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Jumbled Anagrams

The following three (3) clues are the definitions of words that have been jumbled below and turned into anagrams. Your job is to correctly unravel the anagrams and then place them next to their proper definition. Good luck!

1. hanging cloth used as a blind.
2. a strong English ale.
3. destined or inevitable.

Jumbled anagrams:
1. nice rat
2. car unit
3. rub not


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Maggie Aderin-Pocock, who has worked on the JWST, catalogues the science behind its most stunning images in her new book, Webb's Universe. Here's her pick of the telescope’s best shots

A type of mathematical problem that was previously impossible to solve can now be successfully analysed with artificial intelligence

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AI models have safeguards in place to prevent them creating dangerous or illegal output, but a range of jailbreaks have been found to evade them. Now researchers show that writing backwards can trick AI models into revealing bomb-making instructions.

There are a large number of people at a party. As there naturally are a lot of people who haven't met each other before, numerous handshakes occur. Assume that each individual handshake occurs between exactly two people.

Are there an even or odd number of people at the party who shook hands with an odd number of people?


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You clap when you see me.
I'm smaller than you.
I make your skin itchy.
And animals' too.


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What phrase is represented by the following?

SHOT
PRESS
becomes:
S
PRESS


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The following are clues for pairs of common abbreviations, each with the same number of letters, which differ by one letter. Try to use these clues to determine the abbreviations.

Example: type of investment / Internet file type
Answer: GIC / GIF - Guaranteed Investment Certificate / Graphic Interchange Format


1. undetermined / "hoops and dreams" organization
2. national security / nowhere to be found
3. constructing letters from an image / condition involving needless repetition
4. aviation oversight / car help


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Complete the sentences below so that they make sense, by filling in the blanks of each sentence with two words which are anagrams of each other.

For example, given the sentence:

"Rachel originally planned to buy an apple, but found a bargain and bought a _____ instead, because it was fresh and _____.",

the two words would be "peach" and "cheap" respectively.


1. After thanking my _____ spouse for the book given to me as a birthday gift, I said, "It will be a great pleasure to _____ this."

2. I took a _____ at the slope of the hill and realized the _____ involved in attempting to climb down it was too great.

3. Following the paper _____ of evidence ultimately led to a guilty verdict in the _____.

4. I wanted to _____ out of the room, as your nephew was being a _____.


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My first has a message to convey
My second, tranquility does fray
My whole causes financial dismay

What am I?


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Try to determine the pattern in the first two sets of words below, in order to fill in the blank for the missing word in the third set.

1. hear, boa, martin, bur, trip
2. ban, pint, far, breath, dome
3. star, condo, sag, skim, ____


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