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Brain Game: The Onset of Mensa
by Sandy - August 7, 2008 - 6:30 AM

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A few _floss readers have requested a Mensa-test-level challenge, so as a card-carrying member, I’m more than happy to oblige. This one, I think, is pretty darned difficult.

What’s the final letter in this sequence?

B, G, L, S, …?

HERE’S the answer.

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Comments (15)

  1. wow, i got it!

    posted by grant on 8-7-2008 at 7:39 am

  2. Wow I got it too… but not that way. B-G is 5, G-L is 5, L-S is 7, S-Z is 7. Hmmph! I guess it works.

    I love the Brain Game!

    posted by Miss Nae on 8-7-2008 at 8:16 am

  3. Miss Nae, thats how I got it too.
    Great minds think alike.

    posted by osse85 on 8-7-2008 at 8:47 am

  4. Sigh… once again reaffirming I have no chance at being a memeber of Mensa.

    posted by Marty on 8-7-2008 at 8:57 am

  5. Ka-Ching!

    Good start to the day!

    posted by D-Mac on 8-7-2008 at 9:42 am

  6. I got it by writing down every letter of the alphabet and counting the letters inbetween. I ended up with Z as well. (B & G have 4 letters in between, G & L four letters in between. L to S is 6 letters in between and S to Z is 6 letters in between).
    Keep ‘em comin, mensa man.

    posted by Jill on 8-7-2008 at 10:12 am

  7. Woah… I actually got it! And this is actual MENSA material… Sweet!

    Miss Nae: I actually stumbled upon that pattern (5, 5, 7, X) at first, too. I kept looking though because I didn’t think it looked like the sort of sequence that they would be looking for, so I didn’t look for the 7th letter past S. Amazing that the answer would still come out the same, so thanks for posting that!

    posted by LinuXtreme on 8-7-2008 at 10:28 am

  8. Is the Mensa test multiple choice? If so, I might want to sign up.

    I never did figure out the pattern, but I did say “Hmm, bet it’s Z.” Maybe the reason was buried in my subconscience.

    posted by catherine ann on 8-7-2008 at 11:44 am

  9. I originally thought Z, but then I thought E would make a better answer because I was thinking along a completely different path. I thought of what each number would look like if it was on an LED screen and the number would correspond to. B=8, G=6, L=7 (when rotated) and S=5. Z would correspond to 2, but then I realized that in the pattern of 8,6,7, and 5, 3 would be a logical choice because of Tommy Tutone’s song, 8657309/Jenny. I never once thought about the relationship between the consonants and the vowels…

    posted by Mortal Light on 8-7-2008 at 12:39 pm

  10. All I could think was that it is the disemvowelled version of “bagels”. I guess I was sort of on the right track.

    posted by red on 8-7-2008 at 3:12 pm

  11. hahaha, i thought about bagels too, red.
    that kills me.
    i only care about MENSA if they have bagels.

    posted by lindsey on 8-7-2008 at 5:39 pm

  12. I totally got that first try. Awesome Brain Game!

    posted by Kendall on 8-7-2008 at 11:03 pm

  13. I guessed X. The difference between B and L is 10 letters. The difference between G and S is 12. So I guessed that the distance between L and the next letter would be 14, making X. So close!

    posted by Josiah on 8-7-2008 at 11:51 pm

  14. I was going with the “bagels” idea too, which meant that to me the next letter was N. Because it’s always bagels *and* something else, and in the phrase “bagels and …” N would be the next consonant.

    Perhaps I should not take Brain Games prior to lunch?

    posted by Roolet on 8-8-2008 at 12:40 am

  15. The onset of Mensa. That’s one priceless phrase.

    posted by Miss Cellania on 8-11-2008 at 9:19 am

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