Category: Insight

All five are examples of the RAS syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome) in which the last word of the acronym is repeated.

• Liquid-Crystal Display display
• Automated Teller Machine machine
• Portable Document Format format
• International Standard Book Number number
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus virus

You should add the 6 Greek letters φ (phi), μ (mu), χ (chi), τ (tau), ν (nu), π (pi), and get the sentence:

A philosopher of music in China taught about the nuances of pitch.

You should add the letter F above the underscore to create the letter E and get the word SEQEUNCE.

The missing symbol is R, as in a car’s gears.

The answer is CHICKEN.

RABBIT sounds like the noise a FROG makes, OWL sounds like the noise a WOLF makes, BEAR sounds like the noise a SHEEP makes, and MOOSE sounds like the noise a COW makes. Since BUCK sounds like the noise a CHICKEN makes, that’s the answer.

The answer is Mars, since it spins counter-clockwise. All the other objects spin (or contain elements that spin) clockwise.

If you take the first letter from each word, you will spell the first word in the sequence.
If you take the second letter from each word, you will spell the second word in the sequence.
If you take the third letter from each word, you will spell the third word in the sequence.
If you take the fourth letter from each word, you will spell the fourth word in the sequence.