The Missing Link

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1. 1. A waterproofing substance, a musical note's perceived height, a sports ground and a sales presentation. Which word connects all four?
   • A. Tone
   • B. Pitch (answer)
   • C. Field
   • D. Cast
   Pitch can mean a tar-like waterproofing substance, perceived musical frequency, a playing field and a sales presentation.
2. 2. Military recruitment, a preliminary manuscript, selecting professional sports players and a written bank payment order. Which word connects all four?
   • A. Press
   • B. Draw
   • C. Service
   • D. Draft (answer)
   Draft can mean recruitment, a preliminary text, player selection or a payment order such as a bank draft.
3. 3. A fish's covering, a map's ratio, a musical sequence and a weighing instrument. Which word connects all four?
   • A. Scale (answer)
   • B. Measure
   • C. Plate
   • D. Range
   Scale describes a small plate on a fish, a map ratio, an ordered musical sequence and a weighing instrument.
4. 4. A grammatical category, a spectacle container, a legal proceeding and the distinction between capital and small letters. Which word connects all four?
   • A. Form
   • B. Class
   • C. Case (answer)
   • D. Type
   Case has grammatical, container and legal senses. Letter case distinguishes uppercase from lowercase.
5. 5. Land projecting into water, the central argument, a typography unit and a compass position. Which word connects all four?
   • A. Bearing
   • B. Point (answer)
   • C. Line
   • D. Face
   Point can describe projecting land, a central idea, a typographic unit and a compass direction.
6. 6. A competitor in a race, a long narrow carpet, an election candidate and a spreading plant stem. Which word connects all four?
   • A. Runner (answer)
   • B. Track
   • C. Contender
   • D. Shoot
   Runner can mean a race competitor, a narrow carpet, an electoral candidate or a horizontal plant stem.
7. 7. A building's outer surface, a side of a solid, the printing surface of type and the front of a clock. Which word connects all four?
   • A. Front
   • B. Skin
   • C. Plate
   • D. Face (answer)
   Face is used for a building exterior, a solid surface, the printing surface of type and a clock dial.
8. 8. Electrical cells, artillery guns, a series of tests and a baseball pitcher-catcher pairing. Which word connects all four?
   • A. Array
   • B. Pack
   • C. Battery (answer)
   • D. Unit
   Battery has electrical and artillery meanings, describes a series of tests and names the baseball pitcher-catcher pairing.
9. 9. A supply of goods, company shares, a soup base and a theatre company's standard repertoire. Which word connects all four?
   • A. Stock (answer)
   • B. Reserve
   • C. Capital
   • D. Provision
   Stock describes supplies, company shares, cooking liquid and a repertoire used in stock theatre.
10. 10. A feather pen, a porcupine spine, a large feather's shaft and a yarn tube in a loom shuttle. Which word connects all four?
    • A. Nib
    • B. Spindle
    • C. Barb
    • D. Quill (answer)
    Quill describes a feather shaft or pen, a porcupine spine and a small yarn-holding tube used in weaving.
11. 11. A burst of brightness, a widening trouser leg, an emergency signal and stray light in a photograph. Which word connects all four?
    • A. Flash
    • B. Flare (answer)
    • C. Bloom
    • D. Glare
    Flare describes a light burst, a widening shape, a signal device and stray light producing a photographic artefact.
12. 12. A type-casting mould, an arrangement of numbers, material surrounding embedded particles and a printmaking block. Which word connects all four?
    • A. Table
    • B. Frame
    • C. Matrix (answer)
    • D. Register
    Matrix has meanings in type founding, mathematics, materials science and printmaking.