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The Missing Link

Find the word or connection that joins four apparently unrelated clues.

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Question sheet

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
- C. Field
- D. Cast
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
3. A fish's covering, a map's ratio, a musical sequence and a weighing instrument. Which word connects all four?
- A. Scale
- B. Measure
- C. Plate
- D. Range
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
- D. Type
5. Land projecting into water, the central argument, a typography unit and a compass position. Which word connects all four?
- A. Bearing
- B. Point
- C. Line
- D. Face
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
- B. Track
- C. Contender
- D. Shoot
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
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
- D. Unit
9. A supply of goods, company shares, a soup base and a theatre company's standard repertoire. Which word connects all four?
- A. Stock
- B. Reserve
- C. Capital
- D. Provision
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
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
- C. Bloom
- D. Glare
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
- D. Register

Answer sheet (for the quizmaster)

1. B - Pitch
Pitch can mean a tar-like waterproofing substance, perceived musical frequency, a playing field and a sales presentation.
2. D - Draft
Draft can mean recruitment, a preliminary text, player selection or a payment order such as a bank draft.
3. A - Scale
Scale describes a small plate on a fish, a map ratio, an ordered musical sequence and a weighing instrument.
4. C - Case
Case has grammatical, container and legal senses. Letter case distinguishes uppercase from lowercase.
5. B - Point
Point can describe projecting land, a central idea, a typographic unit and a compass direction.
6. A - Runner
Runner can mean a race competitor, a narrow carpet, an electoral candidate or a horizontal plant stem.
7. D - Face
Face is used for a building exterior, a solid surface, the printing surface of type and a clock dial.
8. C - Battery
Battery has electrical and artillery meanings, describes a series of tests and names the baseball pitcher-catcher pairing.
9. A - Stock
Stock describes supplies, company shares, cooking liquid and a repertoire used in stock theatre.
10. D - Quill
Quill describes a feather shaft or pen, a porcupine spine and a small yarn-holding tube used in weaving.
11. B - Flare
Flare describes a light burst, a widening shape, a signal device and stray light producing a photographic artefact.
12. C - Matrix
Matrix has meanings in type founding, mathematics, materials science and printmaking.