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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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. bust, flat, cost, meal, road
2. mice, stop, seen, stir, nova
3. moor, chap, best, create, ____


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In a multi-story structure, an elegant ascent
In an aerial excursion, I'm a fatal descent
I travel the field in a major-league sporting event

What am I?


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I hold a companion for a brick
A bonding agent once dry
At an assembly academic
I'll be tossed toward the sky

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. ally, range, light, vent, rope
2. lake, round, raft, error, fact
3. wing, mount, right, motion, ____


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Should a mystery arrive, then to learn do I strive
Should you change my first, into anger do I burst

What are we?


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For each item below, construct the answer word which has been fragmented, by joining/adding together its "fragment" words which are the smaller words you must figure out from the clues provided.

The hint gives the respective number of letters in each "fragment" word, and the number of letters in each answer word (shown in brackets).

Example: rectangular block + advance/profit Hint: 3 letters + 4 letters (= 7 letters) Answer: bargain (bar + gain)


1) block + man of honour
2) writing instrument + canticle
3) forehead + express a melody
4) musical group + length of existence
5) males + high card
6) at that place + front


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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. The dog approached the fire hydrant and lifted its hind leg, but just before being able to initiate a _____, its _____ yanked its leash in order to keep moving forward.

2. After hearing the banging _____ for three hours, they pleaded with the protesters to _____.

3. The bus _____ brought along her umbrella due to the rain, but was hoping that _____ weather would be on the way soon.

4. As he noticed that dinner time was about to _____ up, he hastily prepared to fry a _____.


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For each of the following, find a word that may be placed in front of each of the three words in the group to form three new valid words. The resulting "binary" words may be singular (possibly hyphenated), or phrasal (i.e. the two component words are separated by a space) in construction.

For example, given: "light, rise, tide", you would need to find the word "high", which, when placed in front of these words, results in the three new valid words: "highlight", "high-rise", and "high tide" respectively.


1. line, post, tender
2. room, rack, tails
3. service, stick, sync
4. on, light, check


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My first is of a physical dimension
My second is to browse with transactional intention
My whole facilitates vehicular retention

What am I?


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For each of the following, find a word that may be placed in front of each of the three words in the group to form three new valid words. The resulting "binary" words may be singular (possibly hyphenated), or phrasal (i.e. the two component words are separated by a space) in construction.

For example, given: "light, rise, tide", you would need to find the word "high", which, when placed in front of these words, results in the three new valid words: "highlight", "high-rise", and "high tide" respectively.


1. eye, school, property
2. drive, point, flood
3. house, guard, area
4. found, bell, waiter


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I'm not some kind of villain or jerk
But I like to do your dirty work

Whenever numbered arrows apply
My brothers should assist you, not I

Despite attending you faithfully
Soon you will take everything from me

What am I?


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What number comes next in this sequence?

2088, 2092, 2096, ____


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Mix me up, and I'm protection at a reno site
Shuffle me, and I'm used when no longer upright
Jumble me, and I'm filled with great delight
Scrambled, then do this to be out of one's sight
I cast my victim into a restricted freedom plight

What am I?


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