(NAPSA)—TIf you pride yourself on your intelligence and reasoning ability, then check out these puzzles of logic (answers below): 1. When Al and George ran a 100-meter race, Al won by five meters. So to give George a chance, they raced again, but this time Al started five meters behind the starting line. Each man ran the race at the same speed as in the first race. What were the results of the second race? a. Al won; b. George won; c. It wasa tie. 2. A contractor estimated that one of his two bricklayers would take nine hours to build a certain wall and the other 10 hours. Whenthe two bricklayers worked together, however, 10 fewer bricks got laid per hour. With both men working on the job, it took exactly five hours to build the wall. How manybricks did it contain? a. 680; b. 860; c. 900; d. 1024. These questions are just two of the many posted on various free qualifying exams for membership in the International High IQ Society. The tests, which are posted on the Society’s Web site, are linked to an automatic online signup— for people who score a 126 or higher, or in the top five percent of the population. Rather than putting onelitist airs, the Society is looking for “everyday geniuses”: smart people from all walks of life. The Society is the second-largest organization A popular Website lets people test their |Q—and join a society for like-minded people. of its kind in the world, with mem- bers in more than 65 countries. “I wanted to harness the power of the Internet to bring together people from all over the world and let them interact in our virtual community,” explains Nathan Haselbauer, president and founder of the Society. The Society’s Web site now includes seven professionally designed IQ tests—to date, they’ve been taken by more than a million people. To become a member, simply visit the site and take one the seven free IQ tests. If you score high enough, you have an opportunity to join. To learn more, or to take any of the IQ tests, visit the Web site at www.highiqsociety.org. “SYLIq 006 AP] p[nom Aay‘sanoy eay IAQ “INoY Jod syotIq (OT - (OG/XGT)) JO OFeI OYA Ye YOM plnom Avy“oyyoS0} YIOM 0} 1M Aayy JI “Inoy sod syouq OT/X Jo oyer oyy ye SsysJom ZH JoABTWIIG “[[ea oy UT syorIq Jo 10q -WWNU [e407 oY} SUIOg X YY‘Moy sod syorsq G/X Jo oyeI oY] Ye SYOIIq SALT [# JoAVTOLIG 9 Z “UIA 0] OWT] Ysnoue ysnl [yY SUIAIS—ooueysIp Jesu] qusoiod 9%'g & sey ‘SdoJoW NOT SuruUNs Ur ‘puey Joyo oYy UO ‘as1004) “oOUeYSIP UI osvorOUT quooiod OA B ST 41 ‘StoJoU GOT SUNI UOYy [VY USM “‘OOT UNI 04 [Y 40} soop yI SB SssoyoU GE UNA 0} OWUTY JO JUNOWY oUTES OYY VSIOL) SOYey JI ‘dow YSATJ OYY JO S}[NSeI oYY UO poseg “eB "T SIOMSTIY
