by

Penelope Salinger
The!Mensa!Treasure!Hunt,!a!team!puzzle"solving!event!dating! back!to!at!least!the!1980s,!has!been!a!favorite!event!at!the! Asilomar!gatherings!and!at!several!Regional!Gatherings.!Below! are!the!clues!contributed!by!me!to!the!Treasure!Hunt!held!at!the! 2011!Annual!Gathering!(copyright!2011!Penelope!Salinger).! Next!month,!Channel!M!will!give!the!answers!to!these!puzzles! and!print!the!clues!contributed!by!Art!Mattson!to!the!2011!AG.! Also,!the!names!of!all!who!submit!correct!answers!will!be! printed!in!the!next!issue. (Note:!When!solved,!each!clue!is!designed!to!name!an!item!that!must!be!brought!to!the!Huntmaster!in! the!shoebox!provided!to!each!team.!This!piece!of!information!will!narrow!down!your!quest! considerably.) 1. Pablo!excitedly!tells!the!clerk,!Those.!Yes,!thats!it! 2. A!dash!(or!two),!a!Canadian!question,!a!whizz. 3. Bonnet!:!Hood!::!Rubber!:!________ 4. A!yearly!national!event!held!by!Mensa!(abbrev.)!(dim.). 5. !!!!!!

Treasure Hunt

!!!!!!!!!!!! 6. 95%!see!you,!5%!sleepin.!(If!you!cant!find!the!real!thing!in!60!minutes,!bring!something! similar.) 7. A!mixed"up!fossil?!Not!I! 8. If!singular,!one!might!find!it!under!a!tree.!If!plural,!one!might!find!them!in!a!house!(especially! one!thats!haunted).!We!seek!the!plural.