11. L.The three words formed are PLAIN, and M A N L Y .
M U L C H ,
12. 993 times. There are 20 fives in the tens and ones places of one hundred numbers (10 in the ones place and 10 in the tens place). In each of the 500's, 1500's, and 2500's there are 100 more fives in the hundreds places. So from 1 to 3400 there are (34 x20) + (3 x 100) = 980 fives. And from 3400 to 3456 there are 13 more fives, for a total of 980 + 13 = 993 fives.
13. CONGRATULATIONS.The countries'first letters give the consonants. For the vowels,
Vip! = A Wip! = E (not used) Xip! = I Yip! = O Zip! = U 14. Add six F's to form these animals:
W O L F , G I R A F F E , B U F F A L O , F E R R E T 15. 12. The two numbers in the left column have the
same product as the two numbers in the right
T e s t 5
1. Some years look the same right-side-up as upside- down. Find an example of such a year in the 19th century.
2. Which of A, B, or C belongs in the empty box?
V V p - n p
'•'v^ 1
A B C
3. Think of three words meaning 'abandon' that also fit these definitions:
A. Purplish-red B Wasteland C. Piece of yarn
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4. Rhyme time! If the queen's long-eared hound is a R E G A L B E A G L E , then what would you call only one shiver of excitement?
5. W h i c h of the three choices, A, B, or C, goes with OCCUPATION so that it fits our matching scheme?
C L E V E L A N D & flat A S T R O P H Y S I C S & prize
L I F E L I N E S & cat A R C H I M E D E S & rang O C C U P A T I O N &
A. deck B. dock C. duck
6. On each line, two six-letter words are woven together in order from left to right. Can you figure out the two words in each case?
V I P O U R L E P T L E B S I U Z T Z L T E E R S W I N U T M E R M E R
7. 3F Y33 C3N F3G3R3 T H 3 S 33T, Y33 C3N 3GN3R3 V3W3LS!
8. Word Ladder: Can you change HATE to LOVE, one letter at a time, in four steps? You must have a word at each step.
H A T E
L O V E
9. Give the fifth and sixth in this familiar sequence:
ST ND RD TH
10. Fill in a letter to complete a six-letter word reading either clockwise or counterclockwise. What- is the word?
11. Think of a word for the first blank, and change one letter to form the word for the second blank.
What are the two words?
Picking and eating Golden apples made me with joy.
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12. Insert a five-letter fruit, one letter per square, across the third row of this grid so that five common four-letter words are formed reading down.
0 c T A L w H 1 T E
S W E P T
13. W h a t is the next term in this sequence?
Q1 P2 R6 N24 V 1 2 0
14. Match the items on the left with those on the right.
A. Personal automobile redone B. Demonstrator yellow C. Jokester carmine D. Show pain pungent E. Blusher shower
15. Fill in the two letters that rhyme.
Example: C R A N E T O U S T E P A S
in each pair to make words
T R A I N S C U W H I W A I
A n s w e r s f o r T e s t 5
1. 1881 2. A.
The pictures represent a sequence of four-letter words that overlap by two leeters. The sequence is Lima, mane, nest, star, arch, chin.
3. Maroon, desert, strand 4. S I N G L E TINGLE 5. A. deck.
The lowercase word is a definition for a word hidden in the uppercase word.The hidden words are LE VEL, TROPHY, FELINE, CHIMED, a n d PATIO.
6. VIOLET & P U R P L E BUTTER & SIZZLE S U M M E R & WINTER
7. IF YOU CAN F I G U R E THIS OUT YOU CAN IGNORE V O W E L S !
All of the vowels are replaced by 3's.
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8. HATE, HAVE, CAVE, C O V E , LOVE 'HATE, HAVE, RAVE, R O V E , LOVE 9. TH & TH.
This sequence consists of the last pair of letters in the words first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth.
1 0 . W R I T H E
11. Delicious, delirious 1 2 . LEMON.
T h e w o r d s f o r m e d are: O W L S , C H E W , TIME, ATOP, and LENT.
13. F 7 2 0 .
The letters move back and forth by powers of two:
- 1 +2 - 4 +8 -16.
The numbers multiply each time by a number one higher: x2 x3 x4 x5 x6.The letter 16 places before V is F. The number is calculated 120 x 6 = 720.
1 4 . E D A C B
E. Blusher = red one D. Show pain = yell 'ow!'
A. Personal automobile = car mine C. Jokester = pun gent
B. Demonstrator = show-er 1 5 . TOUGH & S C U F F
STEIN & WHINE P A S T E & W A I S T
T e s t 6
1. Every letter in this 5 x 5 word square has been replaced by the same number everywhere it appears.
Can you reconstruct the square with the help of the definitions? The definitions are not in the order of the words in the grid.
Floats, as through the air
Pert
Greek letter Runs
Hawaiian hello Skin blemishes Homeless dog Turning part Parties Warning
2. What single letter can be inserted into each of these words to form three new words?
R A I D S E A R C O O T 1 2 3 4 5
2 6 7 8 4
8 9 4 9 8
4 10 7 4 2
5 2 5 5 12
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3. What word is represented by these words?
see are why pea tea eye sea
4. What is the next number in this sequence?
5 6 10 17 27 40 56 75
5. The definitions in each row define three words. To get the next word, rearrange the last one with an F. For example: BALE/FABLE/BAFFLE
A. Take a chair, clenched hand, rigid
B. Uses a bat, move slightly, certain fractions C. Employs, angler, county officer
6. Each of the words below is misspelled. If the word is missing a letter or has an extra letter, write that letter in the blank. If a letter must be changed, write the correct letter in the blank. The letters in the blanks will form someone who needs good spelling.
mocasin violincello pavillion gutteral accomodate innoculate ideosyncrasy concensus
7. We've removed all of the letters in the word PROVERB anywhere they appear in a well-known four-word saying. The leftover letters are in the correct order. Can you reconstruct the wise words?
8. Rearrange the italicized word in this sentence to make a word that will fill in the blank.
Society matrons tossed their unsolicited manuscripts over the
9. Insert antonyms into the blanks to make two new
C T T G E
10. Match each seven-letter chunk in the first column with one in the second column so that you can remove a three-letter word from each to form a six-letter word row phrase, leaving an eight-letter word that's related. For example, BETE AVE and RABAGGE would go together to give TEABAG and B E V E R A G E .
L K F Y U L A
words.
I N F A I R L A J E T F F L O U O L D T D M E C H O T H V I P O T C T
A R O D N I C A B E D T E D U A L P I E S U S E T E N T A T H A T E D
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11. W h i c h of the following, under the correct circumstances, could be Bob's father's sister's sister- in-law? (Choose as many as may apply.)
(a) Bob's mother (b) Bob's wife (c) Bob's daughter
12. Each of the six letters stands for one of the numbers one through six, and no number stands for the same number as another letter. Using the three clues, can you deduce the number represented by each letter?
A B C
D E F
( B * B) + B = A A + C + E = 14
C, D, E, F are in decreasing order.
13. Match each picture in the top row with a picture in the bottom row by writing the corresponding letter in the blank.
A B C D
14. There are 360° in a circle. Through how many degrees does the minute hand of a clock turn in the time interval from 9:34 A.M. to 10:02 A.M.
on the same morning?