QUESTION 1-10
ADD A LETTER
The answer to the first clue is a five letter word.
Add a letter to that word to give the answer to the second clue.
1 POINT EACH WORD
QUESTION 1
Stir something briskly to make a
favourite alcoholic tipple
QUESTION 1
Stir something briskly to make a
favourite alcoholic tipple
Whisk / Whisky
QUESTION 2
Puts a sharp edge on a cutting tool and
doesn't tell lies
QUESTION 2
Puts a sharp edge on a cutting tool and
doesn't tell lies
Hones / Honest
QUESTION 3
Holds something tight then moans
about it
QUESTION 3
Holds something tight then moans
about it
Grips / Gripes
QUESTION 4
Reduce cheese to small strips then go
in a circle
QUESTION 4
Reduce cheese to small strips then go
in a circle
Grate / Gyrate
QUESTION 5
Give one thickness of cake to a solicitor
QUESTION 5
Give one thickness of cake to a solicitor
Layer / Lawyer
QUESTION 6
A large ape and its colour
QUESTION 6
A large ape and its colour
Orang / Orange
QUESTION 7
This is one of the lights that control the
curved shape of a road?
QUESTION 7
This is one of the lights that control the
curved shape of a road?
Amber / Camber
QUESTION 8
Make an underwater worker change
direction
QUESTION 8
Make an underwater worker change
direction
Diver / Divert
QUESTION 9
Find a safe anchorage that's blissful
QUESTION 9
Find a safe anchorage that's blissful
Haven / Heaven
QUESTION 10
Get a white bird to show remorse
QUESTION 10
Get a white bird to show remorse
Egret / Regret
QUESTION 11-20
DINGBATS
Say what you see
QUESTION 11
PotOOOOOOOO
QUESTION 11
PotOOOOOOOO
Potatoes
QUESTION 12
Knee
LightLight
QUESTION 12
Knee
LightLight
Neon Lights
QUESTION 13
SEARCH
AND
QUESTION 13
SEARCH
AND
Search high
and low
QUESTION 14
XQQME
QUESTION 14
XQQME
Excuse me
QUESTION 15
O_er_t_o_
QUESTION 15
O_er_t_o_
oPerAtIoN
Painless Operation
QUESTION 16
Little LARGE
Little LARGE
Little
Little LARGE
QUESTION 16
Little
Little
Little
LARGE
LARGE
Little
LARGE
A little on the large side
QUESTION 17
Plans
Plasn
Plsna
Palsn
QUESTION 17
Plans
Plasn
Plsna
Palsn
Change
of Plans
QUESTION 18
OUCH
H
AARGH
QUESTION 18
OUCH
AARGH
H
Growing Pains
QUESTION 19
Mail
Male
QUESTION 19
Mail
Male
Postman
QUESTION 20
9ALL5
QUESTION 20
9ALL5
All in a days work
QUESTION 21-30
CIPS part 1
QUESTION 21
In the Sept 14 issue of Supply
Management, it was reported that ships
were being asked to slow down to
improve the environment and protect
whales – where was this?
QUESTION 21
In the Sept 14 issue of SM it was
reported that ships were being asked to
slow down to improve the environment
and protect whales – where was this?
Santa Barbara Channel, off
California
QUESTION 22
Who is the group CEO of CIPS?
QUESTION 22
Who is the group CEO of CIPS?
David Noble
QUESTION 23
What does VEAT stand for?
QUESTION 23
What does VEAT stand for?
Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency
notice
(OJEU notice of intended direct award)
QUESTION 24
What does MEAT stand for?
QUESTION 24
What does MEAT stand for?
Most Economically Advantageous
Tender
QUESTION 25
What are the 5 ‘rights’ of
procurement?
QUESTION 25
What are the 5 ‘rights’ of procurement?
Quality, Quantity,
Price, Place, Time
QUESTION 26
What does the Inco Term EXW
stand for?
QUESTION 26
What does the Inco Term EXW stand for?
Ex Works
QUESTION 27
What is the sellers
responsibility for Ex Works?
