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#0 - Sept. 9, 2007, 10:07 p.m.
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1. What is the missing number: 1, 5, 6, 11, 17, _____

2. What is the missing figure: 3, 4, 8, 17, 33, _____

3. What is the missing figure: D, C, E, D, F, _____

4. Insert the missing letter to form 2 words (e.g. for FAR_IRROR, the answer would be "M" to form FARM and MIRROR") SLA_LOY

5. Which word is not like the others? Carrots Cucumber Celery Eggplant Cabbage

6. Which word does not fit the group? Bach Tevinsky Chopin Schubert Mozart

7. Without using a calculator, what is the sine of (pi/2)? (yes, in radians)

8. 87 kg of potatoes are distributed in two boxes. One box weighs 11 kg less than the other one. How many grams of potatoes does the lighter box contain?

9. Choose the most logical conclusion: During the Christmas period toy shops increase their sales:
-During winter children like playing at home
-Half the Christmas presents are toys
-At Christmas many toys are given as presents
-During winter more toys are produced
-Toys for adults are becoming more and more popular

10: If terrakin was a word, what would it most likely mean?
-A puppet, Alien, Sister Earth, Clay figure, Distant relatives

11 through 17: Capital letters represent entire words that begin with that letter. Write the word(s) in that correspond to each letter Numbers in parenthesis denote the number of the problem. (e.x. 7 D (1) in a W (2) should be answered as 1: Days, and 2: Weeks)
24 H (11) in a D (12)
54 C (13) in a D (14) with J (15)
12 P (16) in a P (17) (HINT: this is related to type-setting)

18: What phrase is represented here:
. _____

19: What phrase is represented here:
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#25 - Sept. 10, 2007, 8:21 p.m.
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1. 28
2. 58
3. E
4. P - "Slap" and "Ploy"
5. Eggplant
6. Tevinsky
7. (Math! Boo!)
8. 38kg
9. "At Christmas many toys are given as presents."
10. Sister Earth
11. Hours
12. Day
13. Cards
14. Deck
15. Jokers
16. Points
17. Pica
18. "Point blank."
19. Too old to change?

20. Degrees
21. Radian
#27 - Sept. 10, 2007, 8:28 p.m.
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Reading comprehension, ftw: 38000g