Easy Puzzle Questions

[robert551069]

Taken from a box of puzzles received as a Christmas present:-
1. Which four letter word connects all the following words? WET, BOILER, BIRTHDAY, JUMP....2.Rearrange the letters of SCANDAL, BURNT, ROCKY CHARMER to give three fruits. What are they?....3.Can you find two seven letter words beginning with "A" that contain the word TEN in their exact centre?....4.Which word means " a large amount" and when one letter is added means to "eat noisily"?....5.Rearrange the following groups to give four birds. STERKEL, TRADPIGER, PORSEY, VAREN. What are they?....6.When the following words are placed in pairs, four longer words will be read. What are they? EYE SO STICK MARK SORE LID DRUM EAR....7.If UA=10, XN=5, HD=2 and RF=6, what does LJ=?....8. Rearrange the following letters to form two everyday words. Both words must contain all eight letters. What are they? E E G I L N P S....9. Can you find two words that contain all the vowels once only in reverse order?....10. Rearrange the following letters to give two four-letter words. What are they? Y S B U....That's the end of the questions. No prizes, sorry. (For more questions go to www.mensa.org.uk

[hollie1586]

1. SUIT

[hollie1586]

5. KESTREL, PARTRIDGE, OSPREY, RAVEN

[robert551069]

Well done, hollie 1586.
Questions 7 and 9 are very hard. I couldn't solve them

[hollie1586]

9. Unoriental
Subcontinental

[hollie1586]

10. Busy
Buys

[hollie1586]

8. Peelings
Sleeping

[hollie1586]

Number 9 did take me a while but i have no idea what number 7 is all about? Maybe scientific?

[robert551069]

Three fruits are cherry, damson and blackcurrant.
The answer to question seven is one. (The number of alphabetical places between the two letters is halved to give the value.)
The answers given for question 9 are subcontinental and uncomplimentary.
Contratulatons. You did better than me.

[cottack]

Q8 agree with hollie1586