QUESTION 27
What is the sellers responsibility for Ex
Works?
Make the goods available to the
buyer at the sellers premises
QUESTION 28
List any 2 types of OJEU
tendering procedure?
QUESTION 28
List any 2 types of OJEU tendering procedure
e.g. Open, Restricted, Negotiated,
Competitive Dialogue etc
QUESTION 29
List the 6 most common macro /
external factors known as PESTLE?
QUESTION 29
List the 6 most common macro / external factors
known as PESTLE?
Political, Economical,
Socio-cultural, Technological,
Environmental & Legal
QUESTION 30
What is an OLIGOPOLY?
QUESTION 30
What is an OLIGOPOLY?
A market dominated by a small
number of companies (with
limited entry potential)
QUESTION 31-40
GOOD
HOUSEKEEPING
QUESTION 31
In order to keep the water in your hot
water bottle warmer longer one should
add a little
a. vinegar and salt
b. cola and baking powder
c. whisky and soda
QUESTION 31
In order to keep the water in your hot water
bottle warmer longer one should add a little
a. vinegar and salt
b. cola and baking powder
c. whisky and soda
a. vinegar and salt
QUESTION 32
In order to keep beer cold in the bathtub
longer one should add a handful of
a. baking powder
b. steel nails
c. salt
d. marbles
QUESTION 32
In order to keep beer cold in the bathtub longer
one should add a handful of
a. baking powder
b. steel nails
c. salt
d. marbles
c. salt
QUESTION 33
The smell of which one of the following will
help make mosquitoes bug out or buzz
off?
a. tomato plant
b. rose bush
c. aloe vera plant
QUESTION 33
The smell of which one of the following will help
make mosquitoes bug out or buzz off ?
a. tomato plant
b. rose bush
c. aloe vera plant
a. tomato plant
QUESTION 34
Pouring which one of the following into the
sink would NOT help in keeping your kitchen drain
clean and fresh as a daisy?
a. cup of boiling water and salt
b. glass of cola
c. pint of stout
d. the left over water from boiled potatoes
QUESTION 34
Pouring which one of the following into the sink would
NOT help in keeping your kitchen drain clean and fresh as a
daisy?
a. cup of boiling water and salt
b. glass of cola
c. pint of stout
d. the left over water from boiled potatoes
c. pint of stout
QUESTION 35
Burns can be treated and heal quicker if
you rub them with albumen. What is
albumen?
QUESTION 35
Burns can be treated and heal quicker if
you rub them with albumen. What is
albumen?
Egg white
QUESTION 36
Candles will burn much longer if you do
what with them a few hours beforehand?
QUESTION 36
Candles will burn much longer if you do
what with them a few hours beforehand?
put them in the fridge
QUESTION 37
Before polishing leather shoes with a woollen
cloth, they can be made to look spik and
span if you rub them with
a. banana mash
b. apple juice
c. half an onion
QUESTION 37
Before polishing leather shoes with a woollen
cloth, they can be made to look spik and
span if you rub them with
a. banana mash
b. apple juice
c. half an onion
c. half an onion
QUESTION 38
In order to keep grass cuttings off the blades
of your lawnmower one should rub them first
with
a. salad oil
b. lemon juice
c. Mayonnaise
QUESTION 38
In order to keep grass cuttings off the blades
of your lawnmower one should rub them first
with
a. salad oil
b. lemon juice
c. Mayonnaise
a. salad oil
QUESTION 39
In order to soften raw hands, before massaging
them with baby oil one could rub in
a. teaspoon of salt
b. teaspoon of sugar
c. teaspoon of coriander powder
QUESTION 39
In order to soften raw hands, before massaging
them with baby oil one could rub in
a. teaspoon of salt
b. teaspoon of sugar
c. teaspoon of coriander powder
