Friday, July 6, 2007

answer to mind teaser #18, mind teaser #19

Answer to mind teaser #18

I. Quarter

The first and last letter of each word in order are in alphabetical order, skipping a letter between words.

BasiC, (D) ElF, (G) HaitI, (J) KilL, (M) NO, (P) QuarteR

Mind Teaser #19

Within this paragraph, a pattern occurs. Replace the blank with the choices below.

After giving food to her pet manatee, Barbara tried to buy a cupcake from the student store at her local school. Her absence yesterday was unacceptable, and the store would not sell her anything until she would confess to what happened yesterday. 'Barbie', as many of her peers would call her, admitted to doing something naughty to the principal. Yesterday, she cut school to shop at the local fashion store. The principal commented that she would never achieve anything if she continued to be a truant, and that she has an unstable grade in every subject. Barbie reckons that she will more likely go to college if she makes a promise not to be a flunker and turn in her reports on time. Later that day, with the company of her best friend, she made a marvelous banquet to serve to her vibrant classmates. They even made a dessert. Despite being an amateur in the culinary arts, Barbie and her friend really made themselves popular with each serving. Yet Johnny said that Barbie was being a showoff. For them to coexist in peace, Barbie proposed giving Johnny her bicycle. Johnny tried to ride it, but his path was not straight; he kept riding in _______.

Choose from:
1) Sawtooth waves.
2) Zigzags.
3) Circles.
4) Spirals.

HINT: Look carefully at a particular letter in each word with a certain amount of letters.

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