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Riddles 051

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1. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a bed but never sleeps?

2. No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?

3. I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

4. I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?

5. I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

Optical Illusion 052

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Optical Illusion 052b

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Logic Problem

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053

Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?

(You will need to read each word very carefully...)

Creative-Descriptive Writing 054

Spend 5 minutes describing what you think is happening in one of these pictures.

Everyday expressions and a book character

Dingbats

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055

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.5.

My cousin supports Newcastle United and goes to all their home matches. At half-time, in the programme, she doodles in the league tables, filling in the letters like this:

She doodles her way through the top four English divisions:Premier League, Championship, League 1, League 2, and the top four Scottish Divisions: Premiership, Championship, League 1 and League 2.

In all of these, there is only ONE CLUB who have no doodle-fill letters. Which club is it?

Doodle Bug

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Cool Pictures 057

German lorries have some cool designs 5

Word Games 058

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Find the word of four letters that is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word.Example: The film ended happily after all

1. The girl ate the sponge cake

2. They are all going on holiday

3. Glass bottles should be kept upright

4. She sent the children to bed

Word Games 059

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If the five vowels are A-E-I-O-U, what is the longest sequence of consonants (non-vowels) you can think of in a common English word?

Trick Pictures 60

Can you guess what this romantic young couple are thinking about?

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Riddles 061

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1. I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for long. What am I?

2. I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?

3. Whoever makes it, never tells. Whoever takes it, never knows. Whoever knows, never wants it. What is it?

4. What is it that, after you take away the whole, some still remains?

5. What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

Learn this off by heart

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062

How I wish I could determine

Of Circle Round

The Exact Relation

Archimedes Found

Lateral Thinking

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063

Tom and his younger sister were fighting. Their mother was tired of the fighting, and decided to punish them by making them

stand on the same piece of newspaper in such a way that they couldn't touch each

other. How did she do this?

Faces 064a

One of these teachers is angry and one of them is calm.

The one on the left looks calm, but maybe we should look closer...

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Faces 064b

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One of these teachers is angry and one of them is calm - but which is which?

Everyday expressions and book characters (the last one's hard!)

Dingbats

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1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.5.

TNT

Creative-Descriptive Writing 066

Spend 5 minutes describing what you think is happening in one of these pictures.

Cool Pictures 067

German lorries have some cool designs 6

Word Games 068

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Find the word of four letters that is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word.Example: The film ended happily after all

1. We get ripe apples in October

2. My drink is hotter than yours

3. He has hurt his knee badly

World Tour 069

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There are over 200 countries in the world. Can you name a country which starts with these letters?

A B C D E F G

H I J K L M N

Crazy Punctuation 70

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Add punctuation to this sentence so it makes sense. Your teacher can answer questions about what it means.

That that is is that that is not is not is not that it it is.

Riddles 071

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1. What kind of room has no doors or windows?

2. What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

3. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

4. He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?

5. Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?

Quiz Time 072

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1. True or False: No one has ever swum across the Atlantic or Pacific oceans

2. True or False. The biggest fish ever caught was longer than a school bus? (remember: whales aren't fish)

3. World's most popular drink: Water. But what is second?

4. True or False: If the world's tallest tree was horizontal, it would be longer than a 100 metres track

Logic Problem

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A young man and his father are involved in a terrible car accident. Tragically, the father

dies soon after. When the young man arrives at the emergency ward, the surgeon says: “I cannot operate on this young man … he is

my son!” How can this be so? Note: the man who died really was the young man’s father

Optical Illusions 074a

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What is this a picture of?What is this a picture of?

Optical Illusions 074b

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Creative-Descriptive Writing 075

Spend 5 minutes describing what you think is happening in one of these pictures.

Here's a map of North America, with Detroit, USA marked. If you flew due South from Detroit, out of the USA, which country do you think would you come to first?

Get Lost 076a

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Strangely enough, it's Canada.

Get Lost 076b

USAUSA

CANADA

Cool Pictures 077

German lorries have some cool designs 6

Word Games 078

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Find the word of four letters that is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word.Example: The film ended happily after all

1. He liked fish and chips

2. They were all saying it in the playground

3. He hoped that something would turn up

World Tour 079

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There are over 200 countries in the world. Can you name a country which starts with these letters... and can you guess why the X is in red?

