01. Which is the odd one out?

























02. Which two of these words are closest in meaning?

crave, assay, impute, examine, appoint, adhere



03. Which is the odd one out?

annihilate, subdue, rout, crush, pulverize



04 Which is the missing section?























5. The clues seed/smile lead to two words (5,4) that differ only by the omission of a single letter: grain/grin. Which two words (5,4) that differ only by the omission of a single letter do the clues beat with/disappoint lead to?






6. A man is playing roulette and starts with a modest value of chips. In the first 10 minutes he gets lucky and doubles the value of chips he starts with, but in the second 10 minutes he loses £20.00 in chips. In the third 10 minutes he again doubles the value of chips he has left but then quickly loses another £20.00. He then gets lucky again and doubles the value of chips he has left, after which he hits another losing streak and loses another £20.00. He then has no chips left. What was the value of chips he started out with?



7. If 9L of a C is nine lives of a cat, can you decode the following phrase?

1 GTDA


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9. Presto is to fast as forte is to: loud, smooth, majestically, rigorously, slow




10. What number should replace the question mark?




















11. Which of the following is not an anagram of a word beginning with the letter A?

MEAN BILBAO

LAP DANCES

NAME A CLUB

FAIL TRICIA


12. What number should replace the question mark?




















13.What comes next?




















14. Which two of the following words are most opposite in meaning?

aversion, vitality, potency, inertia, propriety, mercy


15. What number should replace the question mark?

100, 99.5, 98, 95.5, 92, 87.5, ?

16. The following clue leads to what pair of rhyming words?

like the wind from one side to the other


17. What number is two places away from itself plus 2, three places away from itself multiplied by 2, four places away from itself divided by 2, and three places away from itself less 2?


















18. Which word, when placed in the brackets, will complete the word on the left and start the word on the right?



SL ( – – – ) HER


19. Insert the numbers 1 to 6 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:










































20. Change the position of four of the words in the sentence below so that it then makes complete sense.

In order to view others sympathetically we need to have aspirations with them, their character, perceive and points of empathy.

21. What is pelota?

a) a ball game
b) a fancy bow
c) a dish of prawns
d) a mild breeze

22. Which anagram is not a type of insect?

TEBLEE
AGLEBE
FLYDOG
DIPRES
WRIEAG


23. Rearrange the 12 letters below to spell out two breeds ofdog (six letters each):

ABBEIO ORSSTZ


24. Which is the missing box?







































25. What number should replace the question mark?





















26. Place the three-letter bits into the correct order to reveal a quotation by Tacitus (55–117 AD).

tur tea lib als giv yis yna ent nim enb ert omu eev


27. Which number is the odd one out?

2772
3663
2970
4275
5841
3564


28. What is rugose?

a) wrinkled
b) reddish
c) disguise
d) disagreeable

29. Which two of these words are most similar in meaning?

fallacious, abject, pestilential, baneful, mendacious, noteworthy


30. Find a word (10) in this diagram. Letters are traced across the circle by chords. If the next letter is four letters or less away it will be found by tracing around the circumference.

Clue: watch out for splinters in your feet.































31. Which two pieces below can be fitted together to form a perfect square?


























32. Which is the longest word in the English language that can be produced from the 10 letters below? No letter can be used more than once.


H U T L K E M F A N


33. What number should replace the question mark?

















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35. What is the opposite of intractable?

a) tameable
b) misdeed
c) baleful
d) vindictive

36. Simplify:









37. Fill in the missing letters to produce the name of a colour:

– – – AMAR – – –


38. Which is the opposite of plethora?

a) scarcity
b) satisfy
c) surfeit
d) copious


39. Which number is the odd one out?

















40. Fill in the missing letters to produce the name of a sporting activity:


– – – OBAT – – –