Popular Science Australia - 01.04.2018

PROJECT MERCURY (CONT’D FROM PAGE 43)

ANALOGIES MENSA

6

1946–2018

INSTRUCTIONS relationships

between concepts.

Its broad-ranging

vocabulary might

present problems

for those not

equally versed in,

say, grammar and

chemistry. Though

they’re an imper-

fect marker of

inherent intelli-

gence, the analo-

gies are a mainstay

of tests that value

both logical

reasoning and

broad knowledge—

like grad-school

admissions exams.

In the analogies
below, one colon
(:) means “is to,”
and a double colon
(::) means “as.”
Using this logic,
select the word
from the choices
provided that
best completes
each analogy.
What it tests:
This challenge
checks a person’s
analytical
thinking by
identifying their
ability to parse

NASA Project Mercury

1.B 2.C 3.C 4.C 5.D 6.C

ANSWERS

16.D17.F18.D19.C20.D21.D22.A

23.B24.B25.A 26.B27.C

7. B 8. D 9. A


8. E 11. E 12. A
   13. D 14. C 15. B

[QUESTION 19]
Metabolism : (A. Engine B. Train C. Human
D. Anabolism) :: Combustion : Locomotive

[QUESTION 20]
Adolescence : (A. Asylum B. Youth
C. Orphanage D. High School) :: Infancy :
Nursery

[QUESTION 21]
Objective : Subjective :: Science :
(A. Physics B. Standard C. Genuine
D. Literature)

[QUESTION 22]
Chess : Golf :: (A. Pawn B. Game C. Mate
D. Ball) : Niblick

[QUESTION 23]
Parallelogram : Octagon :: (A. Four
B. Biped C. Eight D. Animal) : Quadruped

[QUESTION 24]
Antisepsis : Circulation :: Pasteur : (A.
Scientist B. Harvey C. Galen D. Smallpox)

[QUESTION 25]
Irrigate : Land :: Dessicate : (A. Fruit
B. Sabbath C. Truth D. Angles)

[QUESTION 26]
Amphibia : Tadpole :: Lepidoptera : (A.
Frogs B. Caterpillar C. Leopards D. Ants)

[QUESTION 27]
Achromatic : (A. Music B. Blue C. Grey
D. Complex) :: Chromatic : Red

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