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1. At a recent small town election for mayor a total of 963 votes
were cast for the four candidates, the winner exceeding his opponents
by 53, 79, and 105 votes, respectively. How many votes were cast for each
candidate?
2. Which of the following is not an anagram of a type of building?
AIM DUST, RAY BIRL, AIM DRAG, OIL PATHS, or VIOLA PIN
3. SILLY TREES is an anagram of what 10-letter word?
4. What two words that sound alike but are spelled differently mean MILITARY
and ORGANISE?
5.
586 : 46
374 : 25
Which numbers below have the same relationship to one another as the numbers
above?
A. 246 : 48 B. 319 : 13 C. 642 : 20 D. 913 : 28 E. 832 : 26
6. Rearrange the letters in the words below to spell out three colours.
LOW ON BEANBURGER
7. Which two words below are opposite in meaning?
MAGICAL, DISMAL, SAGACIOUS, FOOLISH, PONDEROUS, GENEROUS
8. Insert the letters below left into the blank spaces to create two words
that are synonyms.
ECLLMNNRTU
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9. SENATE, PANAMA, DOSAGE, CURATE, BEFORE
Which word below logically belongs with the words above?
SIERRA, VOLUME, WAITER, SICKLE, RHYTHM
10. Insert the letters below left into the blank spaces to create two
words that are antonyms.
BBEFLORSUX
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About the compiler, Philip Carter:
His first book Take the IQ Challenge was published in 1986 and he has
since published over 100 titles both for adults and children, most of
these in co-authorship with Ken Russell. He is also the author of several
talking books of trivia and a CD-ROM, Brainstorm.
In 1993 in a unique international collaboration he joined forces with
a Dutch Author Marcel Feenstra and an Australian author Christopher P.
Harding to produce The Ultimate IQ Book which was followed by a sequel
The Ultimate IQ Challenge in 1994.
His books have been translated into several languages including Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, Russian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian and
Rumanian.
Some years ago he was the main contributor of puzzles for the BBC2 quiz
show All in the Mind.
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