Mother of all memory tricks
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles – MVEMJSUN – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Addition
7. 58 + 15 + 26 + 90 =
8. 93 + 51 + 77 + 67 =
9. 82 + 43 + 85 + 16 = Subtraction
10. 990 - 93.9 =
11. 549 - 70.2 =
12. 629 - 87.3 = Division
13. 58.8 ÷ 6 =
14. 44.4 ÷ 4 =
15. 65.1 ÷ 7 =
MENSA CHALLENGE
Famine is to food as drought is to: a) weather b) drinking c) water
17. Add one letter to complete one word and start the other: BEL (...) APE
If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on, what is the total value of the word BOW?
HISTORY
In which city was the Bastille, a fortress, stormed by the people IS it just us or are children getting cleverer?
Now you can work that out for yourself thanks to new book Are You Smarter Than Your Kid?, inspired by TV show Child Genius.
Try these questions from the book
TALL ORDER Osman
in July 1789?
Which general became a dictator in Spain as a result of the Spanish Civil War?
21. Senegal gained independence from which country in 1960?
22. The Holy League established by Pope Julius II was set up against which country? Which independent candidate received 18.5% of the vote in the 1992 American election? on your own or enrol the whole family for a quiz – and nominate someone to be your own questionmaster like the Channel 4 programme’s Richard Osman. Though not every questioner has to be a 6ft 7in tall Cambridge graduate ....
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
24. From central Africa, which large bird lays the world’s biggest eggs?
What is the name of ocean wave caused by a sudden movement of the ocean floor which can often trigger an earthquake? What is the name a giant ❏
35. scichyp
Sensitive to parapsychological forces or influences.
36. ionerqusteian
A written or printed form used in gathering information on some subject or subjects.
37. honebapixo
A strong and unreasonable dislike or fear of people from other countries.
38. cedquinata
On terms of familiarity but not intimacy.
39. s t o p s h a mr o mi e
A complete change of physical form or substance
SUDDEN DEATH
35% of 300 =
Are You Smarter Than Your Kid?: The Child Genius Family Book, published by Quercus on October 18 in hardback at £14.99.