In my capacity as official spokesman for the shortwave newsgroup it is
incumbent upon me to be concerned with the health and welfare of the
shortwave family. Ergo, I post the following for your recreation and
relaxation. If it relieves the stress of your daily grind for but a
few moments I have done my job. God bless each of you.
Melvin


1. Which one of the five choices makes the best comparison? LIVED is
to DEVIL as 6323 is to:
2336
6232
3236
3326
6332

2. Which one of these five is least like the other four?
Horse
Kangaroo
Cow
Deer
Donkey

3. Which number should come next? 144 121 100 81 64 ?
17
19
36
49
50

4. Even the most ___________ rose has thorns.
Ugly
Weathered
Elusive
Noxious
Tempting

5. HAND is to Glove as HEAD is to
Hair
Hat
Neck
Earring
Hairpin

7. John likes 400 but not 300; he likes 100 but not 99; he likes 3600
but not 3700. Which does he like?
900
1000
1100
1200

8. A fallacious argument is:
Disturbing
Valid
False
Necessary

9. If you rearrange the letters "ANLDEGN," you would have the name of
a(n):
Ocean
Country
State
City
Animal

10. NASA received three messages in a strange language from a distant
planet. The scientists studied the messages and found that "Necor
Buldon Slock" means "Danger Rocket Explosion" and "Edwan Mynor Necor"
means "Danger Spaceship Fire" and "Buldon Gimilzor Gondor" means "Bad
Gas Explosion". What does "Slock" mean?
Danger
Explosion
Nothing
Rocket
Gas

11. If some Wicks are Slicks, and some Slicks are Snicks, then some
Wicks are definitely Snicks. The statement is:
True
False
Neither

12. Ann is taller than Jill, and Kelly is shorter than Ann. Which of
the following statements would be most accurate?
Kelly is taller than Jill
Kelly is shorter than Jill
Kelly is as tall as Jill
It's impossible to tell

13. A boy is 4 years old and his sister is three times as old as he
is. When the boy is 12 years old, how old will his sister be?
16
20
24
28
32

14. Assume that these two statements are true: All brown-haired men
have bad tempers. Larry is a brown-haired man. The statement Larry has
a bad temper is:
True
False
Unable to determine

15. Two girls caught 25 frogs. Lisa caught four times as many as Jen
did. How many frogs did Jen catch?
4
5
8
10
15

16. Inept is the opposite of:
Healthy
Deep
Skillful
Sad
Happy

17. A car traveled 28 miles in 30 minutes. How many miles per hour
was it traveling?
28
36
56
58
62

18. If all Zips are Zoodles, and all Zoodles are Zonkers, then all
Zips are definitely Zonkers.
The above sentence is logically:
True
False
Neither

19. Sue is both the 50th best and the 50th worst student at her
school. How many students attend her school?
50
75
99
100
101

20. In a race from point X to point Y and back, Jack averages 30
miles per hour to point Y and 10 miles per hour back to point X. Sandy
averages 20 miles per hour in both directions. Between Jack and Sandy,
who finished first?
Jack
Sandy
They tie
Neither
Impossible to tell