(IQ tests)
1. Word Chain Words
Join these twelve words into a chain. Pick one word to start. The word that follows will do one of the following:
a. rhyme with it, b. have the same meaning, c. be an anagram of it, or d. have one different letter. Work forward and backward to complete the chain. The first and last words will not connect. For example, the following is a chain: State, Great, Large, Lager, Later.
Tread Broad Cheat Brain
Neath Thane Trade Treat
Flock Braid Brood Fraud
Flock, __________, broad, fraud, ______, _______, tread, ______,__________, _________, _________, neath
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2. Center Word
Find a 3-letter word that completes all three words on the left-hand side and the prefixes all three words on the right-hand side.
ROT_ _ _ _ _ _ ANT
BAT_ _ _ ? ? ? _ _ _ DON
FAT _ _ _ _ _ _ ON
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3. Identify these to words:
**MONA**
**LISA**
Each * represents a missing letter. Both words rhyme.
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4. Complete the following palindrome. Each * represents a missing letter.
***** LET* ***** S** **RON'* ******M
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5. Syllogism Test
Which of the following five statements are true?
a. It is not the case that two consecutive sentences are both false.
b. There are fewer false than true statements.
c. It is not the case that three consecutive sentences are all false.
d. It is not the case that two consecutive sentences are both true.
e. There are exactly three false sentences.
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6. What four-letter word can precede all of the following words to make new words? Two words will be compound words and one word will be an adjective to describe time such as a ______ day, month, year, etc.
_______REAL _______ARM ________LINE
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7. Which two word below are opposite in meaning?
corrupt, vigilant, complete, unsave, remiss, torpid
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8. cleaver : cut : : _______ : _________
a. mortise : saw b. auger : mallet c. chisel : tool
d. gimlet : drill e. file : hammer
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9. What number should logically replace the question mark?
Hint: Think about ratios and preceding numbers.
0.37, 0.37, 0.74, 2.22, ?
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10. Which is the odd one out?
pharos, taipan, watchtower, lighthouse, beacon
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11. What six-letter creature can be put in the blanks to make three-letter words reading down?
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