Open-ended - With worked solutions · SET 7

Use every letter of GIBBON CABLES ACE COBRA once to spell three vegetable names.

Rearrange I WINE ON VIP OPTION into two similar words of 7 and 9 letters.

Insert two letters per bracket to finish the left word and begin the right; read the pairs down as an eight-letter word: HE(..)LY; HO(..)AR; AU(..)NK; CO(..)CH.

Which two words are most opposite: acquired, derivative, archetypal, elaborate, enigmatic, spasmodic?

Choose two synonyms and an antonym of them: excuse, regulate, bestow, condone, concede, condemn, incarcerate.

Use each of these 15 items once to complete: “___ ___ is used for a ___ variety of ___, including the ___ of ___ data for oil and ___ ___, the ___ of new ___ designs, the processing of ___ ___, and the ___ of data from ___ ___.” Items: analysis, analysis, applications, data, experiments, exploration, imagery, mineral, processing, processing, product, satellite, seismic, scientific, wide.

Choose one word from each bracket for a parallel relation: HEADLONG(giddy, wild, gung-ho, frantic); IMPRUDENT(heedless, impetuous, madcap, confused).

Which two words are closest in meaning: secure, masticate, allow, gnaw, twist, mete?

Reinsert one of landlocked, eastern, diverse, cold, oceanic, bleak in:“It is a largely agricultural country of varied scenery from moorland, loughs and islands to the beautiful coastline around West Bay.”

Remove two matches to leave exactly four squares.

If the bottom cog turns anticlockwise, will the flag be raised or lowered? Explain.

Draw the figure in the empty box.

Use each number 1–9 once so that every side of the triangle totals 20.

Which playing card is missing? Give its value and suit.

Find the odd number in each shape and explain.

Draw the correct figure in the empty box.

Which two characters complete the final row? Use the English alphabet.

A house occupies one quarter of this square plot. Divide the remaining land into four plots of equal area and the same basic shape.

Which playing card is missing? State its value and suit.

Move exactly 4 matches to form 3 equilateral triangles.