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A country will have an Annual Gathering (AG) once a year. For instance, the American and Canadian AGs are usually held during the [[American Holidays|American Independence Day]] (July 4th) or Canada Day (July 1st) holiday weekends respectively. Sometimes World Gatherings are held, such as in 2006 to celebrate 60 years of Mensa - an estimated 2,500 members from over 30 countries attended.

 

 

What would you see if you went to a Mensa event? Well, keep in mind that at the forefront Mensa is a social organization. The main point is to spend time with other people with a like level of intelligence. What you find for the most part is people sitting around and talking, playing games, sharing jokes and doing other things normal people do. You’ll see all the sorts of people you would see at any social gathering. Probably not everyone you see will be a member, either. A Mensan's spouse and children are welcome at events, whether they themselves actually qualify or not.

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'': It’s revealed in the first season that Rodney is in Mensa, and Shepard qualified but decided not to join. Atlantis evidently has its own Mensa chapter. (Presumably informal, as it would probably violate security to inform the organization of an offworld group.)

* ''[[Las Vegas]]'': [[Brilliant but Lazy|Delinda]], who is a member of Mensa, but usually acts very flighty and has a short attention span. She used to be a psychology major, and can still reel off several concepts from the field at the drop of a hat, but quit because it was boring.

 

== [[Magazines]] ==

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

'''Lisa:''' [reading his shirt] "[[Dick and Jane|C:/DOS C:/DOS/RUN RUN/DOS/RUN]]". [laughs] [[Geek Reference Pool|Oh, only one person in a million would find that funny]].<br />

'''Professor Frink:''' Yes, we call that the "Dennis Miller Ratio." }}

 

== Famous people who are current or former members of Mensa: ==

* Leslie Charteris - Writer and author of ''[[The Saint]]'' novels

* Adrian Cronauer - the inspiration for ''[[Good Morning Vietnam]]''

* Antonella Gambotto-Burke - Australian author of ''The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide''

* Nolan Gould – American actor, ''[[Modern Family]]''

* Lucy Irvine - Author of the 1983 book ''Castaway'' ([[Title Confusion|Not related]] to 1997's movie ''[[Cast Away]]'')

* Myles Jeffrey – Actor in ''[[Early Edition]]''

* Erik Kuselias – [[ESPN]] radio and television personality

* Mell Lazarus – Cartoonist, creator of comic strips ''Miss Peach'' and ''Momma''

* Janet McDonald – Lawyer and author of African American young adult novels

* Michael Muhney – Actor in ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' and ''[[The Young and The Restless]]''

* Deborah Yates - Member of the Radio City Rockettes.

* [[Roger Zelazny]] – American writer

 

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