Streeeetch Your Mind!
Please read each question carefully and select the correct answer. The answer key will
be provided in the upcoming issue. Streeeetch your mind!
WORD PLAY
1. Your friend has joined the circus and says she is interested in becoming a
funambulist. Your greatest worry is that:
a. She will plummet to her death (the tightrope is very high up in the air).
b. She will bleed to death (swallowing swords is tricky business).
c. She’ll trip (clowns wear huge shoes).
d. She will be devoured by a lion (they are never tame enough).
2. Complete the word pair: VIM and
a. SPICE
b. VINEGAR
c. VIGOR
d. WHIM
e. WINE
3. Complete the word pair: CUT and
a. CRACKED
b. DRIED
c. STAINED
d. CLOAKED
e. HUNG
4. Complete the word pair: HIT and
a. HOLLER
b. HOOF
c. RUN
d. PLOW
e. TUMBLE
5. Complete the word pair: TOOTH and
a. DENTURE
b. MOUTH
c. ROOF
d. HORN
e. NAIL
6. Complete the expression: I haven’t seen you in a blue ________.
a. ball
b. eon
c. year
d. moon
e. sky
7. If someone wears his “heart on his sleeve”, he...
a. is a cry-baby
b. doesn’t conceal his emotional innerworld
c. is notorious for having relationship problems
d. has a poor sense of direction
8. Complete the expression: She is as fit as a ______.
a. ferret
b. fiddle
c. fawn
d. frump
e. fish
9. She is in fine fettle. This means she...
a. is in a lot of trouble
b. has bad luck
c. has good luck
d. is in poor health
e. is in good general health
f. is in a good marriage
10. To “gild the lily” is to:
a. devour something
b. “overdo” something
c. neglect something
d. defame something
e. scold someone
f. praise someone
Please read each question carefully and select the correct answer. The answer key will
be provided in the upcoming issue. Streeeetch your mind!
HIDDEN WORD
Instructions
Hidden in each sentence is a word belonging to one of the categories listed. Find the
hidden word, and identify the category to which it belongs.
For example:
When I grow up, I want to be a ranger.
a. animal b. vegetable c. colour
In this case, the answer would be (a) animal. The hidden word is bear. When I
grow up, I want to be a r anger.
1. The sun setting against the horizon makes Cairo seem magnificent.
a. musical instrument b. texture c. flower
2. On a dare, Bob decided to jump in, knowing the water would be cold.
a. sport b. plant c. colour
3. The pet store owner had seen Pavlov a lot of times.
a. texture b. shape c. size
4. Look, I will not tolerate this nonsense anymore.
a. fruit b. drink c. colour
5. After much drunken gin, eerie noises may be heard at night.
a. sport b. profession c. natural phenomenon
6. As the mug was full, I very carefully added the cream.
a. body organ b. colour c. texture
7. When you are through with washing the dishes, you may go and play.
a. natural phenomenon b. food c. texture
8. We found the cup and saucer, both under the bed.
a. tree b. natural phenonmenon c. colour
9. Mary buys Tom a cherry sundae.
a. body part b. clothing c. flower
10. I agree not to eat all the cookies.
a. colour b. texture c. sport
to be continued
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