b. teaspoon of sugar
QUESTION 40
In order to avoid that cabbage smell in the
kitchen, one should boil the cabbage with
a. lemon rind
b. raw onion
c. shelled walnuts
d. raw potato
QUESTION 40
In order to avoid that cabbage smell in the
kitchen, one should boil the cabbage with
a. lemon rind
b. raw onion
c. shelled walnuts
d. raw potato
c. shelled walnuts
QUESTION 41-50
FAMILY FORTUNES
QUESTION 41
Name a reason for going outside whilst still in your
dressing gown
QUESTION 41
Name a reason for going outside whilst still in your
dressing gown
Bring in the milk (5 points)
Hang out the Washing (3 points)
Put the rubbish out (2 points)
Put the Cat out (1 point)
QUESTION 42
Name something you spread
QUESTION 42
Name something you spread
Butter/Margarine (5 points)
Your Legs (3 points)
A Rumour (2 points)
Payments/Cost (1 point)
QUESTION 43
Name any red liquid
QUESTION 43
Name any red liquid
Blood (5 points)
Wine (3 points)
Ketchup (2 points)
Ink (1 point)
QUESTION 44
Name any fruit that begins with the letter P
QUESTION 44
Name any fruit that begins with the letter P
Peach (5 points)
Pear (3 points)
Pineapple (2 points)
Pomegranate (1 point)
QUESTION 45
Name a food people usually eat with their fingers
QUESTION 45
Name a food people usually eat with their fingers
Fish and chips (5 points)
Chicken (3 points)
Pizza (2 points)
Sandwich (1 point)
QUESTION 46
Name a famous bear
QUESTION 46
Name a famous bear
Rupert (5 points)
Yogi (3 points)
Paddington (2 points)
Pudsey (1 point)
QUESTION 47
Name something that is pulled
QUESTION 47
Name something that is pulled
A Pint (5 points)
Someone’s Leg (3 points)
Muscle (2 points)
Christmas Cracker (1 point)
QUESTION 48
Name something that is nearly always measured in
inches
QUESTION 48
Name something that is nearly always measured in
inches
Waist (5 points)
TV Screen (3 points)
Neck (2 points)
Chest/Bust (1 point)
QUESTION 49
Name something found in a first aid kit
QUESTION 49
Name something found in a first aid kit
Bandage (5 points)
Plaster (3 points)
Antiseptic Cream (2 points)
Scissors (1 point)
QUESTION 50
Name something that gets blown
QUESTION 50
Name something that gets blown
Nose (5 points)
Balloon (3 points)
Candle (2 points)
Glass (1 point)
QUESTION 51-60
POP LEGENDS
ANAGRAMS
QUESTION 51
Clarinet cop
QUESTION 51
Clarinet cop
Eric Clapton
QUESTION 52
Terrain nut
QUESTION 52
Terrain nut
Tina Turner
QUESTION 53
Worst dater
QUESTION 53
Worst dater
Rod Stewart
QUESTION 54
Darn Oasis!
QUESTION 54
Darn Oasis!
Diana Ross
QUESTION 55
Marble boy
QUESTION 55
Marble boy
Bob Marley
QUESTION 56
Enema? You wish!
QUESTION 56
Enema? You wish!
Amy Winehouse
QUESTION 57
I spy levelers
QUESTION 57
I spy levelers
Elvis Presley
QUESTION 58
Uh take email
QUESTION 58
Uh take email
Katie Melua
QUESTION 59
Mobs online
QUESTION 59
Mobs online
Simon le Bon
QUESTION 60
Splendid first guy
QUESTION 60
Splendid first guy
Dusty Springfield
QUESTION 61-70
LATERAL THINKING
QUESTION 61
At 7 am a train moving at 90 kph leaves Birmingham
heading for London. At 8 a.m. an identical train travelling
at 110 kph leaves London heading for Birmingham. Which
train will be closer to London when they meet?
QUESTION 61
At 7 am a train moving at 90 kph leaves Birmingham
heading for London. At 8 a.m. an identical train travelling
at 110 kph leaves London heading for Birmingham. Which
train will be closer to London when they meet?
Neither. When they meet, they will
be in the same spot.
QUESTION 62
Assuming that you are paying, is it cheaper to take
one friend to the movies twice or two friends to the
movies at the same time?
