Test One: Questions 21-30

Work clockwise round the circles to spell out two eight-letter words that are
synonyms. Each word commences in a different circle, and you must find the
starting point of each. Every letter is used once each and all letters are
consecutive.
24. 10, 30, 32, 96, 98, 294, 296, ?, ?
What two numbers should replace the question marks?
25. able, rot, son, king
Which word below shares a common feature with all the words above?
line, sit, take, hope, night
26. Identify two words (one from each set of brackets) that have a connection
(analogy) with the words in capitals and relate to them in the same way.
SEA (wet, swimmer, ship)
SNOW (mountain, ice, skier)
27. Which word meaning LOCALITY becomes a word meaning TEMPO when a
letter is removed?
28. Alf has four times as many as Jim, and Jim has three times as many as Sid.
Altogether they have 192. How many has each?
29. Which is the only one of the following that is not an anagram of a word
meaning out of this world?
flow under
sexed Utah
enviable blue
icier blend
30. A man has 53 socks in his drawer: 21 identical blue, 15 identical black and 17
identical red. The lights are fused and he is completely in the dark. How many
socks must he take out to make 100 per cent certain he has a pair of black socks?
Answers:

21. D: in each line across and down the arrows point
in each of three directions left, right and down. The number of arrows increases 1, 2,
3 in each row;
22. 51/16: there are two alternate sequences: –1¼ and +1¼;
23. linguist, polyglot;
24. 888, 890: the sequence progresses ×3, +2;
25. take: all words can be prefixed with PAR to form another word – parable, parrot, parson, parking, partake;
26. swimmer, skier;
27. place/pace;
28. Alf 144, Jim 36, Sid 12;
29. sexed Utah = exhausted. The words meaning out of this world are: wonderful
(flow under), unbelievable (enviable blue), incredible (icier blend);
30. 40 socks. If he takes out 38 socks, although it is very unlikely, it is possible they could all be blue and red. To make 100 per cent certain that he also has a pair of black socks he must take out a further two socks;