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.