QUESTION 62
Assuming that you are paying, is it cheaper to take
one friend to the movies twice or two friends to the
movies at the same time?
It is cheaper to take 2 friends at the same
time. In this case, you would only be buying
3 tickets, if you take the same friend twice
you are buying 4 tickets
QUESTION 63
Mr & Mrs Jacks have five children, half of
them are boys. How is this possible?
QUESTION 63
Mr & Mrs Jacks have five children, half of
them are boys. How is this possible?
The other half are also boys
QUESTION 64
What five letter word becomes shorter when
you add two letters to it?
QUESTION 64
What five letter word becomes shorter when
you add two letters to it?
The word ‘Short’
QUESTION 65
A bottle of wine weighs exactly 120 ounces.
Since the bottle itself weighs exactly twice as
much as the wine, how much does the wine
weigh?
QUESTION 65
A bottle of wine weighs exactly 120 ounces.
Since the bottle itself weighs exactly twice as
much as the wine, how much does the wine
weigh?
40 ounces
QUESTION 66
Why is a manhole cover round?
QUESTION 66
Why is a manhole cover round?
It cannot fall though the hole like a
square one could and it can be
easily moved by rolling.
QUESTION 67
A window cleaner is cleaning the windows on the
25th floor of a skyscraper when he slips and falls.
He is not wearing a safety harness and nothing
slows his fall, yet he suffered no injuries. Explain.
QUESTION 67
A window cleaner is cleaning the windows on the
25th floor of a skyscraper when he slips and falls.
He is not wearing a safety harness and nothing
slows his fall, yet he suffered no injuries. Explain.
He was cleaning the inside of the
windows
QUESTION 68
When can you add 'two' to 'eleven' and get 'one' as
the correct answer?
QUESTION 68
When can you add 'two' to 'eleven' and get 'one' as
the correct answer?
When you add two hours to eleven
o'clock, you get one o'clock
QUESTION 69
A high speed electric train is travelling Southwest
at 90 kilometres per hour. The wind is blowing
Westward at 30 kilometres per hour. In what
direction will the smoke from the engine blow?
QUESTION 69
A high speed electric train is travelling Southwest
at 90 kilometres per hour. The wind is blowing
Westward at 30 kilometres per hour. In what
direction will the smoke from the engine blow?
Electric engines don't blow smoke
QUESTION 70
Before mount Everest was discovered, what was
the highest mountain on earth?
QUESTION 70
Before mount Everest was discovered, what was
the highest mountain on earth?
Mount Everest.
QUESTION 71-80
CIPS part 2
QUESTION 71, 72 & 73
Fill the 3 gaps of the purchasing life cycle (by Ian Thompson).
Define requirement
_________________
Make or Buy
Source Identification
Source Selection
Contracting
Receipt & Payment
_________________
Consumption
__________
QUESTION 71, 72 & 73
Fill the 3 gaps of the purchasing life cycle (by Ian Thompson).
Define requirement
71. Specification
Make or Buy
Source Identification
Source Selection
Contracting
Receipt & Payment
72. Contract Management
Consumption
73. Decommission & Disposal
QUESTION 74
Which birthday did CIPS celebrate in
2012?
QUESTION 74
Which birthday did CIPS celebrate in 2012?
80th
QUESTION 75
What does SWOT stand for?
QUESTION 75
What does SWOT stand for?
Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, Threats
QUESTION 76 & 77
Complete Tuckman’s group development
model (the phases required for a team to
grow).
Forming, ________, Norming, _______.
QUESTION 76 & 77
Complete Tuckman’s group development model (the
phases required for a team to grow).
Forming, 76. Storming, Norming, 77. Performing.
QUESTION 78
According to Homobonus (Sept
14)
46% of workers spend an
average ____ number of hours
of their holidays working?
QUESTION 78
According to Homobonus (Sept 14)
46% of workers spend an average ____
number of hours of their holidays working?
5 hours (24 mins)
QUESTION 79
What is the CPI annual inflation rate
for August 2014?
QUESTION 79
What is the CPI annual inflation rate for August
2014?
