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1. While Bill was walking his dog, he met his mother-in-law's only daughter's husband's son.
    What relation was the person to Bill?
      (A) son   (B) son-in-law   (C) brother   (D) brother-in-law   (E) father

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2. What is the missing number in this series?
      1   3   9   ___   81   243

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3. Which of the following proverbs below best matches the meaning of
      "All that glitters is not gold."
        (a) Fine feathers make fine birds.
        (b) A fool and his money are soon parted.
        (c) You can't tell a book by its cover.
        (d) A penny saved is a penny earned.
        (e) There's a light at the end of every tunnel.

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4. I met my friend the test pilot, who had just completed an around-the-world flight by balloon.
      With the pilot was a little girl of about two.
      "What's her name?" I asked my friend, whom I hadn't seen in five years and
      who had married in that time.
      "Same as her mother," the pilot replied.
      "Hello Susan," I said to the girl.
      How did I know her name if I never saw the wedding announcement?
        (a) The pilot had emailed me his wife's name.
        (b) The little girl had a name tag on her dress.
        (c) The test pilot was a woman.
        (d) Most test pilots have wives named Susan.

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5. How many blocks are in this construction?
     

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6. Here are the scrambled letters of an everyday object.   Unscramble the word.
      R   R   R   R   F   G   I   A   E   T   E   O

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7. If Susan is 10, Arabella is 20, and Jim and Neal are both 5, but Richard is 10,
      how much is Jennifer by the same system?

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8. After paying all your holiday bills, you find you have just $9.60 in your pocket.
      You have equal numbers of quarters, dimes, and nickels, but no other coins.
      How many of each of those three coins do you have?

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9. "Which of the following words is least like the others?
      (a) house
      (b) palace
      (c) cave
      (d) mansion
      (e) stable
      (f) kennel

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10. How many 9's do you pass when you start at 1 and count up to 100?

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11. One four-letter word will fit on all three lines below to make new words
      with the word preceding and the word following.
      Example: IN [DOOR] STOP -- the word DOOR makes INDOOR and DOORSTOP.
      The same word must work for all three lines.
      What's the word?

        BACK   _ _ _ _   SOME
        FREE   _ _ _ _   MADE
        FORE   _ _ _ _   BAG

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12. Ann has the same number of sisters as she has brothers,
      but her brother Bill has twice as many sisters as he has brothers.
      How many boys and how many girls are in the family?

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How many girls?
How many boys?

13. What letter would logically come next in the following series?
      J,   F,   M,   A,   M,   J,   ___

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14. What is the tree that contains all the vowels, A E I O U (not in order)?

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15. The following is a common proverb in disguise.   Put it in its common form.
      "Those persons who reside in vitreous constructions are well advised to refrain from hurling heavy projectiles."
        (a) "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link."
        (b) "People who live in glass houses should not throw stones."
        (c) "A rolling stone gathers no moss."
        (d) "A house is not a home."
        (e) "That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
        (f) "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

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16. A folded triangle is shown below.
      Which of the lettered diagrams shows the triangle as it would look if unfolded?
     

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17. The spy was captured easily, and his message proved to be so simple that the lieutenant saw its importance immediately.
      Here it is.   What does it say?
      ALICE: TOM TOLD ANN CARTER KILLY AND TED, DAVID ATWOOD WAS NOT
      MOVING OUT NOW.   DAVID AWAITING YOU.

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18. All the vowels have been removed from the following remark, and the letters have been broken
      into groups of three.   Replace the missing vowels (one null letter at the end).
      FLS RSH NWH RNG LSF RTT RDX

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19. A certain rule has been followed in the numerical squares below.
      Figure out the rule and fill in the question mark with the correct number.
      (The rule applies vertically and horizontally).
     

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20. Which of the lettered designs best completes the sequence shown below?
     

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