Mensa. Issue 4. Detective Novice

Author: [UK] Robert Allen, Editor-in-Chief Translator: Yang Zhenhua
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: MENSA Detective Novice is an introductory test for those interested in intellectual reasoning or intelligence work. Its purpose is not to determine whether you can become a great detective, but to see if you have mastered some essential skills required for a detective, such as memory, insight, logical judgment, and adaptability, etc. You don’t have to become a detective, but if you possess these abilities, you will undoubtedly be in a more advantageous position in this era of ubiquitous competition.
What is MENSA? MENSA is the name of the world’s top intelligence club, founded in Oxford, UK in 1946 by lawyer Roland Berrill and scientist L. L. Thurstone. They intended to establish a society for the intelligent, where members’ high IQs would be recognized and continuously improved through challenging club activities, and where they could share their sense of achievement.
MENSA’s Influence Over more than half a century of development, MENSA has become the world’s best, largest, and most successful intelligence club. As a super club, it has over 100,000 members worldwide, spanning 100 countries. Branches are established in more than 40 countries across all continents except Antarctica.
Apart from high IQ, MENSA members can be said to have no other defining characteristics. The only way to join MENSA is to take the test and stand out—only two out of every hundred people who pass the MENSA test may be selected as official members.
MENSA Intelligence Tests In addition to providing an exciting intellectual exchange forum for its members, MENSA also publishes the most challenging intellectual questions contributed by its members, allowing others to share in the experience. Leveraging its reputation in the field of IQ testing, the MENSA series books are not only bestsellers in Europe and America but are also used as important reference standards by numerous government institutions and multinational companies worldwide.
The "MENSA Series Books" is a set of intellectual test books specially launched by the MENSA Club, with the hope that the publisher will introduce them to China for the first time, comprising a total of 25 books.