1.5%
QUESTION 80
According to the Aug 2013 figures, how many
CIPS members are there in Devon &
Cornwall?
a. 895
b. 455
c. 260
QUESTION 80
According to the Aug 2013 figures, how many
CIPS members are there in Devon &
Cornwall?
a. 895
b. 455
c. 260
b. 455
QUESTION 81-83
BRUCEY BONUS
Simply put: Memory game, pens down, listen, write down as many as you
can remember. Round 1 – 10 items / 1 minute. Round 2 – 15 items / 2
minutes. Round 3 – 20 items / 3 minutes. Any size, colour or brand etc must
be stated for the point.
1 POINT EACH
CORRECT ITEM
QUESTION 81
ROUND 1
QUESTION 81
ROUND 1
1) Set of golf clubs 2) DVD player 3) Cuddly toy
4) Malt whiskey 5) Chanel perfume 6) Electric toothbrush
7) Fondue set 8) Pink duvet set 9) Game of Monopoly
10) Cordless phone.
QUESTION 82
ROUND 2
QUESTION 82
ROUND 2
1) Novelty tea pot 2) Tom Daley calendar 3) Casio watch
4) MP3 player
5) £25 Argos voucher 6) Merlot wine
7) Cluedo board game
8) Samsung mobile phone
9) 32” Sony TV 10) Tennis Racquet 11) Green bathroom
towel set 12) Canvas wall art 13) Mini IPad 14) Tickets to
Madame Tussauds 15) Electric toothbrush
QUESTION 83
ROUND 3
QUESTION 83
ROUND 3
1) His & Hers Rolex watches 2) PlayStation 4 3) Chess set
4) Complete works of William Shakespeare 5) Cuddly toy
6) Iron and ironing board 7) 4 Slice Toaster 8) Folding
bicycle 9) Patio table and chairs 10) Prada sunglasses
11) 52” 3D Panasonic TV 12) Decanter & glasses
13) Cordless kettle 14) Luxury Spa Day 15) 4 Tickets to
Alton Towers 16) Set of non stick saucepans
17) Another cuddly toy 18) Binoculars 19) Gold plated
Parker pen 20) Free CIPS membership.
QUESTION 84-90
LOTS OF POINTS
QUESTION 84
Name the Carry on Films that start with
the following letters, R, J, H, B? (4pts)
QUESTION 84
Name the Carry on Films that start with
the following letters, R, J, H, B? (4pts)
Regardless, Jack,
Henry, Behind
QUESTION 85
Who killed dirty Den Watts in the 20th
Anniversary edition of Eastenders and
what was the murder weapon? (2pts)
QUESTION 85
Who killed dirty Den Watts in the 20th
Anniversary edition of Eastenders and
what was the murder weapon? (2pts)
Chrissie, second wife, Pauline
Fowler's Dog Shaped Doorstop
QUESTION 86
The RMS Titanic picked up passengers
from which three ports before its ill
fated collision with an iceberg? (3pts)
QUESTION 86
The RMS Titanic picked up passengers
from which three ports before its ill
fated collision with an iceberg? (3pts)
Southampton, Cherbourg,
Queenstown (Cobh Ireland)
QUESTION 87
What are the highest waterfalls in the
world and in what country are they?
(2pts)
QUESTION 87
What is the tallest waterfall in the
world and in what country? (2pts)
Angel Falls, Venezuela
QUESTION 88
Which two books do castaways
automatically receive on “Desert island
discs”? (2pts)
QUESTION 88
Which two books do castaways
automatically receive on “Desert island
discs”? (2pts)
The bible and the complete
works of Shakespeare
QUESTION 89
What is the name of Denis the Menace's dog and in
what comic did he appear? (2pts)
QUESTION 89
What is the name of Denis the Menace's dog and in
what comic did he appear? (2pts)
Gnasher, The Beano
QUESTION 90
What is the world's longest railway line, and
between which two cities does it run? (2pts)
QUESTION 90
What is the world's longest railway line, and
between which two cities does it run? (2pts)
Trans Siberian, Moscow
and Vladivostok