1#
What one three-letter word can be added in the blanks below to make a new word in each case?
ST___
THR___
SK___
W___
P___
2#
A three-word phrase, below, has had each word’s initial letter removed.
What is the phrase?
OATCHN
3#
What number should replace the question mark in this series?
13 44 88 176 847 ?
4#
A man returned from his greenhouse with a small basket of cherries.
To his first friend he gave half his cherries, plus half a pair of cherries, to his second he gave half of what he had left, plus a half a pair of cherries, and to the third he gave half of what he had left, plus half a pair of cherries.
This meant he had no cherries left. How many did he start with?
5#
A simple substitution code has been used to conceal a “quote.” Work out the code to decipher the original words.
Henry Ford:
J SFBMMZ EPOU UIJOL QFPQMF
XJMM FWFS MPWF DBST UIF
XBZ UIFZ MPWF UIFJS IPSTFT.
6#
The letters of each word below can be rearranged to form two separate words that are synonymous with each other. For example, ADELPHI can be shuffled to yield the words AID and HELP. Can you solve these?
a. SHOUTS
b. PARTIER
c. IRELAND
d. TROLLING
f. CUTICLES
g. DETAINED
h. MARTINET
i. CONSORTED
j. RESISTANCE
7#
What is the length in feet of the side of a cube when the surface area equals the cubical contents?
8#
If a “poet refused entry” is a “barred bard,” what sound-alike pairs fit these definitions?
a. Outlandish church sale
b. More audacious rock
c. Superior gambler
d. Added charge on fasteners
e. Oracle’s net income
f. Righteous through and through
g. Underground merchant
h. Unemployed object of worship
i. Yawning corporate directors
j. Didn’t get rambunctious
k. Unpleasant pheasant
l. Man shaving
