I.Q. Questions: 1) Name the letter that comes next in the following series: A, B, D, E, G, ___
a) H
b) I
c) J
d) K
e) L
2) Name the number that comes next in the following series: 1, 1000, 1000000, ___
a) 1
b) 1000001
c) 1000002
d) 1000003
e) 1000000000
3) Name the number that comes next in the following series: 1, 2, 3, 4, __
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 27
e) 1923.5
4) Name the element that comes next in the following series: triangle square pentagon
a) hexagon
b) octagon
c) circle
d) three triangles in a row
e) Q
5) Blue is to dark blue as green is to ______.
a) dark green
b) dark purple
c) dark red
d) dark white
e) dark black
6) LIVE is to EVIL as 1600 is to ______.
a) 0016
b) 0061
c) 1609
d) EUNE
e) dark black
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Answers: 1) L (e). Odd elements in the series cycle through every fourth letter -- starting with “A” – while even elements spell out the word “BELLBOTTOMS.”
2) 1 (a). The series is a repeating pattern that cycles through the trio of numbers 1, 1000, 1000000.
3) 27 (d). The nth element equals n4-10n3+35n2-49n+24.
4) Q (e). If the (4n+1)th letter of the alphabet contains only straight lines, then the nth element is a regular polygon with n+2 sides. If the (4n+1)th letter of the alphabet contains a curved line, then the nth element is that (4n+1)th letter.
5) dark purple (b). As “blue” has half as many letters as “dark blue,” so does “green” have half as many letters as “dark purple.”
6) EUNE (d). In the first half of the analogy, LIVE is the first four characters in “live,” and EVIL is the last four characters, reversed, in “live.” In the second half of the analogy, 1600 is the first four characters is “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,” and EUNE is the last four characters, reversed, in “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”
oh so lovingly written by
Matthew |
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
