Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Are You a Brainiac?

Question: What relationship to you is your father's mother-in-law's only daughter's only child?

If you figured out the answer to this question with little hesitation, then you may be a candidate for Mensa - an organization for people with high intelligence. Five people from the Flint area
recently faced a battery of questions over precisely one hour and 12 minutes to see if they have what it takes to call themselves brainiacs, er, Mensa members.

Surprisingly, membership may not help you land that lucrative job you've been coveting. "I mentioned Mensa at a job application and someone said, 'What's Mensa?" said Flint attorney Lynn E. Taft in the Flint Journal.

Membership is exclusive though. There are only about 100,000 people worldwide who belong, so that may be motivation enough to take the test. Just think, if you pass, you could say you're one of the brightest with some authority, and it might help you win an argument or two with your spouse or significant other!

Oh, did you want the answer to the question at the beginning? Yourself.

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