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Questions - 6

1.

Each square contains the letters of a nine-letter word. Find the two words that are

similar in meaning.












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2. 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, ?


What number should replace the question mark?



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3. Which four bits can be joined together to form two words that have opposite

meanings?

ant, ert, uce, ire, ill, and, red, tic, exp



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4.


When the above is folded to form a cube, which is the only one of the following that can be produced?










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5. Blanch is to boil as sauté is to: simmer, fry, soak, roast, garnish.


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6. In a game of eight players lasting for 70 minutes, six substitutes alternate with each player. This means that all players, including the substitutes, are on the pitch for the same length of time. For how long?



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7. If 2 = H are BTO is two heads are better than one, what is the meaning of 2 = S to ES?



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8. Which three of the four pieces below can be fitted together to form a perfect square?
















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9. Which is the odd one out?


Parabolic, lancet, abutment, trefoil, ogee.



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10.

Look at lines both across and down and work out which number should replace the question mark.










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11.

What letter is directly opposite the letter two places anticlockwise away from the letter directly opposite the letter H?












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12.


Which is the missing tile?














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13. Change one letter only in each of the words below to produce a familiar phrase: SO LID ON WANT



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14. Insert the numbers 1–5 in the circles so that for any particular circle the sum of the numbers in the circles connected directly to it equals the value corresponding to the number in that circle as given in the list.


Example:

1 = 14 (4 + 3 + 7)

3 = 5 (4 + 1)

4 = 4 (1 + 3)

7 = 1













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15.

Start at one of the four corner letters and spiral clockwise round the perimeter, finishing at the centre letter to spell out a nine-letter word. You must provide the missing letters.







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16.



Which circle should replace the question mark?




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17.











Find two eight-letter words reading clockwise in each circle. The words are

antonyms. You have to find the starting point of each word, and provide the

missing letter.



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18. Which of the following is not an anagram of a type of building?


Delta arch

Raiment

Cleats

The Arctic

A blowgun



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19. If five men can build a house in 16 days, how long will it take just two men to build the same house, assuming all men work at the same rate?



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40 days: five men take 5 × 16 = 80 man days to build the house. Two men will, therefore, take 40 days to build the house (80 ÷ 2).


 

20.



















Which circle should replace the question mark?









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