2D

1D

1L

1U

2L

6R

1U

4U

E

1D

3L

2L

2U

1U

2L

2L

1R

2L

6U