O P Q R S T

U V W X Y Z

Divide and Conquer 080

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What's the smallest number that can be divided exactly by every number between 1 and 10?

Riddles 081

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1. What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?

2. What starts and ends with the same letter and is filled with it too?

3. Priests say I am greater than God, and more evil than the devil, the poor have me, the rich want for me, and if you eat me, you'll die. What am I?

Toughest Spelling Test EVER 082

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1. Should it be (a) dessicated (b) desiccated (c) desicated

2. Should it be (a) ecstasy (b) exstasy (c) ecstacy

3. Should it be (a) milenium (b) millennium (c) millennium

4. Should it be (a) dumbel (b) dumbbell (c) dumbell

5. Should it be (a) supercede (b) supersede (c) superceed

Logic Problem - HARD

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Three friends contribute £10 each towards a giant £25 pizza. They give the delivery driver

a £2 tip and get £1 change each. But something weird has happened! Each friend contributed £10 totalling £30. They received £1 change each so really paid £9 totalling £27. The driver has £2 bringing the total to

£29. Where is the missing pound?

Optical Illusions 084

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Look closely at this pattern - does it move?

Creative-Descriptive Writing 085

Spend 5 minutes describing what you think is happening in one of these pictures.

Flags - the letter 'C' Part 1

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Name the countries...

What's special..

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087

Gaze at this sentence for just about sixty seconds and then explain what makes it quite different from the average sentence.

Word Games 088

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Find the word of four letters that is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word.Example: The film ended happily after all

1.The youngest toddler cried for his mother

2. Luckily their delays were not too lengthy

3. I want to do it for the last days of my life

Brain Teasers - True or False 089

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1. Two ducks and two dogs have a total of 14 legs.

2. Two of the following numbers add up to thirteen:

1, 6, 3 , 5 , 11

3. A bird to a nest is like a pig to a sty

4. A kilogram of iron is heavier than a kilogram of feathers.

5. The word ‘racecar’ is spelled the same backwards.

6. One quarter of eighty is eight times one eighth of twenty

7. ‘penthale’ is an anagram of the word ‘elephant’.

The Quick Brown Fox 090

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This sentence contains all the letters of the alphabet:The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Make a list of pop acts (Jay Z, Arcade Fire etc) which contain all the letters of the alphabet. What is the shortest list you can make?

Riddles 091

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1. Which comes first, chicken or egg?

2. What word starts with an e but only has a single letter in it?

3. I am the beginning of the end, the end of every place. I am the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. What am I?

Toughest Spelling Test EVER 092

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1. Should it be (a) accidentaly (b) acidentally (c) accidentally

2. Should it be (a) peddler (b) pedler (c) pedlar

3. Should it be (a) minuscule (b) miniscule (c) minniscule

4. Should it be (a) coollie (b) cooly (c) coolly

5. Should it be (a) accommodate (b) accommodate (c) acommodate

Logic Problem

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How can you cut a cake into eight equal pieces with just three perfectly straight cuts?

Logic Problem 093b

How can you cut a cake into eight equal pieces with just three perfectly straight cuts?

Optical Illusions 094

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Look closely at this pattern - is it moving?

Everyday expressions

Dingbats

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1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.5.

XQQQMon

Creative-Descriptive Writing 096

Spend 5 minutes describing what you think is happening in one of these pictures.

You have 30 seconds to remember this image, then sketch a small copy in your exercise books...

Sketching Exercise 097

Word Games 098

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Find the word of four letters that is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word.Example: The film ended happily after all

1. I wish old John would do the garden

2. I’ll blow and it will fall down

3. Quickly, see if you can find one

Spot the Link 099

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What do these things have in common:

a) fish b) grocer's shop c) piano lesson

1) comb 2) shark 3) saw

i) coins ii) aircraft iii) dogs

Body Parts 100

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Write down the three parts of the human body hidden in this string of letters:

SSPTOLKEMAIEDNNCEHY

The letters of each word are in order, but have other letters mixed in with them. For example, this string has LEGS and ARMS:

LBAOEXRGYMWSS