Tutors: VR vol 2, test 1- CD

aotearoa · Post by **aotearoa** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:54 am

Help:
In this question three of the five words are connected in some way. Find the two words that do not go with these three and select them both from the options provided:
a- Spain
b- Brazil
c- hazel
d- London
e- cashew

Answer is London and Spain.

I've tried to figure why...is because hazel and cashew grow mainly in Brazil???How on Earth an 11 yrs old knows this?
Can someone pls find another explanation?

laid back son worried mum · Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:03 am

I know this one...

Brazil, Hazel and Cashew are types of nuts.

London is a capital city and Spain is a country.

yoyo123 · Post by **yoyo123** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:05 am

Brazil where teh nuts come from.......................

There are often sneaky questions like that where spurious links are chucked in

laid back son worried mum · Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:06 am

Hi,yumyum yoyo,

I am not spurious, just so you know...

aotearoa · Post by **aotearoa** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:08 am

Gosh...I didn't know this...
Now that you said...yes...right........
I didn't realise..stupid me...(not poor child)
Thanks very much

laid back son worried mum · Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:10 am

aotearoa wrote:Gosh...I didn't know this...
Now that you said...yes...right........
I didn't realise..stupid me...(not poor child)
Thanks very much

don't worry...

it takes a nut to know a nut

I might not know any other verbal reasoning questions and wi11 have to leave those to the 11+ experts on site.

Snowdrops · Post by **Snowdrops** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:19 am

I just got my dd to look at this and she went for the three countries - looked at it a bit more then realised they were three nuts and got the correct answer.

Whether she would have amended this in a real test is questionable, but I don't think it's an unreasonable question if she knew it.

Annie

yoyo123 · Post by **yoyo123** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:48 am

That's why it;s so sneaky because there aren't 3 countries, but on a superficial glance you could plump for that one

(LBSWM I am not suggesting you are spurious OR plump!!)

bucks mum1 · Post by **bucks mum1** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:55 am

Just out of interest - did they put a capital B for Brazil or a lower case b as that would have been a clue ie capital letter for country, small letter for nut.

Ed's mum · Post by **Ed's mum** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:00 pm

I was wondering that too.