1. While Bill was ironing his G-string, a person knocked on his door.

It was
his mother-in law's only daughter's husband's son. What relation was this
person to Bill?
2. What's the missing number in the series?
1 3 9 __ 81 243
3. Which of the proverbs below best matches the meaning of "All that
glitters is not gold"?
a. A penny saved is a penny earned
b. You can't tell a book by its cover
c. A fool and his money are soon parted
d. Just because Boy George wears makeup doesn't mean he can sing
4. Unscramble the letters to reveal this health term.
EELLOCTOSHR
5. If Britney is 10, Wolfgang Mozart is 20, and Prince and Sting are both 5,
but Elvis is 10, how much is Madonna by the same system?
6. After paying for the Cabbage Patch Kid you bought on eBay, you have
just $9.60 in your pocket. You have an equal number of quarters, dimes,
and nickels, but no other coins. How many of each of the three coins do you
have?
7. Which of the following is least like the others?
a. Lungs
b. Ears
c. Brain
d. Legs
e. Groin
8. How many 9s do you pass when you start at 1 and count up to 100?
9. One four-letter word will fit on all three lines below to make new words
with the word preceding and the word following (example: IN STOP). The
same word must be used for all three lines. What's the word?
BACK _ _ _ _ SOME
FREE _ _ _ _ MADE

FORE _ _ _ _ BAG
10. What is the tree that contains all the vowels: A E I O U (though not in
order)?
11. The following is a common proverb in disguise. Put it in its common
form.
A finely chosen pomegranate consumed at every eastwardly arrival of
sunlight prevents the healer of all bodily malfunctions from knocking at the
entrance of your abode.
12. The spy was captured easily, and his message proved to be so simple
that the lieutenant saw its importance immediately. Here it is. What does it
say?
ALBERT: TOM TRICKS ARETHA'S CUDDLY KITTY, ANSWER
TODAY: DO ANOTHER WIGGLE NOW. MARTHA'S OVARIES NOT
DANCING. ARE YOU?
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1.
His son. Draw a box and label it Bill. Draw another box for his
mother-in-law and connect them. Draw a third box for his mother-in-law's
only daughter, who has to be Bill's wife. Then a fourth box, who also has
to be Bill's sonand very disturbed at his father as well.
2.
27. Each number has three times the value of the number preceding it.
3.
B, general knowledge question.
4.
Cholesterol
5.
Madonna is 15 in a system that awards 5 points for each syllable in the
name.
6.
24
7.
Brain. All others have hairlegs and groin on the skin, while the ears
and lungs have tiny hairs called cilia that serve a cleaning function.
8.
20
9.
Hand
10. Sequoia
11. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
12. Attack at dawn Monday. The lieutenant lifted the first letter out of
each word and strung the letters together.
SCORE:

1112: Among the most intelligent people around

810: Very intelligent
57: Respectable score
4 or below: Chalk it up to a bad day