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Clueful 10 Contest

  • Apr 23, 2015

UPDATE: Congratulations to our winners! Winners were selected by random drawing and received a $10 Amazon gift card with which to purchase the mystery book of their choice.

Winners

7 & under: Abigail F., Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa
8—12: Michael L, Columbus Area Mensa
13–17: Alaina K., Orange County Mensa

Are you a closet sleuth? This contest celebrates detective stories and the authors who created them. Answer the ten questions, including solving a riddle, and submit your answers. Research is allowed! Winners will be drawn from the submissions with all ten answers correct.

Things you need to know

This contest is open to members of American Mensa under the age of 18. We have three divisions: 7 & under; 8–12; 13–17, and we will choose a winner from each category. Winners will receive $10 Amazon gift cards with which to purchase the mystery book of their choice.

Questions

  1. What was the English novelist Arthur Conan Doyle's profession?
  2. In The Mysterious Benedict Society, the ad in the paper was looking for gifted kids interested in what?
  3. What is the name and profession of Nancy Drew's father?
  4. Who won the money from Mr. Westing?
  5. Laura was the mother of which brother sleuthing duo?
  6. Blue M&Ms play a role in this book whose title could be called Running after a Dutch Master.
  7. Which author wrote: "And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may, in fact, be the first steps of a journey"?
  8. Leroy is the name of this young sleuth whose nickname has two words and who charges twenty-five cents (plus expenses) to solve crimes.
  9. In this novel, Claudia decides to run away and live in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. She never counted on getting caught up in a mystery.
  10. A grandfather is telling his grandson war stories.

Email your entries to GiftedYouth@americanmensa.org with "Clueful Contest" as the subject. The entry may not be an attachment — send your answers in the body of the email.

One entry per member. Entries must be received in our office by July 15th, 2015. All entries must identify the Young Mensan's full name and Mensa membership number. Entries may be published in Young Mensan Magazine. All entrants will receive a certificate of participation.