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(16 customer reviews) 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A Lovely Addition to my Morning Ritual,
March 17, 2011 Matthew Boehm (McLean, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Calendar 2011 (Calendar)
As a fan of puzzles, being presented with one every morning helps to get my brain working and start my day on a positive note.
I personally would prefer if there were more puzzles involving logic and less word puzzles, but the word-based puzzles are still fun for the most part.
Here's a rough breakdown of the categories of puzzles I've gotten so far. Numbers may be off by a few, but it should give a basic idea:
9 Logic / Critical Thinking: In most of these, you're given a set of elements and series of rules and have to find an arrangement of the elements that satisfy the rules.
40 Word-Based: These puzzles take many forms, but usually involve filling in the blanks, rearranging letters, or placing letters in a grid to form words.
11 Trivia: These puzzles require knowledge of trivia to solve, but may also be word-based. They usually involve crossword-style clues, but may involve rearranging scrambled words or ensuring that all...Read more
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Too many word and letter puzzles,
August 12, 2011 Stuart C. Brown "Stu Brown" (Midwest USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Calendar 2011 (Calendar)
I have been getting these Mensa calenders for the past 10-11 years for xmas. I used to really like them, and enjoyed the mental challenges presented, BUT the more recent calenders, specifically 2010 and now 2011 do not have enough math, number, logic puzzles. Way too many are letter and word puzzles. As an Engineer, not an English teacher, I resent this.
Noticing letter arrangements in words, or unscrambling anagrams is not necessarily a mark of intelligence. Solving mysteries is, formulating a few equations to solve the puzzle is, etc. Vocabulary puzzles and some trivia puzzles are good. But thinking through the givens, leading to a conclusion, is a better mark of intelligence.
I do, however, like the crossword puzzle types.
I have taken the Mensa test and have done fairly well. Staring at words proves nothing.
I know they changed writers for the past few years - I wish they would change back for 2012. Probably too late now...Read more
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Hubbie's Favorite,
December 14, 2010 LFPV (Macungie, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Calendar 2011 (Calendar)
I buy this as a gift for my husband every Christmas. He absolutely loves this calendar. He thoroughly enjoys all the 'brain' puzzles. It nice that you can give someone a gift that lasts the whole year through. And of course it is always so easy to purchase from Amazon - timely service every time. Thank You Amazon - continue to do what you do!!!
