Mensa problem solving #17!?

Question

These trains pass three American towns on their route. Can you find the missing town of Train E?

Train A - Albuquerque, Denver, Grand Island
Train B - Minneapolis, Portland, San Diego
Train C - Pueblo, Sacramento, Victoria
Train D - Buffalo, Evansville, Hannibal
Train E - Clearwater, _________, Indianapolis

Is the next town a) Baltimore b) Fresno c) Boston or d) Philadelphia?

Answer 1

b) Fresno. They seem to all be in alphabetical order.

Answer 2

Fresno



The key is to look at the first letter of each to the cities and find a pattern. In this problem, the first letter of the next city is always three letters after the previous city:



A) A b c D e f G

B) M n o P q r S

C) P q r S t u V

D) B c d E f g H

E) C d e F g h I



In order to keep this pattern, the missing city has to start with an F. When we look at the answer choices, the only city that starts with an F is Fresno.

Answer 3

Seriously....it's Fresno :-)



Each town name skips 2 letters of the alphabet ex. Albuquerque B, C, Denver, E, F, Grand Island. So Clearwater, D, E, Fresno, F, G, Indianapolis.



And I figgered it out all by my lonesome!

Answer 4

The puzzle has nothing to do with maps or geography but the alphabet. Each train goes to the cities in an alphabetical order. "Fresno" is the only choice with a starting letter between C and I

Answer 5

Fresno... all of the first letters of the cities' names are two letters apart.

Answer 6

B) Fresno



Though why anyone would want to go to Fresno... :~)

Answer 7

If you need to ask, why are you joining Mensa?